An eye opener about the history of Malaysia after the British left

A portion of an article extracted from http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/21764/84/

A British Minister on a visit to this country thought that Malaya was still a British colony. Maybe it was so back in the old days. But Malaya had already been given self-rule one minute pass midnight of 31st August 1957. Should a Minister be allowed to meet the Prime Minister? Yes, if the Prime Minister was a Prime Minister of a British Colony. But Malaya was not. It was already an independent nation. Furthermore, would the British Prime Minister agree to a meeting with a Malayan Minister? Is not proper protocol that a Minister meets a Minister and the Prime Minister a Prime Minister? And, to top it all, it was someone gate-crashing the office of the Prime Minister without a prior appointment.

But such was the arrogance of the British Minister who forgot that Malayans no longer took orders from Caucasians. And when he was denied entry to the Prime Minister’s office he was hopping mad. In his meeting with the Agong, he brought up the issue of the kurang ajar Prime Minister and suggested that His Majesty should sack this most disrespectful Tunku Abdul Rahman.

Tuanku Abdul Rahman was amused at the antics of this most perturbed Orang Puteh. “My dear Sir, in this country, it is not the King who sacks the Prime Minister but the Prime Minster who sacks the King.” Yes, the Agong put into proper perspective whether the dog wags the tail or the tail wags the dog. And with that Malaya probably avoided a re-colonisation or a war with Britain a la the Falklands.

And so passed on this man who can only be described as a Malay gentleman par excellence. And it was time to choose his successor to the Royal Household of Negeri Sembilan. And the son, Tuanku Munawir, was chosen to succeed the throne. But Munawir ruled for only seven years before he too passed on. And since his son was considered too young to succeed the throne, Umno stepped in and decided that Tuanku Munawir’s brother, Jaafar, should instead become the new Yam Tuan while his son, Mukhriz, was bypassed.

Tuanku Jaafar ruled Negeri Sembilan for four decades. He remained on the throne while the Menteris Besar came and went, names we can no longer even remember. But there was one Menteri Besar the Ruler could not get along with. He would never accept an invitation to any function or event if this particular Menteri Besar were also invited. And if the Menteri Besar walked into the room, then Tuanku would leave on the excuse he had to go powder his nose.

But, try as he may, Tuanku Jaafar could not force the Prime Minister to remove Isa Samad as Menteri Besar. And Tuanku had to endure many years of pain with Isa as his Menteri Besar but could hardly do anything about it. And was this not also so for Sultan Idris of Perak who wanted the Menteri Besar, Ghazali Jawi, dismissed? Sultan Ismail of Terengganu, too, suffered the same indignity when he wanted Nik Hassan out but Umno sided with their Menteri Besar over the Sultan. The Sultan of Pahang shared the same predicament when he went into a rage but could not dislodge Rahim Bakar as Menteri Besar.

Yes, Umno, and only Umno, decides who becomes the Menteri Besar. True, the appointment would have to dovetail with the wishes of the Ruler. But once appointed, the Ruler can do very little except hope that his adversary can be dislodged in the next general election. And no Ruler would commit that cardinal sin of going against Umno’s wishes by removing a Menteri Besar if he wants to continue to sit on the throne.

In the meantime, Tuanku Jaafar was getting old and no longer in the best of health and no one gave him more than a couple of years more to live. To ensure that the throne would not swing back to the Munawir clan, Tuanku Jaafar appointed his son as the Regent, basically sending a message that this was his choice of successor, his son. But when Tuanku Jaafar died, the throne went back to the son of Munawir who had been bypassed and not to his own son who he had installed as the implied successor.

But is this so weird? Did not Selangor too suffer a break in the line of succession when the political masters decided that one should be bypassed in favour of another to ensure that he who sits on the throne remains friendly to the political masters of the day? And Selangor is not the only one. Terengganu, Johor, Kedah, and many other states, also saw interference in deciding the line of succession so that the new Ruler will serve those who walk in the corridors of power in Seri Perdana.

