‘Have we such short memories that we have forgiven him for his past indiscretions and pine for the time when he was in power?'
On 'Pop star' Dr M's first gig in Bukit Gantang
Adcin: It really beggars belief that the BN and especially Umno still consider Mahathir a potent force in rallying the troops and galvanising support for the BN candidate in the by-elections today.
Does Najib consider his politics still relevant and are we to expect more of the same from him?
Have we such short memories that we have now forgiven him for his past indiscretions and pine for the time when he was in power?
Has Pak Lah failed us so horribly that we need to step back into the Dark Ages and allow ourselves to be stripped and shackled and yet be happy for tender mercies from the Great One?
Mahathir should stick to his blogging where his vapid fans hang on to his every word, and not regurgitate obsolete politics where freedoms do not run as free and wings are clipped before flight.
In today's by-elections, one prays that the voters insist that he remains retired from politics.
Sang Kancil: Dr Mahathir is back! I just don't understand the attitude of this old man.
I had all the respect for him when I was in school and university but not now.
He is a person with a cakap tak serupa bikin attitude. He is not practising what he is preaching.
He once said that we must stop eating at the moment when we enjoy the meal the most. He did that.
I agree but why does he want to ‘eat' again? His era is long overdue and over. He is not relevant to Malaysian politics anymore.
Just look at our late Hussein Onn. He was a gentleman. He retired and became an ordinary citizen. That should be the way.
Dr M is just a busybody. Please Dr M, retire gracefully and do charity. We, the rakyat, do not need you anymore.
We are really sick of your kia su attitude and we can't tolerate you anymore.
On Dr M: No to minister's post, yes as unofficial advisor
Dorai Dubai: What is Dr M's motive of in rejoining Umno? Can I say that he rejoined Umno to collect back whatever he couldn't collect during his tenure as PM?
Will the Singapore bridge project take off? Mukhriz may now be in the line up to be a full minister to continue the regime of Mahathirism.
If Mahathir still interferes in Malaysian politics, then the tsunami of 2008 will continue up to 2012.
Dorai Dubai: Please don't be duped by Tun Mahathir. He is a chameleon which changes for the environment.
Umno is just like his house, in and out anytime. The next time around, if Najib rejects any of his ideas, then he (Tun) will start his new attack and support the next Umno leader, Muhyiddin.
It's not the matter of the leadership qualities that he has but the politicking art which he uses.
On PAS: Anyone can read the Quran
John Johnson: PAS central committee election director Mustapha Ali has defended Perak DAP secretary Nga Kor Ming for reciting a verse from a Quran, saying that ‘there is nothing wrong for a non-Muslim to read it'.
Well done, sir. I can see you are a learned man and a wise one at that. It is simple. All religions teach us how to behave towards other people. There is no harm in understanding another holy book.
This only increases our knowledge and also helps us to understand the ways of the people who follow this religion.
All the hypocrites who are crying foul over Nga are just instigating the rest of the people.
I'm sure all the people who are fussing over this incident will get free passes to the gates of heaven. This is most definite.
On Disneygate: 'Get back every penny'
Richard Teo: After looking into PNSB's dealings, Selcat have revealed Khir Toyo's abuse of his position by using funds from statutory bodies to pay for his family trip to Disneyland.
He and his wife were given every opportunity to defend and rebut all those allegations adduced during the course of the Selcat hearing but both of them chose not attend the hearing.
The CEO of the GLC could not have contrived or manufactured the evidence which confirmed the trip was paid for his wife, children and maid.
These are serious allegations involving a public servant using public funds for his personal expenditure.
The payments made were all supported and documented by the statutory body's accounts.
The witnesses including the CEO have testified that the whole trip for Khir Toyo's family including the children and maid was paid for by PNSB.
The evidence adduced during Selcat's hearing should have been sufficient to indict Khir Toyo on several charges of corruption.
Now the question that remains to be answered is why is the MACC adopting an 'elegant ' silence over this case when it was quick to reproach Selangor MB Khalid for donating a few cows to his constituency using PNSB's money?
Are we to believe that the MACC is adopting a selective prosecution approach in discharging its duties?
