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tahniah dato seri :-)
tapi ingat, yang mustahak ialah warga kampung yang masih diperbodohkan oleh gerombolan united malays national organisation. these folks are all ’safe-deposit voters’ of umno and these folks can neutralise all well-read urban folks. u know, most urban folks are pakatan supporters anyway.
u have to reach deep into the kampong areas – so write more in bahasa melayu.
like i have said many times, these umno flers cannot hold a candle to you in ‘kemelayuan’ scale :-) most umno flers are fat-bulging pigs too intoxicated by young women and fast cars and easy money. try as they much like to, they always come out as phony. any urban folk can see that – except most innocent warga kampong. what not, these folks have been fed ‘utusan’, tv3, and all umno propoganda machineries for the past 50 years.
dato seri, lawan tetap lawan. ingat, reach out to those warga kampong. write more in bahasa melayu. give speeches in bahasa melayu unless when there are oversea media in attendance. otherwise, speak in bahasa. no apologies needed to speak in bahasa in our own country. those non-malays supporters will understand. they have to understand.
good luck dato seri. and thank u sir!
(you dont have to publish this).
4RAKYAT
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dh konvensyen pon..bile nk demo GST?
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4RAKYAT Reply:
December 21st, 2009 at 1:48 pm
demo tu kena planning betul2…
x nak kasi anjing polis ada alasan nak hentam.
kalau siapa sudi, boleh print t-shirt “no to gst” macam no to isa.
jual kpd orang ramai.
camtu kan lagi bagus? boleh untuk sikit bagi tabung perajurit pakatan rakyat, pada masa yang sama boleh buat kenyataan yang x kurang keberkesanannya. lagipun, polis x boleh tangkap orang pakai t-shirt.
that’s just my personal opinion, respectfully.
4RAKYAT
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Brovo DSAI ! Hidup PR…Time To Changed !
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Tahniah, lepas ini pingat demontrasi pula di anugerahkan kerana kecermlangan demontrasi yang menjejaskan peniaga kecil, menyesakkan lalu lintas, menggangu urusan harian rakyat, menyebabkan penumpang terlepas penerbangan, bas, keretapi, feri dan lain-lain. Selain itu polis juga dicederakan oleh perusuh-perusuh pimpinan anda. Tahniah sungguh berjaya demontrasi itu untuk mengkucar kacirkan Kuala Lumpur dan menyusahkan rakyat, tahniah sekali lagi. Sekian, terima kasih.
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4RAKYAT Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:49 pm
hello mohamad my old friend in cyberspace,
thank you for your support and congratulary note here.
on behalf of dato seri and all pakatan warriors, i say thanks to you.
4RAKYAT
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iban Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 11:01 pm
hai kawanku Mohamed,u pun nk cari makan gak ke?u kalau nk cari makan jumpalah Tuan UMNO,i pecaya lepas 2 u glamer kluar kt media UMNO,1 Malaysia kenal u nti tau,dapat duit 4,5juta,idup u senang lepas 2.tahniah kawanku
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Kepada En. Iban, saya bukan jenis orang gila glamor dan suka populariti murahan, tapi saya lebih suka melihat Malaysia menjadi aman dan makmur. Duit berjuta-juta tak boleh di belanja di dalam kubur bila dah mati nanti, saya sedar semua itu, jadi tak payahlah nak perli saya. Berkenaan cari makan, semua orang perlu kerja, tapi dapatkanlah kerja dengan elok dan jujur, bukan dengan cara tak senonoh, begitu juga dalam politik, dapatkan kepercayaan rakyat dengan usaha gigih membangukan kawasan dan negeri tadbiran sendiri dulu, ini tidak kawasan dan negeri tadbiran sendiri terabai dan pembangunan yang tak dibuat, tapi asyik nak hentam orang ini dan itu dengan pelbagai tohmahan, diri sendiri macam mana, baik sangatkah? Bermoralkah kalau dapatkan kuasa politik dengan menipu rakyat, mengadakan demontrasi hingga menyusahkan orang ramai, memburuk-burukkan negara di luar, menuduh orang itu dan ini sesuka hati tanpa bukti kukuh? Tak payah nak berdrama tapi apa pun tak dibuat. Sekian, terima kasih.
