Critical Thoughts

Like the majority of Malaysians, I was eager to see the live telecast of our very first political debate which copied the American version of televised debate and so I actually waited until the very moment for the live event over Astro Awani at exactly 9 pm sharp. I must commend both the Information Minister dan DSAI for their impeccable behaviour during the debate: both were smiling and shaking hands at the end of the debate. No stones were thrown at each other and no physical blows were exchanged. I have to admit that I am impressed with the eloquence of the Information Minister, who was certainly notches above the previous Information Minister. Our politics certainly have matured a lot after the political tsunami of 8th March. Such a thing would be unimaginable ten years ago, much less televised.

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This guy certainly doesn’t know how to take the hint. He was nearly wiped out in the last election but today he gave us a “gift” of RM2.70 per litre for petrol, up from RM1.92 per litre. Effective today about two hours ago. This price hike really took me by surprise. That is a really significant increase, its no joke at all. Personally for me, at least, it will have no effect on me as I run my business from home and I do not use the car except for running errands or going to the bank. Plus, I earn in USD, geddit? USD is getting stronger these past few days and I’m really glad of that.

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Its a great irony (at least, to me) that the Greatest Islamophobic State in the world today is most likely going to elect a black President in this coming November (trust me, McCain will not win, not by a long shot). I wonder what the missionaries, Christian xenophobes and Islam-haters in the country has to say to that notion of thought happening.