Monday, August 2, 2010

High income economy: 30 july 2010

By al-Din on August 1, 2010 11:21 PM

The beras basmati of RM5/kg today is no longer of quality long grains as basmati (of same price) 6 months ago. That basmati is now at RM12/kg I was told.

With floods in parts of Pakistan, China and India and soon Southeast Asian countries with the coming monsoon the price of rice of any grade is bound to rise due to shortage. Are not these calamities signs of impending food problems?

Our politicians should talk more about food for the people and not about high income. When there is abundance of staple food especially our staple the common rakyat will be happy. The ruling government don't have to put all kinds of antics and shallow talk to buy votes then.

The government must make economic development and productivity happen and higher income will follow suit. Najib's statement is ill-conceived. It is as if putting the cart before the horse. The ordinary rakyat (as opposed to the rich) has no option but to sweat it out to earn more income.

Forcing high income is unnatural. In what way when many don't have the means? The government is definitely not in a position to dole out to the lower income group not with RM2billion losses by Sime Darby! The elegant pretender must be held responsible also.

Why Tun has to go all the way including the arithmatics to explain the ill-effects of artificial high income? Is anybody really thinking up there? Wasted votes.

Monday, July 26, 2010

I don't know why they hate us: 23 July 2010

By al-Din on July 26, 2010 4:18 PM
Walla-hu-alam. Allah yang lebih mengetahui.


By al-Din on July 26, 2010 4:13 PM

Aftermath of war on terror and hate:

1. The west send soldiers to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and become moving targets though the ratio of kill:kill is in their favour.

2. They lost in Iraq; are losing and pulling out from Afghanistan. They will hate us more.

3. Muslim states are devastated, thousands died. Revenge they will in one form or another till the next thousand years.

4. Many willing to die fighting. The number of suicide bombers will increase be it in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Palestine, Lebanon, Somali, Sudan, Yemen, Arabia, Balkan, Patani, Moroland ...

5. The Palestinians invent home-made rockets, become expert in tunnel-digging.

6. Population movement and out-migration of Muslims in turmoil areas increased and many landed in the west. Islam will rise from the west.

7. How much the mother earth can take the massacres, the ground-shaking bombs and missiles, and the scorching?

8. When mother earth gets jilted the sun rises from the west! By then it's too late for that's the end of time.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

I don't know why they hate us: 23 July 2010

By al-Din on July 23, 2010 7:54 PM

Darwinism's "survival of the fittest" animalistic in origin has been the west's axiom wrongly ingrained and juxtaposed in their humaninistic framework. Animals do not think per se but humans do. That is the biggest difference to be embraced towards human survivalism.

War is business. The west wants the world in constant tension, hate and turmoil. Becoming paranoid of neighbours nation-states race to buy more weaponry. 'Prosper thy neighbour'is less of a prospect.

The west realised their stupidity of killing among themselves during the two World Wars. Hence, becoming wiser what better targets to look for but the Muslim states, weaken them and exploit their resources - animalistic Darwinism at work. To them killing is becoming habitual. Killing is nothing compared to a life of a dog.

In terms of war technology the US established a War College and also the Ministry of War. That was more than a century ago and from them evolved the sophistications. By now they are the masters of the art of war be it open or psychological. The latter is a potent machiney of disinformation, lying, espionage and assassinations.

It come to a stage that 'kill' is their jargon to stop the BP oil leak. Now they have to 'kill' the on-coming hurricane!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

internet guarantee: 11 july 2010

By al-Din on July 21, 2010 9:20 PM

Ever since Hugh Hefner made the female pubic public there is no turning back. Pornography is getting ever hardcore and easily available to the public in the internet and pasar malam.

The young get easily exited and may want to imitate deepthroat and other immoral stuff. The old get exitable too, finding their partners boring secretly romp somewhere/someone else. Remember Soi Lek?

We tend to say that adults can self-censure. If so, can a survey be conducted as to the extent and content? The innocent young are easily influenced. Due to lack of guidance and supervision become they become victims of pornography.

As the technology to censure pornography in the internet is available it should be used in order to prevent moral decay. It is just too tempting.

The west is already too deep in it to extract themselves out. As a result their values are full of contradictions. Tiger romped on-and-off turf. Killing is nothing compared to a life of a dog.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

khazanah... 13 July 2010

By al-Din on July 16, 2010 7:06 PM

As we all know Najib has a soft spot for felda. He will defend felda to the end, good or bad. Musang hitam knows how to play the game, put a (failed) felda man in sime darby.

My elderly chinaman mechanic at Brinchang put it point-blank to me: "Lu olang melayu hah tak lak boleh pigang lama". If he says that then every chinese knows our stamina so they have nothing to worry. Come what may - khazanah, PNB, sime darby ... it's just a matter of time.

So with all that racial emotions of melayu makan belacan, cina makan babi, hindu makan gedumbu, the malays have to reflect cooly, rationally and critically in order to put things in proper perspectives:

1. Given all the political and financial support we still fail.
2. Muslims yes, but our price is cheap as if Allah is not everseeing.
3. The inventiveness and toil of the other races have made Malaysia what it is today.
4. Judging by the developments around us, before and now - we need them more than they need us.
5. Our ways are just takers not givers.
6. The light is in the other tunnel. Look for it!

Friday, July 16, 2010

Khazanah: 13 July 2010

By al-Din on July 14, 2010 9:51 AM

Najib still maintains that Sime Darby and Pos Malaysia are financially stable (Star, today). That may be so. Is he purposely evading the greater issue: What happened to the billions lost? Without the losses both giants will be in a much better state. He must get the culprits to resign. The elegant pretender is still in a state of denial.

Najib has been in politics far too long since his father's days. He knows how to twist and turn as it is a common practice for politicians. They know the rakyat may disagree but powerless and hence forced to agree to be disagreeable. By the next day the rakyat will forget clouded by more issues purposely raised by the politicians to cover yesterday's mistakes.

Khazanah is floating on money and is on cloud nine. Losses in the fishing venture would not ground them. I read in the papers then that the technology was from Sweden/Norway. Beautiful blondes there eh! Some crooks stand to gain even the project failed. I know of a failed Bursa listed company, the directors are multi-millionaires.

For RM4 I will buy the fishing gear at the Langkawi Boustead boatyard! Boustead, once a foreign-owned before and famous too. Has the Malays did a number to the company?

Tun knows very well the anxiety and pangs for the Malay's shortcomings. Otherwise he won't write 'The Malay Dilemma', shed tears during the UMNO General Assembly, got rid of the Sleepyhead, blogging to unblock ... May Allah grant you long healthy life.

Friday, June 25, 2010

FDI: 23 June 2010

By al-Din on June 24, 2010 8:32 PM
In these changing times Tun has given viable long term approaches for our country to benefit from FDI in a wholesome manner. I would imagine that the federal and state governments should have a priority list of the kinds or categories of foreign investments that we should bring in.

In good times we have not adhere to such guidelines whatmore during bad times like these days brought about by self-inflicted mismanagement at all levels and forms. Anything goes for the meantime so that those with political self-interest survive and the country secondarily.

Haliburton is among the first to invest in Sri Iskandar corridor. It is a tenticular conglomerate backed by Dick Chenney. It is in Iraq providing mercenary support, the Mexico Gulf oil (spill) and elsewhere I do not know. APCO is BN backed.

The foreign China dolls invest direct (al beit through the pimps) their bodies (mobile as contrary to fixed) here. Thanks to VOA.