Ahmad Ismail Is Actually Smart
September 5, 2008
Pic credits - TheStar.com.my
Update 11.30am - I erroneously named Ahmad Ismail as Ahmad Said. Thousands of apologies to the Trengganu MB. Thanks to commenter Ahmad Shabery (is that his real name?) for pointing it out. 
It’s true. I stand by my words. He’s actually a smart one. Mr Ahmad Ismail aka Squatter Man has refused to apologize over a racist statement, purportedly telling a ceramah crowd the Chinese in this country are “immigrants who do not deserve equal rights.”
Think about it. This incident happened 3 days before the Permatang Pauh by-elections, possibly on the 23rd of August. 2 weeks have come and gone, and if he did apologize now, would you have accepted the apology there and then and declare case closed? I am pretty sure that those who want an apology from him would want disciplinary action to be taken against him as well right?
Putting yourself in Ahmad Ismail’s shoes, why should you apologize? It’s not like Gerakan, MIC, or MCA can do anything to harm you, since you’re protected by the big brother UMNO. If you’re going to get disciplined anyway, might as well not apologize and lose face to those Chinese immigrants. In fact, apologizing will make him lose support among Malaysians who really still insist that Chinese are immigrants. Apologize and be damned, don’t apologize and be damned. Might as well not.
All Pakatan Rakyat supporters should thank Ahmad Ismail. His stubborn stand only serves to drive more and more support away from Barisan Nasional, for which PR should be a grateful recipient. In fact, the leaders of Pakatan should send him Raya cards.
I end this post with the news report on Ahmad Ismail’s refusal to apologize. Can you feel the arrogance (or lack or remorse) of Mr. Squatter Man from this Malaysiakini report?
The elusive Ahmad Ismail, the man at the centre of a ‘racial slur’ controversy, said today he would not apologise even after the deputy prime minister has already done so on his behalf.
The Bukit Bendera Umno division chief added that he did not feel sorry and would not recant his alleged racist remarks against Chinese Malaysians during the recent by-election campaign in Permatang Pauh.
“I am not apologetic because I didn’t do anything wrong,” the Umno division leader from Penang told Malaysiakini via telephone today.
“As far as I am concerned, I did not say or do anything wrong. So why should I apologise?” said the local Umno strongman, who promised to give a full statement at a specially-arranged press conference in Penang this Saturday.
The press conference at the Penang Umno building would be held after a state liaison committee meeting chaired by party president and Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
For that, I declare that it is too late for Ahmad Ismail to apologize. No one would accept his apology in good faith. I dedicate this OneRepublic song to him.
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10 Responses to “Ahmad Ismail Is Actually Smart”
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i hope nothing bad is going to happen in malaysia like 13 may. people nowadays tend to forget about history.
anyone wanna exchange link? CekikDarah.com!
September 5, 2008 at 10:50 am
Fairdinkum ,
I am very otimistic that more and more malays like this racist fella are gradually losing themselves in the social standings here.
September 5, 2008 at 11:00 am
Ahmad Ismail or Ahmad Said? Ahmad Said is MB of Terengganu
September 5, 2008 at 11:12 am
I don’t consider him smart, perhaps, cunning and arrogant…hiding behind a racist BN regime.
As a squatter himself from Sumatra, what give the blooming right to call others, ’squatters’. The most disturbing thing is the leaders of UMNO preach solidarity and all the bu**sh** and on the other hand, they practice racialism to the core. What hypocrites!
September 5, 2008 at 11:16 am
I’ve said all along that these people who continue with their ways will actually help PR. Yes I agree fully. And for all I know Sept 16 might come even quicker than planned.
So carry on.
September 5, 2008 at 11:20 am
CekikDarah.com,
Ppl don’t forget history. The problem is, who wants the history to repeat itself? Seems like the only beneficiary from a repeat would be BN, again.
Maverick,
Hopefully there will one day be a big shift in mentality that will look upon ppl like Ahmad with disdain, rather than hero worship him from being ‘pembela bangsa’
Ahmad Shabery,
Thank you for pointing out that extremely embarrassing error. I’ve made the adjustments.
wandererAUS,
Some rumors say that he’s not the come from Sumatra type, more like from further west. Of cuz, I can’t say since its a rumor. MCMC might charge me.
Ex Neutral,
We’ll have to wait 11 more days
September 5, 2008 at 11:40 am
FOLKS, CAN DEMOCRACY ACTUALLY GUARANTEE US FREEDOM???
CAN WE LEARN SOMETHING FROM THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE ….
read on
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What’s the Meaning of ‘Freedom’? …. But don’t ask a politician!
by Rep. Ron Paul
“Man is not free unless government is limited. There’s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts”.
- Ronald Reagan
We’ve all heard the words democracy and freedom used countless times, especially in the context of our invasion of Iraq. They are used interchangeably in modern political discourse, yet their true meanings are very different. George Orwell (picture above right) wrote about “meaningless words” that are endlessly repeated in the political arena. Words like “freedom,” “democracy,” and “justice,” Orwell explained, have been abused so long that their original meanings have been eviscerated. In Orwell’s view, political words are “often used in a consciously dishonest way.” Without precise meanings behind words, politicians and elites can obscure reality and condition people to reflexively associate certain words with positive or negative perceptions. In other words, unpleasant facts can be hidden behind purposely meaningless language.
As a result, Americans have been conditioned to accept the word “democracy” as a synonym for freedom, and thus to believe that democracy is unquestionably good. The problem is that democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism, which is inherently incompatible with real freedom. Our founding fathers clearly understood this, as evidenced not only by our republican constitutional system, but also by their writings in the Federalist Papers and elsewhere. James Madison cautioned that under a democratic government, “There is nothing to check the inducement to sacrifice the weaker party or the obnoxious individual.” John Adams argued that democracies merely grant revocable rights to citizens depending on the whims of the masses, while a republic exists to secure and protect preexisting rights.
