跳槽為捍衛兩線制‧蔡銳明：我非要國陣消失

馬華前副總會長拿督蔡銳明忽然辭去馬華峇克里區會主席，未幾就加入人民公正黨，坊間眾說紛紜，有者稱他為機會主義者，欲棄馬華沉船。也有傳聞指反對黨領袖拿督斯里安華以豐厚條件，製造補選來拉攏蔡銳明過檔。

改變立場後的蔡銳明接受《光明日報》訪問時，大力批評“舊東家”國陣與馬華。他說，大馬應有兩線制，但他並非要國陣消失，一旦民聯成為中央政府，由國陣來監督。

“台灣國民黨曾經貪污腐敗，而被人民唾棄，連敗兩次大選後，終於又成為執政黨，由此說明，只要國陣改變，人民依然會投選他們。”

蔡銳明：513事件也有40年歷史，馬來西亞人還要跟著513精神？夠了，我們被欺負、打壓及限制50年了

多元概念轉投藍眼

問：公正黨與行動黨都是多元種族政黨，為何你選擇公正黨？

答：因為行動黨表面擁有多元種族概念，實質上沒有。我認為多元種族路線是馬來西亞的未來，許多華人都理解單一種族概念已過時。我去年競選馬華總會長已說過，馬華必須從單一種族轉型為多元種族，否則無法得到民心。

照顧各族才能永恆

問：你原是來自維護單一種族利益的馬華，為何摒棄自己的舊理念？

答：過去半世紀，馬來西亞政權被以單一種族為主的巫統所壟斷，包括天然資然石油、天然氣，國家財富如商業、財政部、國防部、外交部、教育部等重要部門，馬華僅能掌管重要性不大的部門。

如果我們繼續讓單一種族政黨坐大，巫統會越來越強大，但只是照顧自己人；馬華繼續維護華人，卻無法改變華人命運。我看到民聯採取多元種族政策，照顧華巫印三大種族及東馬土著。如此一來，馬來西亞才能持久性的進步。

離開因大馬需改變

問：公正黨最高理事陳儀喬（馬華前婦女組署理主席）以及其他從馬華跳槽公正黨的前馬華領袖曾遊說你加入？

答：我、陳儀喬與馬華總會長翁詩傑曾是黨內被邊緣化的團隊，當她說自己在馬華已沒有未來，我曾勸阻陳儀喬跳槽。

過後，我與陳儀喬一直保持聯繫，在我加入公正黨前，她常來電給我建議，但這不是我離開馬華的理由。我認為馬來西亞需要改變，才是我離開的真正原因。

為改革沒被罵叛徒

問：跳槽後，你被馬華冠上“叛徒”之名嗎？

答：沒有，他們瞭解我的志願，至少翁詩傑沒罵我，其他馬華領袖也沒有。當年，我和翁詩傑同聲同氣反對馬華收購南洋報業，去年馬華改選競爭總會長一役，我們依然保住友誼，我還兩度邀請他到峇克里區會呢。

政壇常見抽後腿的事，但我和翁詩傑卻惺惺相惜，可惜這次為了國家與改革，我們被逼分道揚鑣。

敦馬言論無稽之談

問：你曾說新經濟政策應被取消，對前首相敦馬哈迪在部落格批評非馬來人佔有60%國家財富，有何看法？

答：無稽之談！敦馬令我很失望，他知道的，巫統控制了所有國家財富及資源，你知道國油的經濟力量有多大嗎？即使結合所有華商企業都無法與國油財力相比美。全國只有一個人能夠指示國油將每桶100美金原油以50美金價格出售給某某企業，這個人就是首相，首相來自哪裡？就在巫統。你以為華人財富能與國庫或土著壟斷企業作比較？不可能，人人知道僅是AP（入口准證）就製造無數的土著百萬富翁，甚至億萬富翁。拜託啦，讓華人做做小生意，別再和馬來人比較了，這位領袖知道真相，竟說出如此無稽的話，我很驚訝。

