My congratulations to those attentive readers who stumbled over the missing “8”! I’d like to propose to enlarge the list for capital letters – for a collection of unspeakable words, such as “R” (no hint necessary) or “N” (the worst case scenario)…^-^
#47 referring to #43 QUOTE Just the one. I think you forgot several more. For just a start you forgot the RTP. You also forgot the ever active (and by NO means down-and-out) Gen. **** faction of the RTA. Coups can still take us either way, and neither side has any real history of benevolence.UNQUOTE
#47 Q Please, Name, if you’ve got something to say, just say it. UQ
Said it already. My comment indicates that I think that the RTA cannot be blamed alone. Old criminal rivalries between the RTA & RTP are far from over. Indeed, the turf war is intensifying as the all-important succession draws ever nearer. My comment also indicates that the RTA is definitely not just one faction. (Would you care to dispute that ancient fact?) I used the word ‘several’ to indicate a lot more than one or two …. or three. So obviously that also indicates that this is not even as simple as a divided RTA Vs a divided RTP. Even one overblown RTA retiree cannot take all the rap. I make no apologies if this further confuses you as to which side I’m on. One would be daft to take sides in a conflict that was clearly never about the welfare of the majority. For every asterisk in the entrenched elite, there is yet another asterisk in the aspiring elite.
instead of -1 , I would prefer the option 1- for “he is to some extend corrupt, but not more and maybe even less than others and that fact per se is not THAT important”.
My daughter’s school is paying police to regulate traffic…
Yes Shan, a couple of times I have found myself paying money to get the police to do a job that they were already paid to do. Then again I don’t have a very high opinion of the Thai police force… or ex-Thai policemen come to think of it.
If a peoples’ party could be built ground up and become a part of the next government, apres-Shinawat, people world wide would regard it as a mushroom, an apparition which sprung up overnight. And they’d be right.
One of my earliest comments, (here or elsewhere I can’t remember), was on the mistake by some of the left in supporting a pro-Thaksin movement. It concerned what I suspected those supporters hoped to get out of such support.
My claim was that they saw an opportunity in what came after Thaksin or in the chaos that could be produced. To refute their view I compared it with the German Communist party in the 1930s who also had a similar policy except this time it was ‘after Hitler it will be our turn’. The leader of the German Communist Party, Ernst Th├дlmann, died in a concentration camp in 1944 after eleven years in prison.
Nice to see John Francis Lee confirming my suspicions.
The only enjoyable part of a Thaksin return would be waiting a year or so and then looking at some of the red faces of those that have gone along with that idea. Unfortunately most here on NM won’t be having to live with the mistake. As May 2010 proves and the old song says –
It’s the same the whole world over,
It’s the poor wot gets the blame,
It’s the rich wot gets the gravy.
Ain’t it all a bleedin’ shame?
Can we have a separate code for Les Abbey? Maybe we could tuck it away in a section of its own in the bottom left-hand corner somewhere for those who care.
My daughter’s school is paying police to regulate traffic at a nearby intersection in the morning and afternoon rush hours. I understand this is normal for schools in busy neighborhoods…
Had I not witnessed the audacity some people possess by daring to come up with the most ridiculous fabricated story, I would have been shocked when I read it. Fortunately I have seen too many that it would take much more than this to shock me.
I must admit though that some of the fabrication is hilarious. The most memorable one is the one which came out last year by the Nation, when suddenly there was this news that Dalai Lama praises the King as being such an exemplary, hard-working figure that he himself cannot even contemplate to compare….
…when I heard it for the first time I was of course extremely skeptical, and for a very good reason. Because if one has read ‘The King Never Smiles’, they will realise that Dalai Lama is one of the eight Nobel laureates (along with Oscar Arias and Desmond Tutu and other five..) who had an audience with the King in 1993 when they went to BKK to show their support to Aung San Suu Kyi. And all of them were shocked, when they heard the King say that the military dictatorship is the best form of government for Myanmar. And that Aung San Suu Kyi should ‘pack up’ and ‘go home’ to look after the child of her ‘British’ husband in England. Besides, Aung San Suu Kyi attended schools in England, and married an English, so she no longer understands Burmese people. She is merely a troublemaker.
