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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra

He entered politics in 1994 and founded the populist Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party in 1998. After a landslide election victory in 2001, he became prime minister, the country’s first to serve a full term.^[4] (1) Thaksin introduced a range of partly effective and highly popular policies to alleviate rural poverty.^[5][6] He launched the country's first universal healthcare program,^[7] the 30-baht scheme, as well as drastic social order and drug suppression campaigns.^[8]

His re-election in 2005 had the highest voter turnout in Thai history. ^[9][10][11] His main support base is in the north and northeast of Thailand.

The Shinawatra government also faced allegations of corruption, authoritarianism, treason, conflicts of interest, acting non-diplomatically, and muzzling of the press.^[12] Thaksin was accused of tax evasion, lèse majesté and selling national assets to international investors. ^[13][14] Independent bodies, including Amnesty International, criticized Thaksin's human rights record.

Massive protests occurred in 2006, and on 19 September 2006 (2) a military junta overthrew Thaksin's government in a bloodless coup while he was abroad. The CNS-appointed constitutional tribunal dissolved the Thai Rak Thai party for electoral fraud, banning him and TRT's executives from politics for five years.

(1): Proves he cares for his people, and still does. If he didn't, why would he do all the hazzle now? He can live somewhere else, in much better condition.

(2): Didn't the same " Military Junta, put Abhisit on power " ? Reality is. Abhisit is a puppet, Thaksin wanted "the change ", military saw that, and took action.

Exercise makes me hungry and thirsty ,so that will never work.

That's normal...

As long as yeat don't eat the wrong stuff, you won't gain weight.

Most folks hate BKK, for the simple reasons.....

But I loved it haha, I like chaos.

Religion will slowely die in the future. People will get smarter and realize there is NO god.

No Allah, no Jezus, no Buddha, no whatever....

The earliest humans created this phenomen called " God ", because they didn't know better and the searched for a simple answer to what is called " The universe ". Look at the history books, the further you go back in time, the more religious people get. People in different regions, created their own " God ".

Do you really bother, if there's a beautiful Thai lady saying, to take your belt of? Please!!!!

Sure the Dutch people have the knowledge to fight against high water. Since half of the country is below sea level. But I'm sure Thai engineers can fix this as well. And it ain't a " Can't do job ". If there's money, everything can be done...

Remember the artificial islands in front of the coast of Dubai? ->> $$$$$$$$ oil money.

They hired Dutch and Belgian for the job....

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands

" They are being constructed by Nakheel Properties, a property developer in the United Arab Emirates, who hired Belgian and Dutch dredging and marine contractor Jan De Nul and Van Oord, some of the world's specialists in land reclamation. "

I'd did a post on earlier, about Krung Thep sinking... It is, but slowely. If you arrive LOS by plane, turning over BKK for a landing at Suvarnabhumi, you can clearly see, how low BKK is actually lying, in comparisation to the sea level.

They will have to do something about it in the future.

The Distribution of Wealth in America 2009

Data suggests that wealth is concentrated in the hands of a small number of families. The wealthiest 1 percent of families owns roughly 34.3% of the nation's net worth, the top 10% of families owns over 71%, and the bottom 40% of the population owns way less than 1%.

Now given that it is far worse in Thailand's for the poor, it is comical seeing so many of the posts here by Farang which appear to be in support of the filthy rich.

Here is what I seem to hear from many posts.

Thai poor in red shirts do not need democracy.

They are happy--after all we hear them singing.

If the red group wins an election it is of course because of bought votes.

Now a logical person seeing that the yellow side has most of the money might wonder about vote buying. I mean if the yellow has the huge money behind it and votes are so easy to buy, why is it they are losing the elections? is it because the yellow group does not offer to buy votes? HAAAA HAAAAA--That is so funny. of course they buy votes and still they lose elections.

So Not all people are so easy to buy as what is said by the yellow.

If Thai people were so happy with the ruling rich yellow--why is it they vote for red even after the leader is gone?

The poor people in Thailand are being raped by the rich and we have brain-dead farang here defending the yellow.

The Farang in Thailand must be from the uneducated of their nations.

No people with any reading would say the nonsense these dim-rads say her.

Oh well--it is a Thai problem.

Thai people will settle it.

But the stupidity I read here from right-wing morons is comical.

great post and agree 100%

funny to see them scrambling ( ballpoint , jingthing, twap, etc) ... quite pathetic really

Well said guys.

I just hope Thailand will become a true democratic country in the near future, and foreigners have equal rights, as Thais.

And these people are running the country??!!!

