The police top brass are fighting among themselves, the chief justice retired amidst a damning controversy, the judiciary tainted with the latest scandal revealed in a digital recording, the lawyers march, the rakyat petition the Agong, the rulers flex their muscle, the economy is sluggish, our inflation rate reaching sky-high and the prime minister says; "Don't make it look like we're at a point of no return".

After all, we should look at the positive side - we've just spent RM90 million to put a man into space, our foreign direct investments are third highest in Southeast Asia after Singapore and Thailand, the price of crude oil reaches record highs (Petronas is raking it in) and the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange is in stratosphere.

Madhatter in his letter to Malaysiakini gave a exhaustive summary of the state of the nation. He rightly encouraged Malaysians to vote wisely this coming elections and for those who remain positive of the state of the nation; then go ahead and continue voting in the people who have led this nation for the last 50 years.