So, Saddam Hussein was dead and buried. But rather than usher in a new era in Iraq as U.S. President George Bush no doubt had hoped, his death sparked renewed sectarian violence. No wonder. Far from being “an important milestone in Iraq becoming a democracy”, the hanging is widely seen as an occupying power’s jungle… Read More: Double standards »
Last week, I read an account of a protest march for human rights by an activist in Singapore from the Singapore Democrat website (linked under “Stuff I Read” on the sidebar) and I can’t help but be struck by the following observations. On the issue of distributing flyers:Recognizing that children are in general more charismatic… Read More: You’ll never walk alone »
Oct 1994 : In connection with a commentary he wrote in the International Herald Tribune stating how judiciaries in some Asian countries are compliant to ruling powers, American academic Dr.Christopher Lingle was questioned for 90 minutes by the Singapore police for possible contempt of court and criminal defamation. Within a week, he returned to the… Read More: A chronology of authoritarian rule in Singapore »
So, the Singapore government has raised GST from 5% to 7% and the people are complaining that the increase has come at an inopportune time. Well, quit whining! Remember this is the same PAP government that you voted in during the recent General Election in May? You get the government you deserve. The next time… Read More: It’s payback time! »
Read this article and determine for yourself whether the line of questioning was irrelevant. Related posts: Singapore must be a damn safe place Straits Times lies yet again Police shocker: No difference between PAP and Government
Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezuela, has suggested that US President George Bush should follow the example of Donald Rumsfeld and resign, according to a Reuters report. “Heads have started to roll. The president should resign on moral grounds,” Chavez told a news conference after an aide passed him a note with word of the… Read More: Bush should resign, Rumsfeld should go to jail »