轉投藍眼繼續改革

問：為何跳槽後才說改革，以前你人在馬華就無法改革？

答：我曾兩度改革馬華，但失敗了。2008年大選，我一早料到馬華前總會長黃家定不會讓我上 陣，果然不出我所料，當時公正黨向我伸出橄欖枝，要我過檔並競選某一國席，被我拒絕了，因為我要改革馬華。第二次是去年馬華改選，同樣失敗了，可是我的夢 想沒有破滅，我來到公正黨繼續改革，我無法U轉了，因為全民都要改革。

依據憲法公平執政

問：馬來西亞最迫切改革的弊端是甚麼？

答：是一個符合憲法精神的公平社會，巫統沒依據憲法行政，政府資助的瑪拉工藝大學12萬個學額 竟然保留給土著，憲法沒有闡明華小不能享有全津貼，半津貼華小就是歧視！憲法第8條文說明，所有馬來西亞子民享有同等教育、公務員晉升、商業機會。我認同 特定土著固打制，其餘的必須公開，可惜巫統太強，可以忘記憲法規定。巫統議員別再用“社會契約”指責非馬來人質疑土著特權，我說的是憲法，這是馬來西亞最 基本法律。

太多年了，513事件也有40年歷史，馬來西亞人還要跟著513精神？夠了，我們被欺負、打壓及限制50年了。

壯志未酬暫不言退

問：你已65歲了，為何不退休？把機會讓給年輕一輩，留在政壇是想爭一口氣？

答：公正黨很窮，根本無利可斥巫統破壞兩線制圖，我不必這麼辛苦，大可退休、旅行或享清福，但是我壯志未酬。我願意退休， 把機會讓給年輕人，不過他們必須確定抗爭到底，不能輕易退出。

問：馬來西亞邁向兩線制，是否面對衝擊？

答：過去一年，我看到巫統不停破壞兩線制的形成，先利用反貪污委員會對付霹靂州章卡遮令區州議 員奧斯曼、美冷區州議員惹瑪魯丁，再使計拉攏副議長許月鳳。過後反貪會再轉向雪蘭莪州，針對州務大臣卡立買牛及其他行政議員，更導致行政議員歐陽捍華政治 秘書趙明福墜樓身亡，接下來一定輪到其他民聯執政州屬，我不能接受這種事。

巫統更兩度讓反對黨領袖安華陷於雞姦醜聞，安華是兩線制的靈魂人物，只有他才能結合回教黨與行動黨，組織民聯政府，如果安華再次入獄，兩線制將蕩然無存。馬華、國大黨及其他國陣成員黨沒有能力阻止，只能配合巫統的計劃而已。我們苦苦等候50年才有機會看見兩線制產生，錯過這一次，我的餘生再也看不到了。

馬華不改革難生存

問：如果國陣與馬華不改變，下場如何？

答：我早說過馬華只剩3年命，下一屆大選面對死活問題，事實證明我沒錯。如果巫統不誠心改革，馬華就得先洗心革面，然後再施壓巫統改變，為了生存，馬華只能選擇還政予民或退出國陣。“離開國陣就死定了”是馬華領袖的一貫想法，但我認為，必須犧牲小我，完成大我。

改變國家人人有責

問：無法在國陣或馬華謀得一官半職才是你離開的真正原因？

答：雞姦案及瀆職案讓安華坐了6年牢，他出獄後沒有退休，執意選擇烈火莫熄這條坎坷不平的道 路，何況是我。最近，翁詩傑曾為我爭取內閣要職，但是我婉拒了，因為我看到這個國家的男男女女都站出來，要改變國家。我離開馬華之前，我叮囑許多華商、華 團及華社領袖也一定要站出來。

