Tag Archives: civil liberties

Singapore must be a damn safe place

A recent event provided testimony that Singapore is one of the “safest” places in the world. It has few disturbances to social harmony, and when it does, the agitator is swiftly put behind bars. The event also showed that the Singapore police force must have very few crimes to solve and very few law breakers… Read More: Singapore must be a damn safe place »

Wiretapping: I hear what you’re saying…

Here’s a little food for thought. Let’s suppose that the American public believes George Bush is a bigger threat to national security than it can imagine. Can the average Joe then ask the president to authorise wiretapping, even though the perpetrator in this instance is himself? Perhaps that will also help to unravel clues as… Read More: Wiretapping: I hear what you’re saying… »

Should Bush fire Donald Rumsfeld?

Last weekend, I watched a Frontline/Washington Post special entitled “Rumsfeld’s War” on cable TV (can’t remember which channel) that suggested the Iraq “war” (perhaps invasion would be a better word) was very much one man’s fanatical drive to bitch-slap the uniformed military command at the Pentagon into submission and turn the U.S. military into a… Read More: Should Bush fire Donald Rumsfeld? »

And now the bad news… it’s a brownout!

The Singapore government has lashed out at a blogger named mrbrown for penning a satirical piece titled “S’poreans are fed, up with progress!” about the rising cost of living in Singapore. Following the official rebuttal, the editors of Today informed mrbrown that his regular column would be suspended indefinitely. His suspension, however, prompted a silent… Read More: And now the bad news… it’s a brownout! »