Looking at the uneven economic recovery in the US, you begin to understand how much the price of oil influences things. Wall Street seems happy, but for everyone else that has a tank to fill things are very different. Continue reading Post ID 7912
- Category Archives Unfortunate Realities
Things that are wrong that we have to power to change.
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Thailand’s 18 month National tragedy
Dozens lie in the street with blood gushing from wounds and others mortally wounded. Some shot in the head while others the victims of grenade attacks. Hundreds hurt and neither side budging from their stance. Each claiming they are on the side of democracy, but only one is right in that claim. The tragic underlying reason for all the death, pain and suffering is one want to be dictator who is simply too impatient to wait 18 months for the next scheduled elections. What that means is people are dying senselessly for something that is automatically coming anyway. Continue reading Post ID 7912
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Thailand class war Thaksin’s war
When it comes to psychotic minds there is no end to the madness. Simply continue to attack from every possible angle is how the mind works. Destroy all opposition any way possible until victory is achieved. Continue reading Post ID 7912
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Why some western men commit suicide in Thailand Part 2
So when It comes to allowing a man dignity Thailand works to insure it with stinging laws and heavy jail time. Places where political correctness exist simply strip away a persons dignity one layer at a time, and a person without dignity is not a person at all. Continue reading Post ID 7912
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Why some western men commit suicide in Thailand Part 1
Thailand is a lot of different things to a lot of different people. To some people it is a retreat from the world they came from, and to others it allows them to find what was taken away. Continue reading Post ID 7912
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Controversy over controversy
If you ever want to make a lot of money fast, write something controversial, wait for somebody who is riding their high horse of morals, ethics, and political correctness to complain about it, then charge people to read it. Once you do this, people will always come back to read more. Continue reading Post ID 7912
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Pushing back at China
Over the past several years China has slowly been pushing to extend it’s controls past it’s borders. But now it seems they have come to a point that enough is enough. Continue reading Post ID 7912
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Toyota caught in the middle
There is a saying that no good deed goes unpunished. The Toyota accelerator peddle problem seems to be proving that saying to be true. Continue reading Post ID 7912
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Global warming point of no return
In some disaster movies there is an ingenious idiot that seems to bypass or disable some safety feature or failsafe causing a horrendous catastrophe. As with all good movies, they have their basis in reality, and in Copenhagen during the last chance climate summit we may have just seen that happen. Continue reading Post ID 7912
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Thaksin’s red shirts depriving Thais in need
There is a point protest cease being protests and start harming the community by harming people. Thaksin’s red shirt have clearly passed that point and are now it the process of denying people any and all assistance from the government. Continue reading Post ID 7912
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Ripping off the sick
From time to time there is a story that pushes your buttons and just makes you angry. Ripping off people is bad enough, but when a reputable hospital starts ripping off sick patients, that just makes people angry. Continue reading Post ID 7912
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One size fits all doesn’t fit
When it comes to zero tolerance, the brainless one size fits all punishment most certainly has its flaws and then some. The number of cases that do not fit the punishment is significant enough to prove this policy to be an embarrassment. Continue reading Post ID 7912
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Religious revolt
Long have past the days when news was delivered by courier or a stranger who may be passing through the village. Long have past the days where religion was a tool of power less one religion. Seeing that news can now travel in an instant to anyplace and everyplace, eyes are being opened and conclusions are being drawn by people who still live under the punishment whip. Continue reading Post ID 7912
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US political carnage on horizon
With the scent of racism in the air in the United States, standing too close to the source of that scent may prove to be more contagious and more politically fatal than the H1N1 swine flu. With that said, the US has become a political minefield overnight. Continue reading Post ID 7912