S'pore MP: We are hipper than Obama
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
Obama
- Stand up to be counted and show the american the path and hope.
Sg MP
- Stand up to show the people what slackers they are and how much respect they have losing from the people.
They have no qualms showing people they are slackers because they are confident no matter how and what they are, there are still enough people to vote them in, ha ha ha!
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Originally posted by AndrewPKYap:
More hip than Obama because Obama is NOT suing Sarah Palin for defamation, saying he "palling around with terrorists", after the election?
The word they are looking for is not "hip" it is "dishonorable"
Why shouldn't Obama sue Sarah Palin for defamation, after all the anger and fear she has caused in the election.Wait, are you saying you SUPPORT defamation in politics?
Great, my opinion of you has dropped even lower.
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If the system is sound, just elect a few monkeys to do hip hop.
That will be the biggest cost cutting.
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you know, talk of this intellect would easily land them in uncyclopedia if this were another country.
and only in singapore there wouldn't be another paper or channel that mocks at such things.
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then USA can have kobe byant as Future President
Beckham as King of England
Singapore Prime Minister : Lee Ming Soon?
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Originally posted by sir_peanuts:
you know, talk of this intellect would easily land them in uncyclopedia if this were another country.
and only in singapore there wouldn't be another paper or channel that mocks at such things.
i'm happy enough if local news stop reporting on runaway lobsters. haven't been watch their normal news except for financial stuff since some dipshit actually reported a runaway lobster.anyway according to govt criterea, we're all cavemen compared to them. they're all highly educated scholars with extremely high IQ and leadership skills who are the best of the best, the cream of the crop. born into family with good genes, good background.
if we don't understand their actions, its suppose to mean we're idiots, cavemen. we are intellectually incapable of comprehending how chillis and onions can stop rain. i never studied far enough to learn that so its not surprising.
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3 Lessons from the US Elections
IS S'PORE READY FOR A MINORITY PM?
Can we see beyond the colour?
Not yet, but young are more colour-blind
By Tan May Ping
November 07, 2008
OVERNIGHT, American voters put us to shame.They voted in a black president, while Singaporeans will still baulk at accepting a non-Chinese prime minister, say some political top guns and many observers.
In the evolution of democratic politics, Americans just took a giant step forward.
Meanwhile, Singaporeans are still lumbering along like Third World tribes, dragging our baggage of racial hang-ups.Of course, not all Americans are enlightened voters.
Half of the country's population, who are older and mostly white, are still living in the past and might well view President-elect Barack Obama as an 'uppity nigger'.
As one academic commentator noted: 'Today's radical Republican Party represents a large segment of the population that believes that abortions and same-sex marriages are immoral, God sent America to Iraq...'
So while Mr Obama was the favourite in polls, many expected whites to reveal their true colours when put to the test.
Well, they did the right thing by putting race in the background. Can they continue to do so as America attempts to heal itself after bruising campaigns?
And could Singaporeans do the right thing and ignore the skin colour of a future prime minister?
The leaders of the People's Action Party believe that Singaporeans do vote on racial lines, said Dr Gillian Koh, senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS).
Dr Koh said: 'They feel that there are social faultlines that divide us, especially on race, so Singapore is no where near to being a de-racialised country.
'And that is the whole basis of the GRC system.'
The GRC or group representation constituency was introduced in 1988 to protect Parliament's multiracial composition.
The need for such a scheme shows clearly that we're still tribal folk, flocking together like birds of a feather.
But the immediate post-65 generation, said Dr Koh, would probably be more ready for other ideas as to who the PM can be.
'They were brought up to think One Singapore, One Nation, and would probably not be averse to the idea because of the political ideals of their time,' she added.
The young and the cosmopolitan are likely to be even more colour-blind, say some observers.
They will let the best man lead.
Political analyst Terence Chong from the Institute of Southeast Asia Studies said: 'Many Singaporeans, especially younger ones, are ready because the ideologies of multiculturalism and meritocracy have become part of the Singaporean myth.'
Singaporeans are very pragmatic, and will look for leaders with management ability and people-skills, IPS' Dr Koh said.
Citing an IPS post-2006 election survey, Dr Koh said respondents indicated they voted their members of parliament based on whether they thought they would be effective, fair and have a heart for the people in general.
Another survey last year by two academics at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) on race and religion also produced surprising results.
It found that over 91 per cent of all races polled said they would accept a prime minster of another race, while at least 92 per cent said they would vote an MP or a Singapore president of a different race.
