TAKING STOCK OF PAK LAH'S CONTRIBUTIONS...

In all the anger and disappointment that Malaysians supposedly feel towards Pak Lah, people have to realize that the main point of their extremely unhappy contention is that the anger has been brought about by his bad choice of cronies -- many of whom were entrusted with positions of power but instead got carried away by delusions of self-grandeur and invincibility and made enemies (or, to put it mildly, became EXTREMELY unlikeable piles of crap!) with people they were entrusted to lead.

That is the main reason Pak Lah seems to have lost the support of people. Of course, the other part of the reason was his tolerance of politicians who were so useless that the rakyat were so fed up and gave them a flat "get lost" vote of no confidence during the March 8 general election. Look at the list of losers and you will know who they are.

Pak Lah, from the perspective of Malaysia's progress as a country in the 21st century, has been crucial in liberating the minds of the people and granting people the freedom to express themselves (imagine trying to do that during Mahathir's time, if you dare!). He has somewhat strengthened the judiciary to a certain degree and I am sure all of us want to see the law take firmer root before someone else takes over the nation's leadership. Once the law is healthy, then the next person who takes over the leadership of this country -- if he misbehaves, can be systematically removed from power.

But liberal and progressive Malaysians have to mindful that whoever takes over the country in an untimely manner, will in very high probability revert back to draconian laws and rules of Mahathir's era on the pretext of safeguarding national interest (i.e. peace and racial harmony) and these bums will kill the freedom o expression that we Malaysians are now enjoying.

Remember -- many bastards are trying to helm power in Malaysia because there is so much money to be made by entering politics. Malaysian politics is the gateway to instant millionaire-dom. And money is an irresistible thing and will make greedy men do foolish things for short term gain. (We must blame the useless business community for this -- always bribing their way to glory at the expense of the average Malaysian's quality of life!)

And men who instigate others to engage in ugly racial tactics to undermine Pak Lah must be given a tight slap on the face and sent packing.

Lately, however, Pak Lah has misfired greatly in many of his moves he has made (politically and economically), possibly from the bad advice he has been given but ill-qualified people. This is why people seem impatient to move on from Pak Lah.

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