Political Quotes by Mark Twain
ON TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 20130 COMMENTS
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Mark Twain
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Mark Twain
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
Mark Twain
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain
Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
Mark Twain
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Mark Twain
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Mark Twain
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
Mark Twain
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain
Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
Mark Twain
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Mark Twain
DESIDERATA: I will highlight some of the above to elaborate their RELEVANCE in this season of MADNESS that GE13 has generated:) OR :(
CHOW!
which can mean~~
Seey later OK!
OR
Come join Desi for lunch!
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From the sun online, long over shelflife usefulness UMNO minister who rebuilt the burnt bridges to UMNO:~~~
ril 2013 - 10:02pm
CYBERJAYA (April 15, 2013): Political parties are still welcome to apply to have 10-minute airtime each to present their respective manifestos for the 13th general election (GE13) on Radio Television Malaysia (RTM).
Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said despite there being no takers to the offer, the parties are still welcome to apply for their "privileges".
"The doors of RTM are still open, and I encourage them to utilise it for the sake of democracy.
"Within 10 minutes, a lot of things can be explained and told to the public in respect of each party's position and its philosophy and (plans for) development," he said after launching the Creative Youth League at the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) headquarters here today.
The 10-minute offer last month had been rejected by federal opposition parties in the Pakatan Rakyat.
DESI: "...for the sake of democracy", Mr ex-Law Minister? Who art thou trying to kid?
These blokes who are NOT even ministers: Zulkifli Noordin, Tunku Abdul Aziz, Ibrahim Ali and Dr Hassan Ali
have been given space in MSM such as TV3 and NST that easily surpassed the 10-minutes (for the most important document of conesting parties in GE13!)
that I wonder if Rais has lost his marbles being crushed to become cement to rebuild that bridge to UMNO that he himself burnt after joining Tengku Razaleight to fight Dr Mahathir Mohamad for the UMNO presidency oince upon a time. BUT OF COURSE, leaders like Rais are among those Malaysians yang MUDAH LUPA ia?!
This Mark Twain quote is relevant and applies to all above-mentioned!
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain"
PS: Please add to the roll-call individuals who get more than 10-minute XXTRA airtime AND COLUMN-CM in the daily newspapers because THEY ARE FRIENDLY TO THE BN-UMNO!
Ridhuan Tee Abdullah, Wee Choo Keong, N Kallakarupan -- to make it truly multi-racial like BN what! -- so it's RIGHT THE PR COMPONENT PARTIES -- DAP< PKR and PAS -- TOLD RAISE YATIM: Go fly kite for 1,000 minutes with all the above-named!
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PS: Please add to the roll-call individuals who get more than 10-minute XXTRA airtime AND COLUMN-CM in the daily newspapers because THEY ARE FRIENDLY TO THE BN-UMNO!
Ridhuan Tee Abdullah, Wee Choo Keong, N Kallakarupan -- to make it truly multi-racial like BN what! -- so it's RIGHT THE PR COMPONENT PARTIES -- DAP< PKR and PAS -- TOLD RAISE YATIM: Go fly kite for 1,000 minutes with all the above-named!
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SIDE VIEWS
New BN, Umno faces but same old mindset — Fikry Osman
APRIL 16 — Barisan Nasional (BN) is putting out a refreshed and reshuffled list of candidates for the 13th general election, with a third new faces for Parliament and 49 per cent for the seats in 12 states.
Does it even matter if 100 per cent are new? Do the candidates matter more than the parties or coalition and the manifesto they put out days ago?
One has to understand something about BN and Umno. Their people subscribe to the same ideology and chauvinism as the old people they are replacing in the May 5 general election.
Is Rais Yatim’s replacement going to have an enlightened media policy or is he still going to offer a 10-minute slot to the opposition? What do you think?
All these new Umno candidates are products of the party mindset and thinking, the same thinking that gave us the Ibrahim Ali and Ridhuan Tee who blight our landscape.
How will these candidates even think they can promise a “better nation” with them in power? They are cut from the same cloth as their predecessors. Otherwise they won’t be in BN or Umno.
There is no transformation with such people, let alone reforms. BN and Umno have an assembly line of politicians who think and act the same way as their predecessors.
They’re just old wine in a new bottle. It might look sparkling new but it’s the same old, same old. You can be sure of that.
* Fikry Osman reads The Malaysian Insider.
* This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insider.
DESI: The apove is extracted from The Malaysian Insider to demonstrate the RELEVANCE OF the following quote -- Ooops!, but pardon it's NOT from Mark Twain, from one of Desi's favourite writers, ALBERT EINSTEIN ~~~~~~~~~
"Insanity is doing the same thing, over and other again, but expecting different results."
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