Of swearing, cheaper petrol and public transportation. We live in weird times

I was kinda sick last week, down with a really upset tummy. But I am all good now. Sort of anyway.

Today is the biggest by-election in Malaysia ever. So naturally I am waiting for people to do stupid things now. And viola! You get a number of stupid things happening immediately. Since I was sick, I could not write each and every one of it last week. Hence this is the short and concise version.

The swearing thing, I don't think I will touch on it since it was mentioned in my previous blog. So I won't waste time trying to get my point across to those stupid people who swears. Swear all you want and cry all you want.

Let us look at the price drop of petrol. Oh yes. Our dear PM thinks the people are stupid. He is seriously making a big mistake. The people will not be fooled by this move. Again the government is taking the people for granted. It was promised that the new petrol price will be announced at the end of the month and will take effect immediately on the 1st of September. By doing it sooner, you will be seen as a coward and a liar. Oh yes, the government is great at lying to us. So when will the lying stop? So now you can swear and lie at the same time. Great right?

Before the March election, the promise was no more petrol price increase this year, Penang's monorail will not be canceled, etc. Right after the election, petrol price went up in a record 40%+, and the other projects that was not supposed to be canceled was canceled. This time around, the promise was to reduce petrol price. Now the government is acting like a child. At its own whim, they would reduce petrol, cancel projects and give money away too. They should start swearing before they make any statements from now on. Maybe that will prevent them from telling lies (please note the sarcasm here).

By the way, DPM mentioned that the if the people are not satisfied with the RM625 rebate given, then the government will stop giving it. Yes. What a childish act. Again, he is shooting before even looking (did I just quote Dr. Koh Tsu Koon?).

I do not agree with subsidizing petrol as the higher income group would be the one who is really enjoying it. Why not give a rebate from our tax? Why do the idiots up there don't think of that? That way the subsidy will really go to the people who really deserves it. The RM625 rebate can still be misused. For example, if I own 5 less than 2000cc car, then I can get the rebate 5 times. Now what happens if I am from a low income group who is struggling with a small Kancil?

Let us look at the stunt by our dear PM last week. Yes it is a stunt. A political stunt. Again he is taking us for being idiots. Everyone knows the poor state of the public transportation in Malaysia.

Why does the government goes through all the trouble to make the people's life hard? Simply put it, Proton. It is not hard to put up a good public transport infrastructure. You just need to employ the right people. But our dear government decided that they should waste the money on developing a substandard company that produces cars. If the government is smart, they would have invested on public transportation as the revenue of public transportation is on-going. As the population increases, the usage of public transportation increases hence more profit. Furthermore, the profit will always be maintained at a stable and increasing rate. Really stupid of them to build highways and charge the people for each car. It would be more profitable to charge per person for a train ride from Alor Setar to Kuala Lumpur.

And now the PM is saying the public transportation in KL needs to be improved. He should go to Penang, Alor Setar, Ipoh and other places and see for himself. Even in JB, the public transport sucks. Think before you act.

So today is the day, everyone in Permatang Pauh should decide whether we still want stupid people to govern the country (if you go by what Datuk Seri Anwar says). But that is another chapter.