On Sunday Thailand’s Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej devoted a significant portion of his weekly talk show to defending his actions during last weeks grilling by the Senate and the house of Parliament. In no uncertain terms, Samak has a difficult time with reality of his actions and how others see them. [Read more →]
If you have been reading Connecting the Dots right along you may have noticed a certain trend. That trend is you see it here first before you see it in the major media outlets. By using simple powers of observation and understanding what makes people tick, we are able to provide glimpses of the future. Simply put we connect the dots here for the rest of the world to see. [Read more →]
As the politically correct movement continues to over protect, people continue to lose or never learn the ability to cope with the real world. As Olympic hopefuls must train to make the grade, people must be allowed to train for the real world by exposure and not be insulated from it by the politically correct movement. Without that exposure people will simply not have the ability to keep what is so precious to them like freedom. Part of that freedom is already gone if you stop to look. [Read more →]
It certainly must be an uncomfortable Deja vu for the Jewish people to see any type of fanaticism on the rise after going through the Holocaust. To see that people can so easily lose control of their common sense judgment and become a heard of sheep obsessed with something would very clearly be unsettling. Each step along the way people becoming more and more obsessed with a perceived goal of perfection. [Read more →]
In Thailand The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) showed the government it was more than just noise outside Government House. The PAD petitioned the court to stop the government’s support for Cambodia’s proposal to list Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage Site. In an unusual 2am ruling, judges voted nine to three to order the cabinet to suspend, at least temporarily, the Thai support in a joint communique with Phnom Penh. [Read more →]
Public transportation in the USA is generally seen as some of the safest in the world. However with the ever increasing costs of energy to fuel that transportation, the amount of money for routine maintenance is becoming razor thin in other countries. [Read more →]
In a few minutes time Thailand’s People Power Party (PPP) voted for itself that it was doing a good job. By doing this they sent a clear message to the Thais, ‘We only care about ourselves and are not at all remorseful for what we have done so far’. By doing this they have very probably sealed not only their political fate but their own personal fate once they are out of power. Nothing lasts forever and at the moment it looks to be 11:30 pm on the day of life for them. [Read more →]
Thaksin Shinawatra says he had nothing to do with the alleged bribery attempt over which three of his lawyers have been sentenced to six months in prison. However no matter how Thaksin tries to deny it, he would be the only beneficiary had the bribe been accepted. [Read more →]
In a long list of tragedies in the Philippines that have claimed human lives, many are the same exact tragedies of the past. It almost seems people in the Philippines fail to learn from past human errors. The sinking of ferry boats during Typhoons and the loss of life can be found in Philippine headlines of the past on numerous occasions. [Read more →]
Despite all the political turmoil in Thailand, visiting Thailand is still enjoyable and a good choice. The political firestorm that evolves around Thaksin Shinawatra is mostly invisible unless you are looking to find it. All parties involved in this battle have placed tourism on the do not damage at all costs list. [Read more →]
As day 4 of the grilling starts, Thailand’s Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has still more or less refused to answer questions with acceptable answers. Other ministers are being hit with questions that should have never been needed to be asked had the government been transparent. The answers are showing a pattern of being self-serving and or lack of ability and know how. [Read more →]
It has long been said that anyone who gets involved with Thaksin ultimately gets burned one way or another. Three members of the legal team for ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra were ordered to prison for six months on Wednesday for their part in the snack-box bribe attempt at the Supreme Court. [Read more →]
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is forcing This Friday’s election on because he did not have the most votes in the March 29 elections. Without being the highest vote getter Mugabe may not survive a legal challenge that he is the elected president. [Read more →]
Scott McClellan may not be done testifying before Congress, according to House Democrats with oversight authority. At least one Democratic subcommittee chairman is already preparing to have the former White House press secretary return to the Hill for more testimony about what he saw during his tenure in the Bush White House. Although the political correctness attack dogs went after Scott, Scott may be sending them running with their tails between their legs. [Read more →]