Great Expectations

We all waited with bated breaths for the Great Debate between the de facto PKR leader, DSAI and the erstwhile Information Minister, Shabbery Chik and true to his name it was a shabby performance which placed the program aired on TV9 and not on the prime channel which the government media is beamed upon. It goes on to prove that even the Government Minister is no match for the foxy and wily former DPM who's now the PM in-waiting. Even though all sorts of harassment is heaped upon Anwar Ibrahim, but being battle-scarred, I think he'll be the proverbial phoenix who would rise from the ashes and spring into life perhaps taking the centre stage of the National political scene unless he's incarcated once more either in Kamunting or Sungei Buloh. But that's not my focus here, but more on the subject matter of the Great Debate between David and Goliath. What's most interesting to see is that both individuals stood on stage not facing directly each other but slanted sideways, perhaps someone had worked the feng-shui so that they would not have to come to blows. Obviously the erstwhile Information Minister is a pale shadow of himself, bigger than life who seemed rather nervous and unable to focus his arguments cogently and instead went on a personal attack rather than putting across convincing arguments to demolish the points raised by Dato Anwar Ibrahim. The latter though wearing an oversized coat which could have been hurriedly lent to him by one of his supporters obviously delivered his piece with ease and confidence. The moderator, being one of former Anwarites and now a columnist in one of the mainstream media was nervously trying to control the highly charged atmosphere of the DBP Auditorium which was perhaps ringed with truckloads of the FRU and the GP force on the roads leading to the Agency. I noticed the bum Nordin Kadri who always spoke for the Government was mumbling facts and figures which he culled from one of his kangkong Professors up north which nobody paid much attention. His presence was irrelevant and totally unnecessary. So was the other guy Zukifli Sulong who was trying to shore up his intellectual stance in his newly cut black suit and he was trying to adjust the buttons around his waist so that he would not appear so portly. In my estimation, Dato Seri Anwar's arguments on how he could bring about the price of petrol by 50 sen initially and then gradually bring it down further seemed rather simplistic. I could not see how the utilisation of the IPP's excess capacity could be related to bringing down the price of petrol. If he says that we should buy over Pulau Bukom from Singapore and turn it into one of the largest oil processing centre of the world and flood Singapore with the refined oil, then perhaps it would spill over the narrow Straits of Johore and transfer it by the water pipes reversing the flow instead going up to the Isthmus of Kra, then we could bring the price of petrol by 70 sen per litre. Shabby Chik err..pardon me...Shabbery Chik is a completely pathetic figure who had nothing better to offer the viewers except that his mouths needed constant wiping of his saliva which formed on the sides of his big mouth. He's the poor choice to debate with his opponent who's very much adept at putting across his points with alacrity and much poise.