He was not called “SM” (Senile Minister) for nothing. Poor old man simply does not know how to get a life to really retire and enjoy life like Jiang Zemin . (although it was commonly believed that he was needed in the arena to protect the throne of his dear son ).

He seems to have the mind-set of a Chinese emperor (Chinese emperors own china, just like he owns Singapore therefore can pass on to his offsprings forever ) — naming his dear son “dragon” probably a best hint.

When Law is Lee and Lee is in the LAw, we are all screwed.

FG

T, here’s the whole Desiderata:

Go placidly amid the noise and haste
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly and listen to others,
even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is.
Many persons strive for high ideals
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disappointment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars.
You have a right to be here.
And whether it is clear to you or not,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive him to be,
and whatever your labours and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham and drudgery and broken dreams
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

I believe there is a God and the old man will face his Maker eventually.

Thanks for sharing with us here.

The more of these that we can highlight here will help to shed the light on the deceptive integrity of the ruling party. Singaporeans will judge for themselves how much faith and support to extend to the distortion party.

Their glorious days are numbered.

Just to add to the crony tree (albeit a bit passe):

ex-CJ Yong – LKY’s buddy in Cambridge (see frontpage of Alex Josey’s book, he was LKY’s bestman).

“The groups have seen that Russians and Chinese have been coming and studying Singapore’s success story, Lee said. The leaders of these countries ask, “How does this little country with so little talent keep its ruling party in place and run a tight ship, honest, and effective, and make progress?”
They are “picking up points here and there,” Lee said.”
http://yoursdp.org/index.php/component/content/article/1-singapore/643-singapores-lee-kuan-yew-cites-conspiracy-to-do-us-in

If LKY is so afraid of been screwing left and right by AngMoh, by Asian then what’s the hell he unleash the floodgate wide open for foreigners here in Singapore.

LKY, you are freaking everyone in Singapore. Make up your bloody mind !

xtrakm, I used to be able to memorize the whole piece.

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others…

I shall now keep quiet…

There are other more important matters in life than listening to his repeated ramblings. When he speaks, he needs an audience. So, I elect not to be a part of this audience. I suppose when one grows older, one tends to speak louder as our hearing diminish. One can also choose to age gracefully.

I will wait patiently for the next GE.

This is a very dangerous structural problem in Singapore politics today. It is a ticking time bomb. In fact, the recent death of Ong Chit Chung serves as a timely reminder of the danger of the GRC system which the PAP puts in place to prevent by-election should someone passes away. The problem is that they believe that the ministers who helm the GRC team together will live forever. What happens if he/she dies in office? Then you have three to four weak MPs who are not of ministerial calibre.

The coming collapse of Singapore will not be the undoing of any opposition parties (it is doubtful that they can win anything than a handful of seats). It will be the result of the PAP legacy to try to control the electoral process to such a successful extent that it wipes up totally the dynamics the churn up good political leaders. In economics, we call that the adverse selection problem. In the end, only those who are rent-seeking in any ways will want to serve as MPs or ministers.

So, MM Lee, why you go on about complacency, don’t be too complacent yourself. You think you know everything, control everything, but sooner or later, you will the victim of your very successes.

So if you have minimal action then at least make your voice known. So why are you even here since you think here is all talk, whinning and commenting ? So what if it is the common people here replying ? Do you have a problem with that ?

“you are not intelligent and creative enough to talk of something new and have strong agendas to embark, brave and emerge to stand up and tall and say “I will stand for the general election come next 2 years and urge all readers to vote for me”. ”
Maybe you want to be more specific ? Who ? How about you ? I vote for you if t I ever get to vote, but make sure you stand for election first since you are so confident. NOw tell us what you have done so that we can learn from you and so deserve a vote.

Please tell others to know their capability and objective before thinking of standing for election. Don’t be a fool to standup for election just for the sake of election. I have to admit I don’t have that goal to stand up for election and I don’t think I want to since I having my own life goal. I rather be follower and work behind the scene telling the people what happened. That’s me and it’s my choice and so is some of the people’s choice here. Is standing up for election the only way to show support ?

The government leeway of manipulating of law, system and election might first broken if just just election are to be successful.

Whinning is better than to have a dead forum that make one think that Singaporean is apathetic. Make your anger known here rather than just suffer in silence if one is playing limited role. Other will feel your anger and feel it themselves. Emotion will fuel your anguish. If you are apathetic in even participating in forum thinking that all here is talk then nothing will work, and that is where one really have to ‘go home and sleep !’ Every voice here count and even yours too.

And you don’t need to be a politician to talk politics so one doesn’t need to stand up for election to show support. If he has the commitment and goal to stand up for election, by all means, go for it.

Overall, You are one pathetic dictator with no sense of proportion.
Get real, old man, before Singapore sink into abyss of no return.

President – LKY’s buddy
MM (Minister of ministers) – LKY
GIC – LKY
Temasek – LKY’s daughter-in-law
PM – LKY’s son
DPM – LKY’s brother-in-law

The possiblity of this combination occuring is as good as the number of chances of striking TOTO.

Any doubts that “there is an internal conspiracy to do us in!”

LKY will be a despot to the end, he is incorrigible. He has to be in the cabinet, otherwise who will pull the strings for the show to go on?
Remember Indonesian ” wayang kulit ” ?
The master behind the scene selects the puppets for the show and also decides the direction of the story. The spectators are not suppose to interfere but try to appreciate the show.

Remember the golden rule : “he who has the gold makes the rules.”
Who controls GIC and Temasek ?

I concur that he has been instilling fear on the people from the 60s to 2000s. He is a serial fear mongerer and I will not count him out too soon. Afterall he promised to rise from his grave and haunt us. And his time is not up yet because Goh C T said a man like LKY comes once in a hundred years.

Frankly, we don’t need another LKY for a zillion years.

Some call it a diversionary tactic which LKY uses from time to time – the most blatant of which was during GE 2006 where he alone, basically, usurped the entire election to attack James Gomez – and the media went along with him on it.

Also, his remarks are targeted at instilling fear in S’poreans to make them frighten of even thinking of an alternative to the PAP. It’s LKY all over again – 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s.

For me, I am of the view that LKY does not have to be a cabinet member. He is a painful reminder of the hypocrisy of the PAP govt which is always boasting of ‘renewing’ itself.

Here we have someone who’s 85 years old, and is still Minister Mentor (one wonders why our world class ministers need a mentor, anyway), and is in charge of a huge amount of funds in the GIC.

If the govt requires his advice, they can always approach him – even if he’s not in the cabinet. What would stop the govt from doing so? Nothing.

So, why is LKY still in cabinet?

Frankly, he should think about stepping down.

His fear-mongering koyote doesn’t sell very well nowadays.