Among the Chinese, 94 per cent did not mind if the PM was an Indian, and 91 per cent, if he was a Malay.
Referring to the topic of race as an old issue, Workers' Party's organising secretary Yaw Shin Leong said: 'If we truly believe in merit and capabilities, then so long as the person is Singaporean and can do a good job, there should be no reason why the person can't be given the top job.
'To say that certain ethnic groups are not suitable or ready for top office is regressive'.
All that debate might be purely academic given that the electoral system here is focused on political parties, not individual candidates.
The party which has the majority forms the government and chooses the prime minister.
Dr Koh said: 'I think we would need a fully functioning two-party system before we ever reach that scenario.'
The question of race and prime ministership was on then-PM Lee Kuan Yew's mind back in 1988.
He publicly said then that he would have considered then-National Development Minister S Dhanabalan for the PM's job if not for his Indian ethnicity.
Singapore, Mr Lee said, was not ready for an Indian prime minister.
Mr Dhanabalan himself did not think Chinese Singaporeans were ready to accept a non-Chinese PM. In a Straits Times report in November last year, he said that such cross-racial acceptance takes time.
Referring to the RSIS race survey, Mr Dhanabalan felt that the respondents probably gave 'politically correct' answers that did not reflect their real feelings.
He said then: 'I'm not quite convinced. It will take a bit more time. You look at the United States. How long, how many years were they a nation before a Catholic could be elected?
'Let's don't even talk about blacks. Now Barack Obama is the first one. Well, he may not even make it through the primary, right?
'So these are very deep feelings. I'm not saying it's not possible, but I think it will take some time.'
Fast forward a year later.
Mr Obama has done it, despite the widespread fears of voting along racial lines.
Commentators even spoke openly of the prospect of his assassination by a white supremacist group.
But, as in Malaysia's general election, many voters surprised even the experts by rejecting race to 'do the right thing'.
All this gives Singaporeans good reason to gaze in the mirror and ask ourselves how deep runs a tribal instinct and how far we want to evolve as a society.
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Why should Obama sue Palin? that's not very presidential. Actually, It's bloody stupid and immature.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Why should someone get sued just because they don't see eye to eye witht thier opinion?
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yeah they could be the only politicians band amid the most ugly members of the band in th world.
is playing music the way they can think of engaging the youth of singapore?
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Originally posted by youyayu:
then USA can have kobe byant as Future President
Beckham as King of England
Singapore Prime Minister : Lee Ming Soon?
LOLLee Kuah Wah also can mah
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Originally posted by AndrewPKYap:
So in Singapore, he would have been disqualified? Ass-licking dog... how does sh!t taste?
Uncle, You drink NewWater, and u will know how does shit taste.And please, pop in your medications first ya.
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Me want to be singapore Obama Girl.
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Originally posted by angel7030:
Me want to be singapore Obama Girl.
har u obama girlthen u going to speak up for who
Joo chiat unker or wat
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Originally posted by HyperFocal:
3 Lessons from the US Elections
IS S'PORE READY FOR A MINORITY PM?
Can we see beyond the colour?
Not yet, but young are more colour-blind
By Tan May Ping
November 07, 2008
OVERNIGHT, American voters put us to shame.They voted in a black president, while Singaporeans will still baulk at accepting a non-Chinese prime minister, say some political top guns and many observers.
In the evolution of democratic politics, Americans just took a giant step forward.
Meanwhile, Singaporeans are still lumbering along like Third World tribes, dragging our baggage of racial hang-ups.Of course, not all Americans are enlightened voters.
Half of the country's population, who are older and mostly white, are still living in the past and might well view President-elect Barack Obama as an 'uppity nigger'.
As one academic commentator noted: 'Today's radical Republican Party represents a large segment of the population that believes that abortions and same-sex marriages are immoral, God sent America to Iraq...'
So while Mr Obama was the favourite in polls, many expected whites to reveal their true colours when put to the test.
Well, they did the right thing by putting race in the background. Can they continue to do so as America attempts to heal itself after bruising campaigns?
And could Singaporeans do the right thing and ignore the skin colour of a future prime minister?
The leaders of the People's Action Party believe that Singaporeans do vote on racial lines, said Dr Gillian Koh, senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS).
Dr Koh said: 'They feel that there are social faultlines that divide us, especially on race, so Singapore is no where near to being a de-racialised country.
'And that is the whole basis of the GRC system.'
The GRC or group representation constituency was introduced in 1988 to protect Parliament's multiracial composition.
