916 Came and Gone.....

Let's have a game!

So, the much touted date in our recent history has come .... and gone. Nothing has happened. Traffic is still busy as ever, hot like hell and still two opposing camps are waging a psycho war on each other. Great material to make a Hollywood Movie. Spike Lee, please get the rights!

While Pak Lah has called Anwar a bluff, still day dreaming about toppling his weak Government, Anwar has held a Press Con to announced that he has the numbers to form a new Government. As of now, it's just that. Just talk but nothing concrete to show. Is he lying and playing a wicked mind games on Pak Lah? He can't be so stupid to hold a PC and undermining himself if he got nothing to offer, right?

Yes, some might say 916 has gone, and Anwar is fast losing his credibility for empty talk and destabilising the country's political scenario. Well, to me 916 is not so much on the date itself. It's the meaning behind it. Only time can tell if 916 can really take off but sure this date has scared the hell out of BN. From the ridiculous 'study trip' to Taiwan to the sinister ISA crackdown on opposition members and a innocent reporter, BN is seen as desperately clinging to power. I want to see change in the mindset of the Ruling Party. Racist policies MUST go. Goons like Ahmad Ismail has tainted the BN image and challenged Pak Lah's authority for refusing to say sorry for his racial slurs. All these will make the rakyat regardless of race even more angry and wanted to see BN kicked out.

Is PR a better alternative? Anwar, Lim Kit Siang or others better than Pak Lah and Najib? I don't know. I really don't. What I know is that after 51 years of Independence, we seem to be even more divided. Yes, NEP has been drawn up to help the Malays. Well, if after 51 years and you still can't stand on your own, no NEP can help you! Furthermore, how many bumis actually benefited from these policies. Non-bumis felt side-lined. That's the reason we channelled our anger into votes during '308'.

So, it's now getting more interesting by the hour. PM refused to meet Anwar, so Anwar will have to make his next move. A very thrilling cat-and-mouse game indeed. Wits against wits. This is a chess game even Kasparov will be impressed. Spike Lee making a 'Chess game' movie, perhaps?

May the best man win!