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Date:
Thu, 4 December 2008 12:15 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject:
The Point of "Gates 2.0 Plan"
In my previous letter of
"Bill and Melinda Gates Go Back to School",
there was a sentence from an article that contains the words "Gates 2.0 Plan".
At first, I did add the words "....of course this is not a political matter...." behind that sentence,
but later on I deleted it because I thought my letter of
"Letter of Statement of Not A Candidate for Election 2009"
has been clear enough about my having no interest in politics.
Nevertheless, some messages from certain politicians did appear after that,
as if because I thought my chance to get the number one position had been too narrow, so now I changed my target,
toward the number two position, therefore I wrote that "Gates 2.0 Plan" words, to make the number two
becomes zero so I can fill the empty position.
Now I should make it clear here that "Gates 2.0 Plan" does not
necessarily means "zeroing the number two", because between the "two" and the "zero",
there is the "stop" sign, the "point" or "period" sign.
It means that the "2.0" should not be interpreted as "zeroing the number two",
instead it is "two stop zero", or "number two should stop from becoming zero".
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Date:
Thu, 4 December 2008 12:25 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject:
Thailand Airport Blocked By Yellow Power, Ousted the Prime Minsiter
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Anti government protesters in front of the departure terminal at
Suvarnabhumi airport, Bangkok in the early hours of Wednesday Nov. 26, 2008. Outbound flights at Suvarnabhumi
International Airport were temporarily suspended at 9 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said, shortly before hundreds of demonstrators
— some masked and armed with metal rods — broke through police lines and spilled into the passenger terminal.
Airport manager Serirat Prasutanon said airport authorities had tried to negotiate with the protesters 'but to no avail.'
'For the safety for passengers, we have to stop flights out of the airport temporarily until the situation returns to normal,'
he said in a statement, adding that incoming flights were still operating. The anti government protesters are demanding
the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister, Somchai Wongsawat.
(AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
Tue Nov 25, 1:24 PM ET
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Anti-government protesters block Bangkok's
Suvarnabhumi international airport November 25, 2008.
(Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)
Tue Nov 25, 3:07 PM ET
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Anti-government protesters celebrate as they hold a giant Thai flag during a rally at Bangkok's
Suvarnabhumi international airport December 2, 2008. Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat was banned from politics for
five years and his party disbanded on Tuesday, plunging the country deeper into chaos and raising fears of a violent backlash
by government supporters.
REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
Tue Dec 2, 7:44 AM ET
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Riot police are seen at a terminal at Bangkok's
Suvarnabhumi International Airport in this TV grab taken on November 25, 2008.
(TPBS via Reuters/Reuters)
Tue Nov 25, 6:39 PM ET
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An anti-government protester sits near a barrier made from luggage
trolleys during a rally at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport November 26, 2008. Anti-government protesters
stormed Bangkok's main international airport and gunfire broke out on the streets of the Thai capital on
Tuesday as a campaign to oust Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat turned violent.
REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
Tue Nov 25, 8:57 PM ET |
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Stranded western tourists wait for transportation to hotels
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008, at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands of tourist were stranded
Tuesday night when members of the People's Alliance for Democracy swarmed the airport causing it to shutdown.
The protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat.
(AP Photo/David Longstreath)
Wed Nov 26, 1:54 AM ET
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A European tourist sleeps at Suvarnabhumi airport, Bangkok in the early hours of Wednesday Nov. 26, 2008
after anti government protesters besieged the airport. Outbound flights at Suvarnabhumi International Airport were temporarily suspended at 9 p.m. Tuesday,
authorities said, shortly before hundreds of demonstrators — some masked and armed with metal rods — broke through police lines and spilled into
the passenger terminal. Airport manager Serirat Prasutanon said airport authorities had tried to negotiate with the protesters 'but to no avail.' The anti government
protesters are demanding the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister, Somchai Wongsawat.
(Wason Wanichakorn)
Tue Nov 25, 3:03 PM ET |
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Thailand's constitutional court on Tuesday banned
Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from politics for five years and dissolved the ruling party over a case
of voting fraud. Duration: 00: 49.
(AFP)
Tue Dec 2, 11:22 AM ET
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Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat acknowledges cheering
supporters after a court ruling at his residence in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008.
Thailand's Constitutional Court has dissolved the three biggest parties in the ruling coalition and banned
Prime Minister Somchai along with top party executives from politics for five years.
(AP Photo/Wichai Tapriew)
Tue Dec 2, 5:14 PM ET |
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Pro-government supporters rally outside the Administrative Court,
where the Constitutional Court is meeting, in Bangkok December 2, 2008. Thailand's Constitutional Court will give its verdict
later on Tuesday in a vote fraud case against Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat's People Power Party (PPP), a judge said.
Verdicts would also be issued for two smaller coalition partners in the case, which could see them disbanded for electoral
fraud in the December 2007 election. Somchai and other ministers from these parties would then have to step down.
REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (THAILAND)
Tue Dec 2, 12:14 AM ET
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A political campaign held by Golkar Party, a major political
party in Indonesia that became the ruling party after communist rebellion was defeated in 1965.
Golkar party has the traditional color of yellow just like the color used by demonstrators
at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand, recently that ousted the Prime Minister.
indonesiaontime.com
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The above explanation about "Gates 2.0 Plan"
does not necessarily means "zeroing the number two", because between the
"two" and the "zero" there is the "stop" sign, so instead
it should be better interpreted as "two stop zero", or "number two should stop from
becoming zero", is important to make here.
Because "two" is a significant number for me.
My older brother Faisal is the number two child of the family. While the number
two person in my country, VP Jusuf Kalla, is now the head of a major political party Golkar.
For so many years in the seventies, in the eighties, and in early to mid nineties, Golkar had
become the ruling party, and in 2004 after the reformation period took place, Golkar still
lead the election result.
This message of "not zeroing number two" becomes stronger
for me since on the same day of my reading the article containing "Gates 2.0 Plan", on 26 November 2008,
a few hours earlier there had been the blockade of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand by
huge demonstration of anti-government protesters wearing yellow costumes. Yellow is also a
traditional color of Golkar Party.
So my main concern now should be not about politics for my self,
instead about that 2.0 which is similar to the amount I mentioned in the
"test". And the
"test" itself was inspired by your awarding a Thailand man.
This is also another reminder for me of how serious is the "test",
that even to remind me of it, there should be a huge demonstration in Thailand airport that
later on ousted the Prime Minister.
May God help me with this "test", for the good of human being.
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