Post Elections...From Janelle's Blog

A really amusing piece of writing...

"The people we should thank
Vijay Mar 11, 08 5:40pm
The widespread euphoria the nation experiences now is obviously not without justification. After years of abuse, deceit, and betrayal, we have more than enough reason to rejoice that a giant has been brought to his knees. But in our celebration, let us pause to express our gratitude to the many people and forces who helped us achieve this unbelievable unexpected victory.

The first would be the people of Malaysia - the Malays, Chinese, and Indians who closed ranks and decided that together they had a duty to rid ourselves of despots and tyrants who had long surrendered any claim to honour, justice, and honesty. It is most regrettable that our brethren in Sabah and Sarawak, especially the Kadazans and Dayaks, are unable to join us in savouring the moment.
Considering the scale of winning margins in those two states, it can only be suspected that they are victims of a Machiavellian even treasonable plot to extend voting rights to unqualified foreigners. Next we must honour Lim Kit Siang, Anwar Ibrahim, and the other leaders for offering us ‘A New Hope’ and forging a new force that was willing to confront and defeat a government that was increasingly rotting to the core. Against all predictions, they created a united front capable of taking on a monstrous foe for a better Malaysia.

We must also thank the numerous blogs for keeping us in constant touch with the truth and events of the country; in particular, we thank Malaysiakini who despite threats of prosecution and civil suits continued to give us information that was being kept from us.
This priceless service was matched by ‘Malaysia Today’ whose Raja Petra Kamaruddin’s exuberance and passion, at times at the cost of slight inaccuracies, kept us glued to the computer screen. In this respect, our gratitude also goes to the mainstream media whose shameless falsehood, bias and distortion only served to remind us of the dangerous depths information agencies would wallow in.
We must never forget their Zainuddin Maidin, Wong Chun Wai, VK Chin, Jocelyn Tan and Chandra Muzzafar, who shamelessly gave up any pretensions to journalistic principles and integrity.

Malaysians should also show their appreciation to another group who silently, successfully worked towards ensuring an opposition victory. This team, ably led by the chairman of the Elections Commission, would include former chief justices and their confidantes, the head of the Anti-Corruption Agency, the attorney-general, the politically ‘correct, correct, correct’ VK Lingam, and the head of Radio Television Malaysia apart from the management of all the major newspapers and television stations. Sadly, we must also thank a certain Mongolian lady whose only sin perhaps was her intimacy with one who would wish to be king.

On the political front, recognition must be heaped on S Samy Vellu, Ong Ka Ting, amd Koh Tsu Koon, communal pillars whose forfeiture of pride and duty in the face of Umno interests and demands can only be described as contemptible sycophancy.
We must not forget Mahathir Mohamad, the creator of everything that is dirty and shameful in our country. His newfound aspirations to sainthood merely confirm what we long knew him to be. We should also praise Zakaria Deros who inspite of not standing in the recent elections, was the face of UMNO corruption and arrogance, the two qualities that further nailed the Barisan coffin. In his company, we should list Hishammuddin Hussein, Khairy Jamaluddin, Bung Badruddin, Mohamad Said, and Mohd Nazri Aziz.

However, in this roll-call of honour there is another who single-handedly for four years toiled to give the opposition the triumph it now enjoys. Where would Malaysia be without Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the master of false promises, of bare-faced lies, and of monumental incompetence? No one can ever emulate his distinctive record of not fulfilling even one of his 2004 election promises. This ‘prime minister of all Malaysians’ has indeed shown himself to be the pride of none.

The race is not over, the battle has just begun. Kit Siang and Anwar, congratulations. But remember, the support and trust we gave you was to govern wisely and fairly, your actions and policies will be closely watched and in Parliament we expect you to be an effective check and balance to the Barisan government. Our gratitude will not extend to tolerance of the corruption and arrogance we have been subjected to for decades."