Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
'Video stars and the corrupt become BN candidates by Hafiz Yatim
Sunday, April 28, 2013
The BN's rejection of of Kamilia Ibrahim and Ong Tee Keat as candidates
in the May 5 general election proves that the ruling coalition only
wants candidates who are corrupt or are in videos, not outstanding
individuals such as the two. PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli, who is contesting the Pandan parliamentary seat, said he was saddened that Ong, a five-term MP who is popular in this constituency, was not contesting.
"When
I was picked as the candidate for Pandan, I thought my work was
cut-out. Ong has an outstanding record as a hard-working MP who looks
after the welfare of the people here, and most important of all, is free
of corruption. "The leaders who put me here also wanted me to work extra hard to win the peoples hearts and to be of service to the people.
"However,
BN chief and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and MCA
president Chua Soi Lek, dropped Ong. I was looking forward to the
contest between us. "However, Ong's main reason of not being selected to defend his seat is because he is an incorruptible person, who exposed the Port Klang Free Zone scandal," said the 37-year-old.
In
MCA, Rafizi said, one must be a star in videos, even in black-and-white
ones, to be a candidate, in an apparent hint at Chua's sex video. Or
the person must be able to sing like the BN Bukit Bintang BN candidate (Frankie Gan). "No
wonder there's been heavy rain and floods in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor
since the election campaign started. It is because we have many aspiring
singers who performers on video in the contest," he said to the
laughter of the mixed crowd of some 1,500 people in Cheras Indah.
'Kamilia's candidacy will benefit Pakatan' Similarly
with Kamilia, the PKR strategy director said, who despite being the
number two in the Wanita Umno movement was not selected for a seat. In fact, Rafizi said, Kamilia was not the number two in Wanita Umno as Najib holds the first post as
leader of the movement by virtue of being the Women and Community
Development Minister, with Shahrizat Abdul Jalil being the
second-in-charge.
"Kamilia was not selected because she is
truthful, not corrupt and does not take peoples' money, like the leader
who took RM250 million for cows and the former senator Raja Ropiaah
(Raja Abdullah) who has obtained 200 acres of land," Rafizi said. "Kamilia's
only problem is that she asked Shahrizat to resign for over the cow
project fiasco. Despite being the number two, she did not get to be a
candidate. "Trust me, her participation in the Kuala Kangsar parliamentary battle will result in Pakatan winning there," he said, adding that this would benefit the opposition
Rafizi
then went on to say why Pakatan was the only choice for the people in
this election as the BN has put the country into its biggest deficit
after 55 years of independence and its rule marred by cronies benefiting
at the expense of the people. Companies such as Syarikat Bekalan
Air Selangor (Syabas) owned by Rozali Ismail of Umno, who is also the
highest paid chief executive officer in the country, as well as
independent power producers controlled by Ananda Krishnan, the Genting
group, YTL and Syed Mokhtar Al Bukhary that sell electricity to Tenaga
Nasional Bhd at a very high rate, were causing the sufferings of the
citizens.
If Pakatan came to power, it would renegotiate the deals to ensure that the people benefited. "The
country's deficit it has risen to RM500 billion under Najib. When Anwar
Ibrahim was finance minister in the 1990s, the deficit was RM93
billion, but it rose to RM200 billion under Dr Mahathir Mohamad and
RM300 billion under Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. "The money for paying
back on the RM500 billion deficit within four years of the Najib
administration comes from the Employees Provident Fund, the Pensions
Fund and also from Tabung Haji.
"These are all the people's
money, yours and mine. If we allow BN to rule again, it will continue to
take our money by increasing the deficit," he said, adding that this
was why the people must change the government. Rafizi said BN's fear of losing in this election was manifested by the RM7 billion transfer of funds to Caymans Island by 1Malaysia Development Bhd under surprising circumstances. Looking
at the mixed crowd and the absence of any activity on the part of BN
candidate Gary Lim in the constituency last night, Rafizi, who is a
qualified accountant and posses a degree in electronics and electrical
engineering as well, seems like a shoe-in for the Pandan seat. From Malaysiakini
"When
I was picked as the candidate for Pandan, I thought my work was
cut-out. Ong has an outstanding record as a hard-working MP who looks
after the welfare of the people here, and most important of all, is free
of corruption. "The leaders who put me here also wanted me to work extra hard to win the peoples hearts and to be of service to the people.
