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Welp...Parliament dissolved today...the circus has begun.

Oh, and is anyone surprised that AAB is a few hours short of being a TOTAL bare-faced liar?

Wednesday February 13, 2008 Parliament won’t be dissolved today, says PM

BANGI: Parliament will not be dissolved today.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi put an end to such speculation, telling reporters here yesterday: “Esok tak ada (No, it won’t be tomorrow)”.

He also denied that today’s Cabinet meeting would be the last with his present team of ministers before Parliament is dissolved to pave the way for the next general election.

Wednesday February 13, 2008
MYT 1:10:44 PM Parliament dissolved, elections on

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has announced that Parliament has been dissolved, paving the way for the 12th general election.

At a hastily convened press conference at his office Wednesday afternoon, he said he had met the Yang Di Pertuan Agong in the morning and received His Majesty's consent to dissolve Parliament.

"I've informed Parliament and the Election Commission," Abdullah said. The state assemblies have also been advised to dissolve.

Also, I'm excited that Jeff Ooi is running. Go Malaysian bloggers!

Pray for peace. I think we've all seen in the last few months how apparently stable countries (e.g. Kenya, Pakistan) can dissolve into chaos when the fairness of elections is severely compromised and politicians on both sides - Gov't and Opposition - think more of their own power than of the people they're supposed to represent. (Look at Bhutto; her administration and family were notoriously corrupt while she was in power but then she gets shot and all of a sudden she's a martyr for democracy.) I really doubt anything so extreme will happen in Malaysia, but pray for us.

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Barack Obama was in Madison today. I support him but as to the prospect of my spending hours in a stadium crammed with noisy undergraduate students (ref: undergrad cooties), he can go fly a kite =P

Also, David Morgan-Mar (the Irregular Webcomic guy, who's Australian) explains why the rest of the world gets upset about American presidential elections: they have so much power over us but we have no say. I've been trying and trying to explain this to my white Republican boyfriend. At least he supports McCain =)