The need for such a scheme shows clearly that we're still tribal folk, flocking together like birds of a feather.
But the immediate post-65 generation, said Dr Koh, would probably be more ready for other ideas as to who the PM can be.
'They were brought up to think One Singapore, One Nation, and would probably not be averse to the idea because of the political ideals of their time,' she added.
The young and the cosmopolitan are likely to be even more colour-blind, say some observers.
They will let the best man lead.
Political analyst Terence Chong from the Institute of Southeast Asia Studies said: 'Many Singaporeans, especially younger ones, are ready because the ideologies of multiculturalism and meritocracy have become part of the Singaporean myth.'
Singaporeans are very pragmatic, and will look for leaders with management ability and people-skills, IPS' Dr Koh said.
Citing an IPS post-2006 election survey, Dr Koh said respondents indicated they voted their members of parliament based on whether they thought they would be effective, fair and have a heart for the people in general.
Another survey last year by two academics at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) on race and religion also produced surprising results.
It found that over 91 per cent of all races polled said they would accept a prime minster of another race, while at least 92 per cent said they would vote an MP or a Singapore president of a different race.
Among the Chinese, 94 per cent did not mind if the PM was an Indian, and 91 per cent, if he was a Malay.
Referring to the topic of race as an old issue, Workers' Party's organising secretary Yaw Shin Leong said: 'If we truly believe in merit and capabilities, then so long as the person is Singaporean and can do a good job, there should be no reason why the person can't be given the top job.
'To say that certain ethnic groups are not suitable or ready for top office is regressive'.
All that debate might be purely academic given that the electoral system here is focused on political parties, not individual candidates.
The party which has the majority forms the government and chooses the prime minister.
Dr Koh said: 'I think we would need a fully functioning two-party system before we ever reach that scenario.'
The question of race and prime ministership was on then-PM Lee Kuan Yew's mind back in 1988.
He publicly said then that he would have considered then-National Development Minister S Dhanabalan for the PM's job if not for his Indian ethnicity.
Singapore, Mr Lee said, was not ready for an Indian prime minister.
Mr Dhanabalan himself did not think Chinese Singaporeans were ready to accept a non-Chinese PM. In a Straits Times report in November last year, he said that such cross-racial acceptance takes time.
Referring to the RSIS race survey, Mr Dhanabalan felt that the respondents probably gave 'politically correct' answers that did not reflect their real feelings.
He said then: 'I'm not quite convinced. It will take a bit more time. You look at the United States. How long, how many years were they a nation before a Catholic could be elected?
'Let's don't even talk about blacks. Now Barack Obama is the first one. Well, he may not even make it through the primary, right?
'So these are very deep feelings. I'm not saying it's not possible, but I think it will take some time.'
Fast forward a year later.
Mr Obama has done it, despite the widespread fears of voting along racial lines.
Commentators even spoke openly of the prospect of his assassination by a white supremacist group.
But, as in Malaysia's general election, many voters surprised even the experts by rejecting race to 'do the right thing'.
All this gives Singaporeans good reason to gaze in the mirror and ask ourselves how deep runs a tribal instinct and how far we want to evolve as a society.
the context is totally different.
while our situation isn't as extreme as israel's, asking us to vote regardless of race/religion in a secular state located in a region of the world where religion plays a big part isn't going to be easy. and how are you going to find a candidate that would appeal to a majority? you don't even see much of them as MPs,
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I think i feel my dinner coming back out....
They talk the talk but no walk the walk!
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Originally posted by homer28:
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S'pore MP: We are hipper than Obama
Local politicians, including MP Teo Ser Luck, turn 'rock stars' for a good cause
YOU have seen them in Parliament, at grassroots events and at opening ceremonies.
By Elysa Chen
03 November 2008
YOU have seen them in Parliament, at grassroots events and at opening ceremonies.
Now, get ready to see the other side of your Members of Parliament.
Meet your rock star MPs, and others who were making catcalls and whistling when fellow MP Indranee Rajah, took to the stage to practise her duet during rehearsals.
And there were the ones who brought the house down with their crazy antics and mischievous grins.
The live band, led by Mr Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, consists of five other MPs: MrMichael Palmer and Ms Jessica Tan on the vocals, Mr Liang Eng Hwa who plays the drums, Mr Zainudin Nordin who plays the guitar and Mr Zaqy Mohamad on the keyboard.
They had their first performance on Friday night at the University Cultural Hall during a concert, Sing Sing Sing, which was organised to raise funds for the Singapore Street Festival.