非因一官半職離開

問：據說公正黨開出豐厚條件吸引你加入，包括最高理事、製造補選讓你上陣。

答：哈哈！我們從沒談過條件，我都65歲了，做了22年國會議員及15年內閣部長，我在政壇甚麼都嚐過了，你們以為當官很過癮嗎？除非公正黨堅持要我上陣，我才會站出來。

21年前預見華社困境

問：1988年，你在國會提出“馬來西亞華人的困境”，早在21年前，你就看到華社問題？

答：早在1990年之前的每一屆大選，70%華人都投選反對黨，當時我還是國陣後座議員，在國會解釋箇中原因，講出華人在經濟、教育及文化受到剝削及限制。

長達2小時的辯論引來巫統及行動黨議員的謾罵，議長也指責“我沒看過一位國陣議員說出你這番話！”議長發出無數次警告，要我停止發言，最終關上我的麥克風。今日我重複21年前的事情，只不過換了政黨。

馬華黨員陸續跳槽

問：除了前馬華上議員楊英福、馬華紅土坎前國會議員葉逸堂，還有其他馬華黨員隨你加入公正黨嗎？

答：雙溪勿剎區320名馬華黨員剛加入公正黨，這只是一個開始，未來會有很多馬華黨員加入。我相信絕大部份馬華黨員也在大選投選民聯。

留下是機會主義者

問：有人說你是機會主義者？

答：有關我跳槽新聞刊登後，一位馬華好友來電指責我，不准我退黨，於是我解釋，我看清國陣的問題，如果我還不離開就是名符其實的機會主義者。留在馬華能官祿亨通，卻犧牲自己的志願，好友聽完，難過地說“你說得對，我們留下的都是機會主義者。”

明福之死加速跳槽

問：趙明福墜樓是你退黨的引爆點，這是借口嗎？事實上，你在更早前就萌生退意？

答：不對，我辭去峇克里區會主席一職後，本想去旅行散心，慢慢考慮是否加入公正黨，當聽到明福 死後，我認為不能再等了。我也不滿皇委會只調查反貪會盤問程序，明顯是想保護肇事官員，在馬來西亞，犯錯的官員通常不會被終止職務，繼續逍遙法外。當印裔 青年古甘神秘死亡、林甘案不了了之，政府還期待人民相信他們？國陣政府與人民距離越來越遠了。

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換碼頭理念沒換

約訪蔡銳明之前，沒透露訪問課題，但他早有準備，一手拿著一本泛黃皺皺的國家憲法，另一手則持一份嶄新的競選宣言，那是去年競選馬華總會長的文宣物。

記者未發問，他卻一面接一面翻閱競選宣言地說“消除新經濟政策、種族平等、馬華轉型多元種族政黨、退出國陣……”，暗示他只是跳槽，改革理念不曾轉換。

“政治青蛙？”他彷彿看到記者的眼神質問，他沒辯解，只是兩度問記者與攝記初猛：“你倆想加入公正黨嗎？

我給你們入黨表格。”“政治？咪搞我！”我們不好意思直接拒絕：“給我們想想啦！”

他馬上哈哈大笑：“連你們要加入政黨都得深思熟慮，可想而知當我決定加入公正黨，經過多少掙扎。”

有人說跳槽是朝秦暮楚，也有人說是棄暗投明，答案就留給人民評斷。

【蔡銳明檔案】
年齡：65歲
庭背景：出生於柔佛麻坡，與妻子黃月蘭育有5名子女
家從政經驗：
1976年：加入馬華公會
1986年：4度蟬聯峇克里區國會議員
1989年：成為首屆國家經濟咨詢理事會成員，衛生部政務次長，馬華副總秘書
1990年：當選副總會長並蟬聯至2005年
1993年：出任馬華吉打州聯委會主席
1995年：出任衛生部長至2004年

Time to break cycle of no skills, no jobs

Low level of literacy adds fuel to employment crisis

One out of three working-age adults in Michigan — 1.7 million people — cannot read well enough to be hired for a job that will support a family. More than 40% of those potential workers, who all read below a sixth-grade level, also lack a high school diploma or GED.

The stunning statistics come from a report done for the state Council for Labor and Economic Growth, which since December has been quietly formulating a plan of attack against what may be Michigan’s greatest economic challenge: transforming adult education from a system for enhancing job skills into one that prepares undereducated, unemployed people for work.

