The latest blogger to catch the attention of the blogosphere is one Dr. Mohamad Khir Toyo - ex Chief Minister of Selangor, ex dentist, ex broom distributor. I was living in Selangor during his time in the sun and I had many “affectionate” names for him, the most popular of course being a twist in his last name. But then everyone calls him that don’t they?
I wonder why Khir Toyo opted for Blogger for his new blog. I mean, I’d have expected him to get his own hosting and use Wordpress, if he was serious about blogging that is. Blogger is quite notoriously unstable at times and nothing beats having your own host. I’m not linking you to Khir Toyo’s blog. You can see the address in the picture above or go to drkhir dot blogspot dot com. Maybe we will see pictures of mansions in it some day.
So now we have Jeff Ooi - Blogger turned Politician and Khir Toyo - politician turned blogger. How the wheel turns eh? Let us see how long it takes Zainuddin Maidin (ex Information Minister) to set up a blog. Ah, but that would go against his stereotype of bloggers right? During his time as Information Minister, he called bloggers “goblok” (stupid) and wanted bloggers to register and then changed his mind and asked for them to be classified instead. Is it any wonder he’s now unemployed? I’d like to see zainuddinmaidin.blogspot.com - anyone indulge me? Its still available … *snigger*
On a lighter note, let me showcase my 2 favourite politician turned blogger blogs - The Tun Blogs and PLSB (Courtesy of TV Smith Dua Sen. Read these at the office at your own peril. I am not responsible for your colleagues giving you strange looks as you try to contain your laughter.)
Did I say Khairy blogs? No, he doesn’t. Not yet anyway - he’s laying low until the furore blows over (if it ever will). April Fool! 
However, he’s appropriated the name of a town (Rembau) for his own personal site! Can ah like that?
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Their way of reaching out to the rakyat jelata?
In the beginning, the bloggers get flogged for speaking their mind on their blogs. Then a blogger which they so desperately want to bring down is actually elected to Parliament. To redeem themselves, they become bloggers.
All in all, it’s a huge joke.