Malaysiakini, thanks but be ready for a massive surge

Now people like my aunt can read the real stories behind the spins.

Yes, Malaysiakini is free (for a week) and I want to thank Malaysiakini for being such this magnanimous gesture to enable voters to make a more informed decision.

But be ready for the big surge of traffic this few days and I hope the servers does crash.

Kick this MIC-key out of Segamat

Datuk Dr S Subramaniam - MP of Segamat

If you read the news in NST and in Malaysiakini (which is now free for a week!) you get the impression that Segamat will be a walkover for this MIC fellow.


Malaysiakini list 5 Parliamentary seats at risk but it does not include Segamat.

I think Dr SS is far from safe. You see, the last election, he could count on the feel good votes of some Chinese to win with 17,953 votes and 7,809 majority. Of course, he banked on 50% of the Malay votes and all of the Indian votes.

Segamat according to undi.info has 40,983 voters, with Malay: 40.50%, Chinese: 47.50%, Indian: 11.80%, Others: 0.10%.

What he does not know is this:-
There will be more MCA members voting for the DAP candidate! It is not a secret that many members of MCA have been outwardly saying all the right things in front of party chiefs but voting the DAP guy. Why, they can't understand why the MIC gets to rule the town with a chinese majority!

In fact, my prediction is that 80% of the Chinese & Indians will be voting for the opposition this time. And adding 20% of the Malays who are anti-BN to the tally, that will make up at least over 55% of the total votes!

Of course, we don't know how many postal votes will come to the rescue. But I suspect, Segamat will not be a safe bet anymore.

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Another Lame Excuse

Why is PJ south folks so gullible? Why did they vote for a Donald Duck that can only quack an excuse like this: "Under the BN leadership, we are doing much better than Burma ..." My goodness, it is Myanmar, not Burma!

And this is a first: - Church people, usually docile and passive lot, got pissed and jeered him. I hope many more PJ south folks see the light and vote to roast this lame duck.

Read the report here and here

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Why we cannot give BN 2/3 of Parliament

This is a piece of information I received from one of our friend of why we need the greatest effort of all the people of Malaysians just to deny BN its 2/3 majority. It would be almost a miracle indeed. Nevertheless, we will still try even if we need a miracle to deny BN of 2/3 majority. Email this to your friends.

HERE'S THE FACTS WHY WE CANNOT GIVE THEM 2/3 OF PARLIAMENT

1. Barisan lost 2/3 majority once, in 1969. Only briefly.
2. Since 1957, it has amended the constitution 690 times to propagate its power. By comparison, USA which is more 200 years old has only amended its constitution 27 times; Singapore as little as only 4 times.
3. Barisan's ability to amend the constitution as it likes (and make unjust and unfair constitutional changes) must be stopped now.

Here's the statistics from the 2004 election:

1. UMNO received 35.9% of the popular votes but has 110 parliamentary seats or 50% of all parliamentary seats.
2. In total, Barisan received 63.8% of the popular votes but has 199 parliamentary seats or 91% of all parliamentary seats.
3. The opposition received 36.2% of the popular votes but has only 20 parliamentary seats or 9% of all parliamentary seats.
4. Why? Because of gerrymandering (check the dictionary: it means dividing voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections) , or unfair election rules. The election rules are stacked against the opposition. No matter what happens, the opposition will never, I repeat, will never be able to win the next election.

Here's the decision-making power process within our present cabinet.

1.. UMNO not only controls the parliament via Barisan, it has allocated itself 24 cabinet positions or 71% of all cabinet positions.
2. MCA has 5 cabinet positions or 15% of the cabinet positions.
3. MIC has 1 cabinet position or 3 % of the cabinet positions.
4. Gerakan has 1 cabinet position or 3% of the cabinet positions.
5. Other component parties hold 3 cabinet positions or 8% of the cabinet positions.

One should take note that although UMNO controls 50% of all parliamentary seats, it controls 71% of all the decision making processes within the cabinet.

4. Many marginalization issues or unfair election practices are the result of legislations passed by Barisan (lead by UMNO) unchecked in a dominant Barisan parliament. Under the Barisan Party whip system, the majority component party within Barisan will dictate the rules of the game. Other Barisan component parties like MCA, Gerakan or MIC cannot vote against what UMNO decides in whatever it likes, even if they wanted to.

5. Best part is this: even if the opposition won all the seats it contested, no single opposition party can form the next government. Why? Gerrymandering (of the present election borders) has ensured that even if Barisan were to win 50% of the popular votes in the upcoming election, it will still control 2/3 of parliament. As an example, in 2004 Barisan took 64% of the popular votes but ended up controlling 91% of parliament. It is easy to see why if they win only 50% of the popular votes in the next election they will once again be able to dictate absolute power in the parliament.

Do your maths … and do your part… for our children and our future!

Sexist campaign against Teresa Kok

Picture from Jed Yoong's blog.

Apparently, even woman are using sexists campaign against another woman. Carol Chew (of the MCA) should be ashamed of herself. We have already sexist men in the Parliament - we don't need this from women!

Please read what Teresa Kok has to say about the billboard