Each state has its own system. And each state is unique. When Idris was the Sultan of Perak, it was not his son who was installed as the Regent. The Raja Muda was older than Sultan Idris that we called him Raja Muda Tua. Then the Raja Muda died before Sultan Idris did. That’s what happens when the Raja Muda is Raja Tua and so much older in age compared to the Sultan.

And that’s when Azlan’s fortunes changed overnight. From a retired Chief Justice he was now the Raja Muda. And, as fate would have it, Idris died not long after that and Azlan ascended the throne. But Azlan did something that none of the others before him did. He appointed his son, Nazrin, as the Raja Muda.

Does this mean Nazrin would now inherit the throne when Azlan dies, as he surely would one day and as all of us will as well? It was not so for Negeri Sembilan. It was also not so for Selangor. And it was not so for some of the other states as well. The Raja Muda who goes on to inherit the throne from the recently deceased Sultan is not an automatic and guaranteed tradition. History has proven that. And whether Nazrin succeeds his father is not for the Sultan to decide but depends on the grace and goodwill of Umno.

Yes, it is not the King who sacks the Prime Minister but the Prime Minister who sacks the King, said our very wise First Agong soon after Merdeka. And that has not changed one bit since. And the Prime Minister has many times in the past decided who should inherit the throne once it becomes vacant. This is how it has always been. This is how it will always be. And any Ruler worth his salt would know that your continuity lies in the hands of he who rules in Seri Perdana.

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All those people buying N95 masks

When it comes to infectious disease, preparedness is good. But ill-informed preparedness is a waste of time and resources, and there's a lot of ill-informed preparedness going on right now with the swine flu.

Case in point: All those people buying N95 masks (respirators).

They think wearing a mask protects them from swine flu. The mainstream media perpetuates the myth, broadcasting images of people wearing the masks, all while talking about people "protecting themselves" from swine flu. If it wasn't a potentially life-and-death situation, it would all be quite hilarious.

But let me ask you a question: Have you ever had surgery or visited a surgery room? Did you ever notice that the surgeons and medical staff are all wearing surgical masks that are very similar to the N95 face masks being used by people afraid of swine flu?

Did you ever wonder WHY they are wearing those masks? Here's the question: Are they wearing those masks to protect themselves from the patient's germs? Of course not! They're wearing those masks to prevent their own germs from infecting the patient!

N95 masks, you see, have but one purpose: To prevent the wearer from infecting others. To use blunt medical terminology, they work by preventing snot, spit or other virus-carrying particles from becoming airborne. Thus, if the wearer sneezes, coughs, drools, spits or talks excitedly, his or her infected fluids will be trapped in the mask and will not infect others.

N95 masks have virtually no ability to protect the wearer from other people's airborne germs.

If it's not air-tight, it's not right!
This should be obvious by simply noticing that N95 masks are not air-tight! When you inhale while wearing such a face mask, the air you're inhaling enters through the gaps on the sides of the mask, completely bypassing the mask filtration system.

This is why -- duh! -- level 4 biohazard scientists don't waltz into their labs wearing N95 face masks. If they did, they would die. Since they don't want to die, they don't depend on N95 respirators.

So all those people planning on wearing N95 face masks are kidding themselves. That's what I mean about ill-informed preparedness. It's almost worse than no preparedness at all because it gives people a false sense of security.

I've gone to great lengths to put together honest, accurate information about preparedness strategies that really work. That information is provided in my "Swine Flu Advanced Preparedness Teleconference" found here: http://www.naturalnews.com/026139.html (Once the teleconference is over, the audio recording will be offered as a sensibly-priced download, by the way.)

In that teleconference, I emphasize why people need to invest in an air-tight face mask (also known as a "gas mask"), and I teach you how to quickly check to make sure it's air tight. It's a simple process known by anyone who has ever been in the military:

1) Put the face mask on and tighten the straps to a comfortable fit.

