tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42703792909120544362024-02-06T20:30:53.458-08:00The OwlThe writers are not members of any political partyThe Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-42925600626592236682011-07-13T08:39:00.000-07:002011-07-13T19:42:59.401-07:00The Thin White LineMalaysia, of course, like many other countries, faces a shortage of doctors. Even more scarce are doctors of courage and conscience. In fact, we had been quite convinced that there were none in Malaysia, until a group of doctors at Tung Shin Hospital proved us wrong today. They are, as reported in Malaysiakini, Musa Nordin, Sheikh Johari Bux, Ng Kwee Boon, Ng Swee Choon, Ronald Macoy, David The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-70685577032490691482011-07-10T05:27:00.000-07:002011-07-10T23:42:58.871-07:00KL Central's Tunnel Of DoomA pedestrian would find unremarkable the underpass that he has to pass through on his way from Brickfields to KL Central for his daily commute. Nor would it be of particular interest to him that the underpass has been turned into a tunnel by construction works.
But it would be in this unobtrusive tunnel that a key incident, nay, an atrocity, would be perpetrated on an august group of Malaysian The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-68840854225437101512011-07-10T04:10:00.000-07:002011-07-10T04:10:05.338-07:00An Unneccessary Death in Kuala LumpurThe Acting KL CPO, Amar Singh, has rushed to declare the death of a protestor in the Bersih rally yesterday as due to a heart attack. We were, of course, much impressed by his efficiency in deducing cause of death. It is a pity that he has absolutely no basis for his pronouncement other than self-serving, biased opinion.
Lest we judge him too quickly, or too harshly, we did check The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-19131227257508184032011-05-23T06:23:00.000-07:002011-05-23T06:47:13.408-07:00Mr.Najib Goes To New YorkWe had been watching with interest Mr.Najib's visit to New York. Would he perform some miracle which would pull Malaysia out of the economic mess it is in, thanks, in no small measure, to his own incompetence as an economic manager?
We were greeted one morning with the news, in bold headlines in the mainstream media, that he had managed to extract RM 18 billion in investments from companies in The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-3031560643146141162011-05-23T05:47:00.000-07:002011-05-23T05:47:39.315-07:00See What You Need To Do!In the end, the only thing the PAP understands is the crack of the whip on their well-fed posteriors. No amount of writing or complaining or reasoned argument could convince them to change clearly wrong-headed policies. But punish them at the polls, and they jump to obey (finally) the people.
Well, sort of. It is not enough. It is far from enough. A 'committe' has been set up to 'study' The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-56699703725572450882011-05-23T05:27:00.000-07:002011-05-23T05:27:23.759-07:00Desperate in the BNIf there is a ruling party in desperate straits in this part of the world, it is Malaysia's Barisan Nasional. They have trapped themselves in an economic and political morass from which there is no escape.
Years of incompetence and mismanagement of the economy, of natural resources and of human capital are now converging into a tightening straitjacket, which wriggle as they might, The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-85290085203074370362011-05-11T01:27:00.000-07:002011-05-10T11:15:42.548-07:00English Not WelcomeNot in the continent, anyway. If in France, it is best to say something in French, like 'Bon Jour', before ordering your coffee. You may actually get some service.
The same applies if you're in Italy or Spain, it seems. But say something in French in a Madrid cafe, and you will get prompt service, and a 'Merci, Monsieur' as you leave. The French are viewed as cultured, the English as barbarians.The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-63117666828865196822011-05-11T00:36:00.000-07:002011-05-10T10:28:26.249-07:00Saving PakistanEight hundred yards from the house where Mr.Osama was shot, stands Pakistan's version of West Point. This is in Abbottabad, which teems with serving and retired army personnel, security checks and ID checks for residents. It is impossible to believe that the Pakistanis did not know.
But what possible motive could Pakistan's Intelligence Agency, the ISI, have to shelter Mr.Osama? The answer may The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-57335416612947170792011-05-10T22:38:00.000-07:002011-05-10T07:33:50.912-07:00Attempted Assasination Of Anwar?Mr.Anwar Ibrahim's driver has lodged a police report on a possible attempted assasination of Mr.Anwar Ibrahim. Applying the brakes routinely on April 19, the car shook violently and he heard a loud bang at the back of the vehicle. Somehow he manged to steer to the side of the road. The Mercedes had to be towed away. In the event, Mr.Anwar was not in the car, but his wife was.
