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COURTESY MOB

The following was reported shortly after the rude awakening post 8 March:

"All candidates must have blogs," Abdul Rahman told The Associated Press. "If not, they are not qualified to be leaders."

In the past, party politicians have said bloggers spread lies and rumors. Many of Malaysia's blogs contain commentary critical of the government.

But now, even youth deputy Khairy Jamaluddin — who once compared bloggers to monkeys living by the law of the jungle — has a blog.

"The last election showed that we lost the cyberwar. We need to embrace the technology now," Abdul Rahman said.

He said help will be available for party members who do not know how to create a blog.

And now all the LOSERS have blogs, amongst them Khir Toyo, Ali from Malacca. The latter of course made a bo-boooo of his blog. He deleted the ton of comments against him and thought he did a good job. He just simply did not understand blogging. It is simple, but simpletons can't figure this out.

...........and this morning, this:

Government to engage bloggers in cyberspace!

The Deputy Prime Minister has awakened to the fact that engagement is better than harassment, but he still hasn't got it yet: read his utterings and my comments in bold italics.

The Government had not been savvy in engaging the new media and lost out in cyberspace, he said, "This was one of the factors that led to us having a worse than expected performance. But we live and learn. Being silent is not an option anymore and we have to address the issues raised."(You were not silent actually unless you were not aware.That macho lady minister unleashed her measly-paid cyber-troopers onto bloggers.But Assalina's darlings went on a sniping spree instead of intelligent engagement.Their poor command of English gave them away!)

He in fact has started the ball rolling by putting a reply through his press secretary Datuk Tengku Sariffuddin Tengku Ahmad to a posting on Malaysia Today, a news portal run by Raja Petra Kamaruddin. (aha...this is a no-no....don't delegate, don't empower important communications to your machais.....you want to say something ....it must be from the heart....your own heart...unless you believe that Raja Petra and us are not in your league to give personal replies to.....bloggers are credible when they write FROM THE HEART.)

“We need to have people who are active participants of the new media, who are sympathetic and understanding of the government’s position. (we are sympathetic and understanding IF THE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION IS TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE AND FAIR....these are traits the BN government lacks pathetically....liberally throwing the Sedition Act, OSA and your full arsenal isn't engaging....the man in the street calls this BULLYING.)

“Therefore, instead of just criticising them (the new media) or running them down, the best thing to do is to engage them. Hopefully they will understand our perspective,” he added. (its ok to criticise us if we stray, but do it professionally. Takes a bit of effort, of course, to be professional. LEADERSHIP IS ACTION AND NOT POSITION.

To another question, Najib said the Government gave the mainstream and new media a great deal of latitude to criticise.However, he said: “There is a line which shouldn’t be crossed” because it could undermine the wider interest of society. (Sir, it depends on where the LINE is drawn on a level playing field....if you draw the line on our defensive third, it cannot be fair.....if you throw sedition etc at us, can you be red-carded too if you throw seditious stuff at us (circa 1987?)....just think about that....that remark of yours did undermine the wider interest of society...to quote you. Aside: When you pit Stoke City against mighty MU at Old Trafford, it is called a bloodbath!...and the LINE has to be clearly drawn.)

He said Raja Petra had been free to criticise the Government “very robustly and stridently” in his blog for years and the Government had not taken any action against him. ("the Government had not taken any action against him." Let me remind you that in 2007, he and his wife (separately) were called in for some 'robust' grilling.....no action?

“But when certain things he said constituted a very serious attack against the institution, the Attorney-General decided that he had crossed the line,” Najib said. (RPK said: Send Altantuya murderers to hell! Hell is what they deserve after we lynch them.Where else to send them? TO THE CONVENT OR OLD FOLKS HOME? The AG acted on whose INSISTENCE.....AND WHAT INSTITUTION ARE YOU REFERING TO....SDN BHD OR BERHAD? Sir, it is mouthings like this that get us bloggers on our goat....mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.)

Anyway, we welcome your troppers into blogosphere....the more the merrier.