On Maslan's Lament to 60000 Jentera Penerangan

K. Penerangan UMNO Ahmad Maslan dilaporkan oleh UM berhasrat utk mengadakan latihan bagi jentera penerangan yang baginya lack of 'penerangan skills'. Adakah we want to assume that the solution for this problem is to come up with a form of training? Do UMNO think PAS and PKR have a very well defined 'training' sehingga they outclass UMNO? In my opinion, geng2 UMNO has quite a well organized cybertroopers as oppose to guerilla like movement by the oppositions.
But then the PR works in unison based on their shared belief. UMNO need to polish this 'shared belief'. I notice some of the UMNO cybertroopers (UMNO-cyb) make open controversial statement that harms MCA, MIC and Gerakan.. so where is the 'shared belief'? I know some UMNO-cyb has personal agenda when setting up blogs (for campaign maybe??) hmm then that is so pathetic. And again 'no shared belief'.
Some UMNO-cyb use politik maki hamun approach in their posting..ini teknik PAS tahun 70an... org dah tak pakai dah teknik ni, kalau pakai pun org2 mcm ni tak akan dihormati..maybe org lawat sekali aje pastu dengar nama pun dah mental-block.
Apapun please reduce rhetoriking (ade ke p'ktaan ini).. Rhetorics make people to be more confused. Today DS Najib says UMNO should lawan FITNAH pembangkang dgn FAKTA.. Given this statement, how do you reconcile issue FITNAH v.s. FACT berikut:"D.S Zambry rayu, less 8 hours lulus, D.S. Nizar rayu .. 5 days belum tentu" Adakah cepatnya rayuan D.S Zambry (5 days > 8 hours) adalah FITNAH pembangkang ?? I only have numbers here.
Also get those influential bodies to talk in 'unison' with UMNO.. BAR Council, SUHAKAM, Persatuan Pengguna and other established groups are very influential in shaping people's opinion. Please, I am not talking about Instant-Persatuan-Tumbuh-Masa-Polis-Report with mumbo-jumbo name ye.. I am talking about real persatuan with many years of establishments. And belief me, menggunakan kaedah 'Redah dan Perintah' like what happen with incident penahanan lawyers baru2 ini produces a very ugly voice towards UMNO.
Pemerintah (UMNO la tu) need to make friends with everybody, bukan tunjuk kuasa. If people are happy then they are more willing to talk good about you.. Keep with 'Redah n Perintah' PAS and PKR tak perlu buat banyak pun as all the orgnizations, spokepersons, movements available in M'sia will be willingly condemn UMNO. At this stage Maslan buatlah program hebat mcm mana pun, it won't work.

On Delay in KPI Announcement

Kekadang beginilah ragam orang politik.. bendanya tak tau kat mana lagi tapi isytiharnya berdegar2. Saya faham, DSN perlu mengisytiharkan beberapa perkara guna utk menampakkan kerajaan pimpinannya bersungguh untuk membawa Malaysia ke hadapan. But then bila disytihar then rakyat akan memerhati..lagipun zaman sekarang bukan boleh buat2 lupa mcm dulu..segala teks, berita, claim2 kerajaan boleh di dapati dengan meng'google' shj.Oleh itu ada baiknya setiap benda yang hendak disytihar itu memang sudah ada, bukan isytihar dulu baru nak buat.. Takde gunanya kalau isytihar tapi tak ke mana2.. Susah2 sangat lebih baiklah lancarkan program2 ringkas yang mudah dirangka.. kemudian beransur-ansurlah meneliti melancarkan perkara yang lebih rumit..Dan ingat! isytihar bila semua pelan/modul sudah siap ye..

On Politics and Love

Metafora politik adalah seperti sebuah episod percintaan merupakan satu perumpamaan yang tepat. Jika anda sdg 'tangkap cintan', segala kutukan/gosip/sindiran orang terhadap pasangan anda akan anda abaikan. Segala kebaikannya pula akan anda besar-besarkan walau ianya sekadar "sambil membelai rambutmu" (lirik sebuah lagu). UMNO sekarang adalah dalam satu misi utk 'mengorat' rakyat yang sedang ber'cinta' dgn PR.. Sebarang attempt utk highlight keburukan PR might be brushed off by the rakyat.. if UMNO menunjukkan perangai buruknya (spt bercakar, memulau negeri PR, memulau sesama sendiri, berpuak2) pun will not help either. Dalam keadaan begini mungkin hanya keikhlasanlah yang dapat mengalihkan pandangan rakyat yang sedang asyik mahsyuk itu. Antara keikhlasan yang saya maksudkan ialah membantu negeri2 'malay-majority' spt K'tan yang sudah sekian lama di'overlook'. Projek piping gas/minyak umpamanya tak perlulah didivert ke Songkla, ckup sekadar di daratkan di K'tan utk membangunkan kaw. setempat. Itu hanya satu cth 'act of keikhlasan' which actually akan memberikan beberapa hasil yang positif utk UMNO (nak cerita di sini pjg sgt). Apabila org2 Cina sudah tidak lagi menyokong BN, BN membalasnya dengan memberikan pelbagai kemudahan tambahan (cth: ratio biasiswa yang dulunya favor bumi skrg sudah pun berubah). Apabila melayu tidak menyokong BN...what UMNO do?? They 'demonize' these malays, ..that is pretty sad untuk kelangsungan Melayu di tanah airnya sendiri...ok..say no more.As for your question on pembinaan literasi politik..it is currently being taking shape dlm pelbagai sudut. Media like blog can be used as a platform.. cumanya org bijak pandai/prof. seperti tuan dan lain2 perlu memainkan peranan untuk membentuk halatuju content dan perbincangan di dalamnya. Since blog are quite new, ethics, code of conduct masih lagi loose. Its our responsibility to set this code of conduct and did not allow the rule of the jungle such as maki hamun, mencarut, memperbodohkan org, raw speculation to become the order of the day. And like out good old metaphor of 'bercinta' just now, shaping the blog culture cannot be done by banning or demonizing but more by ucapan 'I love you' or 'You memang cantik sayang'...once they (the rakyatlah...not your bf/gf) give their heart to you... Insya Allah they will give their life for your cause ;-) Tq.