Upon The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-57540677258514122332011-05-10T21:46:00.000-07:002011-05-10T06:46:32.833-07:00The PAP In Decline, Drop Lee And Goh, And Reject The NCMP PostsIt was a small step, but a meaningful one, for Singapore, on May 7th. The PAP's popular vote was slashed to 60% from the 66% of five years ago. And in Aljunied they were betrayed by their own foul creation, the GRC, losing 5 seats. It can no longer be disputed, that the PAP is in decline.
The voters of Aljunied rejected the PAP's old politics of threats and fear-mongering. Indeed, they The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-53610710501372881262011-05-05T16:25:00.000-07:002011-05-05T03:52:46.659-07:00The Root Of All Singapore's Problems (Last Post Before The Elections)It is not housing, rising prices, transportation, immigrants or flash floods. Nor is it overpaid Ministers, or incompetent ones like Wong or Vivian. All of these are symptoms.
The root evil in Singapore that leads to all these problems is the suppression of free speech and press freedom. It is the suppression of freedom in all forms. It was never possible to have robust discussion about anyThe Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-50801419839749384502011-05-05T02:10:00.001-07:002011-05-04T11:16:13.894-07:00The Mountbatten Faker ResurfacesHere's Mr.Lim Biow Chuan resurfacing again. For those who don't remember he is the guy who claimed that 23,172 people had 'liked' his facebook page when the true number was 244.
According to him, the NSP has no record of serving the people in Mountbatten. Well, how could they, when the PAP has gerrymandered, threatened and bought their way to victory at every election? He's probably not The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-12198856789221002912011-05-05T01:27:00.000-07:002011-05-04T10:33:14.706-07:00Vivian Spins Excuses"The YOG exceeded it's budget 3 times over because it was the first time such an event was organised" says Mr.Vivian Balakrishnan, as reported by the propagandic Straits Times.
Since the PAP uses the private sector as an excuse for their fat salaries, then they should be held to private sector standards of performance. By those standards, Mr.Balakrishnan should have been fired for incompetence.The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-68244432112016385782011-05-04T20:48:00.000-07:002011-05-04T06:06:53.089-07:00Sorry No Cure!Mr.Lee Hsien Loong has said he is sorry for past mistakes. It's funny he should choose to say it now, in the middle of an election campaign where it has become clear that the PAP is going to take a bruising.
We know what it is of course, it is an 'Election Sorry'. An 'Election Sorry' is much like an election promise, it means nothing. His sorry did not stop the flash floods in Ang Mo Kio today, The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-46614562743256950572011-05-04T14:46:00.000-07:002011-05-04T03:33:32.985-07:00Looking Into The Abyss, In AbbotabadThe White House has admitted that Mr.Osama bin Laden was unarmed when he was shot dead. His wife, who rushed at the SEAL team, was shot in the calf.
Why not capture Mr.Osama and put him on trial? Apparently, he had made a 'threatening' move. Against armed to the teeth members of SEAL Team Six with their legendary training? Was Mr.Osama a master of karate? Even then that elite squad would have The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-83678097399140732962011-05-04T09:43:00.000-07:002011-05-03T18:44:51.966-07:00Ferried Crowds At PAP RalliesThe PAP organizes it's crowds by ferrying them from other locations. They are given packets of rice or noodles. Buses are chartered and they are then ferried from their RCs to the relevant PAP rally.
One such example was revealed at an Ang Mo Kio rally for Mr.Lee Hsien Loong. The citizen was from Tanjong Pagar and revealed that the food packet was given by her RC. You can watch for yourself The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-56989752429219085322011-05-03T20:10:00.000-07:002011-05-03T07:04:51.024-07:00Luca Brasi Sleeps With The Fishes?We do not know if the US has got around to sending a dead fish wrapped in Mr.Osama's jacket to Mr.Ayman. But we are not at all sure about the identity of this executed individual. So far, the only proof we have is say-so evidence. Mr.Obama says so, Mrs.Clinton says so and so do all their officials, in chorus. But we live in a place where the government The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-16774709169195564532011-05-03T16:36:00.000-07:002011-05-03T01:36:59.172-07:00The Rhetorical Ms.FuMs.Grace Fu, dressed like an escapee from a mental asylum, outlined her '3H' plan for Yuhua. Apparently, 3H stands for hope, heart and happiness. None of those things are even remotely associated to what the PAP offers Singaporeans.
