Voice of Insanity
The voices in my head… they talk to me…
Zulkifli Noordin
Feb 4th
The pin up supermodel for religious extremism. The man who is a sorry excuse for a lawyer (what is with Malaysian Malay lawyers who are in politics anyway? Hishamuddin, Syed Hamid Albar and Zulkifli Noordin have one thing in common. They have nothing intelligent to say!) as he hardly shows any intellectual capability. The man who is more apt for organising lynch mobs so stop Bar Council discussion on religion. A man who loves Islam so much, he fails to see the trees for the forest.
Much has been said about this poster child for sheer stupidity and Zulkifli Noordin carries with himself a big warning about some Malaysian Malays. While majority of Muslims are a voice of reason, these elite group of protectors of Islam have no standing in Islam itself.
While Islam preaches peace, they preach violence. While Islam preaches equality, they preach Malay supremacy. While Islam preaches understanding, they preach hatred among religions.
These men are the product of decades of UMNO brainwashing. The Islam they claim to follow is not Islam at all but a perverse deviant cult created to suit UMNO’s propaganda to hold on to power. These men claim to portray what all Muslims want but they are munafiq (hypocrites).
Whether Zulkifli Noordin quits PKR, is sacked or chased down the street holding on to his mother’s skirt – it is only good for the world. We do not need extremists like him. We have enough idiots killing on a whim for forty virgins in heaven. The last thing we need is more idiots who have little or no understanding in Islam trying to portray the silent majority.
I’ve said it once and I say it again. Malaysian Islam is no longer mainstream Islam. Its a political cult tailored to suit UMNO’s needs. And it produces racists and religious bigots on a daily basis to suit its merry needs. And Zulkifli Noordin is a prime example of that fact.
Australia needs skilled workers not more uni graduates
Nov 11th
Australia needs skilled workers not more uni graduates
ANDREW SMITH
November 11, 2009
Much has been made of the fact that Australia has escaped the worst of the global financial slowdown over the past year but there remains a critical challenge to its long-term economic stability.
In short, the problem is this: there are too many students studying at university for the Australian economy to realise its potential, and there is an urgent need to redress the balance.
Our fortune in avoiding the worst of the global financial crisis is not only due to our relative geographic isolation from other countries or economies; nor is it because Australia is a nation in overall long-term growth.
Quite simply, our nation’s overall stability involves one particular key ingredient: human capital.
Having a skilled and diverse workforce is, and will forever continue to be, a critical factor in this country’s ongoing economic development. Australia needs skilled workers armed with useful, practical vocational qualifications as much as, if not more than, traditional higher education qualifications, otherwise our economic growth and prosperity will stall, or even go backwards: hindered by too few skilled workers in areas such as agriculture, personal services (aged care, child care etc), building and construction and traditional trades.
Which is where Australia’s higher education sector, and in particular the private education and training sector, comes into its own.
Students today want choice, flexibility and quality. They want to have the choice of studying at a quality private institution, a niche industry provider, a TAFE college or an enterprise organisation as much as an established public university.
Private higher education is thriving. Students are modernising their interpretation of higher education: already one in 10 tertiary qualifications is delivered by private higher education institutions and this percentage is increasing in line with student demand for innovative, non-conventional higher education delivered through non-university institutions.
As the Federal Government continues with its higher education reform agenda, it is important to ensure that the model of tertiary education evolving in Australia has student outcomes as its core focus.
As well as choices about where they want to study, today’s higher education students – be they domestic or international – also want choice about how they study: they want to have the flexibility of courses that can be delivered online, by correspondence, in real-world industry settings or in traditional classroom environments. Or indeed a combination of all these models.
Most of all, students want a quality education that they know will equip them in the best way possible for a rewarding career and with the most relevant skills for their chosen career.
Whoever said universities were the only way we could provide all Australians or international students with the skills they needed and the education they wanted? The Australian Council for Private Education and Training has long advocated a single national tertiary system that encourages institutions to tailor and deliver innovative courses, using both academic and vocational education strengths.
Such a system would remove artificial barriers to entry that favour one type of institution over another or one type of student over another, and adopt a single national regulatory framework that does the same.
The key tests for education providers in Australia should be based on student outcomes, not delineated by public or private business models.
It is also critical that government policy does not stifle the innovation, industry focus and flexible delivery that students want and which has clearly been the area in which quality private institutions have taken the lead.
This means that all institutions, private as much as public, must be supported in their commitment to greater access and equity in tertiary education.
It means that quality private institutions need equitable access to government funding for infrastructure so that they can maintain their investment in Australia’s human capital.
Standards must be developed afresh to recognise the true nature of higher education delivery in Australia rather than focus solely on outdated university-centric notions of teaching and infrastructure.
Quality training and education is the cornerstone of improved productivity, quality of life and better life prospects.
It builds our nation, shields us against the worst of global recession and improves the opportunities available to all Australians.
Fewer students in universities is a good thing for the country and a good thing for the economy.
Andrew Smith is chief executive of the Australian Council for Private Education and Training. He was in the affirmative team in last night’s Fairfax/University of Sydney IQ2 debate ”Too many people go to university”.
Why PR will not take disciplinary action
Oct 26th
My comments on TheNutGraph for this article.
I am all for Zulkifli Noordin and Hasan Ali’s personal views. However these men are politicians belonging to political organisations and not independent representatives.
So, their ideologies should be along the line of what PKR and PAS wants. What Zulkifli Noordin did last week is as bad as Hishamuddin unleashing the keris at the UMNO conference.
The people people never forgave Hishamuddin and the repercussions were serious for BN. Voters will always remember Zulkifli Noordin’s Bar Council fiasco.
PKR and PAS has to understand that these men are clear and present danger to the Pakatan coalition. By keeping silent and endorsing these extremists breeds distrust among the public.
The people suffered this sort of crap from BN for decades. The current half arsed Islamisation is BN’s doing – we don’t need more lunatics doing more damage.
When Pakatan first came out I was expecting a professional intelligent political party which practiced moderation with the motivation to improve the face of Malaysian politics.
Instead what we see is a group of politicians who can’t even stop their wayward members from shooting off their mouth.
One thing for sure. So long as Zulkifli Noordin and Hasan Ali are in PKR and PAS respectively – they will not have my vote.
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