Playful mood
The Singapore Street Festival is an event to promote creative and artistic activities among local youths.
The New Paper on Sunday spoke to the band during rehearsals just before the performance, and caught the MPs in a playful mood.
They danced on stage, pushed each other around, belted out their songs with gusto and cheekily made 'peace' signs with their fingers while standing behind fellow performers.
Referred to by his bandmates as 'the chief', Mr Teo said: 'We're hipper than Obama. I've done some research, and we are the first band to be formed by politicians.'
Watching their chemistry and performance, one might think that they have been jamming together for a long time.
But all the band members were quick to confess that they only had their first jamming session in a studio near Simei which lasted into the wee hours of Friday morning.
Mr Teo had been floating the idea to start a band for the last couple of months, but it was necessity that finally brought the six of them together.
He said: 'We have heard of promising musicians among the MPs, and we've been having the intention to form a band.
'It was just right that this event was being held. What's more, it's for a good cause.'
Most of them had heard the song they were going to sing, Built to Last by American pop band Melee, for the first time only on Thursday night.
Ms Tan chose it after hearing it on the radio.
Terrible
When asked if their band was built to last, Ms Tan said: 'Our friendship is built to last, but the band is terrible.'
To much laughter, Mr Palmer quipped: 'The fact that we can still stay together after hearing each other sing probably shows that (we're built to last)!'
And yes, they do intend to keep it going.
Another MP at Friday's performance was Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman, who played the classic favourite Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin (The Moon Represents My Heart, in Mandarin) on the guzheng.
Explaining his choice of instrument, he said: 'I have always been intrigued by Chinese culture and the guzheng after watching Chinese gong fu series on TV.
'When I play the guzheng, I can imagine myself in a period drama with the lake, the bamboo and the pavillion!'
Dr Maliki had fallen so much in love with the instrument and the 'melodious music' that he bought a $1,000 guzheng to play at home.
However, as Friday was his first solo performance, Dr Maliki was very nervous, especially since the song he was playing was a very well-known song.
'If I miss just one note, everyone will know.
'But hopefully, the people will 'yuan liang' (forgive in Mandarin) my 'yue liang' (moon in Mandarin)!' he added with a chuckle.<!-- / message -->
Are they crazy? In such economic gloom they still in the mood to clowning around? What we need is capable and innovative leaders who can solve problems not entertainers!
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Since when are the poodles employed to guard the door, they are there to entertain their master and to put in some silly speech to convince peasants of the great contribution of their grand master.
They are just showing the peasants what they are truly capable of.
A bunch of highly educated dogs competiting against each other to put their face on the media and gain recognition of their master.
They are not allowed to think or voice out any concerns of the peasants as there are the truth that their master cannot handled.
This will greatly affect their bonus if they proceed to tell the truth.
So, dun expect a poodle to turn over to a german shepherd overnight cos it is impossible.
Their only innovation is to INCREASE price of commodities as it was last increased in X numbers of years.
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
They have no qualms showing people they are slackers because they are confident no matter how and what they are, there are still enough people to vote them in, ha ha ha!
Here our song-tongue politicians and our Old Man just warned against glib-tongue politician.
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Originally posted by HyperFocal:
3 Lessons from the US Elections
IS S'PORE READY FOR A MINORITY PM?
Can we see beyond the colour?
Not yet, but young are more colour-blind
By Tan May Ping
November 07, 2008
OVERNIGHT, American voters put us to shame.They voted in a black president, while Singaporeans will still baulk at accepting a non-Chinese prime minister, say some political top guns and many observers.
In the evolution of democratic politics, Americans just took a giant step forward.
Meanwhile, Singaporeans are still lumbering along like Third World tribes, dragging our baggage of racial hang-ups.Of course, not all Americans are enlightened voters.
Half of the country's population, who are older and mostly white, are still living in the past and might well view President-elect Barack Obama as an 'uppity nigger'.
As one academic commentator noted: 'Today's radical Republican Party represents a large segment of the population that believes that abortions and same-sex marriages are immoral, God sent America to Iraq...'
So while Mr Obama was the favourite in polls, many expected whites to reveal their true colours when put to the test.
Well, they did the right thing by putting race in the background. Can they continue to do so as America attempts to heal itself after bruising campaigns?
And could Singaporeans do the right thing and ignore the skin colour of a future prime minister?
The leaders of the People's Action Party believe that Singaporeans do vote on racial lines, said Dr Gillian Koh, senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS).
Dr Koh said: 'They feel that there are social faultlines that divide us, especially on race, so Singapore is no where near to being a de-racialised country.
