Have you taken the red pill?

Wrote a super long story for a fellow blogger who seem to be feeling the heat from just being herself and supporting a just cause of voting for politicians only if they are worth it and not just for the sake of opposing. But have decided not to publish it. I rather sit down with her and her naive friend and have a friendly discussion instead if they decide to take up my offer.

My stance out of it is - to each their own. Everyone has their own story, some have been afflicted by policies while others have been helped and thus we all are blinkered in our own ways. To me the most important thing is that you need to do your homework and know what you are talking about. The statements you make have to be justified, otherwise you are but a mere empty vessel with no "liao" or substance in hokkien dialect. Temporal gains or dissatisfaction will pass, but look long term into the future and imagine the situation now 20 years from now for your children.

An example of why we need to have transparency and accountability and sometimes what we read or hear out there isn't always the truth or what it's observed to be. This is an example to back up my previous post which highlights the high-handed ways of politics. And make sure you are in the inner circle to be "friends with benefits".

Exposed: the person who wrote the "Imagining a Singapore without the PAP" (http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_485661.html) is a member of Tenders & Contracts Committee of the Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council. Is that why he cannot imagine a Singapore without PAP?


Oh in case you missed out on the article on Straitstimes.com which has been taken offline.

Quote:

Imagining a Singapore without the PAP Feb 3, 2010 http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_485661.html LAST month, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong touched on the next general election, which must be held by early 2012. A person I discussed the matter with offered a radical idea. Imagine the People's Action Party (PAP) at this month's Budget successfully enacting a law to distribute most of the country's reserves to all eligible Singaporeans. Each Singaporean would likely become a millionaire overnight. Imagine the tsunami of joy sweeping each person, who would literally be a first prize Toto winner instantly. The only sum set aside would be the same amount of reserves that Singapore had when it separated from Malaysia in 1965. In fairness to the next political party forming the government, the sum should factor in a reasonable rate of interest to match inflation over the years. The task before this new party is to build Singapore up in the manner the PAP has done. Imagine the dissolution of Parliament immediately after this month's Budget to make way for a general election. The PAP rescues itself from this election after concluding that Singaporeans would prefer a fresh political party at the helm. The PAP would no longer need to explain the need for Central Provident Fund savings, to delay retirement, import foreign workers to grow the economy, ensure sufficient public housing and public transport, build up a credible and strong defence force, establish quality and value-for-money health care and public education and so on. I wonder if any Singaporean can still be confident of the worth of having a million dollars without the PAP in power. The notion may be a figment of the imagination, but it is worth pondering, if only because it helps put matters in perspective for the ordinary Singaporean. That is, to imagine a Singapore without the PAP. Ling Tuck Mun

We need more citizens who have taken the red pill to expose such people who are blinkered with possible linkage to the governing party with po$$ible  gain$; writing such articles seemingly from an ordinary citizen but in fact $ motivated. $igh..these days people would do anything to betray their conscience. Would you?