WATCH: "You could tell he was scoping out the trouble aspects of it."
But eventually the ANWAR loses patience with UMNO.
But eventually the ANWAR loses patience with UMNO.
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And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him,
And maketh no mistake, these single male followers were not homosexuals,
And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
"Blessed are the negative in spirit: for they shall find fault with just about everyone and everything.
"Blessed are they who judge others: for they are entitled and superior.
"Blessed are the intolerant: for they most rightfully deny the humanity of others.
"Blessed are the ignorant: for they shall equate homosexuality with pedophilia and shall promote other equally specious arguments.
"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall tell everyone else what to do with their lives.
"Ye are the light of the world and ye shall shine brightly over all those who do not live by your code or standards.
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law. I want you to do that. Change all the laws of the land through ballot measures so that people will only live the way that ye think is right.
"Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
"But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman or an intern lustfully shall make sure that any activity is well hidden and not documented:
"Be warned that the wide web of the world, and liberal news media, will exploit your personal deviant behavior against you.
"It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
"But I say unto you, That whosoever shall divorce his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry a divorced woman committeth adultery.
"And I also say unto you, That you may ignore this last piece of advice if it is not convenient for you. Marry and divorceth whomsoever you wish, as many times as you wish, and do not worry about it. Just make sure that the homosexuals do not ruineth everything by taking husbands.
"Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy:
"And I say unto you, That sounds pretty good. Some of those enemies are horrible. Blessed are you who curseth them whenever you can. Do evil unto them who hate you.
"For if ye love them which love you, you may be perceived as homosexual. Make not this mistake.
"Salute your brethren only. Why do something for others?
"Be ye therefore perfect. And everyone else is not.
"Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth. Masturbation must be denied.
"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
"No, I take that back. Ignore that last one. Pray and preach as loudly as you can. Let everyone see and hear you. I realizeth now that hypocrisy is a good way to be respected and still allow you to do whatever you want.
"Use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
"Unless your words are 'talking points.' Repeat these as often as you can, so that ye may drill your opinions into the minds of the masses.
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
"But lay up for yourselves treasures in righteous politicians and causes.
"For wherever your treasure is, there will lieth your political power.
"Judge not, that ye be not judged [LOL!]
"Enter ye in at the strait gate. Strait meaning straight.
"Therefore whosoever interpreteth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock."
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
For he did not seem very Christian.
Puteri Umno chief Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin today mocked Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim by drawing parallels between the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) de facto leader and popular characters in P. Ramlee films.
While Rosnah did not name Anwar directly, she brought the house down at the Umno general assembly with her tale of a person she called “Anwar” who, she said, resembled two famous characters in the late Malay icon’s movies.
She said her “fictional” character’s personality and antics were similar to the character Sazali in the film “Anakku Sazali” (My son Sazali), who was ungrateful.
“There’s this character, ‘Anwar’ is his name, not his real name. When he was growing up, we regarded him as a barrel full of oil. Umno, as a father, had full confidence in him, gave him a chance,” Rosnah (picture) said in her winding-up speech at the assembly.
“But when he grew older, he betrayed us. He lied to us. He fought us. As if we had never given him anything. He proudly says to us ‘(I) am old now, father. (I) can do what (I) want to do’,” she added.
Rosnah said what’s worse was that “Anwar” — “once again, not his real name, not affiliated with anyone dead or alive” — was dishonest in nature like the character Jamil in another P. Ramlee classic “Tiga Madu’ (Three Honeys), who had three wives and households.
“He (Anwar) goes to his first wife, who loves to play mahjong, he tells them ‘What you want, I will give you’. Who is this first wife? It’s DAP,” she said.
“He goes to his second wife and says ‘You want to form an Islamic state. I give support. But that hudud issue... Let’s delay it first’. Who is this? It’s PAS.
“He goes to the third and says ‘I will die for you. I will fight corruption, that’s why I keep my money overseas’. Who is this third wife that’s being lied to? It’s the rakyat,” she added.
In contrast to her mild opening speech to delegates on Tuesday, Rosnah’s fiesty approach today won the audience over, who laughed and cheered.
“His ways are very fair,” she said, pointing out that was why “Anwar” had chosen “Keadilan” (Justice) as his party’s name.
“He spins right, he tricks to the left, in front he lies,” she said.
“This is a spin master, this is a drama king.”
Anwar was deputy prime minister during the Mahathir administration until his sacking from the government 12 years ago.
He was arrested, prosecuted and jailed on corruption and sodomy charges, which triggered massive street demonstrations nationwide and marked the founding of his opposition party.
Now 64, the PKR adviser is once again on trial for allegedly sodomising a former male aide after making his political comeback in the Permatang Pauh by-election in August 2008.
Despite being dogged by sex scandals, Anwar is bent on leading the PKR-DAP-PAS pact to take over Putrajaya from the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition headed by Umno in the next national elections.
For those who write on politics, it’s not easy to find someone to say good things about. That’s why most of us are so nasty and cynical. When the Press Council chief, Justice Katju recently criticized the media he missed the critical point, that we are but a mirror to our politics. Bad politics does not inspire great prose. It only provokes sarcasm, anger, viciousness and that’s exactly what much of our journalism is today. We hate our politicians not because we were brought up to hate them. (I grew up in a home where pictures of Gandhi, Subhash Bose and Nehru adorned the living room walls.) We hate politicians because over recent years they have cheated us, looted us, hurt and angered us.