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Kepada En. 4Rakyat, sama-samalah. Lepas ini buat lagi demontrasi dan ceramah maki hamun serta tuduhlah orang lain sesuka hati lagi untuk mendapatkan pingat demontrasi tertinggi. Sekian, terima kasih.
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4RAKYAT Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 10:21 pm
kalau diberi ruang untuk meluahkan perasaan tak puas hati yang terpendam lama dalam hati, siapa nak “melanggari undang2″ untuk berdemo?
hanya bila ditekan sampai tak boleh tahan dah…barulah se-setangah orang buat demo. orang yang pakai t-shirt hitam minum kopi-o kat old town cafe pun ditangkap. apa hal ni? tolong jawab i.
kini, amat jelas, satu undang2 untuk pro-government demo dan lagi satu undang2 untuk demo pro-pakatan rakyat.
in the uk or the usa, govt vs opposition can debate. that’s because the jucidiary, police, prosecution and other govt machineries are fair. but in malaysia? u know how it is – deep inside your (un)clouded mind; i hope. and in the uk or the usa, both govt and opposition have almost equal (and fair) exposure to the mainstream media. here in malaysia? u know the answer lah. ikat tangan pembangkang dan diajak bertarung. apa ni…?
but i still defend your rights to say your piece. that’s the beauty of democracy.
kalau orang tak buat demo untuk teoh beng hock dan kugan, takan mereka berdua nak hidup kembali dan buat demo menuntut keadilan.
kalau gandhi tak buat demo (secara aman), india masih dijajah britain.
kalau martin luther king tak buat demo (secara aman), obama tak mungkin jadi presiden.
kalau aquino tak demo “people power” zaman 80an, marcos masih menekan orang filipina.
kalau orang indonesia tak buat demo, suharto bapa persuah tak akan dapat ditumbangkan.
jadi, boleh i samakan kalau pakatan rakyat tak buat demo, bolehkah rakyat malaysia terlepas dari cengkaman syaitan gerombolan united malays national ogranization – parti politik tu…?
memang tak boleh berunding dah. semua berat sebelah berpihak kpd gerombolan umno-barisan.
polis berat sebelah. (indat tak musang hasan siapa pada tahun 1998?)
kehakiman berat sebelah. (ingat tak hakim hacks siapa pada tahun 1998?)
pendakwaraya berat sebelah. (ingat tak gani patail siapa pada tahum 1998?).
kalau che mohd risau pasal “kuasa orang cina (malaysia)” yang kononnya makin hari makin kuat, i syorkan biar melayu 100% dalam jemaah menteri. khalid samad, tok guru nik aziz, anwar, zaid ibrahim, tunku aziz dll… i sokong 100%.
itu lim kit siang, lim guan eng, karpal dll jadi pemimpin lapisan kedua (political secretary ke… councillor ke…)
the reason? very simple lah. if the leader is good, i dont care if he’s malay or cina or india or kadazan or anything. but he must be clean and white as a baby’s bottom.
understood?
4RAKYAT
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Bukan tak diberi peluang En. Rakyat Berdaulat, tapi anda semua yang kemaruk dan tamak serta dengki dengan Barisan Nasional sampai nan berdemontrasi. Daripada anda buat benda tolol dan tak guna berkenaan, lebih baik pergi bergotong royong membersihkan masjid, kampung dan taman perumahan atau anda boleh mengadakan hari sukan untuk mengelakkan remaja terjebak dalam kegiatan tak bermoral dan tak berfaedah. Ini tidak anda lebih suka menggalakkan orang terutama golongan muda menjadi tidak senonoh seperti anda yang sukakan keganasan dan kekerasan.
Kamu ambil contoh di negara Indonesia, India dan Filipina bila kata demontrasi, lihatlah keadaan negara berkenaan. Mereka masih ketinggalan dalam pelbagai hal jika dibandingkan dengan Malaysia. Fikirkanlah golongan berpendapatan rendah, mereka perlukan ekonomi yang stabil untuk berniaga di jalanan atau berkerja di kilang, ladang, kebun dan lain-lain. Kalau tak aman peluang perniagaan terutama sekali perniagaan jalanan dan pekerja kelas rendah akan terjejas, tak bolehkah anda berfikir berkenaan hal ini?
