Singapore Losing Itself in Medriocity

[satanicshit]

On Thu, 30 May 2002 14:19:10 GMT, notn...@nowhere.com wrote:

>On 28 May 2002 07:30:19 -0700, irc...@hotmail.com (DarkLord) wrote:
>
>>Which part is true for other parties? Tax increment?=20
>>It seems ludicrous to make that assumption when none of the opposition
>
>Don't bother wasting your time telling the 'model citizen of SCS' the trut=
h.
>
>He is oblivious to the problems that is facing this country because he doe=
s
>not have a brain to register, much less ANALYZE it.
>
>It is clear that it _IS_ ludicrous and even comical to assume that the oth=
er
>parties would have done the same when they are in power because there aren=
't
>even any historical records to back it up.
>
>
>>parties has actually the ability to do so. Perhaps you believe in tax
>>increments. Sure, it does have an aphrodisiac effect for those
>>managing the budget. But where is it going to end? We can't turn
>>automatically to ERP when there's congestion. Its an oxymoron to just
>>setup ERP wherever there are jams. Perhaps they can tear down all the
>>gantries and force all vehicles to pay for hourly road tax instead.
>
>Brainless aka Mag touts the Tali-PAP party line so often that makes me
>wonder if he gets extra NSS for whatever he does here. Or he has an accoun=
t
>in the Bahamas that gets extra bonus for each and every single stupid
>posting he puts up here on SCS.=20
>
>Personally, Yeow Cheow Tong probably thinks that solving traffic problems =
on
>the CTE is as easy as popping a panadol when you have a headache.. To him,=

>just like when one panadol doesn't solve the problem, you pop another
>panadol (ie. put up one more gantry) or you go for the more powerful
>painkillers (increase the ERP charges)... hehehe..
>
>It is also comical to look at the likes of sorry papayas like Lim Hng
>Khiang, on how he tried to weasel out of what he really regrets, first the=

>$300K (which is what he REALLY regrets, obviously) then all that grand
>excuse about having overwritten the hospital which is following the
>ministry's directives (for damage control because anyone who read his
>earlier 'regret' would know him for the heartless beast that he is). There=

>was clearly no regret as to why such a silly regulation was in place in th=
e
>first place, not to mention it is a regulation so stupid that it isn't
>befitting of MILLION DOLLAR MINI$TER$!! Someone should have resigned in
>shame over the fact that such a stupid regulation was even in place in the=

>first place. But you can dream on that this will EVER happen in Singapore.=

>
>Then there's of course Mah Boh Tan, who can't even think about other means=

>of cutting the costs to HDB car parks, but knows only how to squeeze more
>out of Singaporeans in the middle of a recession. And to imagine he gets
>paid a million buck$ for it...
>
>There is also Baby Lee's ridiculous argument that raising GST will help th=
e
>economy, which one of the more wicked has commented that evenif half of
>Suntec, Ngee Ann City and Marina close down because of it, Baby Lee will
>still insist that it will help the economy. HIS pocket's economy, that is.=

>
>And finally, not to forget that there is this completely hopeless Lim Boon=

>Heng, who asked if too much CPF is committed on property (when the real
>question should be about the pricing of the damned HDB flats, and how the
>subsidies came about if one can remember Lim Hng Khiang's economics 101) a=
nd
>also to cut CPF of 40 years old (who are paying their necks off for their
>HDB, and trying to raise their kids) so that they can get a job. He clearl=
y
>doesn't realize that what he has done is as silly as putting the cart befo=
re
>the horse.=20
>
>But since this is what 75% of Singaporeans have voted for, I am wondering =
if
>they are now feeling exceedingly stupid for what they have done (our dear
>brainless excluded). I personally am getting all the kicks looking at all
>this stupidity. Frankly, Singapore deserved this.
>
>But still, even if I rub it in again and again, many Singaporeans will sti=
ck
>their head in the ground like an ostrich and think that there is nothing
>wrong, and then promptly forget about it when given some niceties around t=
he
>next elections and vote the Tali-PAP again. And if anyone still thinks the=
re
>is a reason to fight for this country, he can fight my share of it as well=
 
>
>
>>The fundamental problem of why people prefer to own a car has yet been
>>resolved. The public transport system, though admirable, is laughable
>>when we compared it with that of HK or Japan. Inconsistent arrival
>>times, obscenely packed during rush hours etc. It's extremely
>>infuriating to see 3 almost empty double deckers cruising by when you
>>just squeezed into one and had to tiptoe at the steps. We don't need
>>mobile tv, we don't need fancy GPS tracking system. We just need to
>>get to our destination in a comfortable and timely fashion.
>
>And brainless, the model citizen will tell you that you shouldn't be
>complaining because the system in some other country is worse while boasti=
ng
>that he has travelled far and wide.  He is incapable of realizing that eve=
n
>if we are made the 2nd worst nation in the world, we aren't really doing
>very well because there's always the 1st worst nation that is worse off.
>
>Or else he will give you a piece of irrelevance that makes you wonder if h=
e
>understood what you have written or he is pulling a trick he learn from th=
e
>Tali-PAP, that to talk about something entirely irrelevant to divert
>attention from the main issue.   LOL
>
>What you have mentioned aside, it obviously didn't matter to him that the
>LRT can break down twice within a week and it actually took 20 days for th=
e
>SMRT to put those faulty trains back into operation while commuters had to=

>tolerate an extra 3 - 5 minutes of wait on the MRT's East-West line for
>those 20 days, weekends included.
>
>And after all this nonsense, some Tali-PAP fellow was still saying in
>Parliament that their service are still acceptable and had once called it
>WORLD CLASS. Just try and imagine the amount of economic lost if you wait =
an
>extra 4 minutes everyday.



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