Once again Thailand struggles with high energy costs. A court ordered an injunction against buses raising fares, however bus operators when faced with losing money or making no money, the lesser of two evils prevailed and 10,000 buses now sit parked in the greater Bangkok area. Continue reading Post ID 45
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Events in Thailand
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Thailand escalating battle with Thaksin
Thaksin once again employs his dirty underhand work to fight the Thais who truly have Thailand’s best interest in mind. The events of the last 48 hours are remarkably similar to events just before the 2006 coup. Failure of the police to protect peaceful protesters from Thaksin’s paid thugs is just the start. Blood in the streets is not that far away. Continue reading Post ID 45
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Thailand vs the Thaksin Regime
Once again the phrase Thaksin Regime has found it’s way into the news in Thailand. If you have been following the happenings in Thailand over the last 2 or 3 years, you will know that the coup in September 2006 was staged to stop the Thaksin regime that was hours away from assuming complete control of the country by removing all that could stop them. The last remaining item for the Thaksin regime was controlling the military, however the military moved first stopping the Thaksin Regime with a bloodless coup. Continue reading Post ID 45
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Thailand moves closer to another coup
Thailand’s government took another step closer to a coup in the last 24 hours. This gathering of bad boys has once again shown that they are only concerned about themselves and not the country. Of the people polled, Prime Minister Samak’s popularity ratings, compared to the 45.4% of support from the people he garnered in February, that figure has now dropped to 21.4% in May. Continue reading Post ID 45
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Fast track to a Coup
Thailand’s government is playing with fire by wanting to change the constitution for self serving reasons. The reason they want to change the constitution is because several parties face dissolution for not following the rules during the elections. So it is very obvious they wish to whitewash themselves to stay in power. Continue reading Post ID 45
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Politically incorrect Thailand politics
Thailand is a wonderful country filled with marvelous sights, beautiful women, and some very corrupt politicians. For the typical tourist the political scene is all but invisible, but to people that live in Thailand, the reality of political corruption is all too real. Where political correctness should be reserved for politicians, there are a few political parties in Thailand that shun being politically correct all together. Continue reading Post ID 45