“It’s incredible,” said Dianne Duthie, division director of lifelong learning for the Bureau of Workforce Transformation in the state Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth. “It would take billions of dollars to remediate them. … We’re serving 48,000 people with $33 million.”

• WHAT CAN WE DO?: Some ideas to fix the problem

'People didn't have the skills'

When Electrolux closed its refrigerator plant in Greenville in 2006, 2,700 workers lost their jobs. Many saw a chance to return to work when United Solar Ovonic LLC built a new solar factory in the west Michigan town later the same year.

But a lot of the workers weren't ready.

"People didn't have the skills necessary to go into Montcalm Community College to take the class that was required to do the work" at the new-technology company, said Dianne Duthie, division director of lifelong learning for the Bureau of Workforce Transformation in the state Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth.

Few wanted to go back to school. Others just "wanted their same job back at the same wage," Duthie said.The situation in Greenville exposed Michigan's dirty little workplace secret, one that's not so secret to state officials, adult-reading instructors and employers who want to hire Michigan workers. Many of the state's working-age adults are not prepared for 21st-Century jobs, including modern manufacturing that requires higher levels of reading and math than the factory work of old.

A 52-page analysis adopted by state officials in December shows that a stunning one out of three working-age Michigan adults -- 1.7 million people -- lack the basic skills to get a family-sustaining job. It also shows that 44% of all Michigan's adults read below a sixth-grade level and that 60% of the students entering community colleges require remedial classes before they can start taking the postsecondary courses that lead to jobs.

The analysis was compiled by a work group that included more than 30 representatives of literacy centers, adult education programs, community colleges, universities, employers, Michigan Workforce agencies and liaisons from several state departments.

Armed with the report, state adult education officials have begun transforming the system to tackle a problem that Duthie said could cost billions to solve.

Workforce crisis

Michigan's ill-equipped workforce contributes to a perfect storm in employment in Michigan, one fueled also by factory workers laid off by the thousands who share space on the jobless rolls with high numbers of high school dropouts and graduates who were socially promoted through Michigan public schools without adequate education.

The result is an enormous population that is not educated enough to enter job-training programs that require reading at a sixth-grade level. The crisis also is fueling the run on Michigan's unemployment system, which provides benefits to 450,000 people and has received nearly 600,000 new claims since December.

• DISCUSS:Would you volunteer to teach adults to read so they can retrain for new jobs?

It also has forced some Michigan cities to forgo federal- and state- funded programs because potential participants didn't meet minimum reading requirements.

"We're talking about people who read below a sixth-grade reading level and in some cases lower," Duthie said. "They may recognize a stop sign or work their cell phone, but they certainly couldn't read directions."

Margaret Williamson, executive director of ProLiteracy Detroit, the city's largest adult-reading program, has seen the problem building for years.

"It's tragic," she said. "You see them, they come in to us after they've been to Work First and they're so dejected because they cannot even get into a job-training program."

She said Detroit has about 365,000 residents age 16 and older who read below sixth-grade level. That's more than a third of a city that is losing residents every year.

"Think about this," Williamson said. "If you open up every closed school and ran them 24/7, you don't have enough buildings or ... staff to remediate that level of people."

No quick fix

The state aims to develop a remediation plan for half the 1.7 million who need it, or 850,000 people. The state just received a $300,000 Joyce Foundation grant toward that end.

ProLiteracy is among several providers forming partnerships with employers to simultaneously teach basic skills and job skills. Such partnerships will be the core of the state's plan.

State Rep. Mike (Huck) Huckleberry, D-Greenville, said he had not seen the analysis of Michigan's poor literacy level, but lived through the Electrolux loss.

"Everything they're saying, I have witnessed it firsthand," he said. "Some people had a false vision that the jobs would come back. They'd made a living all their lives doing manufacturing work. They didn't perhaps have the highest education to begin with and they were absolutely scared. How do you tell somebody 55 years old you got to go back to college for two years, and they didn't have a high school education to begin with?"