When the very person whom the Thai media claims to have praised the King actually had actually witnessed this, I of course found it hard to believe that it is true. Finally, this mystery was easily solved by a simple email to Dalai Lama office by one brave Thai who wanted to find out the truth. And guess what, his secretary responded “I would like to make it very clear that that Dalai Lama never said such a thing.”
It is just ridiculous that the brainwashed royalists like to accuse the Reds for fabricating a story, while it is they themselves who do this thing all the time :p
“You also forgot the ever active (and by NO means down-and-out) Gen. **** faction of the RTA. ”
Please, Name, if you’ve got something to say, just say it. I think we can safely say the name ****. I’ve got a fair idea who you mean but I can’t be 100 percent sure and I think our discourse here would be improved by not resorting to codes except where absolutely necessary.
My take on Chuwit is that he paid his bribes (taxes) regularly and faithfully -almost honestly – and when he had his little bit of trouble when the beerbars in Sukhumwit Soi 10 were demolished, he didn’t get the protection he paid for and that’s why he got upset.
Having said that he never came through with the names, ranks and serial numbers of those he’d paid. As he promised and still promises to do. Like so many of his former employees, he’s just a little tease.
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My congratulations to those attentive readers who stumbled over the missing “8”! I’d like to propose to enlarge the list for capital letters – for a collection of unspeakable words, such as “R” (no hint necessary) or “N” (the worst case scenario)…^-^
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I just recognized that 4 (P,A,Pa) could be displayed non-numerical as “For Papa” . Sounds similar and seems to be the same.
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I realize it doesn’t take up as much bandwidth, but for Burma comments, would SNAFU suffice?
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CT- 6
8 is death unfortunately but I hope one day we will know why 8 is death.
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Stuart – 1
Can we have a separate code for Les Abbey?
Stuart I know how much you enjoy my writing style, but why be so greedy? Do let the others read my comments. Don’t keep me all to yourself.
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Where is 8? There is no 8 in this list. Why there is no 8? What happened to 8? Is it supposed to be some mystery that we are not supposed to know?
:p
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#47 referring to #43 QUOTE Just the one. I think you forgot several more. For just a start you forgot the RTP. You also forgot the ever active (and by NO means down-and-out) Gen. **** faction of the RTA. Coups can still take us either way, and neither side has any real history of benevolence.UNQUOTE
#47 Q Please, Name, if you’ve got something to say, just say it. UQ
Said it already. My comment indicates that I think that the RTA cannot be blamed alone. Old criminal rivalries between the RTA & RTP are far from over. Indeed, the turf war is intensifying as the all-important succession draws ever nearer. My comment also indicates that the RTA is definitely not just one faction. (Would you care to dispute that ancient fact?) I used the word ‘several’ to indicate a lot more than one or two …. or three. So obviously that also indicates that this is not even as simple as a divided RTA Vs a divided RTP. Even one overblown RTA retiree cannot take all the rap. I make no apologies if this further confuses you as to which side I’m on. One would be daft to take sides in a conflict that was clearly never about the welfare of the majority. For every asterisk in the entrenched elite, there is yet another asterisk in the aspiring elite.
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-9
14 ?
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instead of -1 , I would prefer the option 1- for “he is to some extend corrupt, but not more and maybe even less than others and that fact per se is not THAT important”.
And of course 4 (P,A,Pa)
Chuvit on the streets
Shan – 17
My daughter’s school is paying police to regulate traffic…
Yes Shan, a couple of times I have found myself paying money to get the police to do a job that they were already paid to do. Then again I don’t have a very high opinion of the Thai police force… or ex-Thai policemen come to think of it.
Chuvit on the streets
Can anyone provide a videolink of Chuvit beating up a TV reporter for “inappropriate questioning” at the last election ?
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Has anybody done any research into the effect on the brain of participating in Thai Studies?
