tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post113875916006644376..comments2024-03-29T15:10:48.844+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: why should govt act to ensure political freedom?Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139817284274834642006-02-13T15:54:00.000+08:002006-02-13T15:54:00.000+08:00to contest this general election, like i said to m...to contest this general election, like i said to mengseng, only 20 good men. if one is unable to convince 20 good men to stand, then when is the leadership?<BR/><BR/>this is a contest of good decent men. and good decent men need to be led by a good decent leader and will answer the call of a good leader. it is a bit risky to grab anything that comes along. you just do not know what comes in.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139813811714010402006-02-13T14:56:00.000+08:002006-02-13T14:56:00.000+08:00Look out for me of whom I need, Reddie. With the p...Look out for me of whom I need, Reddie. <BR/><BR/>With the proper hands, we can shape a better future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139813579628888902006-02-13T14:52:00.000+08:002006-02-13T14:52:00.000+08:00Quite true. But this is definitely a good time if ...Quite true. But this is definitely a good time if I can have more politically abled/talented people. All the parties are critically short of good people and hiding their heads in the sand about it. It always signal huge weakness, a vacuum to be exact, that'd ripe in a couple of years.<BR/><BR/>Which is why I am hoping to engage really good politician-materials, get together, draw more people, andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139636298961542272006-02-11T13:38:00.000+08:002006-02-11T13:38:00.000+08:00wish you luck elfred.shi ji wei dao, just wait. un...wish you luck elfred.<BR/><BR/>shi ji wei dao, just wait. unless you want to create your own opportunities. zhi ji ta tian xia.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139579541156205872006-02-10T21:52:00.000+08:002006-02-10T21:52:00.000+08:00Later if any number matches the toto results, I'd ...Later if any number matches the toto results, I'd be unstucked. :D<BR/><BR/>Or maybe when one day I decide to make boot-licking my career... Then I'd promote more ways of polishing boots in Singapore.<BR/><BR/>Everyone has their more appropriate place in the world. Only when such timing or luck or what that they got to their places, they got unstucked. Look at Dr Chee... He entered politics with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139566817688260202006-02-10T18:20:00.000+08:002006-02-10T18:20:00.000+08:00elfred,there are many variables or options. the mo...elfred,<BR/><BR/>there are many variables or options. the most important is to get out of the situation you are stuck in. now is how fast you get unstuck.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139565277712724082006-02-10T17:54:00.000+08:002006-02-10T17:54:00.000+08:00SM Goh illustrated the bloody clot thingy when he'...SM Goh illustrated the bloody clot thingy when he's touching on a transport issue. Think it's with regards to COE or what. I just <I>borrowed</I> it, that's all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139565157295021762006-02-10T17:52:00.000+08:002006-02-10T17:52:00.000+08:00Nay... There are two other possibilities:1. The wa...Nay... There are two other possibilities:<BR/>1. The walls crumbling itself;<BR/>2. The walls transform itself into doors.<BR/><BR/>Scaling a crumbling wall is nothing to be happy about. There is, of course, a third option: try other obstacle courses.<BR/><BR/>All the roads are blocked... lemme use a SM Goh's manner of discription/illustration: If the good elements got stuck, it'd be as if the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139479900592983632006-02-09T18:11:00.000+08:002006-02-09T18:11:00.000+08:00elfred,let me be the fortune teller and crystal ba...elfred,<BR/><BR/>let me be the fortune teller and crystal ball your future. at the moment you have been stripped of everything. you find yourself heading nowhere. all the roads are blocked.<BR/><BR/>now you are facing a wall, a very high wall. either you scale the wall or you fall and break your legs. or you can do nothing and be stuck under the wall, facing the wall.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139477228308672832006-02-09T17:27:00.000+08:002006-02-09T17:27:00.000+08:00Nope... When one day I were to be in parliament, y...Nope... When one day I were to be in parliament, you'd find who is mocking who. :D<BR/><BR/>I am just frustrated.<BR/><BR/>With this sort of governance, there is no way I'd lead a better life. And even my wife's gone. It seems only to tell those up there direct in the face by entering politics.<BR/><BR/>SPP would be able to dominate eventually if Mr Chiam can live up to 80yo, and still be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139362416586113422006-02-08T09:33:00.000+08:002006-02-08T09:33:00.000+08:00elfred,when you are angry you spout wisdom.elfred,<BR/><BR/>when you are angry you spout wisdom.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139308660116674112006-02-07T18:37:00.000+08:002006-02-07T18:37:00.000+08:00that is why it is better for you to join pap than ...that is why it is better for you to join pap than wp or spp or sdp.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139305931132803552006-02-07T17:52:00.000+08:002006-02-07T17:52:00.000+08:00In politics, it's either you are black, or the mos...In politics, it's either you are black, or the most you go is grey.<BR/><BR/>When I first saw the PAP-ians in white, I chuckled. I was very small then, but I understand that it is very hard for angel to exist among individuals, and hence harder as a group.<BR/><BR/>As a matter of fact, which is a need to blow up and test which is which among the messier and messier grey-black order.