THE RAKYAT TRUST NAJIB RAZAK
THE writing on the wall is unmistakable. BN/UMNO’s most recent victory in Johor, in the November 2021 Melaka state elections, and in the Tanjung Piai by-election in November 2019 reveal a powerful lesson that the electorate has taught the doubting Thomasses (pun intended) and the nattering naysayers. Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s popularity has not […]
The reign of error
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. – Milton Friedman, American economist There are some strangely structured governments whose outlandish policies shockingly define the electorate’s naiveté and gullibility coerced, cajoled and guided by open-ended laws, rules and regulations meant to tacitly confuse and confound. These reigns of error are […]
The dustbin of history
Pitiful, isolated, bankrupt individuals, go where you belong from now on into the dustbin of history. – Leon Trotsky, Marxist revolutionary The stench from the dustbin of history of the British Empire will be unbearable if there is validity concerning King Edward IV’s (1442-1483) illegitimate birth and, thus the illegitimacy of the successive reigns of […]
Undi18: Birth pains or electoral gains?
Nattering nabobs of negativity predict and prophesy about the effects, side-effects and after-effects of granting Undi18 rights. This became a national talking point when five youths filed a petition in court questioning the government’s delay in implementing the law passed on July 16, 2019 that lowered the minimum age of voting from 21 years to […]
Constitutional rupture, repair & rapture
The Constitution cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution. – Thomas Sowell, American economist While the Americans are said to be champions of civil liberties and fundamental rights, lawyers familiar with the “constitutional avoidance” doctrine know how their judges take shelter behind it if not motivated to lock horns with a constitutional issue. Baker […]
Puerile politics
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. – Henry Kissinger, former American National Security Advisor Julius Evola, the Italian philosopher, captured the essence of puerile politics that assail voters’ sensibilities: “Americans do not think, yet they are puerile and primitive, and thus open to every kind of standardisation”. The […]
Mitigating menaces
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. – Thomas Jefferson, third US President Reported history for the purposes of developmental political science accepts the fact that the politics of government in nation states began with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 when the all-powerful […]
G-I-G-O: Garbage In, Garbage Out
There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men. – Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist Language being the dress of thought, GIGO was welcomed as a byword into our cultural lexicon. It’s an effective reminder to habitual complainers who conveniently forget that as you sow, so shall […]
Secrets of a nation’s greatness
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it. – Lao Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher Switzerland, Singapore and the Scandinavian nations are hailed as role models for great nations. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS nations) are said to have embarked on the same journey […]
Passing the baton
Young people need models, not critics. – John Wooden, American basketball coach Nelson Mandela’s inspirational advice to young people that they are capable, when aroused, of bringing down the towers of oppression and raising the banners of freedom is a coherent indictment for the older generation to be the vanguard. Malaysia hit a home run […]