Yet how many Americans know that the word “democracy” is found neither in the Constitution nor the Declaration of Independence, our very founding documents? A truly democratic election in Iraq, without U.S. interference and U.S. puppet candidates, almost certainly would result in the creation of a Shi’ite theocracy. Shi’ite majority rule in Iraq might well mean the complete political, economic, and social subjugation of the minority Kurd and Sunni Arab populations. Such an outcome would be democratic, but would it be free? Would the Kurds and Sunnis consider themselves free? The administration talks about democracy in Iraq, but is it prepared to accept a democratically elected Iraqi government no matter what its attitude toward the U.S. occupation? Hardly. For all our talk about freedom and democracy, the truth is we have no idea whether Iraqis will be free in the future.
They’re certainly not free while a foreign army occupies their country. The real test is not whether Iraq adopts a democratic, pro-Western government, but rather whether ordinary Iraqis can lead their personal, religious, social, and business lives without interference from government. Simply put, freedom is the absence of government coercion. Our Founding Fathers understood this, and created the least coercive government in the history of the world. The Constitution established a very limited, decentralized government to provide national defense and little else. States, not the federal government, were charged with protecting individuals against criminal force and fraud. For the first time, a government was created solely to protect the rights, liberties, and property of its citizens.
Any government coercion beyond that necessary to secure those rights was forbidden, both through the Bill of Rights and the doctrine of strictly enumerated powers. This reflected the founders’ belief that democratic government could be as tyrannical as any King. Few Americans understand that all government action is inherently coercive. If nothing else, government action requires taxes. If taxes were freely paid, they wouldn’t be called taxes, they’d be called donations. If we intend to use the word freedom in an honest way, we should have the simple integrity to give it real meaning: Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom for this group or that, ask yourself whether he is advocating more government action or less. The political left equates freedom with liberation from material wants, always via a large and benevolent government that exists to create equality on earth.
To modern liberals, men are free only when the laws of economics and scarcity are suspended, the landlord is rebuffed, the doctor presents no bill, and groceries are given away. But philosopher Ayn Rand (and many others before her) demolished this argument by explaining how such “freedom” for some is possible only when government takes freedoms away from others. In other words, government claims on the lives and property of those who are expected to provide housing, medical care, food, etc. for others are coercive?and thus incompatible with freedom. “Liberalism,” which once stood for civil, political, and economic liberties, has become a synonym for omnipotent coercive government. The political right equates freedom with national greatness brought about through military strength.
Like the left, modern conservatives favor an all-powerful central state? but for militarism, corporatism, and faith-based welfarism. Unlike the Taft-Goldwater conservatives of yesteryear, today’s Republicans are eager to expand government spending, increase the federal police apparatus, and intervene militarily around the world. The last tenuous links between conservatives and support for smaller government have been severed. “Conservatism,” which once meant respect for tradition and distrust of active government, has transformed into big-government utopian grandiosity. Orwell certainly was right about the use of meaningless words in politics. If we hope to remain free, we must cut through the fog and attach concrete meanings to the words politicians use to deceive us.
We must reassert that America is a republic, not a democracy, and remind ourselves that the Constitution places limits on government that no majority can overrule. We must resist any use of the word “freedom” to describe state action. We must reject the current meaningless designations of “liberals” and “conservatives,” in favor of an accurate term for both: statists. Every politician on earth claims to support freedom. The problem is so few of them understand the simple meaning of the word.
Merdeka!!!
September 5, 2008 at 2:48 pm
QUE SERA, SERA -(What Will Be, Will Be)(Apa Yang akan Jadi akan Terjadi)
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Meaning of Que Sera, Sera: Wikipedia
(Maksud Que Sera, Sera): Wikipedia
The expression “What will be,will be” is used to describe the notion that fate will decide the outcome of a course of events, even if action is taken to try to alter it.
(Ungkapan “Apa yang akan jadi akan terjadi digunakan untuk maksud Takdir akan menentukan keputusan kejadian-kejadian seterusnya walaupun tindakan diambil untuk cuba menghalangnya.)
(Lyrics written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 re-make of his 1934 film
“The Man Who Knew Too Much” starring Doris Day and James Stewart.)
When I was just a little girl,
I asked my mother, “What will I be?
Will I be pretty?
Will I be rich?”
Here’s what she said to me:
“Que sera, sera,
Whatever will be, will be;
The future’s not ours to see.
Que sera, sera,
What will be, will be.”
When I was just a child in school,
I asked my teacher, “What will I try?
Should I paint pictures”
Should I sing songs?”
This was her wise reply:
“Que sera, sera,
Whatever will be, will be;
The future’s not ours to see.
Que sera, sera,
What will be, will be.”
When I grew up and fell in love.
I asked my sweetheart, “What lies ahead?
Will we have rainbows
Day after day?”
Here’s what my sweetheart said:
“Que sera, sera,
Whatever will be, will be;
The future’s not ours to see.
Que sera, sera,
What will be, will be.”
Now I have Children of my own.
They ask their mother, “What will I be?”
Will I be handsome?
Will I be rich?”
I tell them tenderly:
“Que sera, sera,
Whatever will be, will be;
The future’s not ours to see.
Que sera, sera,
What will be, will be.
Que Sera, Sera!”
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September 5, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Nice picture. Suitable for my next advert of handicapped people or the one talking about resemblance between dog and human. Oh we should be helpful towards the impaired ones? Nah, i don’t want to apologize. I did nothing wrong!
September 5, 2008 at 7:08 pm
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