They are daring, aren't they?

Today's news from my SocioPolitico feed (pic.) is about Dr Mahathir quitting UMNO, the reaction to it and speculation about the possible outcomes from it. I use the feed to see the patterns over time. Interesting, it is, to be monitoring the patterns that come out from the feed, especially after the PRU-12.

One event that irked me was about the appointment of MB's for the states of Perlis and Trengganu. My naive question is: What drives these people to really want to rule? I was wondering why the ex-MB's of Perlis and Terengganu were so adamant to keep on to their posts? Is it because of money? Is it because of power? Doesn't power corrupt?

Aren't these people afraid to face their Creator and account for each of their people, the power and money entrusted to them, whether they have been just? Their obsession to retain in power is repulsive. If only we knew what awaits us after death, I am very sure that we would refuse to be in their posts. For me, it's very simple. The more you want it, the more I'm not going to give it to you.

Listen did I to campaigns during PRU-12 season. One of the stupidest lines sounded like this, "When I was in the government, the price of fuel remained at one ringgit something for a few years ... I managed to keep the oil price low ..." Hey, if you ever become a PM (God forbid!) I want to see how you out-maneuver the oil traders and keep the oil price low.

I am also glad that previous MPs who called names have been relegated to the back benches. I hope to see them out of parliament altogether to improve the quality of the representatives.

Which brings to another question: who put these low quality reps there? The people, you say? The people are not entirely at fault. To begin with, the people didn't have much choice but to choose among these reps. It's the party bosses who picked the reps. The choice was top-down, not bottom-up. Therefore, to many voters in PRU-12, a way out was to spoil the ballot paper or "undi rosak."

And another thing: since the reps are voted by the people to serve the people, then why do the people make a really big fuss when the reps visit them? Shouldn't it be the other way round? Like, when the people visit the reps in their offices, shouldn't the reps make a big fuss to celebrate their voters? Why don't reps act as the servants of the people? Don't reps know that the people are paying for their salaries? Why are their noses so high up in the sky?

People have grown smarter now. This is 2008, not 1958. Wake up, wake up, wake up it's spring I say! People have grown some brains, even more so with the internet around (and yes, the content on the net is as credible as any media). Remember those people sent to study overseas in droves? They went there, learned a thing or two, came back, got to work, and weighted and measured the reps. And they find that you are much to be desired, morally and or intellectually.

Oh yes, I do care about all these things because this is my country. I don't have any place else to call home but this piece of land. This land I will die for to protect, not the reps.