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with this so called "democratic party" they could install a dictatorship as many arabien countrys have. of course only without religions backgrounds. many farangs would support them only because democracy means nothing for them but not paying taxes, exploid the thai people even more ect all. that is why they are supporting suthep and his terroristic party. :-D

some are posting here and forget that the thai goverment read the pages from thaivisa too. i would be glad to see them kicked soon out of thailand. you will get what you earned :-D

they should kick out all farangs supporting this terrorists and anti democratic yellows over night. some of this farangs are kicked out allready in phuket. they have worked for english newspaper and tv in phuket and have supported the yellows.. this decision from yinglucks goverment made me very happy *____*

doubt about this election have only the yellows terrorists and some farangs supporting them. and this are mostly farangs from the usa, australia and england. experts in killing democracy step by step.

Good thing there was no violence. Lil sis put her votes in the wrong boxes, Prayuth forgot his id card. All in style with the election as it was going.

Government screaming victory. Chalerm resurfaced and expects 265 to 280 seats for PTP. Election to be nullified. More billions thrown overboard.

New elections in a few months. Then all parties should compete and fight for what they are worth. Enough time to show the real nature of the beast called shinaclan.

forget this bullshit because born loosers like the yellows don´t go again to a election. they know exactly there is no chance to win.

Yingluck said she had dropped her ballot papers in the wrong boxes on the advice of an election official and she informed the Election Commission after realising the mistake.

Isn't she sweet, the darling of Isan? An official done it... She doesn't even know how to vote!

you also should go and let your brain checked. she was dropping her vote as you can read only in the wrong box because some of the official staff told her to do so. this person is to blame. things like this are happens all over the world when have countrys election. specialy in countrys like the usa, australia and england :-D

Many seem to be shouting war and trying to ignite one. All caused by one single person for greed and desire of greatness. 64 years old and gathered billions. Still it's not enough. How does he think he can return to Thailand and live? Become president of the north? It will not happen.

i recommend you a good psychologist to let check your brain. as a so called expat what would you say when a small minority of terrorists try to push out of power a goverment elected by a huge mayority in your country? .this democratic party with suthep, abhisit and so on are terrorists. and the party of them is a very anti democratic party. they not going to election because hey know they will loos again. this terrorists are born loosers and therefore trying to block elections and so on. something must be wrong with your head if you can´t see this clearly.

in all demoratic coutrrys terrorist like suthep are in the first day for insurrection in prison. you can clearly see the goverment of yingluck really have a lot of patience. to much for me and many more farangs. by the way the german goverment wrote me in a email answer after i have questioned them how is the official statement from the goverment of germany this: the yellows are more than anti democrats. yellows means goverment for the most corrupt politicans and for the super rich in thailand and for the aristocracy. and the german goverment is really not a left wing goverment.

Trying to feel sorry for these farmers who voted for Thaksin and his clone, but am having a hard time doing

so. They voted for a liar who told them they would become rich, and now they are paying the price.....

if you talk about clone than you should talk about this terrorist suthep and his anti democratic gang of super rich and corrupt gangsters. the reds a really not perfect but 1000 times better for the ordinary thai.

In my work, I have been interacting with the Bangkok middle class for almost thirty years. Of course, I have become fluent in Thai and feel like I thoroughly understand the culture, the attitudes, and the mind-set that it creates in Bangkokians. Perhaps I have something to say here about the events that are unfolding.

More and more I have been listening to friends voicing their resentment at the International news services (CNN, BBC, Reuters, etc.). The majority of the people I know absolutely believe that they are all in the pockets of Thaksin. I think they believe that he has directly paid them through various spin doctoring agencies or that they simply don’t recognize the relentlessness-ruthlessness of the present government in pursuing only one objective. The obvious factor concerning the bias of the international media concerns the idea of dismantling popular elections. This crosses the line which no media service will condone. Personally, I can understand the revulsion and fear that most Western people would experience if a democratic country scrapped elections. However, people in the capital consider any election that has been paid for through corruption, media control, and vote buying is neither free nor fair. Therefore, it is not a “democratic” election. The last Thai national elections and the one scheduled for the February 2^nd agenda, without a doubt, were corrupted and will be corrupted again. They feel that there is no other option but to dismiss any election as so distorted that nothing substantive whatsoever would change. Therefore their voice and their vote would be meaningless. That one greedy, immoral family can control their country affronts their dignity.

