tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post9082048916401310976..comments2024-03-14T19:25:05.015+08:00Comments on SAKMONGKOL AK47: UMNO leadership ValuesAriff Sabrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-14570942083838221002008-10-22T23:08:00.000+08:002008-10-22T23:08:00.000+08:00Evening Mekyam and AK,Thanks for the visit!!. What...Evening Mekyam and AK,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the visit!!. What a pleasant surprise. Yeah I guess I am a wee <I>bit</I> cynical. People of my vintage usually are - well about certain spheres of life anyway and we're not helped by the present situation.<BR/><BR/>Please don't expect additions to the blog though. I registered the blog to get an ID. I don't want somebody to steal my nick, post somethingA Tabibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262461577595899264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-58831172951143174242008-10-22T18:20:00.000+08:002008-10-22T18:20:00.000+08:00Dear Sir,As usual, your post is very spot on indee...Dear Sir,<BR/><BR/>As usual, your post is very spot on indeed. May I add another dominant value within Pak Lah's leadership. <BR/><BR/>Hypocrisy. If it's not him, then it's his advisers whom are all guilty for this kind of affliction.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.<BR/><BR/>JMD-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-71945700821971740242008-10-22T18:14:00.000+08:002008-10-22T18:14:00.000+08:00hi jed,i too have a soft spot for husam's good-loo...hi jed,<BR/><BR/>i too have a soft spot for husam's good-looking mug (guess i'm shallow that way, hehehe!). still, he's not just a pretty face. if we go by his writings on his blog, the man is also intelligent.<BR/><BR/>but as jeb responded to you at his JMD blog, i do think it's unhealthy for him to associate himself so much with DSAI.<BR/><BR/>re the us prez election, i have to mention that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-71420917193141151962008-10-22T17:56:00.000+08:002008-10-22T17:56:00.000+08:00ctchoo said... US fund-raising is via donations a...<B>ctchoo </B> said... <I>US fund-raising is via donations and contributions from voters.</I><BR/><BR/>you are right. usually ugly money politics in the US comes later, in the form of "pork-barrelling". <BR/><BR/>in the many elections i've witnessed here, the primaries and presidential elections especially have adhered to the oversights in place. <BR/><BR/>in fact, fund-raising via donations Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-10540572482716550562008-10-22T17:38:00.000+08:002008-10-22T17:38:00.000+08:00touché, m le toubib ! :Dhahaha! your mention of ca...touché, <B>m le toubib </B>! :D<BR/><BR/>hahaha! your mention of cannibals flashed on my retinas that scene of jack sparrow narrowly missing being dinner in the 2nd sequel of 'pirates of the caribbean' even though he WAS "god". what more king eh?<BR/><BR/>on a serious note, the perpetuation of this self-serving self-preservation strategy means UMNO (and by extension the malay body politics since Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-69215987038913767952008-10-22T08:02:00.000+08:002008-10-22T08:02:00.000+08:00Hi CTCorruption has just been legalised and instit...Hi CT<BR/><BR/>Corruption has just been legalised and institutionalised via lobby groups.<BR/><BR/>Contributions can be very large...<BR/><BR/>It's even BIGGER MONEY and KICKBACKS in the US. Look McCain flies around in a private jet. Although I'm sure most UMNO snr politicians can afford helis, it's not a trend to fly around in one to campaign.<BR/><BR/>Only in the US, it's called lobbying and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-9182823426396769592008-10-22T07:36:00.000+08:002008-10-22T07:36:00.000+08:00I couldn't agree more with Zahar about the money p...I couldn't agree more with Zahar about the money politics and corruption. Umno is soaked with it that it has become to some members a means to hit the big time. <BR/><BR/>A certain Umno politician once likened winning the division chief's post as getting a gold mine.<BR/><BR/>Continue to breathe easy <B>Mekyam.</B> <BR/><BR/>If you are the King of the Cannibals, how do you stop your followers A Tabibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262461577595899264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-77600974068814565172008-10-22T06:54:00.000+08:002008-10-22T06:54:00.000+08:00i, for one, wont be holding my breath, mr sak.just...i, for one, wont be holding my breath, mr sak.<BR/><BR/>just as abdullah appears not to know values even if one were to bit his behind, najib has indicated many times that he doesn't know spine. <BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>jed, i think you have a point there. thus far we've had rather good-looking PMs.<BR/><BR/>but such a standard would rule out TRH and MY, no? :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-9218175311125883722008-10-22T06:42:00.000+08:002008-10-22T06:42:00.000+08:00JedTo compare UMNO's money politics with MCA or MI...Jed<BR/><BR/>To compare UMNO's money politics with MCA or MIC is very proper and fair. But to compare it with the US presidential elections is glib and facetious. US fund-raising is via donations and contributions from voters. In our case, for every RM1-00 collected from the voters and supporters RM1000-00 is "collected" from other sources. I could be wrong. I would love to discover that it ain'tde minimishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478671079348612565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-55073244738457673442008-10-22T04:58:00.000+08:002008-10-22T04:58:00.000+08:00Zahar,Not just UMNO...Everywhere politics is about...Zahar,<BR/><BR/>Not just UMNO...<BR/>Everywhere politics is about money, at the end of the day. Beneath all the holey moley manifestos....<BR/>Look at the US pres elections, what are the two candidates campaigning for? Are they any different? Also about money, more of it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-10456227254596809442008-10-22T04:08:00.000+08:002008-10-22T04:08:00.000+08:00One of the "values" which have seeped in to UMNO i...One of the "values" which have seeped in to UMNO is the value of money, i.o.w. Rasuah. <BR/><BR/>I may be wrong, but I think this donation mentality may have first started out rather benignly, the grateful leader bestowing largesse to the supporter, a kain pelikat here, some coffee money there. All very civilised and with good intentions. Furthermore, back in the day most supporters and delegatesZaharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04894580779891192495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-73679470306523503922008-10-22T02:16:00.000+08:002008-10-22T02:16:00.000+08:00Can we at least have a handsome one?Hisham Onn is ...Can we at least have a handsome one?<BR/>Hisham Onn is next up?<BR/>Kee Kee Kee<BR/>Shallow Standards?<BR/>We'll be looking at this guys face for maybe a decade on TV, papers and others...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com