AN EPIPHANY FROM A SPINNING TOP

The SINGAPORE I see in a good ol' spinning top.

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.- Theodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt could not have been more right about politics and it probably is the same everywhere, not only in America. Politics is a vice, it screws people's lives. Power is a dangerous drug and add to that, money - and you have a potent combination that makes anyone thinks HE is above everyone else! At the end of the day, what you did will be judged many times over.

Back to the spinning top analogy of Singapore today. What is happening in Singapore is that the TOP is getting too HEAVY and the bottom is bone-bare thin. What do you do then? You keep the country spinning for as long as it can to support the heavy top. However nothing defies gravity and one day the spin will be gone and everything will stop and fall apart. If you look beyond the surface, problems are already brewing over the years ever since the open-door policy to attract so-called foreign talents to our shores and arrest the falling birth rates. Any Tom, Dick or Harry with a basic post secondary education will be able to become a permanent resident in Singapore, that is how desperate our so-called leaders have become all these years, starting with blaming the outflow of talented Singaporeans overseas as being quitters.

Falling birth rates? Funny how not a shred of mention of the "STOP AT TWO" child policy ever got printed on papers or highlighted by any ministers as the start of this falling birth rate problem.

Singapore is just 43 years old and yet somewhere along the way, nation building went down the drain in favour of relentless economic pursuits.

True-blue Singaporeans have become like 2nd-class citizens as citizenships are given out like nobody business that it degrades the pink Identity Card that we hold. Question: WHAT IS THE VALUE OF BEING A SINGAPOREAN?

Can anyone begrudge those who had the opportunity to migrate to other places?

Singapore no longer feels like a country, it has no Soul to call its own.

Take the MRT, walk around your HDB estates and you will know what I mean. The next person you see you don't even know where they are from! Definitely not local born and bred true blue Singaporean.

I wonder if all the ministers should really read THE PLEDGE everyday before they start work, I sure hope they look really deep into their hearts (if they have a Singaporean one to begin with!) and wonder if they had upheld it in the best interests of True-blue Singaporeans (the imported ones do not count!).

Our Pledge
We, the citizens of Singapore,

pledge ourselves as one united people,

regardless of race, language or religion,

to build a democratic society

based on justice and equality

so as to achieve happiness, prosperity

and progress for our nation.

The Pledge - Guidelines
1. The National Pledge is recited in schools during assemblies, during SAF Day, during the National Day Parade, and at National Day Observance Ceremonies.
2. Individuals reciting the Pledge shall clench their right fists to the left side of their chests as a gesture to symbolise loyalty to the nation.
3. The Pledge shall not be used for any commercial purposes

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By the way, I don't see the point in reading this meaningless pledge and singing or hearing the Majulah Singapore ANYMORE! I don't feel Singaporean about it even though I am a Singaporean. Give me a good ol' spin top and I find more meaning and pleasure with it!