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Can the author predict Panlong agreement if carried out fully will not result in present quagmire?
No matter how hard the author try to define Myanmar with Bamar as ‘the colonist’, the fact remain that A Colony is defined as “Distant conquered territory that benefit only the conquered”
Instead of becoming just another west educated selling western ideas,the author need to get out of his academic comfort zone and experience the true situations on the ground where there are still a majority of citizenry within (not one ethic group or another mind you) that require the most basics of survival: heath care, education and Economic opportunity/freedom that can bring about desire changes.
Not mentioning chronologically effects of Colonialism (Konbaung dynasty to present),plus a direct response to foreign, mainly the west, useless careless policy of Cold war and present HR/Democracy based policy that led to the inevitable evolution toward this present military government, making his subsequent assertions rather lame at best and at the worst another garden variety unrepentant western apologist.
I think Jokowi didn’t give significant effect to the PDIP vote. Less than 20% is moderate number for the PDI-P, It’is like Democrat Party in 2009. It’s mean the PDIP strategies didn’t works maksimum. Megawati and Prabowo conflict was represent in black campaign, which makes the medium party like PKB, Hanura, and Nasdem, have supported vote from swing voters.
And all this time the little people like my wife from Isaan and myself, have to send New Zealand funds to my father in law over there , because your Thai failed and will not pay the rice farmers.
I wish I were a Thai I would get inside the red, go to Dubai and do it.
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Bod, where have you been for the last 20 years since Thaksin found the only way for him to make money was to combine politics and business. Moreover, he’s made so many enemies through his blind greed that he has to keep going to stop them exacting their revenge. That’s his karma and you don’t have to look to any past lives to find the reason for it It’s all his own work.
Deans of medical faculties and doctors have thrown their weight in support for Suthep because they oppose affordable medical care, ie. socialized medicine for the rural poor. This same phenomenon was seen in Sweden in the late sixties, and in Finland, in the early seventies when the social democrats in these countries introduced social medicine, that obliged medical doctors to work in health care centres at fixed salaries.Before Taksin medical care in the North and Northeast was unaffordable for the majority of the population, and poor people were treated like dirt by doctors.Now the situation has changed for the better.
Anti-government protesters have been asked to prepare for the “final battle” to be triggered by the removal of Yingluck Shinawatra from office by either the National Anti-Corruption Commission or the Constitutional Court, whichever comes first.
“When the day comes, we will seize the ruling power immediately based on the constitutional provision that the sovereign power belongs to the Thai people,” Suthep Thaugsuban, secretary of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), said after a meeting with his allies on Saturday.
“That’ll be the day we can appropriately announce ourselves the sovereign because the power now returns to the people. Our words will be law.
“Once we become the sovereign, we’ll seize the assets of the Shinawatra family members. We won’t allow them to go abroad. They will need to report to us. We will appoint the prime minister of the people and submit the name to His Majesty, to be countersigned by me.
When I first read this, it gave me chills (in a bad way). This guy is creepy-scary! For the first time in 9 years, I’m afraid. With words like these, I think we should all be afraid.
It is probably tempting fate for me to say so, but evidently neptune is capable on occasion of commenting intelligently without sarcasm or taking cheap shots. Sometimes all it takes is a little more maturity.
Seems we have yet another graduate from the Andrew MacGregor Marshall School of Hyperbole e.g. “all-out war” and “total lack of any kind of freedom of speech” etc. (see above) who seems rather too slow to understand that such careless expression does their credibility more harm than good.
Of course, back in 2010 those guys actually inside the tanks got dragged out and roughed up by Red Shirts, making the tanks themselves pretty much a non-factor. Moreover, the army held fire for SIX months until they were attacked front on by bomb-wielding Red Shirts. While a little anarchy from time to time is arguably a good thing, but IMO anyone that condones the deliberate violence and black ops assassinations by Thaksin’s Red Shirts needs to consider the consequences, not just where and when the next fight might be.
But RNEngland didn’t HMK diplomatically “whispered” to Thailand’s biggest bully-creep-n-conspirator Thaksin to cease-n-desist? But the Creep continued to bully and conspire and corrupt and terrorize Thailand with his dumb but willing sister Yingluck?
