Change is a constant. The sooner everyone realises that in the real world, there are no such things as legends and one-man fairy tales, the stronger we will be as a nation.

http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2008/01/has-ron-paul-finally-beaten-all-odds.html

Wait a minute. Ron who? Why are ABC BBC CNN and the rest censoring him? Because he is the only candidate who is anti-war, that’s why!

Check out and see who the Ron Paul is.

http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2007/11/last-hope-for-america-and-world-ron.html

In the meantime, here is a satire just for laughs.

http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2007/10/us-presidential-elections-2008-satire.html

From young,while in school in our History books we were taught how the present party fought for survival and independence.From this, i can see that our mentality has been concretise by the fact that only PAP will give us comfort/security for living.

In real life in my personal view, sudden changes be in our social policy and etc…by the oposition party though can be deadly in maintaining S’pore.I find that majority of us are not able to fully accept an opposition as the ruling party.We aren’t sure if there are stability though with them as our rulers..no concrete results to justify but only promises.What happens promises will just become JUST A PROMISE?Due to our own disadvantaged being sandwiched in between two larger countries,i can say that it’s a kinda off dangerous experiment.

We cannot be like Australia who recently changed their ruling party..i mean what do we have here in the first place?Can we take the sudden impact of change?

A change for the better or…….?

These uniformed men are taken care off quite well and should not have much problem with livelihoods. As such, I do not think they could empathize much with the man in the street, even if they have to deal with their relatives and friends, I believe they will take the orders fully.

In any case, let’s all find a solution to our problems first and assist others when we can. It is not easy to emigrate, however it will be very wise to go to third world countries to have a look and see if you can settle in them. Maybe, I am negative to the maximun already, I do not see any turn for the good even if there is a successful revolution. And my reason? This country is near its’ fate; it cannot be a master of itself because it is more fitting a concubine.

Let’s not go so far to talk about revolutions. Yet. However, with the Gahmen repeatedly posting growth figures without the people actually getting a share of the growth, maybe dissatisfaction will reach a certain level soon which may warrant a revolution…Then you have the SAF (didn’t someone say so?) – but then again, the SAF is a citizen army.

I would, however, be cautious with idealism. You don’t have to look too far back to know that hardcore idealism gave rise to Nazism and the French Revolution. But Singapore is so bankrupt of idealism that we definitely should see some, especially in the area of humanity…am i just alone, or are we more and more units of money-making potential than people? On top of that, some idealism is vital for hope – without ideals like today, what hope can you talk about? You’re just doing your day-to-day job, looking for a better future which you know won’t come, and when you retire, you’re so used to working that you find life meaningless to live.

I foresee that in the foreseeable future, when the population of ‘new citizens’ have reached a certain critical mass, the govt would be using a divide and rule/them and us strategy to perpetuate its control and rule.

The reason being all the candidates that will make it are those that are strongly supported by the Israel and corporate lobbies. There is no way the candidates will engage in any behaviour that is going to antagonize their funders. So America will continue to see their tax money going to subsidize the military arms manufacturers and pharmaceuticals…

The advisers to the top candidates such as Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Rudy Giuliani and John Mc Cain include previous administration advisers with dubious human rights records.

The American Presidential System is bankrupted. The most any American can do, under the current system, is to elect “a lesser evil.” That means not people like Rudy Giuliani, who embraces the ‘Bush Doctrine with pumped up steroids’ according to an American journalist.

I think if one really wants to look for signs of change or hope, it is the Latin American continents that seems to provide that glimmer of hope.

The old adage, popular revolutions always come from the bottom, not from the top, is always true.

SDP tried to challenge head on. It has won hearts and minds but a majority got addicted to progress packages.

Worker’s Party? Aren’t they like John Edwards? Meaning? Cannot win.

JBJ is still around though.

Though that is important, I disagree with MM Lee who once said, not ago long ago in fact, that as long as we do well economically, all other problems can be solved.

That is true only if we are solving economic problems.

Problems with people wanting to migrate, not wanting to have children or get married, an ageing population, sense of hopelessness and helplessness, a youth which is apathetic towards politics, finding leaders for our nation, etc.. cannot be solved just because we do well economically.

If it were, we would not have all the problems I just mentioned.

Indeed, you are right, Zheng Xi. Our leaders – both opposition and the PAP – need to speak a new language. A language of audacity, of idealism and of humanity.

Speak to history, as you put it.

Indeed.