Berkenaan kuasa politik, saya bukan jenis perkauman, begitu juga dengan Barisan Nasional, meskipun bilangan ahli parlimen bukan bumiputera dalam Barisan Nasional tak banyak mereka masih lagi diberi peluang dan ruang untuk menyertai kerajaan berdasarkan ahli parlimen mereka yang ada. Barisan Nasional bukan parti perkauman dan tak akan mengainaya kaum lain semata-mata kuasa politik. Kalau anda kata nak pinggirkan orang india dan cina kalau Pakatan Rakyat berkuasa, macam mana dengan DAP? Nak campak dekat mana Lim Kit Siang, Karpal Singh, Lim Guan Eng, Nga Kor Ming, N. Gobalakrishnan, M. Kulasegaran dan lain-lain. Mereka pun nak jadi menteri dan timbalan menteri juga. Apakah anda mahu memperalatkan DAP sahaja sebelum piliharaya? Macam mana nak tahu masalah bukan bumiputera kalau wakil mereka tiada dalam kerajaan? Saya rasa anda pun takut dengan sikap DAP yang lain dari yang lain itu, sebab itu semua anda nak singkirkan jika dari kaum bukan melayu/bumiputera. Kamu kata mudah nak buat semua ini, macam sekaranglah kamu semua hentam kerajaan kata tak retilah, bodohlah itulah inilah, tapi bila dah kena pegang tanggungjawab baru terhegeh-hegeh, tak tahu nak buat. Untuk melepaskan diri, cari isu untuk alihkan perhatian rakyat terhadap Pakatan Rakyat dengan mereka isu-isu palsu untuk memburuk-burukkan Barisan Nasional supaya rakyat terus membenci Barisan Nasional seperti yang anda semua amalkan di negeri-negeri tadbiran anda sekarang ini. Tapi bangkai gajah takkan dapat ditutup dengan daun pisang, nanti rakyat tahu juga. Tidak apalah kita tunggu sahaja pilihanraya akan datang, kital lihat siapa yang berkredebiliti dan siapa yang bemasalah. Sekian, terima kasih.
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kpd che mohd
1) people like u r always asking us to give up arms and make peace and build build build, do something constructive etc….
this is only possible/feasible only when/if: umno-barisan is fair and does not use federal power to suppress state govts under pakatan. umno is unfair. and this is not politics. this is cheating.
this is only possible/feasible only when/if: umno-barisan stop looting the national coffers e.g. epf and petronas like bapak mereka yang punya. malaysia has for the past few decades depend heavily on petronas money. therefore, the commonrakyat thought our economy is ‘fundamentally strong’ like all past stupid umno finance ministers have claimed. fundementally my foot. we have always been a consumption nation i.e. we do not produced anything. never. ok, maybe satay aneka and selangor pewter. other than that we are all users of technology. we buy buy and buy. we sell only little. we manufacture only little. we have no innovation. we use petronas money (i.e. oil money). and my friend, u will see, in not so many years, maybe in your lifetime too, that malaysia will be bankrupt bcos no more oil and all the makciks and pakciks in kampong will then realise that this so-fcuking called ‘ketuanan melayu’ thingy had all these while been a white-wash, a red herring to distract these simple-minded folks and to lull them into a sense of complacency, thinking everything is a-ok. by that time, all umno-barisan ministers and their wives (and mistresses) and children will be leaving in the uk or usa or some exotic islands they bought with ill-gotten oil money (mostly of which were supposed to be for poor malay folks). in short, we cannot wait. we must tumbangkan / kuburkan umno secepat mungkin. i am sorry if u feel love for umno. i do not. so we both love our countries but we just have different views and prejudices.
and by the way, pakatan rakyat leaders are both fighting fire (umno) and developing their own states at the same time. one can do both at the same time.
of couse, umno will try to hoodwink the rakyat by claiming that pakatan is too obsessed with fighting umno and supposed have neglected the rakyat’s welfare (your examples above of cleaning masjids, buidling this and organising sports day etc….). well, pakatan have been doing all these too (just visit some pakatan leaders’ blogs lah. their good deeds are not mentioned in utusan, the star, tv3 and all those who are sewaktu dgn mereka.).
so, pakatan fight umno for the benefit of the rakyat and pakatan do community/welfare work too for the rakyat. paktan leaders have good time-management. they can do more in one hour then umno-lazy-pigs who rather go skirt-chasing (that ugly bung fcuker) or having wet-dreams about sexy starlets. i bet all current 1st wives of umno warlords have somewhat resigned to the fact that their umno-warlord-husbands are already eyeing their own respective sweet-sexy-young-thing of their own. this is umno. this is barisan.
