The Good, The Bad, And The Funny!

The Good

If you've been following some of the news lately, besides the Mahathir-Pak Lah Saga and the whole Pulau Batu Puteh deal, this would've caught your attention in the news:

Govt Has No Plans To Increase Fuel Prices - Shahir

MELAKA, May 24 (Bernama) -- The government has no plans to increase fuel price despite the price hike of petrol by 30 per cent in Indonesia beginning Saturday, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said.

On the contrary, he said the government was now focusing on managing the subsidy system to prevent leakage and smuggling.

"For the time being, we are not considering increasing the price of petrol and diesel although we are aware of the impact of the crude oil price hike in the world market.

"We will see how the subsidy system is being managed to encourage saving and ensure that there will be no detrimental effects (to the country)," he told reporters after attending a consumer forum and dialogue at Ayer Keroh here Saturday.

Shahrir said, with the fuel price reaching AS$135 (RM434.18) a barrel, it had put the government under more pressure in managing the subsidy system.

Now that's good isn't it? I mean, if there's anything to be thankful for, it's that the fuel prices in this country won't be increasing tomorrow! Then again, those leading the Govt are known to change their minds as often as the price of crude oil changes these days, so I won't be singing praises just yet. Give me a year, and if it still remains, I might compose a song for them, to be sung throughout the ages! Speaking about the price of oil, I picked up today's edition of the NST and I found something 'amusing'. Did you know that 30 years ago, the price of crude oil was around USD1.80 a barrel? Today, the price is USD140 a barrel! It's just so unbelievable that oil was ever that cheap that it just made me laugh!

Anyway, moving on...

The Bad

Alright. This just pissed me off when I read it. Taken from Fong Po Kuan's blog, the MP for Batu Gajah:

I tried but failed. None wants to take responsibility for cancelling the decision to use the indelible ink, four days before the recent general election.

This evening, a few opposition MPs tried hard to find out more about this issue when Datuk Seri Nazri was replying on behalf of the Prime Minister’s Department but we were more confused after hearing Datuk Seri Nazri replies. In fact, I found more inconsistencies.

Nazri blamed it on Election Commission (EC). Also, Nazri kept repeating the “concern” of the Cabinet and stressed that the Cabinet wanted to ensure that none would be denied the right to vote under Art. 119 of the Federal Constitution. He did not deliberate much on the police reports lodged related to “smuggling of ink.” (I will put up the complete details when the Hansard is ready.)

Read more on that here. My say on it: This is just bullshit! You guys fucked up! A few days ago the damn Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar confirmed that there was "no evidence of any indelible ink being smuggled in from neighbouring countries as alleged by the EC chairman". Then after that, on the 17th of May, the SPR chairman issued a statement to the contrary and said he had been instructed by the Cabinet to cancel plans to use the indelible ink. In short, you fucked up! Big time! Now not only can't you explain how it is that the Cabinet had a say in the matter at all, especially four days before the elections, you're pointing fingers that it's the EC's fault for the whole mess.

Hasn't the 12th GE taught you guys anything? THE PEOPLE DON'T TRUST YOU! The rakyat know that you guys just lie through your teeth and you guys just never give us a reason to give you the benefit of the doubt! Come on! Show a bit of humility, be humble enough to admit that you guys fucked up and you won't do it again, that you'll start playing nice, and we might just let you get off on a lighter sentence! Else, the hammer will strike, and you will definitely hear the fat lady sing! So cut the crap, stop lying or hiding, and just come out and be responsible adults, we want the TRUTH! After all, it's not like we don't already know that you guys fucked us up during the last GE in someway, so it won't be anything that'll cause heart attacks nationwide.

Enough of this shit.

The Funny

UMNO = Sarkis (circus)? I stumbled upon this while reading Rocky's Bru. Apparently the comedian, among other things, that was P. Ramlee had quite the balls in his day! The movie 'Bujang Lapuk' has to be one of my favourites of that era and like most, this scene had escaped me as one that was actually poking fun at UMNO.

To understand the joke better, redirect yourself to another post by OpEd, P.Ramlee - Umno = Circus!

Hilarious! Now try imagine any current local movie doing something like this and getting away with it! Ha ha.

Hats off to you Tan Sri! You certainly were quite the joker!