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."
National Sports Council’s bailout stinks to high heavens by R Nadeswaran
Friday, May 27, 2022
“What was initially supposed to be a funding agency to nurture,
support and facilitate the enhancement of the standard of sports has
turned out differently. The ministry and the National Sports Council
have turned into an uncontrollable monster because of the money at its
disposal.”
BluePanther4725 : All the GLCs in M'sia need bailout one time or another. This is the way the corrupted PN/BN govt plunders our country using the taxpayers' money and the country's resources. This has been happening all these years under BN and now PN is continuing the kleptocracy. It will continue to happen unless we do something to kick out all these corrupted regimes.
COMMENT
| On the same day I wrote the above, proceedings in the High Court in
Kuala Lumpur provided the perfect anecdote in the form of evidence to
verify and authenticate what I had written.
At the trial of former
deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the court heard that Yayasan
Akalbudi, which he heads, provided an RM1.3 million “advance” to the
police football club seven years ago.
Zahid, who is facing 47 criminal charges, said he came to know from
his son-in-law (Zul Hisham Zainal) that 45 police football players and
staff had not been paid their salaries and allowances for four months.
This, he said, made it difficult for them to pay house rents, car loans and support their family members.
Zahid
said the National Sports Council (NSC) later reimbursed RM1 million to
the legal firm of Messrs Lewis & Co, which was managing the funds.
