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."
What are we going to do about balls carriers? Dr M questions 10-day notice requirement for GE14 ceramah. There would be only two days of campaigning if the police were to
impose a 10-day notice for ceramahs by candidates who are not contesting
in a given constituency, said Harapan chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“There are only 13 days left from today until polling day. “If we have to submit a 10-day notice, that would mean we will only
be left with two more days to campaign,” Mahathir said in a video posted
on his official Facebook page this morning. Mahathir was responding to a reported remark by Perak police chief Hasnan Hassanthat candidates or their agents could apply to the
district police headquarters for a permit to hold their ceramahs, and
that their applications would be processed almost immediately.
Hasnan said the permits issued under Section 24B(4) of the Election
Offences Act 1954 were necessary to prevent clashes between rivalling
political parties. At the same time, online portal Free Malaysia Today also
quoted Hasnan as saying that candidates who wished to campaign in other
constituencies should instead submit a 10-day notice as required under
Section 9(1) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012.
Mahathir further described the move as yet another tactic by
caretaker prime minister Najib Abdul Razak to hinder Harapan’s campaign. “This is just another restriction that Najib hopes will bring victory to them (BN),” said Mahathir, who will be contesting in Langkawi, but has been leading Harapan’s ongoing ceramah sessions nationwide even before the nomination day tomorrow.
‘No such requirement’
Human rights group Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram), meanwhile, said
that the Election Offences Act 1954 has no restrictions against
candidates from campaigning in another constituency. “The claim of having such a rule by the Perak police chief can only
be described as a folly as it is not stated as such by the law… “Any and all political party would be receiving help from their party
members which would also be candidates in their own right,” Suaram’s
executive director Sevan Doraisamy said in a statement.
“A free and fair election is the foundation of any democratic nation,
and an election would not be free and fair if the state were to impose
harsh conditions on political candidates and their supporters for their
campaigns,” he stressed.
Mahathir : The little Napoleons are the head of 5 agencies – Registry of Societies (RoS), Election Commission, MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission), Attorney General and Chief Justice. Obviously, all the Najib-friendly appointees had done dirty works, one way or another, for the defeated former prime minister. Now that Najib is powerless, all hell breaks loose.
