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Many people have asked me why I have not written anything about the petrol price hike after it was announced to the consternation of the entire nation.
It is not that I had no intention to write about the issue. I just wanted to see what the so-called mainstream media and bloggers would write on an issue that I had warned repeatedly since December 2006 and more intensely in 2007. This is all laid out in my latest book, “The Shadow Money-lenders and the Global Financial Tsunami”.
Recall that when my articles appeared in the “Malaysia Today” website, many bloggers and commentators – hired guns of the Badawi regime and the die-hard fanatics of the Anwar bandwagon went on a rampage trying to discredit my analysis by the use of profanities and character assassination. They went on a rampage against just one person. That was their desperation!
There was a pattern. These scumbags would not dare expose their real identities, with some bloggers using more than one pen-name to give the impression that many did not support my analysis. It was so obvious from the language and choice of words repeated over and over again.
Scumbags such as FFT, DagoRed 94, Ahjamal, Sukinong, HamChak, Ultraman, Myke, Unomalaysia, Fireduck, Born Free, Antiilluminati, Chaptokam, Clim123, Watcheye, Taikotai, Navigator, Pasar-road etc. worked overtime, the silent allies and conspirators of the Badawi regime, but masquerading as “opposition” thereby confusing the rakyat.
The result is that they have done me the biggest favour. For by helping the Badawi regime to lull the people into believing that the good times would continue and the Anwar bandwagon into believing their own lies, the rakyat is now in a state of shock with the sudden announcement of the massive price hike!
The objective of this article is to expose the lies of the Badawi regime as well the lies of the bloggers masquerading as “champions of the rakyat” when their real intention is to confuse and distract the attention of the people from the real issues. Malaysia is starting to experience the consequences of the global financial meltdown.
Ask yourself why the main stream journalists and the above-named scumbags (to name just a few) did not bring to your attention the following:
LIE NO. 1
The Star – 25th May 2008 Front Page
“There is more good news. There will be no hike in petrol prices at least until September, despite spiraling global crude oil prices. There were fears of a price increase, particularly after Indonesia raised fuel prices by 30% yesterday”.
LIE NO. 2
The Star – 6th June 2008 Page 8
“The decision to expedite the announcement of the increase in petrol and diesel prices was not an ‘afterthought’ but rather a need, said the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad. Admitting that the ministry had assured consumers recently that there would be no increase in fuel prices until August, Shahrir explained that the Government could no longer delay the decision.”
Which is correct – September or August? Whatever, it was a lie!
LIE NO. 3
The Star – 6th June 2008 Page 6
“Petronas will go bust within ten years if all its profits are handed to the Government to continue subsidizing fuel, said its president and chief executive officer Tan Sri Hassan Merican”.
But no one has demanded that Petronas hand over all its profits to the Government and it is not true that all the profits have been utilized to subsidise the price of petrol and diesel. The critical issue is how the profits are utilized, not whether it is handed over to the government.
Is Tan Sri Hassan Merican implying that the Government cannot be trusted with the custody of Petronas profits?
LIE NO. 4
The New Straits Times – 9th June 2008 Page 6
“The current prices of petrol and diesel will be maintained until next March [2009] even if world oil prices touch US$200 (RM660) a barrel, said Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad”.
When crude price reached US$80, the Government announced an increase in petrol prices. When it hit US$137 per barrel, the Government announced a hefty 40% hike amounting to an increase of RM 78 sen per litre of petrol and RM1 for diesel. Does this idiotic Minister think we are so stupid and naïve to believe that when crude hits US$200 per barrel there will be no increase until March 2009?
LIE NO. 5
The Sun – 12th June 2008 Front Page
“The price of fuel will stay for the rest of the year, the Cabinet decided yesterday. This is to allow people time to adjust to the situation”
The New Straits Times – 12th June 2008 Front Page
“No more price hikes this year, assures PM.”
Once again, one idiot says March, 2009 the other idiot says the end of 2008. Who do you trust?
I HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO STEP DOWN AS HE HAS NOT THE FAINTEST IDEA AS TO HOW TO RESOLVE THE GROWING FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS.
The prime minister has responded to the call by saying that he will hand over the reins of power to Datuk Najib in an orderly manner.
But can we trust him to do the right thing?
LIE NO. 6
New Sunday Times – 15th June 2008 Front Page
“Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the exact date for the leadership transition to his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Razak had not been decided yet … The leadership change will definitely take place at the right time”.
If Badawi can lie so blatantly about the petrol price hike, how can anyone trust him that he will step down so that the country will not have to suffer further from his failures and inefficiencies? If not now, when the country is falling apart, when will it be the right time?
BADAWI’S GAMBIT
All this talk about handing over the reins to Najib is but a spin so as to lull UMNO members in not nominating any challenger to take on Badawi in December 2008. With this announcement, Badawi’s spin doctors can then launch the propaganda that since Badawi is stepping down there is no need to challenge him. And by this default, Badawi gets to continue his corrupt ways.
Time will tell whether UMNO members will be fooled by this chameleon!
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