<BR/><BR/>ThisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139273504973544142006-02-07T08:51:00.000+08:002006-02-07T08:51:00.000+08:00elfred,agree. when you put the frog to boil. 30 to...elfred,<BR/><BR/>agree. when you put the frog to boil. 30 to 40 degrees or 50 degrees, not much of a difference. still grey. to 60 or 70 degrees, the grey becomes not so grey. <BR/><BR/>when you compare 30 to 90 degrees, it is very clear that it is not right any more. <BR/><BR/>the gradual erosion of standards or what is seen as right of wrong can go very wrong after some time.<BR/>when grey Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139226109805083042006-02-06T19:41:00.000+08:002006-02-06T19:41:00.000+08:00It has always been grey, Reddie. At least for poli...It has always been grey, Reddie. At least for politics... if not black, ie.<BR/><BR/>The government calls for so many things... so I am outspoken in support of its ministerial call to speak out; so even if I join SPP it's to support Mr Lim Swee Say's call to participate in politics even if it's opposition; so if I ask to be out of Singapore, it's to support MM's call that education should make Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139198531349591112006-02-06T12:02:00.000+08:002006-02-06T12:02:00.000+08:00no matter how good, there is always a measure of e...no matter how good, there is always a measure of equitable. but this varies from individual to individual. the individual who is perceiving and the individual who is receiving.<BR/><BR/>problems only arise when things become too obvious. otherwise it is grey.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139194074170568672006-02-06T10:47:00.000+08:002006-02-06T10:47:00.000+08:00It doesn't matter if they walk around with million...It doesn't matter if they walk around with millions salary or billions or even $1... it's whether they are good component of governance or not.<BR/><BR/>I am not saying I am supportive of such salary concern for all occassions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139191475758623542006-02-06T10:04:00.000+08:002006-02-06T10:04:00.000+08:00elfred,i fully understand. teng cheong is a good m...elfred,<BR/><BR/>i fully understand. teng cheong is a good man. a big waste to the nation. and our nation is going to waste. along the way things started to get side tracked and we are heading, yes, towards destruction.<BR/><BR/>things are done not as objectively as before. or maybe still objective but with somewhat wrong objectives. some of the priorities are, to me, very wrong.<BR/><BR/>when Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139145136763776352006-02-05T21:12:00.000+08:002006-02-05T21:12:00.000+08:00Fighting to be full is a really lousy political th...Fighting to be full is a really lousy political thinking. Actually the point is you cannot cease fighting beyond that or even to fight for what's beyond... cos that'd end up either you stop and fight against the poor when you are full, or you go on and become corrupted.<BR/><BR/>Which is why wealth should never drive a nation, but a nation shall create wealth. Simple words, but it isn't that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139055771746950462006-02-04T20:22:00.000+08:002006-02-04T20:22:00.000+08:00elfred,it all depends on which corner you are sitt...elfred,<BR/><BR/>it all depends on which corner you are sitting and taking your view. if my income is in the hunddreds of thousands or millions, everything is fine. perfect actually. <BR/><BR/>things are never better. that is why the hungry will have more reasons to fight.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139041287318970272006-02-04T16:21:00.000+08:002006-02-04T16:21:00.000+08:00Really sick with this environment. We must do some...Really sick with this environment. We <B>must</B> do something somehow. Nor can we rely on MM reverse the craps, nor (it so seems) can we wait for MM to pass away.<BR/><BR/>We have to do something before we end up another Malaysia in Mahathir's time. The only way jerks can get everywhere is via cronism. <BR/><BR/>Frustrated. Evil...<BR/><BR/>Very much doubt this PM can do much... Look Reddie and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139040910388125172006-02-04T16:15:00.000+08:002006-02-04T16:15:00.000+08:00I was posting something about journalist who was w...I was posting something about journalist who was with Streats and guess what, all the blog posting gone in about half hour!?<BR/><BR/>What intense election? It's most probably an everlasting chit chat session that MM once reportedly lamented of parliament which talked on anything but critical ones.<BR/><BR/>Arghh........................................<BR/><BR/>Frustrated with the situation in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1138929266545422862006-02-03T09:14:00.000+08:002006-02-03T09:14:00.000+08:00elfred, there is a time and place for everything. ...elfred, <BR/>there is a time and place for everything. this election is a very intense one for pap as they would want hsien loong to look very good.<BR/><BR/>but it is good that you are looking at it.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1138882360807336152006-02-02T20:12:00.000+08:002006-02-02T20:12:00.000+08:00You can't put these two things for needing people:...You can't put these two things for needing people:<BR/><BR/>1. People who walk the walk;<BR/>2. People who don't mind having things to lose...<BR/><BR/>One fine day when the likes of such people who are totally inapt for politics enter politics, you'd understand... :D<BR/><BR/>I consider it very barbaric to view politics as something as an onslaught. It is, ironically, to prevent and/or stop suchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1138882099998137052006-02-02T20:08:00.000+08:002006-02-02T20:08:00.000+08:00Emm... Actually it's not a tendency. You see, thos...Emm... Actually it's not a tendency. You see, those who can catch up will easily catch up.<BR/><BR/>My previous boss was sometimes very... harsh claiming that I can't make it in one or two months in export and import thingy... but even experts told me this field always change and it's impossible for a nobody totally clueless to catch up as he expects.<BR/><BR/>While on the other hand, he totally Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com