“WHO IS DOLLAH KOK LANAS?”

How much do you know about our nation’s history? How well versed are you when it comes to the history of your kampong? How did they come up with ‘Batang Berjuntai’? What ‘Batang’ and whose ‘Batang’ were they talking about?

You’ll be surprised how irrelevant history has become. No one really care about history and yet these are the same people who’re shouting about ‘Kedaulatan Raja’. The situation is that they’re fighting blindly for something they don’t understand really well.

Its not a problem to fight or struggle for a cause. But it is a problem when you’re fighting for something you’re not clear about. How are you going to justify your cause when you know nothing about it?

That’s the problem with our youth today. They don’t know history and yet they’re fighting for ‘hak-hak orang Melayu’. I think these bunch of idiots have never read the constitution.

It’ll be good if they know what they’re fighting for instead of answering “Ntah lah? Depa suruh aku pegang sepanduk, aku pegang lah. Janji masyuk!” when asked why are they doing what they’re doing now?

The days of gathering and paying students to line up by the roadside to greet the Prime Minister is over. It’s not about volume or numbers of people showing support, it’s about the quality of those giving support. I’d rather have 1 smart assistant than 10 nodding donkeys!

Yesterday a friend of mine called for a drink. I declined the offer as I’ll be interviewing Dollah Kok Lanas on the same day. He asked “Siapa Dollah Kok Lanas?” which I don’t find it amusing.

He got a very long tongue lashing from me. You see, I don’t mind if he’s dumb, stupid or plain ignorant about our history. But for someone who ran for ‘Exco Pemuda UMNO’, this is no excuse. And luckily he lost that race as I can’t see Pemuda UMNO being led by such person of low knowledge.

So now it goes back to what kind of leaders are we expect to lead us in the future. I think it’s high time for UMNO to take a look at their future leaders. Train them. Groom them and feed them with knowledge. You don’t want these young leaders becoming the whipping boys simply because of their lack of knowledge.

Remember, knowledge is power and without knowledge you’re simply powerless and hopeless.

And of course we don’t want someone of low knowledge to be in power. So start now before you’re left with nincompoops as your choice to lead the country.