“Najib joins Facebook”, reads the RSS from New Straits Times.

“So what? Facebook isn’t something new. It’s so… 2008”, some might scoff. You know this type – the thinks-being-cynical-is-cool, smart aleck type.

So what if it’s 2000? Or Zaman P. Ramlee? If something has the potential to bring positive effects, it should be lauded. Or if you don’t want to, just shut up.

One thing I like about the Prime Minister is that he makes an attempt to utilise social media into his everyday governmental life. He had started with the blog when he was Deputy Prime Minister. And then he went on Twitter. Yesterday, he decided to be more active with Facebook. Twitter and Facebook – these are the top two among the social media category (click on the image or here to go to Najib’s Facebook page)

From my own 15 months usage of Facebook, I can attest here that there are a lot of good things about it. The most important is, you can build relationships… meaningful ones. But, like relationships offline, it depends on you the individual, to make these work and prosper. 

But what has this to do with Najib?

It's this: Your participation at his page might be the closest you'll ever get to delivering your message about things. Through Facebook, you get direct access to him. Of course, whether he reads your comments and messages is another matter. But don’t let this discourage you from trying.

So, rather than raising your voice and getting hoarse at the coffeeshop to stress your point about “what’s wrong with the country”, banging the table and uttering obscenities (and adding to your blood pressure, while not hurting Najib one bit) why not try to engage his attention and deliver your opinion IN A CIVIL MANNER? And at appropriate moments? Maybe we can make some difference through Facebook.

Or do you still think being cynical and pessimistic makes you look cool? Cool kepala bapak…

There’s a serious outbreak of mental problems, especially in Perak. TAIPINGMALI has a post about two state assemblymen who can’t accept reality and are negatively reaffirming each other’s fantasy.

One of them still pretends to believe that he is the Assembly Speaker, and has called for a `session’ at a hotel in Ipoh On 28 Oct. The other one can’t accept that the coveted post of Menteri Besar is no longer his. From the hotel, he will attempt to seek an audience with the Sultan to dissolve the assembly.

Remember when we were kids playing “Police and Thieves” or imagining we are Superman, Ultraman or Batman – and sometimes all three at the same time? Well, these two – Siva and Nizar – never grew out of this. Guys, it’s okay with Kelas Tiga children but it’s no longer cute when middle-aged men play pretend!

And Nizar has also come up with this shocking `revelation’- that the BN has hired 15 thugs to act as security guards who will beat up five Pakatan assemblymen!

The evidence to back these allegations? Oh, that’s not necessary – Nizar has `special powers’ , remember?…like Superman and Ultraman, he `just knows’.

Now some have gotten paranoid. One chap claimed that the government  has become “Big Brother and carrying out surveillance to spy on their plans”. With such intense mental stress, they see threats everywhere. They might even accuse the `Mamak Jual Roti’ on the motorcycle as a suicide bomber laden with bombs! HaHa!

Let’s show our kindness and do them a favour: On 28 Oct, let’s charter a few buses, herd them in and take them for much-needed treatment at Hospital Tanjung Rambutan.

That should be the headline; and not PKR IS NO MORE A PARTY OF UMNO AND BARISAN REJECTS AND MISFITS to Mansor Puteh’s opinion.

Or this headline: PKR is no more a party of (much) consequence. Hehe! Seronok perlekeh dia. Orang-orang Pakatan Rakyat jangan marah ye… Nanti kena lelong!

Mansor was dismissive of PKR here. I had expected that he’d be hammered to bits at MalaysiaToday by some of the regular monkeys who’d jump at anything that isn’t favourable to PKR and DAP especially.

And the voting of the “Up” and “Down” to the comments should show massive agreement with the monkeys who lambast Mansor – something like 98 to 2. However, there were just a few comments, with pathetic votings of 2, 4, 5 to each of these! Whatever happened to the rabid monkeys who’d lurk at MalaysiaToday to bite at dissenters, and howl their agreement to the self-righteous chimps on their high horse?

The answer? DISCOURAGED & CONFUSED… Especially after the massive win by the BN at Bagan Pinang. But there’s more to come – and it’s The Principled One whom Pakatan supporters had praised to the sky last year who will light the fuse - Zaid: I will go to Sabah despite directive Wah! Lawan Taukeh!

Zaid also said he will take six months leave from PKR. Cuti sambil belajar ke, Dato’? Heheh! The Star reported that “he needed to take six months leave from PKR simply because it would take that long to compile the policies to make Pakatan Rakyat a consistent entity that could successfully merge the political stances of its three members - PKR, PAS and DAP.”

Tapi yang buat penyokong PKR tak sedap perut ialah yang ni: “He also refused to comment what he planned to accomplish in the six months.” WHY? Because he won’t accomplish anything! The picture below is the real reason…

What the future holds for PKR (with PAS and DAP  `kena jugak’ due to proximity). It’s a bright and dazzling future:

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. - Aristotle