Gary DiDio, plant manager for United Solar in Greenville, said about half the 350-person production force are former Electrolux workers, and he's happy with the team.

"But," he said, "I can tell you that in the screening process two years ago, I was astounded, shocked really, that some people would come in with no résumé and say their best skill was 'reliable' ... Today, you must be able to learn. Our responsibility is to create not just a work environment but a learning environment."

Greenville offers a lesson to every undereducated, unemployed worker.

"That's the way it is. That's the world we live in," Huckleberry said. "Anything we spend on training will come back as an investment, not an expense."

BY ROCHELLE RILEY • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST

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Wake up Call to America! The Third Jihad is Here!

(IsraelNN.com) Don’t miss this incredible interview on Radical Islam’s Vision for America.

Many believe that Islam taking over America will never happen and is for conspiracy buffs only or that anyone who thinks that this is possible is crazy. Well call us crazy but it is no longer a matter of “this can’t happen”, but instead IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD! Wake up America!!!
Unfortunately, most Americans are so wrapped up in their own lives that they don’t realize that one day in the near future their wives, daughters, aunts, grandmothers and their mothers will soon be wearing burkas. And, the men will have their heads removed, publically, because they will not convert to Islam. People will be stoned in the streets. And, that’s just the “Meet and Greet” introduction phase.

America has problems now with the Obama administration turning the country into a Socialist State and then on to a Communist Dictatorship. Islam is sitting and watching Americans do nothing to stop the Obama nightmare; how easy will it be for Islam to take over this country? By the time you wake up from your social slumber it will be too late to do anything.

So we can sit back and continue to do nothing, and become a conquered nation or we can “lock and load” and find solutions to this evil which is knocking at our door. What’s it gonna be!?

Join Ray and Adam as they discuss this evil and where to get solutions to fight the evil with Dr. Zuhdi Jasser a devout Muslim who stands against Radical Islam and is a featured guest on the Third Jihad movie. We will also be talking to producer Raphael Shore who also produced the movie Obsession. These are two of the bravest men in America who are doing something about it but they cannot do it alone. Hopefully, if the American news media grows a spine they will be providing information on this as well.

This is a wake up call to America and to all of Mankind. We can no longer roll over and play dead.

U.S. Money: Will Pay to the Bearer on Demand ? Two Photos

Please examine the bills above - notice the change of wording between the two bills: "Will pay to the bearer on demand" appears on the older bill, but not on the second bill. Then notice the dates the bills were printed. What is the significance?

What would be payed to the bearer on demand?


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Profit reports push Dow to best July in 20 years

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NEW YORK (AP) - New hope for the economy just gave the stock market its best July in 20 years.

Investors placed big bets over the last month that the profit machine at U.S. companies will continue to rev higher and that the longest recession since World War II is finally easing its grip. If that turns out to be wrong, the huge gains of July mean there will be an even bigger price to pay if companies don't deliver.

The Dow surged 725 points or 8.6 percent for the month, with most of the gains arriving in bursts in the final 15 days. The extraordinary run shaped July into the best month for the blue chips since October 2002 and the best July since 1989. The Dow has risen four of the past five months.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index, a benchmark for many mutual funds, also ran at a strong pace and July was its best performance since 1997. Even with the gains, the S&P is still down 37 percent from its peak in October 2007.

The companies that fared best in July were those that signaled they were patching up their businesses after a terrible winter and fall. Caterpillar Inc.'s earnings for the April-June quarter fell but the company raised its profit forecast for the year. Its stock surged 33.4 percent for the month.

Earnings reports that fueled the rally often contained a few dark spots, and many companies have been increasing their bottom line by taking a knife to costs. Eventually they will have to bring in more revenue because trimming costs can't increase profits forever.

Stu Schweitzer, global markets strategist at J.P. Morgan's Private Bank in New York, said the lower expenses means companies will be better positioned to reap big earnings when the economy does grow and revenue starts to tick higher.

