Crocs in Troubled Waters

Love Quote of the Day
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.
Peter De Vries

Do you see any personality or character among the protagonists below?
If your answer is Yes, Malaysia has some HOPe steal.
If your answer tailors with mine, then Malaysia steals some hOPE by jumping into the Troubled waters. Swim among the crocs. You will survive after 22 plus years of dress rehearsals plus another two of re-rehearsals and some undressing.
The worst case scenario with MOndaeBlues: You get gobbled up by the crocs and do the dance with the crocs in their belly. Steal a dance wat!

from The NST Jan 23, 2006

Samy Vellu blasts Kayveas over remarks


KUALA LUMPUR, Sun
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"I will not listen to anyone but the Prime Minister," MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said today.

Taking exception to a statement by People’s Progressive Party leader Datuk M. Kayveas that the nine ministers who submitted a memorandum to Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should resign for their "improper behaviour", he said: "Who is he? Who is Kayveas to tell us what to do? He is not even a minister. That is his problem. He is not even in the Cabinet. We are full ministers and we have direct access to the Prime Minister.

"If Kayveas wants to be a minister, ask him to see the Prime Minister and ask him to be made a minister. No one has to advise us on what to do except the Prime Minister."

Five of the nine ministers met Abdullah yesterday and eight of them have since withdrawn the memorandum on the advice of the Prime Minister.

Upko president Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, one of the signatories, has been non-commital on the withdrawal.

Samy Vellu, who was one of the ministers who submitted the memorandum seeking to protect the rights of non-Muslims, said he did not want to talk about the memorandum any more.

"What I want to say is in my heart. We will talk about it at the Cabinet meeting," he said at a Press conference after handing out RM500 and trophies each to 518 Tamil primary school pupils who had scored seven As in the 2005 UPSR examination.
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Then there is the Other Predictable in Malaysian politics:
and from theSun, frontpage continuing to page 2:


'We did it in the national interest'

We were not forced to withdraw memo: Ong

KUALA LUMPUR: The decision by non-Muslim cabinet ministers to retract a memorandum they had given to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was not done because of pressure but more for the sake of national interest.
"We did it in the national interest and our statement is good enough to explain everything," MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said on Sunday.

The memorandum called for a review of laws affecting the rights of non-Muslims.

Asked whether they were pressured to retract the memorandum, Ong said the non-Muslim ministers had a very good understanding with Abdullah and the solution found was "good enough".

On Friday, Abdullah had said it was not normal or proper for the ministers to send the memorandum as the matter could have been discussed in the weekly cabinet meeting.

He then said he had yet to read the memorandum as he was busy looking at the 9th Malaysia Plan but would allow the ministers to present their views at the next cabinet meeting.

But on Saturday, Abdullah summoned and met five of the nine non-Muslim ministers at his official residence in Seri Perdana, leading to their withdrawal of the memorandum.

He then said the issue was closed.

"Our statement says it clearly enough to explain why we retracted the memorandum and I do not wish to further elaborate (on) it," Ong said after opening the party's school of political studies.

He said the joint statement issued was in line with the prime minister's statement and him openly stating that all important and essential issues can be discussed at the cabinet as it is the best place to discuss such issue.

"That's what we are trying to convey -- the same thing the PM said. It's over now and there is no need to play up the issue again," Ong said.

"The Barisan Nasional government under the leadership of Abdullah will also know how and when to resolve the issue."

Asked how will he and the other non-Muslim ministers explain to the public, especially their party members, he said: "Don't worry, the public will understand."

The other non-Muslim ministers who signed the memorandum were Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy, Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek, Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik, Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn, Plantation Enterprises and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin and Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili and Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.
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In life, in Desi's mind, there are generally three classes of people.

(a)People with principles.
(b)People without any scruples.
(c)People with a mixture of both -- that is having some principles at times, can be unscrupulous too when the circumstances are right -- depending on the circumstances and forces at work and how they impact on the individuals.

If you have friends mostly from Category (a), you are one hell-of-lucky bloke!
If you think your "friends" come mostly from (c), you are the average JOe or Jane. You are a survivor in Malaysia. You'll be o'rite, mate!

Butt if you mingle mostly with people from Category (b), pray very hard you don't fall into the croc-infested waters! Also, please don't cross Desi's path, may the Good Lord Protect me&mGf from your type of Company.

To which Category do the Protagonists mentuioned in the two political dramas just played out on the Malaysian stage -- so predicable -- as entertaining as Hollywood soap and HongKong soup operas? I like your esteemed opinions.

Of course of the three, I hate Bee. This category I'd wish it upon my worst enemies!

Don't you believe it when you hear that YL does not have enemies. He's a poet-aspirant, ain't he?
When you maketh an enemy of a Poet, maketh sure you can stand a Crocodile bite plus a rattle-snake venom.

And that's not a threat. It's a friendly sign like those they hang on our friendly neighbourhood fences:
Beware of dogs.
More such signs are apparently expected to bloom at the advent of the Year of the Doggone Animal.
Do you realise when you hang a dog upside down, it reads somethin' awesome?

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