It appears quite evident that opposition politicians are being selectively hounded by MACC whilst BN politicians' corrupt practices are been ignored.
As a concerned public citizen, I would demand that the MACC chief account for not being impartial in carrying out their sacred duty of investigating and prosecuting all politicians irrespective of their political alignment.
If they are impartial as they claim to be, then we demand an immediate investigation and prosecution of Khir Toyo's corrupt practices.
Public servants who dip their hands into government coffers must be brought to book and we shall not accept any lesser punishment for the former menteri Besar, Khir Toyo.
Any punishment meted out and that includes a custodial sentence imposed should serve as a deterrent to all those public servants who have abused their position by dipping their grubby paws into government funds to finance their family and personal lifestyles using taxpayers' money.
On Sept 16 was about change, not party-hopping
Concerned Citizen: These past few weeks have proven to be an eventful one especially with Umno's not-so-surprising party elections and today's by-elections.
I must say though that party-hopping is just wrong and there are no two ways about it.
The people or the rakyat , in the general election last year, voted for their party be it Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat.
From this, some will conclude that an MP from BN cannot or should not cross-over to Pakatan because of the mere fact that the people of that district voted for BN rather than Pakatan and vice-versa.
I am more than happy to see Pakatan form its own government because the rakyat , as you can see, on the whole is sick of the BN government that has ruled Malaysia for over 50 years with corrupt politics and little results.
So I ask, why is the recent party-hopping by three Perak state assembly persons considered legitimate but not Anwar Ibrahim's cry for party-hopping?
If the party-hopping in Perak is legitimate, then why wasn't Anwar's Sept 16 call for party-hopping not?
Both parties, unfortunately, express opposite views that support their cause. Why is this so? These are all questions that all Malaysians want answered.
Hey, you politicians elected by the majority, stop behaving childishly and get to work.
Najib Abdul Razak, you are Malaysia's new leader - show us you can put things right as you said in your first speech.
Walk the talk, Mr Prime Minister and prove to us, Malaysians, that you mean what you say.
And can you release all those ISA detainees rather than just a favoured few?
How did you decide who should be freed and who should be further detained? Why all this discrimination at the beginning of your premiership?
These are the questions that must be asked.
On Blunt force trauma did not cause Kugan's death
Peter Ooi: It is a forgone conclusion that Kugan did not die of a natural cause. It had been proven beyond any doubt by the second autopsy.
And it is pointless to reiterate that some one is responsible for his death because the autopsy is crystal-clear.
What I am amused is that after so many months of the authority's promise to bring the ones responsible to the book, none so far has been seen.
I wonder they are still in the process of further investigation. I truly believe in their sincerity.
My only worry is that this case would just be another one added to the ever increasing number of serious cases with never ending investigations.
I can name just few off hand. Ahmad Ismail seditious statements, I guess is still under investigations after more than a year.
P Balasubramaniam's statutory declarations, one of which is false, a serious crime by any standard, is still outstanding.
The police claim they know his whereabouts but maybe do not have the resources to get him back.
Similarly. Elizabeth Wong's boyfriend is known to the authority to be hiding in Indonesia and, oh yes, the police might not have the funds to fly him home.
If these reasons are true, Najib should allocate more funds to the police so that they will never be lacking in resources or short of funds to fight the ever-increasing crime rate.
On AirAsia forced me to crawl on my hands and knees
The Healer: This is certainly most irresponsible on AirAsia's part. It certainly reflects their disregard for disabled people who deserve due respect and dignity as all others do.
AirAsia, please respond to this man's complaint and act on it.
I myself love to fly with AirAsia, for not only is it ‘Made in Malaysia' but it is an affordable way to travel.
Please do not let any such incidents recur, you are not the only one providing budget airline services.
To the other passengers who took a video of this man, I pray you do not use it to humiliate this man.
On 200 opposition members join BN
T Gopal: This is what one of the member had said:-
‘We have waited long, but there has been no changes...for example, there is no clean water supply to our kampung and we have been depending on water from the wells for the past 50 years,' he was quoted as saying by Bernama .
What kind of people are they? BN never provided clean water at this place for 50 years but these people never complained.
PR has been in power for only about a year but they started complaining. This is a good reason why Maths should be taught in English.
