Entries Tagged as 'Politics'

Thaksin’s dirty work at work

Once again the convicted fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra is messing with Thailand. This post will look at the mechanics, the rumors and the potential fallout. [Read more →]

Scraping the bottom of the crony barrel

With more than 145 of Thaksin Shinawatra’s key cronies now disqualified from politics, Thaksin’s candidates for Thailand’s next Prime Minister is starting to look like the ‘C’ team roll call. Some of the candidate options are severely embarrassing. [Read more →]

Analyzing Thailand’s pro monarchy supporters victory

For now the problems in Thailand have subsided. Unfortunately this is just the end of a battle, and the war between Thaksin Shinawatra and the King of Thailand will continue. [Read more →]

Thailand in the spotlight

If you are an avid news surfer going to regular media outlets as well as blogs, you may have noticed a trend. Is seems that people who were writing about other things are now writing about Thai politics. The amazing thing is, these well established columns are authored almost exclusively by non Thais. [Read more →]

What have they learned in a year

It has been nearly a year since the People Power Party (PPP) loaded with Thaksin cronies took over Thailand’s government. Looking back to see what the accomplished and what they learned may be the report card from hell. [Read more →]

Thailand closed

It can be fairly easy to wrongly identify the good guys as the bad guys in Thailand these days. With the pro Monarchy group People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) closing two airports in Bangkok, it certainly has made Thailand’s problems an international issue. [Read more →]

Thailand’s politicians an unique breed

In the global world of politicians, each has their own signature. Some politicians are not even elected or even hold an office and they remain a political figure. If you stop and think about it, The Dally Lama and Osama bin Laden are also politicians. [Read more →]

Camelot II

It has been a long time coming this feeling the world is now experiencing. A feeling of hope lies poised in the hearts and minds of not only Americans, but with people from around the world. The euphoria that surrounds the moment allows people to once again bask in the dream of what is possible when you set your mind to it. [Read more →]

Jailhouse keys

After reading some of the things that came out of the mouths of Thaksin’s cronies in the past week, even Connecting the Dots was amazed that one of our long shot predictions actually came to be. The only thing about the comments that is unknown is if it came from brazen arrogance or utter madness. [Read more →]

Thaksin power play

Like the wind from an approaching thunderstorm, Thaksin’s new game plan has let us know it has arrived. The style is the same however the message has changed slightly to reflect his new convicted criminal status to his lesser educated supporters. [Read more →]

Barking at the wind

When you see a dog barking at the wind, you can’t help but wonder why the dog is barking. When you take a close look at the pro government groups in Thailand, you can’t help but wonder about some of the things they are protesting about and why. [Read more →]

Assumption vote

In engineering terms, assumption is the mother of all screw-ups. To assume your candidate will win without your vote almost insures they will lose. [Read more →]

World talks to American voters

When the United States elects a new President, the world takes note. The voting is left up to the American voters. However in this election, there seems to be a resounding plea from people around the world to American voters to do the right thing as the results will effect their lives. [Read more →]

The hand of nature

There is no need to point out that there is a food shortage that will only get worse. Crops destroyed by weather in Burma and the USA are just the start. In this case nature removed what we planted. Soon nature will not let it grow where it grew before. [Read more →]