tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post9192634748436896822..comments2024-03-21T14:35:09.854+08:00Comments on Singapore Notes: The Chicken Little Election StrategyTattlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11037010707866164010noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-77990017799885037742011-04-30T01:21:08.477+08:002011-04-30T01:21:08.477+08:00Fear is disappearing
and
change is coming
Hist...Fear is disappearing <br /><br />and<br /><br />change is coming<br /><br />History will be made.<br /><br />patriotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-19802334541047802132011-04-30T00:01:34.211+08:002011-04-30T00:01:34.211+08:00Fear permeates the psyche of the nation. People ar...Fear permeates the psyche of the nation. People are afraid of criticizing government policies publicly. Most criticisms online are anonymous. They have witnessed people who dared to challenge authorities lost their livelihoods, made bankrupt and jailed. Even international newspapers and magazines (TIME, WSJ, IHT) toe the line today to protect their bottom line.Amusednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-701159014591996392011-04-29T23:48:14.748+08:002011-04-29T23:48:14.748+08:00Sir,I salute your writing! The last paragraph of y...Sir,I salute your writing! The last paragraph of your article should be posted on EVERY available site for all to read. All this talk about losing some of our so-called "indispensable" ministers should any of the GRCs fall to the Opposition! Even the President of the USA, arguably THE most important political appointment in this world is dispensable. President Kennedy's assassination and President Nixon's resignation are examples of how life goes on even when the most important political office in the world is vacated!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-14783454554132255082011-04-29T20:45:57.898+08:002011-04-29T20:45:57.898+08:00I don't technically think that there is honour...I don't technically think that there is honour in politics here and the way it has been carried out by the main party in charge over the last decade. The cases of defamation charges pressed against those politicians who begged to differ, alongside certain mudslinging cases at them, such as the case of CSJ being accused of misappropriation of funds from his own research to aid in his wife's, Francis Seow's arrest by the ISD and charges of tax evasion (pressed against him while he was overseas in the USA) alongside the "tapping of [his} phone line", as he claims, often do seem targetted in a certain way towards those who have some degree of possible clout against the incumbent in words or attitude. Until politics here evolve beyond this model, I am sure that gutter politics will continue in a form of vicious cycle, whoever practises it, whether those who hate the incumbent, or the incumbent towards opposition parties and their candidates. <br /><br />Well, they always have this theory that when you tell someone something long enough, even if it is only partially true or even totally untrue, he or she will believe it EVENTUALLY in time to come and perhaps not even question it at all until he or she gets out of the physical situation he or she is in(which also accounts for why some Singaporeans outside the country itself tend to be especially anti-establishment because of a state in which they see things from outside without any tainted lens from inside). In the same way, when political power is endowed in the hands of a restricted and privileged few without any visible ones who even outrightly question them or fight against them, then that is what these people would do, ie. justify everything they do, or steam-roll every oppositional voice and personality under the carpet in the name of advancing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-8570697062899256292011-04-29T19:48:59.969+08:002011-04-29T19:48:59.969+08:00Why does our PAP leaders always need to cry wolf c...Why does our PAP leaders always need to cry wolf come every Election and in the process belittle everyone of us by making us fear this and fear that ? And then follow up with threaten this and threaten that ?<br /><br />Have they never even once given thought to the fact that we will eventually grow tired and get immuned of their constant lies ? <br /><br />If PAP want us to really believe that they are really that good, why still need to bribe us with the Progress Package cheques sent to us just a few days before the Polling Day ?<br /><br />It's all so fake you know, I mean PAP's honour ?Alan Wongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-9578981438249901872011-04-29T17:54:07.572+08:002011-04-29T17:54:07.572+08:00PAP always resorts to fear politics. Whether it is...PAP always resorts to fear politics. Whether it is communists in previous decades, or no estate upgrading, and now the extraordinary forecasting of "dark clouds".<br /><br />As for the rebound from recession in late 2008 to 2009, many countries also did just as well if not better --- Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines(!!), China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong. All these countries with much cheaper politicians and even some with disruptive democratic events also were able to recover very quickly and strongly.<br /><br />The REAL reason why all these countries, including Singapore, were able to escape a severe recession is simple --- the huge money printing (quantitative easing) by countries like US, China, Japan and Europe. All the massive liquidity served to prop up major MNCs and organisations and the money flows all went into emerging countries and Asian countries. This massive money printing has NEVER been done before on such a huge scale and worldwide in scope. Absolutely nothing at all to do with PAP or any other politician.<br /><br />Now we are seeing the flip side effects of all this money printing --- accelerating inflation. The question now is, how is the govt going to approach it to help ordinary people? With pro-business and pro-GDP PAP, don't expect too much if you're not a CEO of some MNC, or a multi-billion dollar hedge fund manager.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-75566277291762599412011-04-29T14:49:45.895+08:002011-04-29T14:49:45.895+08:00I read somewhere that PAP kindergarten workers hav...I read somewhere that PAP kindergarten workers have been told to dress in white and attend at least 2 PAP rallies. It is unbelievable!<br /><br />Well, you know where their supporters came from. Conscripted personnel! Anyway, with free transport, drinks and maybe overtime pay, who will complain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-62584214500058416602011-04-29T14:41:41.070+08:002011-04-29T14:41:41.070+08:00Tattler, nice one!
i really wish sporeans were mor...Tattler, nice one!<br />i really wish sporeans were more proactive, organizing themselves in large groups to welcome the PAP and their entourage of stooges when they come around to solicit for votes... nothing like a large group of citizens flapping their arms in unison with chicken soundbites to match, to illustrate a point. <br /><br />come to think of it, a large turnout of OPP supporters can also do the same at PAP rallies.<br />in fact, some can even don Mas Selamat masks with Wong KS in attendance. <br />i don't see anything vulgar about this. LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-23966024267654255022011-04-29T13:42:47.282+08:002011-04-29T13:42:47.282+08:00Good article as always. But isn't the phrase &...Good article as always. But isn't the phrase "the sky is falling!" originally from Asterisk and Obelisk? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com