The Wonderful Wizards of Crock

I read Lim Wee Kiak's opinion that ministers must be paid in the millions because otherwise they will not be on an even footing with CEOs when they talk to them, and it hit me why the PAP is floundering.

Let's not mince words. The PAP is a sinking ship.

And it's retards like Lim Wee Kiak who are poking holes in it.

GE2011 will forever be remembered by me - not because of the outcome, or the oppositions big GRC win, or because they failed to sweep the PAP out of power. I'm realistic - I figured the result would be much as it was.

It will be remembered by me because so, so many of the PAP candidates shoved their feet so far up their arses they came out their mouths. Literally. It was beginning to look scripted - you could almost predict who was going to say what breathtakingly insensitive thing next.

And when the public reacted with anger, somewhere along the way someone up there said hang on, if we want to stay alive we'd better sing a different tune. Someone up there remembered that the public WAS a threat to the continued existence of the PAP - that the disaffected were increasing by the day -- and suddenly the PAP was singing a tune of contrition and reconciliation. Who knows what might have happened if they hadn't?

Only the problem is - even as the Captain (or rather Brigadier General) placates us - yes, placates, as poor Vikram had to do with his unholy water and the unwashed hoipolloi trick - his minions are continuing to poke holes in his ship.

The PAP's greatest fear is anarchy - that the disaffected will take over because they are more vocal; that they will lead the lambs into rebellion.

I tell you this - the PAP should fear itself.

The problem isn't the disenchanted. The problem is the disenchanTERS. These fuckwits who say the stupidest thing in public - things that are clearly NOT the party stand - things that pop into their heads and out their mouths. Stupid, stupid things bound to make the disgruntled public angry.

Lim Wee Kiak - whoever he is - may be a good MP. I haven't got a clue - I'd never heard of him till today. He may serve his people diligently, and be the best representative of the people this side of the galaxy. He may actually justify his $15,000 a month salary.

I honestly don't care right now. I think people like him have to go. He wasn't quoted out of context - no context could have made that quote right.

"If the annual salary of the Minister of Information, Communication and Arts is only $500,000, it may pose some problems when he discuss policies with media CEOs who earn millions of dollars because they need not listen to the minister's ideas and proposals. Hence, a reasonable payout will help to maintain a bit of dignity,"

A Big part of being in politics is knowing when to shut up - if you have nothing good to say, then for f***s sakes don't say it.

Why are the people so upset? It's because our politicians don't bleeding know how to BEHAVE like politicians. They behave just like the rest of us - thoughtlessly, insensitively - and they just can't empathize with other people. The Opposition said it time and again - the PAP has lost touch with the people.

I put forth that (some of) the PAP has lost touch with EVERYONE - not just the people. They've lost touch with all but their own. If a PAP politician had said something like that to a colleague from another country, I think that politician would have been appalled. And probably amused at his third-world, second-rate colleague -- but he/she would have SAID all the right things... things that didn't make the caveman next to him hate him. And didn't give the reporters a field day sowing hate to the masses. Because that's what politicians DO.

What the PAP desperately needs to do right now is to start shaking down the team. Tell those with big mouths to buck up or hit the road. Tell them that their mouths do NOT belong to them - and that there are some battles the PAP can win on its own merits without the need for halfwit lackeys to step up to the bat and turn public opinion against the mothership. BG Lee was actually making good progress with the public until this fool spoke up... now suddenly everything's looking a little grey again - what good is an enlightened leader if his minions are neanderthals? Or worse still, what if the good General is just saying things to make the public happy, and these are the real words being bandied around behind closed doors?? -- These are the things the public are thinking right now, thanks to this one man's thoughtlessness.

Dignity, indeed.

Dignity is staying true to your principles, and morals - unwaveringly, in the face of persecution. In the face of poverty. In the face of pulic ridicule. Martyrs die with dignity.

Dignity is NOT receiving a payout for doing something dirty. Judas Iscariot will - and MUST never be remembered as a dignified man.

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Maybe, just maybe - all these MPs and ministers who keep tripping the PAP up are plants. Maybe they've been put there by the opposition, to explode the party from the inside. Just like Tin Pei Ling?

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So it seems it's Dr Lim Wee Kiak and he's an eye surgeon.

WTF is the PAP doing with all these surgeons?? We obviously have problems with EQ. You want a thinking, caring doctor with brains and tact, you jolly well get a physician on your team!