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р╣Хр╣Хр╣Х
A Pheua Thai win? But then what?
John Francis Lee – 46
If a peoples’ party could be built ground up and become a part of the next government, apres-Shinawat, people world wide would regard it as a mushroom, an apparition which sprung up overnight. And they’d be right.
One of my earliest comments, (here or elsewhere I can’t remember), was on the mistake by some of the left in supporting a pro-Thaksin movement. It concerned what I suspected those supporters hoped to get out of such support.
My claim was that they saw an opportunity in what came after Thaksin or in the chaos that could be produced. To refute their view I compared it with the German Communist party in the 1930s who also had a similar policy except this time it was ‘after Hitler it will be our turn’. The leader of the German Communist Party, Ernst Th├дlmann, died in a concentration camp in 1944 after eleven years in prison.
Nice to see John Francis Lee confirming my suspicions.
The only enjoyable part of a Thaksin return would be waiting a year or so and then looking at some of the red faces of those that have gone along with that idea. Unfortunately most here on NM won’t be having to live with the mistake. As May 2010 proves and the old song says –
It’s the same the whole world over,
It’s the poor wot gets the blame,
It’s the rich wot gets the gravy.
Ain’t it all a bleedin’ shame?
New Mandala’s new comment policy
Can we have a separate code for Les Abbey? Maybe we could tuck it away in a section of its own in the bottom left-hand corner somewhere for those who care.
5 5 5
Chuvit on the streets
@ Les Abbey -15
My daughter’s school is paying police to regulate traffic at a nearby intersection in the morning and afternoon rush hours. I understand this is normal for schools in busy neighborhoods…
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15 – it was irony
Vandalism and democracy
@Khun Tarrin,
Had I not witnessed the audacity some people possess by daring to come up with the most ridiculous fabricated story, I would have been shocked when I read it. Fortunately I have seen too many that it would take much more than this to shock me.
I must admit though that some of the fabrication is hilarious. The most memorable one is the one which came out last year by the Nation, when suddenly there was this news that Dalai Lama praises the King as being such an exemplary, hard-working figure that he himself cannot even contemplate to compare….
…when I heard it for the first time I was of course extremely skeptical, and for a very good reason. Because if one has read ‘The King Never Smiles’, they will realise that Dalai Lama is one of the eight Nobel laureates (along with Oscar Arias and Desmond Tutu and other five..) who had an audience with the King in 1993 when they went to BKK to show their support to Aung San Suu Kyi. And all of them were shocked, when they heard the King say that the military dictatorship is the best form of government for Myanmar. And that Aung San Suu Kyi should ‘pack up’ and ‘go home’ to look after the child of her ‘British’ husband in England. Besides, Aung San Suu Kyi attended schools in England, and married an English, so she no longer understands Burmese people. She is merely a troublemaker.
When the very person whom the Thai media claims to have praised the King actually had actually witnessed this, I of course found it hard to believe that it is true. Finally, this mystery was easily solved by a simple email to Dalai Lama office by one brave Thai who wanted to find out the truth. And guess what, his secretary responded “I would like to make it very clear that that Dalai Lama never said such a thing.”
It is just ridiculous that the brainwashed royalists like to accuse the Reds for fabricating a story, while it is they themselves who do this thing all the time :p
A Pheua Thai win? But then what?
“You also forgot the ever active (and by NO means down-and-out) Gen. **** faction of the RTA. ”
Please, Name, if you’ve got something to say, just say it. I think we can safely say the name ****. I’ve got a fair idea who you mean but I can’t be 100 percent sure and I think our discourse here would be improved by not resorting to codes except where absolutely necessary.
Chuvit on the streets
My take on Chuwit is that he paid his bribes (taxes) regularly and faithfully -almost honestly – and when he had his little bit of trouble when the beerbars in Sukhumwit Soi 10 were demolished, he didn’t get the protection he paid for and that’s why he got upset.
Having said that he never came through with the names, ranks and serial numbers of those he’d paid. As he promised and still promises to do. Like so many of his former employees, he’s just a little tease.