Anwar slashes the dream of Malaysia’s first female PM
July 31st, 2008 by MM2H
It could have been a dream come through: Wan Azizah: the first female PM of Malaysia.
A woman AND a clean person not "mudslinged" by sodomy nor murder allegations nor having a son in law who suddenly becomes big in Scomi…
Also imagine the image and message that could have been sent to the Islamic crusaders in the west:
a woman ‘wearing a veil’ makes it all the way on top in a peaceful Islamic state.
Don’t get me wrong here: I am talking about "image". A veil in the eyes of a westerner in the street is still linked with the burka’s worn in Afghanistan, therefore connoted to extremism and terror…
And when people get jailed before proven innocent like Anwar Ibrahim a few weeks ago, I can imagine that people don’t give much of a damn about what westerners think about their image…
But the dream is back in the drawer
No need to speculate about what could have been.
Wan Azizah today resigned as member of parliament for the seat but will retain her post as PKR president.
Anyway, the democratic process in Malaysia is much different from what we are used to in Europe, so we do understand that PKR runs like a train in stead of gluing persons to seats in parliament.
I mean: this is a clear move in favour of what the party PKR stands for or fights for.
A very different strategy than UMNO’s. UMNO members keep on saying they put all their trust in their leader, when at the same time elections clearly showed the rakyat has a complete different opinion …
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Free Rice for all
July 25th, 2008 by MM2H
Unfortunately we are not talking about edible rice, but about Condoleezza Rice asking the Malaysian Government for more transparency in the Anwar sodomy case:
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today urged Malaysia to ensure a "transparent" investigation into sex misconduct allegations against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
Great idea but limited…
Great in the sense that Malaysia is yearning for the transparency Abdullah Badawi promised Malaysia in his previous election campaign.
But limited… Why should we limit transparency only to the Anwar case or to the Malaysian government in general?
Why can’t we get some US transparency like:
- why US had to topple Saddam Hussein this time and not the last time during Bush senior?
- why lots of Iraqi soldiers come from the lower class in the US?
- what US is doing in Afghanistan, knowing:
- that’s the place to be to control opium produce worldwide
- that US is the biggest consumer of opium based heroine
Transparency for all would be great for the people so they can vote with wisdom in stead of voting out of sentiment
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Affordable calls to your loved ones overseas
July 25th, 2008 by MM2H
If you are staying overseas in the USA it is expensive to call home from the normal land line so the best way around this is to use phone cards.
You can now get phone calls for over 150 countries and locations from GetMeCallingCards.com. They are one of the largest retailers of phone cards.
GetMeCallingCards.com offers prepaid calling cards, international callbacks and pinless dialing services. All available at very good rates whether its for international or domestic calls.
For me, I used their Australia phone cards regularly and have had no problem whatsoever with their services.
So now talking to your loved ones many thousand of miles away does not have to be a painful experience – financially that is!
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