Mushrooms Arise

Today is as good as any to start blogging. Am finally blogging after mucho encouragement given by LOne and ThaiEngLang.

Recntly i came across this : Mushroom Dreams :
Allene Rasmussen Nichols wrote :

Once upon a time, a colony of mushrooms lived in a cellar that was full of darkness, horse manure, and stale air. The mushrooms didn't have cute, story-book names, like Princess Diana or Prince Charming. In fact, the mushrooms didn't have names at all. Not a single mushroom had ever thought "I," so not a single mushroom knew that it existed. The mushrooms' only purpose was to eat nutrients from the horse manure and grow large. It is a little known botanical fact that, for mushrooms, shit-eating is a communal experience.

Not a single window illuminated the cellar. No light shone under the door. The mushrooms knew only shades of gray and black. Not a single mushroom had ever thought "you" so they didn't know where they began and the dark and the smell and stale air began......

And it strike me, so Bolehlandish. Many of us are indeed like those mushrooms, being fed so much bullshit by the BN and refusing to think for ourselves. Being so fearful of rocking the boat and not being able to look over our bowls and personal comfort zones. Always not daring to look at the BN directly and telling the truth as it is. Always self-censoring ourselves to ensure the BN brand of national unity and economic progress and development.

The recent events as reported in Malaysiakini, like the Lingam saucy tape scandal, the Bersih protest march and the Hindraf Rally show that most Malaysian mushrooms have had it up to here. It is time that Malaysian Mushrooms must unite and stand up for what is good for the nation! There are people out there who wonder whether we are really not a nation!

2008 is a year as good as any for Malaysian Mushrooms to Arise. Unite and tell the BN that if it is not going to change its ways, we are ready to boot it out in the coming elections.

Tell the Election Commission chairman that if he is not ready to change and conduct fair elections on a level playing field then he has to go. The EC chairman should check why an 8 year old, named SEER HOR LE... with Mykad No. 991214740101 is listed as a Sabak Bernam voter and a 9 year old, named HJ ABD WA... with Mykad No. 981231081137 is similarly listed as a Sabak Bernam voter on the electoral rolls.

Tell Samy Vellu that if he has done so very much for the Indian community why then the present state of that community and the need for the Hindraf rally. Why then the need, post-Hindraf rally, to ask for a bigger share? The bullshit must stop! Why is Samy, even today, saying "(the MIC) would try to provide more educational, employment, economic, housing, aid and healthcare opportunities, for the people, especially the Indian community". What has he been doing during his "long reign" of the MIC?

There must be a stop to such unhealthy feed. The darkened windows must be cleaned and cleared and transparency must return. Good governance and accountability must may a come back.

We must arise to ensure that the Royal Commission on the Lingam Tape makes it enquiry using as wide as possible it terms of reference in order to put the judiciary on the right track. The rakyat must ensure the money and time spent do not go to waste. The IPCMC as recommended by the previous Royal Commission should be set up as near as possible as to what was originally envisaged by that Royal Commission. A watered-down Special Complaints Commission should not be acceptable.

For all these reasons and many many more, Malaysian Mushrooms must Arise.

Looks like this is sufficient for a 1st post. Mushrooms Arise will return later.