2) what?? did i read you wrong? indonesia and india is behind malaysia is ‘many areas’??? oh please! do u even read the economics section of the business papers? or is it always ketuanan melayu literatures for u? or lagu ‘warisan’? or u just sit around the house whole day sulking about how pakatan is fighting your beloved-umno? umno is a political party. pakatan too. my love for pakatan is purely on a strategic/practical level. if they under-perform, i will personally fcuk them upside down. u see, i am not a blind-loyal supporter. i analyse. i criticise constructively. i dont see kaum. i see plans. i see economics. i see honesty. i see integrity. all these, umno tak ada. langsung tak ada. empty. hollow. especially that najid fler… he’s hollow. empty tin. u have to look inside rosmah’s big-fat skirt to find this najib inside there – all the time. take a good look at that najid fler and tell me he looks like a leader or even carries himself as one. he is about 20,000 leagues below people like zaid ibrahim. or more.
i stress again, research into indonesia’s and india’s figures. compare them against malaysia. take any parameters. annual gdp, fdi…anything. then come back and talk to me again.
3) dap = chinese? well, i cant blame u for thinking like that. it’s all about perception. i’ll leave it at that. but i know dap is for all malaysians. if they take too much of a pro-chinese stance, i’ll tick them off my fave-list. i am a malaysian. my parents may think like chinese but i think like a malaysian. and so should u. but biro tata negara and ketuanan melayu bullshits are obstacles. so, to some extent, are srjk (c) and srjk (t). but i leave this to the politicans to handle. but at the moment, the race is to kill off / kuburkan umno secepat mungkin for malaysia to have a chance to even survive the 21st century – let alone thrive.
tak boleh tunggu, umno mesti dikuburkan.
if u present me a list of 100% malay cabinet, 100% malay deputy ministers; but filled with people like zaid ibrahim, anwar, khalid ibrahim, khalid samad, nik nazmi, tok guru nik aziz, shahrir samad (yes, khalid’s big bro) etc… i will sokong 100%.
lim kit siang and guan eng and karpal and all those can do other things. if they protest, i say fcuk them. if that is what the rakyat wants, that is what the rakyat gets. suara rakyat suara keramat, no?
4RAKYAT
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Apa yang rakyat hendak lagi? Rakyat hendak atau Pakatan Rakyat yang tamak sangat sampai menggunakan rakyat sebagai alasan untuk mendapatkan sesuatu dengan cara salah. Pakatan Rakyat terlalu banyak beretorik, berdrama, itu dan ini hingga mencetuskan permasalahan dalam negara ini sendiri. Tapi apakah sumbangan Pakatan Rakyat untuk rakyat, tak payah nak ceramah maki orang itu dan maki orang ini, nak berdemontrasi, buat itu dan buat ini yang tak berfaedah. Lebih baik anda semua berusaha untuk negara yang aman dan makmur dari anda semua buat kacau bilau dalam negara. Kalau kemaruk nak berkuasa sangat pun, tunggulah sampai tahun 2012 atau 2013 nanti bila pilihanraya umum ke-13 diadakan, rakyat akan menilai yang mana baik dan yang mana buruk dan pemilihan pihak yang mana lebih berkelayakan untuk menjadi kerajaan di Putrajaya. Kalau anda masih bersikap gila dan bebal seperti sekarang, macam mana negara kita nak keluar dari krisis ekonomi, satu pihak (Barisan Nasional) bertungkuslumus untuk memajukan dan gigih untuk mengeluarkan negara dari kemelut ekonomi, tapi satu pihak lagi (Pakatan Rakyat) selalu buat huru hara dan menyebabkan negara mendapat imej yang buruk, macam mana kita nak berjaya? Terpulanglah anda nak berfikir macam mana, tak guna beretorik tak tentu hala tapi apa pun tak dibuat. Sekian, terima kasih.
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4RAKYAT Reply:
December 28th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
come on mr mohd, try answer my points above.
don’t slither by just like that. come on…
4RAKYAT
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