Whether bloodline makes superior or not, Malaysia should know that all races are equal.
It is disheartening that many still clutch on the last straw to wrestle the ketuanan Melayu.
How it is can be a REPUBLIC country is what many are wishing to be seen but the BN races based component still going on their fight to have a place in parliement.
Keeping fingers cross that Pakatan will clean their background , come clean to all. Oh, just wondering how the PAS would not fight for the Islam to be the religous country.
Robert Lim: Congrats, Barack Obama. We should all look forward to a kinder, gentler America that will take its place as the true leader of the world now.Obama's victory is not just a victory for African Americans but for all Americans who desire multi-racialism to work.By the way, George W Bush and his father George Bush and also Abraham Lincoln actually breached the colour bar set by the White or European Americans. They were the first three Native American mestizos to become American presidents.And Obama is the fourth, courtesy of his recently departed maternal grandma.
Malaysia, actually, did even better as all its PMs have the genes of minorities. Tunku Abdul Rahman's mum is Thai.
Abdul Razak Hussein's great-grandma is northern Indian while Hussein Onn's great-grandma is Turkish.
Dr Mahathir Mohamad's grandpa is southern Indian while Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's mother is born to a Chinese father (from Georgeown) and a Berunai Malay mother (from Brunei and Sarawak, like Anita Sarawak and Dayang Nurfaizah).
And our prime ministers-in-waiting Najib Abdul Razak and Anwar Ibrahim are both part Indian (northern in the case of Najib and southern in the case of Anwar).
In Gani Patail, we've got a Kadazandusun, Chinese and Indian as attorney-general, andan Indian as second finance minister, Nor Mohamad Yakcop.And a Bajau married to a Chinese as Speaker, Pandikar Amin Mulia.
Very soon, Umno may soon have its first Murut and Bajau as vice-president in Shafie Apdal.
Malaysia boleh!
Jing Yi Li: It is ridiculous to see what our PM said in response to Obama's victory in the US presidential election. Our nation, after 51 years of independence, still does not hold even a tiny possibility of a non- Malay being the top executive of the nation. As long as Umno remains in power, it will never allow a non-Malay to hold the PM’s position. One might think that a non-Malay will stand a chance to lead our nation if Umno and its coalition are taken down by some other party or coalition, but I do not think it is as simple as it sounds. The rakyat chooses a certain party in favour of BN so that does not mean they are willing to follow the leadership of a non-Malay, especially when the majority of the population are Malays. In fact, the concept that anyone can be the nation's leader will only be accepted and implemented when egalitarianism takes root in our nation. Americans have achieved their American dream, how about our Malaysian dream?Teokeloomangoop: I do want to point out that besides this remarkable change in the US, other Asian counties too have moved beyond race or religion-based politics.India, which is predominantly Hindu, has a leader of the Sikh faith and Japan now has a Catholic leader. I wonder if Malaysia will ever reach that stage in my lifetime.
It is disheartening that many still clutch on the last straw to wrestle the ketuanan Melayu.
How it is can be a REPUBLIC country is what many are wishing to be seen but the BN races based component still going on their fight to have a place in parliement.
Keeping fingers cross that Pakatan will clean their background , come clean to all. Oh, just wondering how the PAS would not fight for the Islam to be the religous country.
Robert Lim: Congrats, Barack Obama. We should all look forward to a kinder, gentler America that will take its place as the true leader of the world now.Obama's victory is not just a victory for African Americans but for all Americans who desire multi-racialism to work.By the way, George W Bush and his father George Bush and also Abraham Lincoln actually breached the colour bar set by the White or European Americans. They were the first three Native American mestizos to become American presidents.And Obama is the fourth, courtesy of his recently departed maternal grandma.
Malaysia, actually, did even better as all its PMs have the genes of minorities. Tunku Abdul Rahman's mum is Thai.
Abdul Razak Hussein's great-grandma is northern Indian while Hussein Onn's great-grandma is Turkish.
Dr Mahathir Mohamad's grandpa is southern Indian while Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's mother is born to a Chinese father (from Georgeown) and a Berunai Malay mother (from Brunei and Sarawak, like Anita Sarawak and Dayang Nurfaizah).
And our prime ministers-in-waiting Najib Abdul Razak and Anwar Ibrahim are both part Indian (northern in the case of Najib and southern in the case of Anwar).
In Gani Patail, we've got a Kadazandusun, Chinese and Indian as attorney-general, andan Indian as second finance minister, Nor Mohamad Yakcop.And a Bajau married to a Chinese as Speaker, Pandikar Amin Mulia.
Very soon, Umno may soon have its first Murut and Bajau as vice-president in Shafie Apdal.
Malaysia boleh!
Jing Yi Li: It is ridiculous to see what our PM said in response to Obama's victory in the US presidential election. Our nation, after 51 years of independence, still does not hold even a tiny possibility of a non- Malay being the top executive of the nation. As long as Umno remains in power, it will never allow a non-Malay to hold the PM’s position. One might think that a non-Malay will stand a chance to lead our nation if Umno and its coalition are taken down by some other party or coalition, but I do not think it is as simple as it sounds. The rakyat chooses a certain party in favour of BN so that does not mean they are willing to follow the leadership of a non-Malay, especially when the majority of the population are Malays. In fact, the concept that anyone can be the nation's leader will only be accepted and implemented when egalitarianism takes root in our nation. Americans have achieved their American dream, how about our Malaysian dream?Teokeloomangoop: I do want to point out that besides this remarkable change in the US, other Asian counties too have moved beyond race or religion-based politics.India, which is predominantly Hindu, has a leader of the Sikh faith and Japan now has a Catholic leader. I wonder if Malaysia will ever reach that stage in my lifetime.
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WHY Razak Baginda, the fall guy, with no further obstacles or hindrances in sight for Najis in his ascending to the Top Power, has now been released??? The real murderers whose identities are obvious but are still at large, with RPK detained under ISA but just released and PI Balasundram exiled overseas there are no other major obstacles and hindrances to Najis’ ascendancy to the pinnacle of his power come March 2009. This is only obvious that UMNO has now the final say in justice with their man Zaki as the Chief Justice. This is the obvious Justice of Malaysia, the laughing stock of the whole world, Malaysia should be boycotted by the world communities for their greatest injustices towards human rights and common normal justices. THIS IS MALAYSIA’S MALAY SUPREMACY AT ALL COSTS BUT GOING DOWN THE SEWERS WITH THE NEW PRIME MINISTER IN WAITING, NAJIS, AFTER THE 51ST YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE.