If Isa Samad wins, this will be the beginning of the end for UMNO....

It will be interesting to know who UMNO pick as their candidate for the Bagan Pinang by-election. Will Najib go for a sure win guy or will they pick someone fresh and clean? Considering that Isa Samad is so wildly popular with the UMNO folks in Bagan Pinang, will Najib bend to their wishes?

It is so sad that the UMNO people in Bagan Pinang still chooses someone who's character is tarnished with corruption. If Isa Samad is nominated, this will signal the beginning of the end of UMNO. Isa Samad has been there at the top for so long, and he was within a whisker of winning one of the top post in UMNO and ultimately the post of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. He had his days, enjoyed all the benefits and now he should retire quietly.

Why would the good UMNO folks in Bagan Pinang still back Isa Samad as a candidate? This is a case of hero worshipping by the local UMNO folks. Hero worshipping is entrenched in the Malay culture. We hero worshiped Dr Mahathir and become blind to his wrong doings. Some hero worshiped Anwar Ibrahim although he did not do much for our country. The Bagan Pinang folks hero worshiped Isa Samad as he is the local warlord and had contribute many a splendid things to them. They still hero worshiped him although he is corrupt and convicted of money politics.

If UMNO chose a fresh face as a candidate, I am sure the local UMNO voters will show their disagreement by voting for the opposition. So what if UMNO loses a by-election? At least it shows Najib as a man of principle and does not kowtow to corruption and money politics.

If Isa Samad is pick and wins, then I am sure in the next by-election, we will hear the name of Rahim Thambi Chik as the next candidate.

Au revoir UMNO.

Selcat dah jadi 'High and Mighty'........

Sibuk sakan media massa BN menceduk air yang keroh. Dr Hassan Ali dituduh dan dicela dengan bermacam macam tohmahan, 'not a team player', the only problem', 'a runaway train' dan 'a loose canon'. Puak puak UMNO dan lain lain yang sekongkol bertalu talu menghentam beliau dan mengambil kesempatan, konon nya kerajaan PR akan tumbang sedikit masa lagi dan Dr Hassan Ali akan ditendang dari exco Kerajaan PR.

Semua cita cita dan harapan mereka berkecai apabila PAS Selangor hari ini memberi komitmen sejati mereka kepada PR.

Apa salahnya Dr Hassan Ali atau sesiapa pun mengkritik Selcat? Selcat bukannya satu badan maksum yang bebas dari kesilapan dan juga bukan satu badan yang ada imuniti, bebas dari kritikan. Selcat bukan dilindungi saperti 'lese majeste law' yang mengharamkan kritikan kepada Raja Thailand.

Selcat dan Kerajaan PR mestilah berhati hati untuk menjaga maruah kakitangan kerajaan di Selangor. Kakitangan Kerajaan lah yang akan menggerakkan semua polisi polisi kerajaan PR di Selangor ini. Apa yang dapat kita lihat sekarang, Selcat sedang berusaha mengorek semua daki daki dan kotoran kotoran yang ditinggalkan oleh Adun Adun BN. Tidak salah usaha usaha begitu kerana rakyat perlu diberitahu tentang hal hal tersebut, tetapi janganlah pegawai pegawai kerajaan dipalitkan dengan kotoran kotoran tersebut.

Kita diberitahu Pegawai pegawai Kerajaan tidak mempersoalkan tatacara penggunaan peruntukkan Adun BN semasa zaman Khir Toyo dahulu. Mereka sebenarnya hanya juru simpan peruntukkan sahaja, dan tugas mereka hanya untuk menyalurkan peruntukkan apabila dokumen dokumen didapati teratur. Mereka masih terikat dengan semua prosidur kewangan sediada dan pihak Audit Negeri akan sentiasa memantau perlaksanaan dan pembelanjaan peruntukkan ini dilaksanakan dengan betul.

Selcat tidak seharusnya menekan pegawai kerajaan kerana keadaan mereka sangat terdesak semasa zaman Khir Toyo dahulu. Memang benar saperti kata mereka " buat salah ,tak buat pun salah.........."(Damned if we do, damned if we don't......)

Kalau PR mahu memerintah Selangor lebih lama lagi, buat baik lah dengan semua pegawai pegawai kerajaan, kerana ianya lebih mendatangkan hikmah dari keburukan. Jangan jadi terlalu sombong dan terasa 'high and mighty' kerana Allah akan menggantikan kamu dengan orang yang lebih baik lagi jika kamu tidak mensyukuri nikmat nya.

Kopi Luwak - probably the best coffee in the world

Since tasting my first cup of kopi luwak (musang) in the highlands of Kintamani Bali, I am hooked. I have become a coffee man since giving up smoking 5 years ago. I have tasted all the different type of coffee there is, but only one coffee has tasted so good above the rest. Move aside Starbuck or Gloria Jeans, Kopi Luwak is the best coffee in the world.

Kopi Luwak is one of those unusual blends. One of the strangest and most expensive coffee brands, Kopi Luwak, or civet coffee is made from ripe coffee berries that have been eaten by, and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian palm civet and other wild cats.