So the moment a JP emerges, or an Anna we instantly endorse them. They offer us a glimmer of hope amidst the all pervasive gloom and despair of our public life. That’s why the people of Assam haven’t changed Tarun Gogoi in a decade, even though the Congress is not exactly a much loved party there. That’s also why Bengal didn’t change Jyoti Basu for 27 years even though the Left’s popularity waned long before Mamata became an alternative. Nitish Kumar is not a great Chief Minister but the media has backed him all the way because he has shown spunk, brought about change in Bihar. Vajpayee was no exceptional Prime Minister, let’s admit it, but he was a decent guy and that’s so rare in politics these days that we all went out of our way to love him. Just as we loved Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Maharashtra is India’s most prosperous state. That's possibly why it has consistently attracted the worst Chief Ministers, simply because there’s too much money to be made here, far too easily. And there’s the usual gaggle of crooks, thugs, pimps and builders who can corrupt even the best incumbent. But parties pre-empt them by choosing the most easily corruptible candidates for the job. If you read up the past, you will find that almost all our Chief Ministers were pursued by scams and scandals. Those like Antulay and Ashok Chavan, who were caught with their hands in the cookie jar, had no option but to step down. Others sneaked away under the pretence of reshuffles or promotions to the Centre. Few, very few managed to keep their reputations intact.
I am therefore delighted to see a Chief Minister in office for a full year without blotting his copybook. Not a single scam or scandal has yet touched Prithviraj Chavan. All you have are charges about his ineptitude, delay in clearing files and refusal to meet builders and assorted favour seekers. He has stayed off the media radar too and tried to focus on doing his job, which in the first year means keeping crooks at bay, not stepping on the landmines of corrupt deals brought in by cabinet colleagues, and, above all, trying to bring a Government traditionally busy making money and looting people to focus on actual issues that can benefit the State and its citizens. How successful he will be only time can tell but, as opinion polls go, the citizens of this State are ready to trust him, give him a chance to prove himself. This is a damned sight more than most past Chief Ministers have ever got. Some of them were discredited within weeks in office.
Chavan is impossible to reach. Yet people like him. This liking, curiously, does not translate into a liking for his party or its politics. It’s a personal thing. People find him educated, informed, urbane, intelligent, and reticent to comment on stuff he doesn’t know. He makes few claims. He seeks no publicity. He does not try to woo the media like his predecessors did. He addresses himself simply to the task of doing his job, and trying to do it well. It augers well for the State that it has a man like him in office even though I am not sure it will achieve anything for his party which remains knee deep in scandals all over. But yes, the Congress can take credit for finding a Chief Minister who in a state where so much is still going wrong can hold his head high. Yes, it’s a fine first year for Prithviraj Chavan. Let’s hope it stays this way. Maharashtra could reclaim its old stature
So the moment a JP emerges, or an Anna we instantly endorse them. They offer us a glimmer of hope amidst the all pervasive gloom and despair of our public life. That’s why the people of Assam haven’t changed Tarun Gogoi in a decade, even though the Congress is not exactly a much loved party there. That’s also why Bengal didn’t change Jyoti Basu for 27 years even though the Left’s popularity waned long before Mamata became an alternative. Nitish Kumar is not a great Chief Minister but the media has backed him all the way because he has shown spunk, brought about change in Bihar. Vajpayee was no exceptional Prime Minister, let’s admit it, but he was a decent guy and that’s so rare in politics these days that we all went out of our way to love him. Just as we loved Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Maharashtra is India’s most prosperous state. That's possibly why it has consistently attracted the worst Chief Ministers, simply because there’s too much money to be made here, far too easily. And there’s the usual gaggle of crooks, thugs, pimps and builders who can corrupt even the best incumbent. But parties pre-empt them by choosing the most easily corruptible candidates for the job. If you read up the past, you will find that almost all our Chief Ministers were pursued by scams and scandals. Those like Antulay and Ashok Chavan, who were caught with their hands in the cookie jar, had no option but to step down. Others sneaked away under the pretence of reshuffles or promotions to the Centre. Few, very few managed to keep their reputations intact.
I am therefore delighted to see a Chief Minister in office for a full year without blotting his copybook. Not a single scam or scandal has yet touched Prithviraj Chavan. All you have are charges about his ineptitude, delay in clearing files and refusal to meet builders and assorted favour seekers. He has stayed off the media radar too and tried to focus on doing his job, which in the first year means keeping crooks at bay, not stepping on the landmines of corrupt deals brought in by cabinet colleagues, and, above all, trying to bring a Government traditionally busy making money and looting people to focus on actual issues that can benefit the State and its citizens. How successful he will be only time can tell but, as opinion polls go, the citizens of this State are ready to trust him, give him a chance to prove himself. This is a damned sight more than most past Chief Ministers have ever got. Some of them were discredited within weeks in office.
Chavan is impossible to reach. Yet people like him. This liking, curiously, does not translate into a liking for his party or its politics. It’s a personal thing. People find him educated, informed, urbane, intelligent, and reticent to comment on stuff he doesn’t know. He makes few claims. He seeks no publicity. He does not try to woo the media like his predecessors did. He addresses himself simply to the task of doing his job, and trying to do it well. It augers well for the State that it has a man like him in office even though I am not sure it will achieve anything for his party which remains knee deep in scandals all over. But yes, the Congress can take credit for finding a Chief Minister who in a state where so much is still going wrong can hold his head high. Yes, it’s a fine first year for Prithviraj Chavan. Let’s hope it stays this way. Maharashtra could reclaim its old stature
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