From the time the Shinawatra government tried to ram through the amnesty bill at 4:00 a.m. along with the announcement that Thaksin’s nephew (certainly) and son (probably) would be entering into politics, the lid blew off people’s endurance gauge.

The resentment people have for the international press is expanding. They are reading stories which continuously distorts the facts in accordance with information sent to them through P.R. firms contracted to a convicted criminal. So, in reality they don’t do any reporting…they sit in their offices and copy word–for-word the information sent to them. Sabai.

People are reading the ex-pat forums and see that there are farangs who blatantly distort what they see on the streets. In many cases, even worse than the foreign press. I have read comments where an expat shamelessly wrote that he went to see the protests and observed only a few thousand people had gathered. Actually, there were (as satellite photos bear out) 1,000,000 to 3, 000,000! Other comments praise the administrative abilities of Khun Yingluck while criticizing the mental state of Khun Suthep. All this is 100% upside down and deeply offensive. Some forum users criticized the highly respect monks who have softly participated in some of the gatherings. Obviously they don’t have a clue to the grounding they bring to the event. To a growing segment of the anti-government movement, farang ex-pats are becoming the enemies of their quest for freedom. They see that their experiment with democracy gone very wrong and needs to be repaired. They refuse to live under the domination of one utterly and brazenly corrupt family.

The fallout from the many, many comments I just mentioned is that Thai’s are beginning to question why this country needs expats (particularly the variety I mentioned). The days when the money expats brought into the country was important to the economy has long past. The tourist boom, the banking and financial sector, automobile assembly, construction, etc. has become the driving sectors and long term residents are now expendable.

I think people commenting here ought to consider wisely the consequence of their grossly ill-formed comments. Or, someday soon we will all be struggling against the grain to renew our visas no matter what class they fall into.

Thirty years in Thailand

"From the time the Shinawatra government tried to ram through the amnesty bill at 4:00 a.m. along with the announcement that Thaksin’s nephew (certainly) and son (probably) would be entering into politics, the lid blew off people’s endurance gauge"

The uprising was planned by former PAD'ers long before this event.

of course all the yellows are not corrupt and all of them are really democrats. you can see this by counting how many laws have been brocken already from the yellows. and this sick guy suthep is a withe sheep, never convicted for corruption :-D i think you must be sick like him to tell a shit like this. to say the international media is corrupt, got paid from yingluck/thaskin and to say the number of this anti democratic rebells is this high shows clearly you have a big problem with your head.

_{yes, of course the time running out for the goverment. for me with a headline like this is it quiete clear, this admin is on the side of the yellows terrorists. even more evidence is, that he is always calling them only protestors. breaking so many laws up to now he should come them what they are.}

seems some don´t know alcohol is a not only a very dangerous drug but a strong poison too. this drug/poison is killng millions of people yearly wordwide and is in almost all countrys of the world legal :-D

This editorial, hiding under the title of “When the rich fix the rules, the poor lose”, is politically motivated with a political agenda to mislead the rice farmers who voted for the PTP led government and those who did not.

The problems faced by rice farmers highlighted in this editorial is a result of late payments. It however, has shown us the other side of the story. It is that the farmers need the rice pledging scheme without which their workers are having to deal with higher living costs that the minimum-wage rise does not cover.

The problem is not the rice pledging scheme, but disruptive politics and the enforcement of laws. The farmers themselves have to bear some responsibilities. They should be the party to help the government in rooting up corrupt practices, improving its management and not submitting to the illegal demands of some unscrupulous business operators and factory owners.

There is no sign that PTP led government is not fulfilling its election promises and that the voters are being lured by politicians' promises. PTP’s predecessor TRT, was the first party in Thai political history that fulfill all its election promises. The first party to implement policies that its oppositions accused as populists policies to buy votes. The success of TRT policies gave rise to Thaksin’s popularity and the use of him now seen as has created a power base not completely beholden to the entrenched establishment. It has also created Thaksinism or Thaksin regime and used by oppositions of the PTP led government in their struggle for power.

