The district councillor in my area sends updates of her work to residents on a regular basis. Below are the sample pages from the 2010-11 Work Report that I received through snail mail today. This kind of report should be mandatory for all MPs in Singapore, otherwise Singaporeans will never know if their MPs are… Read More »
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. It has been said for evil to triumph, all that is needed is for good people to do nothing. If we… Read More »
著名清朝学者于右任的一篇文章—-《亡国三恶因》，列有三点满清王朝必然会灭亡的原因。 其一：民穷财尽，社会破产，国家破产。国有金，吝不与人，为他人藏。 这里说的是老百姓贫穷，读不起书，看不起病，住不起房，物价飞涨，社会呈败落之象。老百姓为什么贫穷？因为”国有金，吝不与人”，财富不往普通人手里流动，国家与民众争利。财产归权贵私有，日夜不停地盗卖国家资源。劳苦民众虽竭尽劳作，所得不足以维持生计，两极分化严重。 其二：善不能举，恶不能退，利不能兴，害不能除。化善而作贪，使学而为盗。 行善的不能受到褒扬，作恶的不能受到制止，社会道德急剧下滑。官员虽多，但不作为，忙于吃喝嫖赌，聚敛财富，使”利不能兴，害不能除”。善恶本人兼而有之，好的社会制度能使坏人变好，坏的社会制度却把好人变坏。所以于右任说”化善而作贪，使学而为盗”，其实都是制度造成的。其中的”化”、”使”两个动词很生动地说明了官员普遍贪腐、社会道德败坏原因。 其三：宫中、府中、梦中，此哭中、彼笑中，外人窥伺中、霄小拨弄中，国际侦探金钱运动中，一举一动，一黜一陟，堕其术中。 这里说的是腐败政权只能用卖国的手段来维持自己的统治。贫富不均、两极分化、财产聚于权贵之家，才会有”此哭中、彼笑中”的现象。”外人”指列强，”窥伺”中华大地，伺机捞起好处；”霄小”指内奸，挑动拨弄，出卖国家利益。搞金钱外交，用通商拉拢外国政要”助纣为虐”，维持其祸国殃民的统治。”侦探”渗透国外华人社区，”金钱”收买外国政要，甚至行为举止，罢免升迁，都以金钱利益为动因，用这样方法维持其统治岂能不使社会败亡？ 其实不只是清王朝，任何一个政权，无论他多么貌似强大，只要具备了上述三点，决不会逃出灭亡的命运。那些只顾眼前利益，甚至为了一点利益出卖人格良心的人，为独裁者唱赞歌，到头来不仅得不到想要的利益，还会把自己搭进去，落得个身败名裂的下场。同样，当政者迷恋特权，以为只要牢牢掌握暴力和谎言，就能使江山永固，子孙万代永享奴役别人的幸福，这样做的结果只能得到接受民众审判的下场。 Related stuff: Ex-political prisoner speaks out in Singapore Election Strategies 2011 You never actually own a HDB flat How to model Britain after Singapore Five election tips for Singaporeans 解铃还需系铃人 Singapore is right next to Zimbabwe in the worse governed Don’t fuck with Singapore Does Singapore have… Read More »
I know you’re fully invested (who wouldn’t be, with all that money dangling in front of you?), but Janil Puthucheary, no one will vote for a person who doesn’t care about his father’s sufferings. You’d better watch these banned videos of the speech by Dr Lim Hock Siew, filmed by Martyn See, and go probe… Read More »
Here’s a letter I read on a forum: 11 March 2011 To: LKYcc: PM Lee Now I know why the MP’s job is so lucrative. For an average PAP MP, he or she probably spends an average of 4 hours per week (or less) doing his/her part-time MP job (MTP, attend Parliament, etc). This is… Read More »