Bersih 3.0-A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Dataran Merdeka

The Peaceful Assembly Act has been passed en masse in Parliament much to the frustration of the dissenting voice.

There were some peaceful demonstrations lately and the police acted accordingly because they believed the numbers were small.

Then Bersih 3.0 was declared.

Then everything went haywire.

The Home Minister says fine, it is allowed. But with a caveat as the venue is subjected to the approval of DBKL.

DBKL says no.

Home Minister says that they should provide alternative venues for the sit-in.

The Mayor came back with three venues from Titiwangsa to Cheras.

Bersih says no-adamant with sitting in at Dataran.

DBKL warns of punitive action.

To make it worse, the Dang Wangi District Police Chief bans the sit-in saying it is sensitive to security, upping his boss,the Home Minister.

What a comedy of errors!

So, the stage is set once more for heavy street drama.

For many, a definite confrontation is good news and they will brave the elements to participate.

Will the police and the law enforcement agencies come out hard as on July 9, 2011?

Will there be a lock down, counter to what the Home Minister had said earlier on, that he over-reacted to Bersih 2.0?

A Funny Thing is really happening on the way to Dataran?

Anyone laughing?

The Searchers Continues to Thrill

For an old 1956 movie, The Searchers, continues to be as exciting today as it was yesterday.

A John Wayne evergreen, the movie pans out a tale of a man in seek of his niece taken away by a blood-thirsty Comanche war party.

Though the movie needs a little more tightening in terms of its film editing to be as exciting as today's movies, I still enjoyed the movie.

You will see a young Jeffrey Hunter playing alongside the Duke as they braved through both sandy barrenness of Texas and New Mexico of the desert to the cold snowy waste of the north.

Vera Mills starred as the delectable lady in waiting for Jeffrey Hunter.

Good movie like having a fun drive along the countryside in the pale moonlight of yesteryear.