tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post5587412882500262816..comments2023-10-22T15:52:50.770+05:30Comments on Court Jester: Political WisdomJack Pointhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324737814154929009noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-32014951113834377672009-11-20T07:32:22.678+05:302009-11-20T07:32:22.678+05:30Good point Serendib.
NB's - highlights of the...Good point Serendib.<br /><br />NB's - highlights of the various leaders is also good.<br /><br />However, for me, if ever there was a villain in SL politics it was the Old Fox. He is responsible for the mess we are in. The Executive Presidency/new constitution, intimidation and politicisation of the judiciary, undermining what remained of the civil service - political appointees as permanent secretaries, 1983 and the march to Kandy in the 1950'sthat resulted in Banda tearing up the BC pact.<br /><br />One man the devil can keep.Jack Pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324737814154929009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-89391009445852233802009-11-20T00:49:55.082+05:302009-11-20T00:49:55.082+05:30Just a point of clarification to NB's comment:...Just a point of clarification to NB's comment:<br />Sheikh Nahyan = UAE (He’s the man behind uniting the seven independent states or “emirates”)<br />Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum = Dubai (He is the visionary behind Dubai)Serendib_Islehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762178709566907782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-51437698920314878582009-11-13T15:53:17.938+05:302009-11-13T15:53:17.938+05:30Gamini = Mahaweli , International Test Cricket sta...Gamini = Mahaweli , International Test Cricket status for SL<br />Lalith = Ports, Mahapola<br />Premadasa = Gam udawa , Murders <br />JR = Executive presidency & constitutional blunders. <br />Ranil = Batalanda and gay connections <br />Chandrika = ????? NB tries to comprehend ! <br />Mahinda = War victory <br /><br />Nothing extraordinary really.... If you are seriously looking for visionaries in politics, suggest you look at <br />Lee Kuan Yew - Singapore ,<br />Mahathir Mohamed - Malaysia ,<br />Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan - UAE (Dubai) <br />Hu Jintao - China <br /><br />Not sure where our idiots rank when compared with these benchmarks ! <br /><br />NBN Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-61498581124243114262009-11-13T14:23:10.822+05:302009-11-13T14:23:10.822+05:30At the risk of sounding much older than Wacko, let...At the risk of sounding <i>much</i> older than Wacko, let me say this. I was a school kid during JR’s regime and I think he was the best president ever. He assembled a cabinet that consisted of the best-man-for-every-job. Look at Premadasa (Housing: shelter for all by 2000), Gamini Dissnayake (Mahaweli: growing cabbage in Dambulla was never even imagined), Lalith Athulathmudali (Colombo Harbour was the best in South Asia), Ronnie De Mel, ACS Hameed, Nisshanka Wijeratne, and even Ranil W with the youth..! (Yes he was called the Pink Lips then). Even Speaker Lokubandara rejuvenated Ayurveda and planted so many “osu-uyana”s - he hasn’t done zilch for Haputale, or for the country ever since. JR was a great “leader” and his only draw back was undermining the Tamil uprising.<br /><br />To put things in perspective, look at it this way. When the country has a wealth-generating president, you know he is good for the country. When the country has a wealth-consuming president, you know he or she is just bad.Serendib_Islehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762178709566907782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-88079960241365222562009-11-12T15:03:07.125+05:302009-11-12T15:03:07.125+05:30I second Dee.I second Dee.Gadgetgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811753593274904666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-52610243252606405542009-11-12T13:53:51.200+05:302009-11-12T13:53:51.200+05:30Very good point PP, very good point.Very good point PP, very good point.Jack Pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324737814154929009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-84262506005681139282009-11-12T13:30:36.374+05:302009-11-12T13:30:36.374+05:30i wonder how much that observation is to do with p...i wonder how much that observation is to do with politics and how much with human nature.<br /><br />maybe it's just me, but with time i tend to forget the bad and only remember the good so that most previous times seem better than now (even when if you think about it, it really wasn't).<br /><br />case in point, when the principal of one of my old schools changed we kept comparing the new one to the old one and the new one always fell short. then someone remembered the first days of the (now) old principal. they weren't that great either.pissu pererahttp://paan-waati.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-31279068468382648702009-11-12T11:30:16.300+05:302009-11-12T11:30:16.300+05:30Hey Whacko, feel free to air your views, I'm n...Hey Whacko, feel free to air your views, I'm not insulted at all.Jack Pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324737814154929009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-70928102782305096422009-11-12T10:44:33.156+05:302009-11-12T10:44:33.156+05:30Well, CBK will never be praised by me, but lay peo...Well, CBK will never be praised by me, but lay people's observations should count for something, because heck, we are the ones living this nightmare!<br /><br />Can't say much about JR, but Premadasa definitely had his positives. <br /><br />CBK - the less said the better, but to her credit, she is the one who introduced media freedom to SL (and the media thanked her by writing about how many shots of scotch she drank).<br /><br />MR - if I comment on him, will I get arrested? :OQueen from Another Planethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827993057071075202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-25550390024784466712009-11-12T10:33:30.156+05:302009-11-12T10:33:30.156+05:30lmao i have a fan base. didn't mean to insult ...lmao i have a fan base. didn't mean to insult your views jack. just giving mine. personally i think they all could've been better.Whackohttp://abdulhalik.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-23628932975079348612009-11-12T10:26:29.976+05:302009-11-12T10:26:29.976+05:30Well, I for one agree with the views, flippant tho...Well, I for one agree with the views, flippant though they may seem:)<br /><br />And yes Dee, I prefer the old Queen Bee.Jack Pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324737814154929009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-9921734385348758132009-11-12T10:25:50.751+05:302009-11-12T10:25:50.751+05:30CJ how dare you bog about "layman observation...CJ how dare you bog about "layman observations" ? Instead hire our Going (Global)ly acclaimed political analyst of Whacko fame ! How dare you CJ? I ask you again. How dare you insult the wisdom of a guy never even born during JR's period but talks as if they went to school together? For all affairs constitutional, people please turn to Mr. Whackster Fuckster ! He knows it all ! His wisdom should not be undervalued. Use it people. Use it. He's quite a thing really !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-22007715425891248332009-11-12T09:58:51.632+05:302009-11-12T09:58:51.632+05:30IMO mostly these are just layman observations flip...IMO mostly these are just layman observations flippantly trying to catch the mood of current dissatisfaction. I dont think many people think Chandrika was really better than Mahinda. JR and Premadsa both had their plus points. But Premadasa's capability of having a vision totally trumps JR's constitutional muddling. JR on the other hand, brought about some key economic reforms.But totally failed to effectively manage the emerging ethnic conflict.Whackohttp://abdulhalik.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-9487567837979673642009-11-12T08:38:17.815+05:302009-11-12T08:38:17.815+05:30whoever says chandrika was good? O.owhoever says chandrika was good? O.oDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995774857599699621noreply@blogger.com