With the PAP in power, there is no hope for change. The PAP has never shown heart, preferring to brand the less successful as lazy or not working hard The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-36264816485783001182011-05-03T00:50:00.001-07:002011-05-02T10:00:09.538-07:00Rebutting Lee and GohMr.Lee Hsien Loong says he doesn't get why Singaporeans think NCMPs aren't real. After all, they get to ask questions in Parliament, even if the answers are evasive. And they get to introduce bills, which will never be passed by the ridicoulous PAP majority. And they get to vote, except on anything that is important, like finance and confidence motions. The answer to Mr.Lee's question, is that The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-53265295292326505312011-05-02T22:12:00.000-07:002011-05-02T08:01:32.943-07:00How About Some Proof?It's all over the news that Mr.Osama bin Laden has been killed by US Forces. It's been reported on CNN, BBC, Al-Jazeera and every newspaper you can think of. Significantly missing is any proof that he is indeed dead. Everybody has decided to take Mr.Obama's word for it. This is hardly objective journalism!
We do not doubt that helicopters flew into Abbootabad. Or that some kind of firefight tookThe Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-90014145143182006422011-05-01T13:52:00.000-07:002011-04-30T22:54:04.603-07:00The Hypocrite Of Tanjong PagarMr.Lee Kuan Yew yesterday drew comparison with the British Parliament. He wanted the Opposition to form a 'Shadow Cabinet'.
In the first place, Cabinets and Shadow Cabinets are only formed after elections, not in the middle of campaigns.
The British Parliament is also elected in a system where the press is free, freedom of speech is an inalienable right, and oppositionists are not The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-52923299114563564682011-05-01T00:42:00.000-07:002011-04-30T09:42:46.805-07:00Threatening the Voter, In MalaysiaAccording to Mr.Najib, the Chinese must vote for BN component parties, meaning the MCA, or lose representation in Government. The MCA has said the same thing recently.
This is the BN's idea of endearing itself to the voter; by threatening them.
There is a better way to ensure representation for all communities in the government, and that is for the voters to reject the BN and The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-23292832122227270842011-04-30T23:07:00.000-07:002011-04-30T08:44:54.367-07:00Repenting in AljuniedAccording to The Straits Times, Mr.Lee Kuan Yew said, "If Aljunied decides to go that way, well Aljunied has five years to live and repent". So voting for the opposition is a 'wrong' action and like other wrongdoers, the Aljunied Electorate must repent.
We are sure many voters in Aljunied are already repenting of voting for the PAP all these years. Only to be threatened in The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-24309780391099817822011-04-30T22:48:00.000-07:002011-04-30T10:04:26.928-07:00Malaysia Chronicle Predicts A Singapore TsunamiWe excerpt from the Malaysia Chronicle :
"Change is coming to Singapore. For sure this time. Large crowds are attending the opposition's rallies and more than 20,000 flocked to hear the Workers' Party at Hougang a few nights ago.
Singapore practises a unique kind of electoral system where 75 of the seats are gathered into groups of 4, 5 or 6 and called GRC's. Ostensibly, it is to ensure The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4270379290912054436.post-61501337278724819042011-04-30T00:20:00.000-07:002011-04-29T09:50:01.138-07:00The PAP's False AnalogiesThe other day Mr.Lee Hsien Loong compared Singapore to a plane. He wanted it to be a fighter plane, instead of an Airbus. Hee neglected to mention that fighter planes are more likely to go down in flames. Today he compared Singapore to a car.
It is a pity that Mr.Lee has been reduced to comparing a country to transport vehicles. Here are some more for him to use in the coming days. Singapore The Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09526458456057507144noreply@blogger.com1