Increasingly, countries are treating food securities as part of their national security and defense. Detail information during negotiation and the outcome agreement after being ratified by respective country’s legal system on food import and export are treated as State secrets. Those who has or wants access to the information have to follow and abide by the law of the country.

Thailand is in a very disadvantage position to negotiate and compete with any country especially on matters related to food security. No country will be willing to negotiate with us if we do not amend our respective laws to counter the challenges from the changing environment and volatile international politics.

you are more than only wrong. without poor people no and never could exist rich people. the poor make the rich rich because they work for them. let work my money means in reality lets work poor people for me. if a nation lke a real family shares all income than you have no rich and no poor people. if a family would work like the capitalism system we humans would extinct very fast. looking to how a family works you can see the nature have made for us the socialistic system. this has also nothing to do with a political motivation. to share and help its a system from the nature for us.

the problem is the owners of mass media are very rich too and people like them are telling the ordinary people wich party is the best for them to vote, what in reality is the best party for the rich.. therfefore i always say the worst enemy for the ordinary people are the mass media with all the manipulation and lies from them.

buddhism is not a religion but a philosophie ;-) buddhism allows you to do whatever you like to do. your are the only responsible for what ever you do. there is no god as the christians, jews or moslimes religions have to jugde you when you are death :-D

some still talking here about thaskin. his sis yingluck is at least smart and intelligent like him if not even more. but she is only a women and therefore must be a men, her brother, behind her :-D but she is the person wich are playing chess with suthep and have this stupid guy close to the chess matt hahaha.

some still talking here about thaskin. his sis yingluck is at least samrt and intelligent like him. but she is only a women and therefore must be a men, her brother, behind her :-D but she is the person wich are playing chess with suthep and have this stupid guy close to the chess matt hahaha.

is it just me, or is the whole shutdown thing more of a joke? Not sure though if they'll get Suthep arrested after so many failures of trying to do so.

I wouldn't say it was a joke. The numbers are still there, it is not a call on the masses, it's a shutdown and needs minimal people, so they go about their lives as normal. It ain't fun standing out in the BKK sun all day.

CAPO always play the figures right down and the red farang cling onto CAPO's every last word. They are the JOKE.

This weekend will see a huge boost in numbers, and by next week the rice farmers will be in town probably. If it is status quo by Monday, this is going to get stepped up. Most protests start like this, they slowly morph into something a bit more radical, and then it tends to spiral out of control.

But they won't ever leave and Suthep will never get arrested, it is all just lip service, they know that would spark something rather unpleasant, and the government will not be on the good end of it. The aeronautical radio will deffo get seized and that will be all flights grounded.

Personally, I hope they just hurry up and get to the end game already. No point postponing the inevitable.

I see that you have an inside line to the protests. I understand also that you are coming down to Bkk this weekend to boost up the numbers. Could you do me a favour? Please tell the protesters in Asoke to keep up the good work. Traffic along Asok and Sukhumvit has never been as free flowing as in the past week.

I love being able to fly along Asok / Rachada to Big C for a quick shop or to Huay Kwang for some food and R&R and then sail back down the way I came, with nary a car or bus to block my path. I hope they will keep up the blockades for the next couple of years at least.

pixgirl keep on dreaming this bullshit or wake up and you can see the reality. suthep lost and no masses will come. not even well paid. today he has only about 15000 supporters left what not i saying but the international media.. but i think in your opinion all this media people are paid from the goverment hahaha.

Talking of which there has just been a small explosive device. At least 4 people injured. It was thrown from an abandoned building at the pickup with the loudspeakers. . PDRC have stormed it looking for who threw it and there was gunfire. Seems the goveernment is trying to silence the opposition as ever.

yes its allways the goverment even if it was a action under fals flagg. in your opinion are all the yellows white sheep and only the reds are violent.keep on dreaming this bullshit or wake up and see the reality.

I have mixed feelings about arresting Suthep. 1) The guy is definitely a nutter who needs to be silenced. 2) Arresting him might be a match to a powder keg.