'And that is the whole basis of the GRC system.'
The GRC or group representation constituency was introduced in 1988 to protect Parliament's multiracial composition.
The need for such a scheme shows clearly that we're still tribal folk, flocking together like birds of a feather.
But the immediate post-65 generation, said Dr Koh, would probably be more ready for other ideas as to who the PM can be.
'They were brought up to think One Singapore, One Nation, and would probably not be averse to the idea because of the political ideals of their time,' she added.
The young and the cosmopolitan are likely to be even more colour-blind, say some observers.
They will let the best man lead.
Political analyst Terence Chong from the Institute of Southeast Asia Studies said: 'Many Singaporeans, especially younger ones, are ready because the ideologies of multiculturalism and meritocracy have become part of the Singaporean myth.'
Singaporeans are very pragmatic, and will look for leaders with management ability and people-skills, IPS' Dr Koh said.
Citing an IPS post-2006 election survey, Dr Koh said respondents indicated they voted their members of parliament based on whether they thought they would be effective, fair and have a heart for the people in general.
Another survey last year by two academics at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) on race and religion also produced surprising results.
It found that over 91 per cent of all races polled said they would accept a prime minster of another race, while at least 92 per cent said they would vote an MP or a Singapore president of a different race.
Among the Chinese, 94 per cent did not mind if the PM was an Indian, and 91 per cent, if he was a Malay.
Referring to the topic of race as an old issue, Workers' Party's organising secretary Yaw Shin Leong said: 'If we truly believe in merit and capabilities, then so long as the person is Singaporean and can do a good job, there should be no reason why the person can't be given the top job.
'To say that certain ethnic groups are not suitable or ready for top office is regressive'.
All that debate might be purely academic given that the electoral system here is focused on political parties, not individual candidates.
The party which has the majority forms the government and chooses the prime minister.
Dr Koh said: 'I think we would need a fully functioning two-party system before we ever reach that scenario.'
The question of race and prime ministership was on then-PM Lee Kuan Yew's mind back in 1988.
He publicly said then that he would have considered then-National Development Minister S Dhanabalan for the PM's job if not for his Indian ethnicity.
Singapore, Mr Lee said, was not ready for an Indian prime minister.
Mr Dhanabalan himself did not think Chinese Singaporeans were ready to accept a non-Chinese PM. In a Straits Times report in November last year, he said that such cross-racial acceptance takes time.
Referring to the RSIS race survey, Mr Dhanabalan felt that the respondents probably gave 'politically correct' answers that did not reflect their real feelings.
He said then: 'I'm not quite convinced. It will take a bit more time. You look at the United States. How long, how many years were they a nation before a Catholic could be elected?
'Let's don't even talk about blacks. Now Barack Obama is the first one. Well, he may not even make it through the primary, right?
'So these are very deep feelings. I'm not saying it's not possible, but I think it will take some time.'
Fast forward a year later.
Mr Obama has done it, despite the widespread fears of voting along racial lines.
Commentators even spoke openly of the prospect of his assassination by a white supremacist group.
But, as in Malaysia's general election, many voters surprised even the experts by rejecting race to 'do the right thing'.
All this gives Singaporeans good reason to gaze in the mirror and ask ourselves how deep runs a tribal instinct and how far we want to evolve as a society.
It is incorrect to call Obama an African-American. His black father dumped him and his white mother when he was a baby.
He is mixed of White and African ancestry, brought up by an Indonesian step-father. -
Originally posted by 4sg:
It is incorrect to call Obama an African-American. His black father dumped him and his white mother when he was a baby.
He is mixed of White and African ancestry, brought up by an Indonesian step-father.
wonder if his biological is still around, he would be damned. "Hell, i just dumped the President of United States" -
Originally posted by angel7030:
wonder if his biological is still around, he would be damned. "Hell, i just dumped the President of United States"He better faster run.
Osama and gang will look for him to be their poster boy or better still their bargaining chips..... -
Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
Obama
- Stand up to be counted and show the american the path and hope.
Sg MP
- Stand up to show the people what slackers they are and how much respect they have losing from the people.
i think more likely the path to destruction and implosion. -
our MPs are a joke..
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Originally posted by GHoST_18:
our MPs are a joke..
now then you know, they are jovial peoples, in the parliament when the media is off the air, they joked and laughed all the way to the bank. -
Originally posted by angel7030:
Lee Kuah Wah also can mah
Who is Lee Kuah Wah, he your boyfriend??