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March 26, 2006
Blowing Sunshine
Kalimullah Hassan has a story:
I remember asking Dr Ling [Liong Sik] over dinner about a story that I heard from one of Abdullah’s closest friends, about when Abdullah had been dropped from the Cabinet in 1987 and became a political outcast overnight.Those were the days when lesser politicians and the media had developed a surreal skill for survival, and to please their masters, were shamelessly sycophantic and brutal in their treatment of those deemed as political foes of the establishment.
Abdullah was such a foe, ignored by the mainstream media, and harangued and insulted by these people.
Many of them, including some editors, were rewarded, some with positions, others with privatisation projects and management buyouts of their companies. [New Sunday Times]
Oooh. I wonder who the editors were? I think I know.
Anyway, you don't need to go into the storeroom and rummage through your stockpile of old newspapers to find examples of people being "shamelessly sycophantic and brutal in their treatment of those deemed as political foes of the establishment".
That you can see in Kalimullah's very article today:
Dr Ling has been an exemplary political retiree, keeping his peace and volunteering his assistance when asked, never interfering but still providing his views and inputs privately.He deftly sidesteps discussions on the political intrigues of the day, be it within his own party or elsewhere, and he continues to be respected by his former colleagues and friends.
If Ling is exemplary, who is not, Kali? Heh, heh, heh.
And here, ball-carrying to the max:
But one thing he [Ling] would always say was that Abdullah had always been a very decent and sincere person ...... But one thing Dr Ling will unhesitatingly comment on is that his friend, Abdullah (Ahmad Badawi), is among the most sincere and decent persons he has ever known.
Twice. In the same article.
Finally, if you read the whole thing carefully, put the newspaper down, sit back and think about it, you'll find that although the name "Ling" and references to the person are peppered throughout the article, the whole point of the exercise is hardly to praise the MCA ex-president, but to "angkat" the writer's ultimate boss: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Shameless sycophancy? It's more than that. It's propaganda.
Oh, did I mention that Pak Lah is decent and sincere ... I have? And Ling is an exemplary poli ... you've heard that one too?
Posted by aisehman at March 26, 2006 05:19 PM
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Strange.
This writer is same person who owned big shares in EC Libra and other companies. How he paid for them? Where he got that far? From writing and journalism jobs?
Not worth to note his name.
Posted by: reader at March 26, 2006 05:42 PM
"If Ling is examplary, who is not, Kali?"
Yeah ... so well said.
Kali tries to do a double-butt polishing here. Let's hope they both fart in his face (from swelling too much due to happiness).
Posted by: Anak Merdeka at March 26, 2006 06:20 PM
With the police you have the water cannons and with the press you have this big smoke screen.
They are using all means to distract the rakyat while they carry out their plans to enrich themselves and their cronies.
So how is Pak Lah and our defacto PM KJ any different from the prevoius?.... Frankly i find their ways more dispicable!!
Posted by: andy_red66 at March 26, 2006 07:41 PM
A friend commented that when he read this piece in today's paper, he thought Ling had died.
I think he's got a point, it did sound like a eulogy.
Posted by: Anak Merdeka at March 26, 2006 08:45 PM
kali kali pun macam kini. get the drift?
Posted by: bayi at March 26, 2006 08:46 PM
The title itself did much more than enough to make me puke.
Posted by: SK at March 26, 2006 09:40 PM
Kalimullah Hassan is such a cloyingly sentimental writer. I've never seen an editor that does it better than him....
Asyik2 nk hentam Dr M kiranya. Nanti naik Najib, hentam Pak Lah pulak.
Posted by: asri at March 27, 2006 11:45 AM
The master of all Blowjobbers , wished my weekend outlets can take classes from kali.
Posted by: rajkumarsoman at March 27, 2006 01:11 PM
well Kali just have no balls...
he can't be the TUN who can critic straight forwardly
but with Kali..he has to do it in more subtle manner...not so apparent
kali was in great pain...as the TUN still after retirement still remain a force to be reckon with.
the strait times of singapore, predict the TUN to go low in 2006, but as we are in end of March..it seems that their prediction...really really...out.
drmuzi
Posted by: drmuzi at March 27, 2006 05:39 PM
Ass-licking at its finest !
Posted by: Godfather at March 27, 2006 07:46 PM
Dear Anak Merdeka
When I read what you wrote, I burst out laughing:
“A friend commented that when he read this piece in today's paper, he thought Ling had died. I think he's got a point, it did sound like a eulogy.”
Suddenly I have this compulsion to write about how I personally feel. At first, I thought my reaction was petty, immature and sensitive.
When I read this article as well as the previous article about helping his brother foot the hospital bill, this is my reaction:
IT GIVES ME GOOSE PIMPLES !!!
The way the articles are written gives me these signals:
• Insincere purpose
• Self-glorification
• Credibility crises
Posted by: dignity2u at March 28, 2006 01:41 AM