2) Inhale and hold your breath.

3) Now attempt to gently pry the facemask off your face using your hands.

If the facemask comes off easily, it wasn't an air-tight fit! If it's more difficult to pry off your face (due to suction), you most likely have an air-tight fit, and you can now move around safely in certain biohazard situations, depending on the rating of the gas mask. (This little test works even better if you can completely block the intake valves temporarily, creating true suction.)

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 by: Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor

Swine flu is a man made virus ?

By dumbbell33


1976 Swine Flu Propaganda

Seven of Nine warping in on 1701

yes 9 out of 10 times (with the 1 time only because people didnt hear), I get people saying to us 'what name?' or asking 'why' Seven, or 'what? Tujuh? Ah Chat? - it is a guaranteed ice breaker scenario. And since Im Catholic and have to give her an additional Baptism name, Ive covered that too by staying in-line with a 'regular/normal' name.

Kathryn of course! So for the conservatives, she is Kathryn Si Janeway. For the fan base, she is Seven Si Janeway. For the complete series, she is Seven Si Kathryn Janeway. Everyone happy (hopefully). And oh, did I not share that we worked *HARD* with my wife's Gynae to plan her date of birth to be on 170109 which *reads* as "Seven Si Kathryn Janeway, born on 17 01 in the year 09. Hence she is actually Seven of NINE warping in on 1701) -- talk about TOUGH WORK.

No I wont have NINE kids. If I do, I will be the first fan to start the Tadika kanak-kanak StarFleet education franchise.

My comments on the latest Star Trek movie which I got to preview on 22/04/09 @ Cineleisure

Comments were originally posted for the benefit of forum-ers of startrek.com.my

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Being a fan, I would give it a 4 of 5 star rating myself. Yes this movie may be watched and enjoyed by non fans too with almost equal enjoyment.

Honestly but embarassingly speaking, Im the type that can cry at the movies, so the opening scene when Kirk was being born (literally) and George is shown accepting his sacrificial death - that music score, that moment of "slow motion" - aiyo god-man, cannot fight the tears... very dramatic and too emotional indeed for me, for the lack of any better words to describe it.

Can't help it. I felt connected - not many people actually also name their first born son Riker Si James Tee Kirk for real at Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara. I mean, I too said to my wife when she was on the hospital bed - 'we'll call him Jim Kirk, and yes (greedy) we'll also call him Riker since he's our No.1 ..." So like I was there at that scene you know - in that sense it was that personal ...

Then whenever portions of the show had the camera showing NCC-1701 ... I was truly awed to tears again. So malu, no hanky just the popcorn box in hand... Not only is the - can I say 'new USS Enterprise" looking super sleek; never seen Pike or Kirk's Enterprise like *this* before. I mean make it so man, make it so... but (not to boast), whenever I see NCC-1701, I feel so *walaueh* inside - and those that know why I say so, would be able to appreciate the feelings too if in the same place.

Then finally the part I had been actually waiting for from the minute the show started - was actually a very 'please let it be' hope that these new producers would, ''follow the tradition' of Star Trek movies - which was to end the show with the original theme song. And yes, finally there was that good ol' ST TOS theme at the end - that moment really squeezed the core of tears out of my nacells ...

Wah, choking in tears that time, like watching a dramatic soap opera that-kind-oh ...

So why 4 out of 5 stars I give and not 5? Because of some of the cast's acting. But expected right, since these were not seasoned movie actors. Thought I cant help wondering what if the role of Kirk was played by that Bourne Identity fella - which he was originally supposed to. Someone care to share what happened - didnt keep in touch on the whys of it.

And not that you all reading my comments here actually care - I wish to see Captain Janeway and the crew of Voyager on the silver screen, with Seven of Nine and all. For me, surely more tears cos not everyone too would be fanatic enough to call one's eldest daughter (now 4 months) Seven Si Janeway

Make it so, engage, punch it!

RSI_PICARD out




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