Thursday, March 24, 2011

Thoughts Round-up

Rare earth plant – apparently rare earth is a very dangerous substance despite its important uses. No rare earth, no iPad. What would life be without iPads and Plant vs. Zombies ... Apparently no one apart from the Chinese (in China) wants anything to do with processing, producing rare earth. We on the other hand are more than willing to build a plant in Kuantan despite the disaster in Bukit Merah. And yes, there is a lot of money involved, something like RM8 billion a year from 2013 onwards. It appears our lives are worth much less than that ...

Sex in the city – Datuk T, I wonder if he is related to Mr T of the A-Team. Related or not, he has a recording of a politician resembling PKR chief Anwar engaging in a sexual intercourse in a hotel. The clip was allegedly recorded on the 21 February; Anwar claims he was blogging and twitting at the time of the incident. If precedent is followed, Anwar should not worry because if “correct, correct, correct; looks like me, sounds like but its not me” can get away, I see no reason why Anwar can’t. Chua Soi Lek is the president of the MCA now, if Dr Chua can, Anwar also can! Haha
Where is our politics heading? To the dumps no doubt.

Nuclear power – I’m sure there are many other alternative energy sources; solar, wind, hydro, gas and even coal which are safer (but not necessarily cheaper or cleaner) than nuclear but why does our government insist on embarking on a nuclear energy programme? I suggest they read about what is happening in Japan.

Malay language bible – has anyone seen an English language Quran? What if the English speaking countries ban the distribution of English language Quran because of the same reason given by our Government? Or the Chinese government banning Qurans to be translated into Mandarin? What will Sheikh Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria say to that? While I agree that the bible can be printed in Malay, I also agree with the requirement to print the “only for Christians” advice.

Evans can but Carragher (or anyone for that matter) cannot – Man Utd players can do whatever they want, no matter how bad and Sir Alex will say it’s allright lad, do it again but if anyone else does the same thing ... Crybaby Nani coldly rejected Carragher’s apology but the gentleman Stuart Holden (of Bolton Wanderers) accepted and forgave Jonny Evans for whacking him out of the game till next season. Good manners and courtesy is not something Alex Ferguson practices or preaches.

Interlok – I’m not even bothered to understand what the issue is. Apparently it concerns the use of the term ‘Pariah’.

Libya – the allied forces wasted no time to attack Gaddafi’s forces to ‘protect’ the people of Libya. Where were the allied forces while the Israel armed forces attacked stone throwing Palestinian boys with guided missiles?


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