12/31/2007

EMPTY PROMISES.

The season for "accidental" death begins.
The toll for the past 4 years stands at 20.
It will be so very heartbreaking to hear of the 21st victim of Khidmat Nereka.
First-time National Service trainees being welcomed at the White Resort NS camp in Kampung Genting, Balik Pulau in Penang, before starting their three month stint. Now in its fifth year, more than 300,000 youths have undergone NS training.
Is Malaysia's Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar threating our opposition leaders or is he being flippant over the assassination of Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan? Either way, it sucks.
The assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto shortly after she held a political rally showed why Malaysia was against street demonstrations, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.
He said demonstrations could lead to violence and Malaysia rejected all forms of violence, including that involving militancy…..
“We don’t want a democracy that can cause havoc and deaths,” he said after opening a forum on Malay culture here yesterday.
Empty promises from the opposition?
Mr Najib, surely you could not have so easily forgotten the many unfulfilled promises of Barsian Nasional's 2004 election manifesto?
The opposition’s promises to reduce oil prices if it were to form a government will only bankrupt the country, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.
The Deputy Prime Minister said it was “just not possible” for the opposition to bring fuel prices down, pointing out that they were only fooling the people with empty promises.



1 comment:

Walski69 said...

Empty promises... what would politicians be without them, eh?

While I don't think the opposition's promises of subsidized fuel (if elected) is practical, what I would like to see is more transparency as to how the costs consumers have to eventually pay come about.

And yes, Syed Hamid's idiotic ANALogy is laughable, at best, and it's a wonder sometimes, with the caliber of ministers we have, Malaysia isn't more worse off than we are, falling behind fast even in ASEAN.

So, what do we want for 2008, really? This question has been in my mind of late, so much so that I started a poll to seek opinions... do drop by if you get a chance.

PEACE, and Happy New Year!