The civets eat the best coffee berries but the beans inside pass through their system undigested.
The beans are then collected and cleaned. In Australia Kopi Lawak sells for A 50 dollars a cup, but in Kintamani Bali it about Rm 10 a cup. The beans are sold for Rp 600,000 (Rm200) per 100 gram (make 10 cups) and cost Rp 450,000 (Rm150) at the airport for a mere 20 grams (make 3 cups) !!

If Kopi Luwak is not your cup of tea (pun intended!) try Kopi Toraja, although the coffee plant is planted the traditional way in Toraja land, near the southern tip of Borneo.

How do you describe the taste of Kopi Luwak? It has a heavenly taste after a hard day's work. It is mellow not bitter, doesn't leave an after taste and there is a touch of caramel. In Vietnam they call it Weasel coffee.

You can argue it's halal-ness until the cows come home, but meanwhile I'll be enjoying it to the last drop until a fatwa is issued against it.

The splitting of the moon

The real reason why the stadium roof collapse !

Have a nice school holiday...........

An Ignorant Judge

Rasul Allah (saw) said: "Judges are of three types, two of them will go to hellfire and one type will go to paradise. The one who knows the truth and judges with it, he is in paradise. One who knows the truth but doesn't judge by it, will go to hellfire. The one who doesn't know the truth and judges between people with ignorance, will go to the hellfire" - narrated by Abu Daud and Termidhi.

We have seen from the series of judgments handed down recently; they were widely criticized as politically partisan resulting in various dubiosities and blatant disregard of constitutional provisions, judgment without proper or written grounds or judgment in indecent haste.

Judges must remember that they will one day stand before The Almighty and be counted of whatever judgements they make during this short worldly life. Hopefully they will ponder the above hadith.

May Allah save us all from the calamity of the hereafter.

Panas !! Court rules Nizar as the rightful MB

'The Kuala Lumpur High Court today paved the way for a fresh round of battle in Perak by declaring that BN's Zambry Abd Kadir is not the legitimate menteri besar of Perak.

The decision by justice Abdul Aziz Abd Rahim today rubberstamped ousted Pakatan Rakyat MB Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin's argument that he is still the legitimate menteri besar'-Malaysiakini

Padan muka hang, zambry................

Kabinet mengikut undang undang jahiliah: Anak ikut agama asal ibu bapa

Semalam Kabinet Malaysia telah memutuskan bahawa kanak kanak mesti kekal menganut agama asal ketika ibu bapanya berkahwin. Ini bermakna kanak kanak tidak boleh bertukar agama walaupun selepas salah seorang pasangan itu menukar agama. Menteri di JPM, Nazri berkata "Anak perlu dibesarkan mengikut agama asal ibu bapa mereka........"

Keputusan Kabinet ini dilihat sebagai akan mencampuri urusan perundangan Mahkamah Shariah dan akan melibatkan banyak implikasi kepada kes kes yang melibatkan pertukaran ke agama Islam, anak anak yang dibawah umur.

Sanggup kah menteri menteri Islam didalam Kabinet menanggung dosa besar, apabila permohonan mereka mereka yang ingin memeluk agama Islam (bawah 18 tahun) diatas pilihan sendiri ditolak oleh Mahkamah kerana arahan Kabinet dan undang undang yang akan digubal nanti?

Semuga Allah melindung kita dari bala Allah yang akan datang kerana mengamalkan undang undang jahiliah ini.

Another By-Election in Penanti: Damned, don't you all get tired?

Here we go again. Another tussle between UMNO and PKR with MCA, MIC, DAP, PAS, and some independent monkeys entering the fray. This time it is not because a YB passed away, but PKR need to find a person good enough to be the DCM of Penang. Don't you all get tired of all the many by-elections in this country?

Our country is facing the worst recession ever. People are losing jobs and crime rates are increasing, yet politicians will be throwing millions of Ringgit to win the by-election. We will again see dirty linen wash in public and brickbats thrown against each other.

When will our politicians be united and face the global economic crisis? They should be putting their heads together to improve our livelihood rather than clashing against each other to win a by-election.

Some see this as a political move by PKR. They believed that Umno could use the graft charges to force Fairus jumping ship, as what they have done in Perak. To ward off this possibility, PKR leaders had to move fast to force Fairus to quit and pave the way for a by-election.

By asking Fairus to resign, it still shows a blatant disregard by PKR for Malaysian's wishes of having a stable government to avert the looming economic crisis.

Father Lawrence Andrew (editor of Catholic Herald) dinner grace

Dear Allah, thank Allah for this food.
Bless the hands that prepared it.
Bless it to our use and us to Allah's service.
And make us ever mindful of the needs of others.
Through Allah we pray. Amen.

Oh Allah
Allah blessed us with five loaves and two fish
Bless this food we share
Place Allah's peace in our hearts
and Allah's love in our lives Amen

For food in a world where many walk in hunger;
For faith in a world where many walk in fear;
For friends in a world where many walk alone;
We give you thanks, O Allah. Amen.
Allah is great, Allah is good
Let us thank Allah for our food. Amen