But the one thing that worries me about him is the fact that life for foreigners could become very difficult if he and his group were to attain power. His feelings towards foreigners is clear - he doesn't like or respect them - as evidenced by his own well publicized statements in the past. So what happens if him and his ilk get into power? Serious and severe changes in immigration and visa requirements to make it more difficult for those of us living here with families & homes? It could happen. It's something we should ALL think about, especially the foreigners who support Suthep. How's your support going to be when you find yourself paying 50% (or more) increase in visa fees, or having your marriage extension or retirement extension cancelled because you don't meet the "new & improved" version of Suthep Immigration Laws?

hahahaha utter tosh,we will be fine man up ... ...stop scare mongering..with no substance

Just1Voice you are right, even some farangs wouldn´t believe you. and keep supporting him. against blindness, stupidness and ignorence we don´t have a medicine, even aspirin fails here :-D

I think if they arrest him the mood might get slightly more violent at the protest sites.

I think the government should leave him well alone for the time being. They should be focusing more on the highlighted corruption charges in the media today surround their little rice pledging scheme.

I doubt that the red shirts will go on a rampage if he is arrested and many on here say that Suthep supporters are a peaceful lot and do not use violence, all the violence so far has been by redshirts.

of course only the reds are been violent. the yellows are all white sheeps. keep on dreaming this bullshit or wake up and open your eyes.

From his looks and posture K. Surapong would perfectly blend in with the north korean leadership type of guys. Just give him a uniform and change the backdrop, there you have it.

if somebody perfectly blend with the north korean leadership is it suthep and his bunch of rebells. he get told nom in many foreign media y many differnet countrys a terrorist. guys like him i would see in prison. i don´t know were you come from but in every free country has the minority to respect the legal and with a huge majority electet goverment. like it or not. i recomend you to go to the usa or to one of the countrys of the eu and try there the same as suthep here in thailand. there are you faster behind bars as you can count 1 2 3

The general rule of thumb is that protests are messy business. But this particular protest has become a model for them. It is peaceful, exuberant, and in an unintentional seal of approval from the administration, is now not only being plugged as a peaceful demonstration, but the protest has now even become a tourist destination ! If anything, the path towards victory for the protests now seems clear, as the administration has now backed itself further into a corner regarding the contemplation of future retaliation. This makes it much, much more difficult for them to assume that stance. The aim of the protest is to wear the administration down, and it's inevitable that that will happen at some point. The remarkable and noteworthy thing is that it is doing so through peaceful means. And what we have been seeing on TV has really told the tale. Some will look at the protest with bemused scepticism, take out their abacus and say " Did you see that photo ? Look ! Look ! There's only five people under that tree ! " But for normal observers, it is quite a spectacle. And a remarkable one at that. Imagine, masses of people on the streets having a great time, waving flags and blowing whistles. And that - is the power of the people.

Very uplifting, romantic, creative post out there in la-la land.

yes, masses of people in the city of tokio or somewere else. from the fascists in bkk i have seen only a number between 40.000 and 60.000. and this number tells the international media too. of course, all of them are paid from yingluck :-D

funny was not only today talking with farangs living here about politics. the majority are agist the reds because they hate reds in generell because reds mean for them socialits or communists. yes, really only for the color red. very intelligent people, hahahaha

hahaha, there are only about 50000 fascists clowns in bkk, mostly paid with 2000 baht and send with buses from the souht to bkk but media still talking from the "big shutdown" fact is the leader suthep of this fascists yellows has failed again. hope he is with other leader soon in prison.

there are only about 50000

Looks like a lot more than that to me. The reds always claimed they had over 100,000 and that was just from Centralworld to MBK. This area is currently overflowing with protestors and there are many others in other places too.

fascists clowns in bkk

i can´t explain a blind how the world looks and a deaf not how music sounds :-D therefore i will tell you suthep and the others are withe sheeps and really democrats.... even i told you a lie right now because you don´t see :-D

The only clowns I saw recently were the red shirts. I don't see any of them in Bangkok at the moment. but I see many tens of thousands of people who want the corrupt government of criminals ousted so they will stop damaging the country for the interests of a fugitive on the run in Dubai.

mostly paid with 2000 baht and send with buses from the souht to bkk

There is copious evidence the reds were paid in 2010, I have yet to see any proof the anti government protestors are being paid. If you have some then share it here and show me how wrong I am. If not please stop spreading lies.

I agree the 'leader' should be in prison but seems Thailand has no extradition treaties with Dubai or Montenegro which is why he chooses to stay there....

you won. i can´t explain a blind how the world looks and a deaf not how music sounds :-D