An interesting post in a blog on foreign policy.
Imagine that First Lady Laura Bush had died in the fall of 2005. (I realize this is morbid, but stick with me.) Now imagine that U.S. President George W. Bush, a scant 19 months later, announced to the nation that he would be getting remarried—not to just anybody, but to the ex-wife of Laura’s younger brother. How would that play in the red states? Probably not well.
For the citizens of Malaysia, no imagination is necessary. The country’s widower prime minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, has fallen in love again. He’ll soon wed Jeanne Abdullah, a longtime friend and, incidentally, the ex-wife of his late wife’s brother.
By all accounts, the Malaysian people are elated. Malaysian Minister of Works S. Samy Vellu has gone so far as to pen a poem in celebration of the happy couple. An excerpt follows:
A mountain needs a valley to be complete;
the valley does not make
the mountain less, but more;
and the valley is more a valley because
it has a mountain towering over it.
Why is Samy Vellu wasting time coining a poem? Shouldn’t he be making sure the buildings and highway don’t crumble or pipes do not burst anymore?
On another point, your post “Malaysians get a new Mak Lah” and paragraph 4 of the post is uncalled for and frankly, I think out of place.
Let’s just be happy for him.
For him to deny the rumors about his love affair… come on, I think there are more important things that are wrong in Malaysia than his love affair. Somethings are better left… private.
Comment by My Golf Sucks — Thursday, 07-06-2007 @ 14: 07.06
The poem is plagiarized!
“Blessing For A Marriage”
by James Dillet Freeman
“May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should
bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding.
May you always need one another - not so much to fill your emptiness as to
help you to know your fullness. A mountain needs a valley to be complete; the
valley does not make the mountain less, but more; and the valley is more a
valley because it has a mountain towering over it. So let it be with you and
you.
http://www.churchofancientways.org/spirituallove.html
Comment by KNS — Friday, 08-06-2007 @ 10: 05.46