As far as Umno is concerned, its vocabulary seems rather limited. It prefers to harp on the words 'tolerance', 'sacrifice', 'rights', 'struggle' even after some 50 years. Words like 'Away with crutches!', 'Welcome to the emergence of the New Malay!' or 'Hail the renaissance of unity in diversity' are completely alien to Umno.

Pity the poor MCA, Gerakan, MIC and all the other pathetic BN component parties. Indeed, you have been taken for a ride. Barisan is only synonymous with Umno and you are not even in the footnote. At the last Umno assembly, I cried seeing you taunted, teased and slapped on both cheeks.

I would have respected you all had you all staged a walk-out instead of cowering before those 'masters of the universe', rendered completely voiceless, like a mute stung by a bee! An uncouth Umno if left unchecked, will only nurture further uncouthness. They will be further emboldened by the 'elegant silence' of the non-Malays, and of course, the ineffectiveness of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Dear Pak Lah, don't you realise that there is already a mutiny on board your ship? And very soon you'll be walking the plank if you fail to chastise those people of yours. They have shredded your agenda, diluted all your sound aspirations.

The day of reckoning draws nearer. Dear Pak Lah, get rid of the vermin within Umno that are harmful to harvests of goodwill in this country and you are on the right path. Remember the people who trusted you, who voted you in and in whom you profess to lead. These very people are stronger and more overwhelming than any of your irritants in Umno.

Don't believe that these elements in Umno love you. They are only fawning over you because you are still their 'Santa Claus' for goodies. Watch out for whispers that are soft and gentle from the lean and hungry ones. When a well-meaning citizen tells you to guard your back, it means to guard the national treasury.

If rivers can run dry, and rocks melt with the sun, so can our oil, one day, run out.