In the news

Our view on some of the things being written on the dizzying issues of Bolehland;











1. Money really does buy silence, even that of the most powerful man on earth.

Washington Post - on Anwar's persecution and Obama's glorious silence

RM 77 Million is a sh!t load of money, even for the President of The United States (PUSA), whose annual income is around the region of 300k USD.



2. Federal Court - Rules that MACC can interrogate suspects/witnesses/your mom/my dad after office hours.

Yes, yes, but for Pete's sake, down throw anyone from the 14th floor!



3. Malaysiakini: "PM's lips sealed on sports betting, Perkasa"

The same goes for that mongolian chick. Sure wish that our Ministry of Defense gates are just as tight..


And finally, for the 209th time? Samy Vellu announces his departure, then sacks his party guy for asking him to go. F@cking contradictory as usual but then again, with Tun M semi-retired, he's taken over as the 'pusing king' of Malaysian politics.

So is it really goodbye Sam, Sam? But do we really care?

Getting to know your ADUN

With the Sarawak Elections coming soon (by April 2011 that is), let us find out a little bit more about the folks you and I voted for back in May 20th 2006...

These guys we know. Their faces dominate to local dailies.

We've heard all the kopitiam tales about Georgie's new girl friend, No. 1's Son abusing No. 2's daughter, another guy's drunken follies et al, Some of us even contributed to such rumours - But that's another agenda for another piece on another day.

What about the other 60 odd fellas (there are 71 of them in total)? How much do we know about them? Do we even know how they look like?

Let's go back to school together- mari kita sama-sama belajar ya!; In this multi-part post, we will attempt to be as informative about each and everyone of them as possible. Despite our name, we'll try to be as non-partisan as possible, using only information readily available on the many forms of media.

Ok-la Ok-la, we'll no doubt be unable resist the temptation to whack them every now and then (even Pak Lah succumbed to the temptation of Sweet Jean, didn't he, what more to say us mere mortals?), but we won't let that distort our judgement.

Hopefully, come election day, each and everyone of us will have a better idea, better knowledge about the boys and girls who are supposed to work for us!

A Brief history of our August House; Really Brief!

Originally known as the 'Council Negri' (sounds so much cooler, doesn't it?) - until some wise guy decided to suck up to the powers that be in KL and changed its name to Dewan Undangan Negeri, it's the oldest legislature in Malaysia (some say South East Asia).

• First meeting held in the 1800's in Bintulu by Rajah Charles Brooke during the heyday of the Kingdom of Sarawak
  
• There are 71 members currently, BN holding 62.

If you really bother to know more, click HERE. To start with, here's a Sarawak Gov link to the DUN website's (crap, cheap looking, amateurish, not unlike BNmustgo) listing of all 71. It's got their Name, Kawasan, Photo, address, phone number (but not mobile), party etc.- Pretty good stuff for us to 'get acquainted' with.

In later parts, we shall get a closer look at them one by one, from N1 all the way to N71, with the grand 'finale' on the Big daddy-O himself, our self anointed Emperor/Demi-god/he-who-shall-not -be -named- for- now.

Until then, Salam Reformasi/Salam 1Malaysia/Kapal Salam/Ayam Mongolia - whichever your preference.

Oh wait, one more time..Just love this pic, don't you? It's a classic case of a picture saying a thousand words...

Thank You, Ibrahim!

Apart from the brave folks of Sibu, BNmustgo would like to dedicate this historic win and express our deepest gratitude to our Wira Bangsa, Pejuang Perkasa, The ONE, The ONLY, Datuk Ibrahim Ali. Thank you, Sir for delivering us Sibu. Thank you, Sir for showing us the worst of Umno-BN. Thank you, Sir opening our eyes, ears and tok-shit mouths. Thank you, Sir for showing us whom NOT to vote for.

For this, BNmustgo shall forever be indebted to you, Sir! You are truly a bacon.. Err I mean, beacon for change - (yes, beacon as you inspire us to vote the other way.)

With this, we hereby nominate you for the office of President of Unmo, which you so deserve, also entitles you to the office of the soon to be opposition leader of Malaysia.
We hope you'll take this humble 'endorsement' with pride and continue to serve us from the bottom of your heart - delivering us seat after seat, erection (oops, there I go again! ) election after election.

Sekian, Wassalam, may Allah (applicable in Sarawak and Sabah, only of course) / GOD (in the Peninsula) bless you.
Love, from one BN group to another. BNmustgo that is!

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

The Beruk-beruk of BN's election 'machinery'

Lawan Tetap Lawan - Post Election Blues from BNMustGo

So the Hulu Selangor election is over, the results are known (BN beat PKR by a mere 1,725 votes, in case you want to go into details), and the tears are shed.

And the responses to BN Must Go's Facebook page and my own personal Inbox have predictably been the usual:

"How do you feel? Are you giving up?"

"No hope la"

"I want to migrate"

"BN is so dirty"

So are we giving up? Should we just pack up and go? Throw in the towel?

The answer is a resounding NO.

In fact, my BNMustGo Movement's co admin, Andrew, and me, we are going to up the ante. We are going to work even harder, get more voters registered, and try to reach out to as many people as we can.

This is our pledge.

In Hulu Selangor, from nomination till polling day, we were actively on the ground almost every day. We braved the hot burning sun, the pouring rain and even the hostile (some say kurang ajar) BN supporters imported from other states. We campaigned as if there's no tomorrow. We stuck with the DAP fellas, the PKR fellas, and the PAS fellas running all over Hulu Selangor.

We left the comforts of our home, our young families (my baby boy, Jayden, was just born 3 weeks ago, by the way) and we went to the ground. We worked, did all that we could, and tried to keep you guys posted on Facebook with as much information as we could gather.

At the end of the day, we did not win. At least not in votes.

But we won something else more important. We won the hearts of the people we met. We won the attention of the people of Hulu Selangor. We opened up the voters' eyes to the shrewdness of the BN machinery, and how malicious and ruthless they could be.

So after all these, should we give up? Definitely NO. The war between good and evil is just beginning. And we are on the side of good. How can we lose then, if we remain steadfast and the people are with us?

BN MUST GO WILL NOT GO DOWN UNTIL BARISAN NASIONAL IS BURIED.


For Justice,

Leon Lee (co-Administrator of the BN Must Go Movement)

PS - Thank you to my dear friends who worked tirelessly in the PKR Media Centre and on the ground, especially to Harris Ibrahim, Dikyn, YB Loh Gwo-Burne, Fahmi, Latheefa and Ginie.