And R.N.England hates the beloved Thai King but adores the Thai creep . . .
The point is the voting system is not fit for purpose, logically, morally and very likely legally for a truly representative democracy.
Unless this fundamental flaw is rectified its quite likely these cynically propagated and often violent protests will continue and Thailand will never address its real issues.
Transferring the balance power into the hands of the electorate is not ‘irrelevant’.
Consider the implications in this analogy. Say you are an employer looking for a candidate to fill an important position.
In one case you must choose a candidate from a short list, not of your making, on a particular day no matter what.
In this case who has the real power? You or those making the short list? And once the candidate is chosen, to whom will he show loyalty, you or the one who got him on the short list?
Now imagine you could reject all the candidates on the short list if you felt none of them had the requirements to fill that position. Now who has the real power? Now your opinion truly counts.
This is an absolute basic to get right if you wish to see Thai democracy thrive, without it its going nowhere.
The electorate must have the power to withhold consent, its fundamental to a true democracy.
Vichai#2 –
a) “equitable wealth distribution” is not a difficult concept. Suggest you google up a definition.
b) My reference was to past “TRT successes,” not to any projected “successes” by Thaksin & the Red Shirts. Personally, I believe Thailand won’t experience free elections for many years to come, depriving working-class folks of opportunities they had begun to experience under TRT, PP, and PT.
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Indonesia’s next governing-coalition: taking a progressive turn?
[…] Also at New Mandala, their pick of the top five campaign posters, an overview of the PDI-P’s performance and a look at what Indonesia’s next governing coalition may look like. […]
Colonialism and ethnic conflict in Burma
Can the author predict Panlong agreement if carried out fully will not result in present quagmire?
No matter how hard the author try to define Myanmar with Bamar as ‘the colonist’, the fact remain that A Colony is defined as “Distant conquered territory that benefit only the conquered”
Instead of becoming just another west educated selling western ideas,the author need to get out of his academic comfort zone and experience the true situations on the ground where there are still a majority of citizenry within (not one ethic group or another mind you) that require the most basics of survival: heath care, education and Economic opportunity/freedom that can bring about desire changes.
Not mentioning chronologically effects of Colonialism (Konbaung dynasty to present),plus a direct response to foreign, mainly the west, useless careless policy of Cold war and present HR/Democracy based policy that led to the inevitable evolution toward this present military government, making his subsequent assertions rather lame at best and at the worst another garden variety unrepentant western apologist.
Indonesia’s next governing-coalition: taking a progressive turn?
Interesting analysis and highly plausible!
Indonesia’s legislative elections: the story so far
I think Jokowi didn’t give significant effect to the PDIP vote. Less than 20% is moderate number for the PDI-P, It’is like Democrat Party in 2009. It’s mean the PDIP strategies didn’t works maksimum. Megawati and Prabowo conflict was represent in black campaign, which makes the medium party like PKB, Hanura, and Nasdem, have supported vote from swing voters.
Malaysia-US and Malaysia-China relations
Geoff Wade has two interesting articles – looking at Malaysia’s past and next 50 years over at The (Lowy) Interpreter.
http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2014/04/08/Malaysia-at-50-(part-1)-Domestic-ethnocratic-concerns.aspx
http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2014/04/09/Malaysias-next-50-years-(part-2)-A-fulcrum-or-lault-line-in-Southeast-Asia.aspx
Network monarchy’s twilight
And all this time the little people like my wife from Isaan and myself, have to send New Zealand funds to my father in law over there , because your Thai failed and will not pay the rice farmers.
I wish I were a Thai I would get inside the red, go to Dubai and do it.
Indonesia’s Political Football
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Network monarchy’s twilight
Bod, where have you been for the last 20 years since Thaksin found the only way for him to make money was to combine politics and business. Moreover, he’s made so many enemies through his blind greed that he has to keep going to stop them exacting their revenge. That’s his karma and you don’t have to look to any past lives to find the reason for it It’s all his own work.
Polling says it’s Jokowi’s election to lose
Jokowi is the best! he is the pro peoples leader!
