tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post6219455455461078552..comments2024-03-28T17:31:22.152+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: PAP's most severe test in 40 yearsChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-5021488118543509562007-04-12T15:18:00.000+08:002007-04-12T15:18:00.000+08:00However my observation is built on the premise tha...However my observation is built on the premise that we need a state, and the state has absolute powers to be exercised at will by "specialised" people.<BR/><BR/>I don't agree with that one bit. My position is that the state should be dismantled and removed completely or shrunk down to a size which would fit into the space of a 3 room HDB.<BR/><BR/>I made my "observation" above by disregarding my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-45211966187628612442007-04-12T09:23:00.000+08:002007-04-12T09:23:00.000+08:00hi realist,my is just a commentary on my observati...hi realist,<BR/><BR/>my is just a commentary on my observations of events. not a diatribe nor did i deride anyone. i am not going to bang my head against the wall.<BR/><BR/>matilah may be right in his observation. so will be your observation. we all look at the same thing from different angles.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-48304254676590802502007-04-12T09:15:00.000+08:002007-04-12T09:15:00.000+08:00How the PAP is going to turn this around and regai...How the PAP is going to turn this around and regain the confidence of the people is to offer another $300 to the people come election time, peppered with the thinly-veiled threats like 'you will not get upgrading in your estates if you vote opposition' and 'Singapore will turn back into a third world backwater swamp if PAP is not returned to power' and presto, they get another 5 year mandate to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-4346664903958525162007-04-12T06:26:00.000+08:002007-04-12T06:26:00.000+08:00I think the media are half right: people don't nec...I think the media are <I>half</I> right: people don't necessarily "support" it as they have "accepted" it.<BR/><BR/>There is every reason to believe that S'pore will be economically strong for the next 2 years—so after 1 or 2 years when the economy is going great, the govt can use the opportunity to come out and say "See, the country is going great guns. That is because we have capable people Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-61201168248552588322007-04-11T23:53:00.000+08:002007-04-11T23:53:00.000+08:00I think it's inevitable....the dissolution of powe...I think it's inevitable....the dissolution of powers eventually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com