Economic reports are starting to support traders' bets. The government reported Friday that the economy shrank at a pace of just 1 percent in the second quarter, better than analysts anticipated. In the first three months of the year, the economy shrank at a pace of 6.4 percent, the steepest slide in nearly 30 years.

Despite the improving outlook, the economy still faces significant hurdles. Analysts worry that difficulty for consumers in borrowing, unemployment and a still-weak housing market will choke off growth. Key reports next week on manufacturing, housing, employment and the service industry could also reshape the market's view about where the economy is headed.

``I don't think this is a one-way staircase back up to where we came from. I fully expect potholes along the way,'' Schweitzer said.

On Friday, the Dow rose a modest 17.15, or 0.2 percent, to 9,171.61. The S&P 500 index rose 0.73, or 0.1 percent, to 987.48, while the Nasdaq composite slipped 5.80, or 0.3 percent, to 1,978.50.

For now, companies aren't hemorrhaging money like they were last fall and early this year. Traders began the latest rally July 13 when they rushed to buy stocks ahead of a strong profit report from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The bank's profit turned out to be huge, and strong report cards since then from companies like AT&T Inc. and microchip producer Intel Corp. confirmed that a range of companies were finding their footing.

Three of four companies in the S&P 500 index have reported results that topped analysts' expectations, according to Thomson Reuters. About 300 of the 500 companies have turned in their reports.

That unexpected bounty has pushed major market indexes to their best levels of the year. On July 23, the Dow rose above 9,000 for the first time since January. The rally pushed the Dow back into the black for the year and it is now up 4.5 percent.

The Nasdaq traded above 2,000 and the S&P 500 index neared the 1,000 mark, a level not seen since November.

``We're on the edge between recovery and speculation,'' said Rick Lake, portfolio manager of Aston/Lake Partners LASSO Alternatives Fund in Greenwich, Conn.

Lake said the market's ability to bounce higher in July even after getting bad news signals that many investors are looking to jump on the rally.

Major stock indexes surged off 12-year lows in early March to rally almost 40 percent by mid-June before stumbling until July's earnings reports restored hopes for a rebound in the economy.

Investors have been putting money into areas that are expected to do well in a recovery. Materials companies in the S&P 500 index rose an average 12 percent for the month. Aluminum maker Alcoa Inc. jumped 13.8 percent.

By comparison, energy company stocks rose only 3.6 percent. Oil posted its first monthly drop since January as stockpiles remain high. Exxon Mobil Corp. edged up only 0.7 percent.

Analysts credit some of the buying to short-covering, in which investors have to buy stock after having earlier sold borrowed shares in a bet they would fall. That can make doubts into short-term buyers and give an artificial lift to stocks.

Investors still have plenty to worry about. The GDP report found that consumers cut spending by 1.2 percent in the second quarter, after a 0.6 percent increase in the first quarter.

The unemployment rate stands at a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, and the Federal Reserve predicts it will top 10 percent by the end of the year.

Unemployment often recovers after the economy starts to but hesitant consumers could make it harder for the economy to grow. In downturns over the past 60 years, the S&P 500 index has hit bottom an average of four months before a recession ended and about nine months before unemployment hit its peak.

In other trading Friday, bond prices rose. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.48 percent from 3.61 percent late Thursday.

Crude rose $2.51 to settle at $69.45 a barrel.

Three stocks rose for every two that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to 5.5 billion shares compared with 6.1 billion Thursday.

The Russell 2000 index slipped 1.09, or 0.2 percent, to 556.71.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed the week up 78.37, or 0.9 percent, at 9,171.61. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 8.22, 0.8 percent, to 987.48. The Nasdaq composite index rose 12.54, or 0.6 percent, to 1,978.50.

The Russell 2000 index, which tracks the performance of small company stocks, rose 8.25, or 1.5 percent, for the week to 556.71.

The Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index - which measures nearly all U.S.-based companies - ended at 10,147.02, up 85.47, or 0.9 percent, for the week. A year ago, the index was at 12,946.89.

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