Anti-Malaysianism gone wild
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Network monarchy’s twilight
Deans of medical faculties and doctors have thrown their weight in support for Suthep because they oppose affordable medical care, ie. socialized medicine for the rural poor. This same phenomenon was seen in Sweden in the late sixties, and in Finland, in the early seventies when the social democrats in these countries introduced social medicine, that obliged medical doctors to work in health care centres at fixed salaries.Before Taksin medical care in the North and Northeast was unaffordable for the majority of the population, and poor people were treated like dirt by doctors.Now the situation has changed for the better.
Who stands for Papua?
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Network monarchy’s twilight
The following comes from a report in the Bangkok Post yesterday. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/pdrc-protests/403603/suthep-ups-the-ante-for-final-battle
Anti-government protesters have been asked to prepare for the “final battle” to be triggered by the removal of Yingluck Shinawatra from office by either the National Anti-Corruption Commission or the Constitutional Court, whichever comes first.
“When the day comes, we will seize the ruling power immediately based on the constitutional provision that the sovereign power belongs to the Thai people,” Suthep Thaugsuban, secretary of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), said after a meeting with his allies on Saturday.
“That’ll be the day we can appropriately announce ourselves the sovereign because the power now returns to the people. Our words will be law.
“Once we become the sovereign, we’ll seize the assets of the Shinawatra family members. We won’t allow them to go abroad. They will need to report to us. We will appoint the prime minister of the people and submit the name to His Majesty, to be countersigned by me.
When I first read this, it gave me chills (in a bad way). This guy is creepy-scary! For the first time in 9 years, I’m afraid. With words like these, I think we should all be afraid.
Indonesia’s Political Football
you skim over the most important part….the 2010-13 crisis and intervention of FIFA!
Network monarchy’s twilight
It is probably tempting fate for me to say so, but evidently neptune is capable on occasion of commenting intelligently without sarcasm or taking cheap shots. Sometimes all it takes is a little more maturity.
Network monarchy’s twilight
Seems we have yet another graduate from the Andrew MacGregor Marshall School of Hyperbole e.g. “all-out war” and “total lack of any kind of freedom of speech” etc. (see above) who seems rather too slow to understand that such careless expression does their credibility more harm than good.
Network monarchy’s twilight
Of course, back in 2010 those guys actually inside the tanks got dragged out and roughed up by Red Shirts, making the tanks themselves pretty much a non-factor. Moreover, the army held fire for SIX months until they were attacked front on by bomb-wielding Red Shirts. While a little anarchy from time to time is arguably a good thing, but IMO anyone that condones the deliberate violence and black ops assassinations by Thaksin’s Red Shirts needs to consider the consequences, not just where and when the next fight might be.
Network monarchy’s twilight
But RNEngland didn’t HMK diplomatically “whispered” to Thailand’s biggest bully-creep-n-conspirator Thaksin to cease-n-desist? But the Creep continued to bully and conspire and corrupt and terrorize Thailand with his dumb but willing sister Yingluck?
And R.N.England hates the beloved Thai King but adores the Thai creep . . .
Thailand’s fairest reform?
The point is the voting system is not fit for purpose, logically, morally and very likely legally for a truly representative democracy.
Unless this fundamental flaw is rectified its quite likely these cynically propagated and often violent protests will continue and Thailand will never address its real issues.
Transferring the balance power into the hands of the electorate is not ‘irrelevant’.
Consider the implications in this analogy. Say you are an employer looking for a candidate to fill an important position.
In one case you must choose a candidate from a short list, not of your making, on a particular day no matter what.
In this case who has the real power? You or those making the short list? And once the candidate is chosen, to whom will he show loyalty, you or the one who got him on the short list?
Now imagine you could reject all the candidates on the short list if you felt none of them had the requirements to fill that position. Now who has the real power? Now your opinion truly counts.
This is an absolute basic to get right if you wish to see Thai democracy thrive, without it its going nowhere.
The electorate must have the power to withhold consent, its fundamental to a true democracy.
Network monarchy’s twilight
Vichai#2 –
a) “equitable wealth distribution” is not a difficult concept. Suggest you google up a definition.
b) My reference was to past “TRT successes,” not to any projected “successes” by Thaksin & the Red Shirts. Personally, I believe Thailand won’t experience free elections for many years to come, depriving working-class folks of opportunities they had begun to experience under TRT, PP, and PT.