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The first one to react was the cashier , who looked at me with her frowned brow , reached down to her bag and pulled out a white doctors mask, just incase of swine flu I think. She put it on , but still held one hand to her mask while scanning each object. The second to react was the wife , who unlike her said in English and Thai - F*ing Men mak mak and walked off . By this time I was crying with laughter , and still trying to unload the trolley. Those that were queued behind me had without me seeing moved off to other isles. I had to stand in the lingering stench for ages , as I got my wallet out to pay , still trying to control the laughter and at the same time , dropping another bomb just as she gave me the reciept and change. I think all of the Thais watching me push my trolley out must have thought I was mad , I just couldnt stop laughing . The smell was rotten beyond belief , I blame the duck eggs I had for breakfast on top of the evenings beer.

You have answered your own question. Imagine if everyone in Big C would to that. Fresh veggies would wilt immediately. Are you doing that also in your home country?

Your wife said "F*ing Men mak mak" to you...? Have you ever asked Miss Manners about all that?

Here's another one that floated in via cyberspace yesterday.

Mac

*A man's trip to Home depot:*

I went to the Home Depot recently while not being altogether sure thatcourse of action was a wise one. You see, the previous evening I hadprepared and consumed a massive quantity of my patented 'you're definitely going to s**t yourself' roadkill chili. Tasty stuff, albeit hot to the

point of being painful, which comes with a written guarantee from me that if you eat it, the next day both of your butt cheeks WILL fall off.

Here's the thing. I had awakened that morning, and even after two cups of coffee (and all of you know what I mean) nothing happened. No 'Watson's

Movement 2'. Despite habanera peppers swimming their way through my intestinal tract, I was unable to create the usual morning symphony referred

to by my dear wife, as 'thunder and lightning'.

Knowing that a time of reckoning HAD to come, yet not sure of just when, I bravely set off for the Depot, my quest being paint and supplies to

refinish the den. Upon entering the store at first all seemed normal. I selected a cart and began pushing i t about dropping items in for purchase. It wasn't until I was at the opposite end of the store from the restrooms that the pain hit me.

Oh, don't look at me like you don't know what I'm talking about.I'm referring to that 'Uh, Oh, S**t, gotta go' pain that always seems to

hit us at the wrong time. The thing is, this pain was different. TheHabaneras' in the chili from the night before were staging a revolt. In a

mad rush for freedom they bullied their way through the small intestines, forcing their way into the large intestines, and before I could take one step

in the direction of the restrooms which would bring sweet relief, it happened.

The peppers fired a warning shot! There I stood, alone in the paint and stain section, suddenly enveloped in a noxious cloud the likes of which has never before been recorded. I was afraid to move for fear that more of this vile odor might escape me.

Slowly, oh so slowly, the pressure seemed to leave the lower part of my body, and I began to move up the aisle and out of it, just as a clerk in a red apron turned the corner and asked if I needed any help. I don't know what made me do it, but I stopped to see what his reaction would be to the malodorous effluvium that refused to dissipate.

Have you ever been torn in two=2 0different directions emotionally? Here's what I mean, and I'm sure some of you at least will be able to relate. I could've warned that poor clerk, but didn't. I simply watched as he walked into an invisible, and apparently indestructible, wall of odor so terrible that all he could do before gathering his senses and running, was to stand there blinking and waving his arms about his head as though trying to ward off angry bees. This, of course, made me feel terrible, but then made me laugh.........BIG mistake!!!!!

Here's the thing. When you laugh, it's hard to keep things 'clamped down', if you know what I mean. With each new guffaw an explosive issue burst forth from my nether region. Some were so loud and echoing that I was later told a few folks in otheraisles had ducked, fearing that someone wa s robbing the store and firing off a shotgun.

Suddenly things were no longer funny. 'It' was coming, and I raced off through the store towards the restrooms, laying down a cloud the whole way, praying that I'd make it before the grand mal assplosion took place.

Luck was on my side. Just in the nick of time I got to the john, began the inevitable 'Oh my God', floating above the toilet seat because my ass is burning SO BAD, purging. One poor fellow walked in while I was in the middle of what is the true meaning of 'Shock and Awe'. He made a gagging sound, and disgustedly said, 'Sonofabitch! Did it smell that bad when you ate it?', then quickly left.

Once finished and I left the restroom, reacquired my partially filled cart intending to carry on with my shopping when a store employee approached me and said, 'Sir, you might want to step outside for a few minutes. It appears some prankster set off a stink bomb in the store. The manager is going to run the vent fans on high for a minute or two which ought to take care of the problem.'

My smirking of course set me off again, causing residual gases to escape me. The employee took one sniff, jumped back pulling his shirt up to cover his

nose and, pointing at me in an accusing manner shouted, 'IT'S YOU!', then ran off returning moments later with the manager. I was unceremoniously escorted from the premises and asked none too kindly not to return.

Home again without my supplies, I realized that there was nothing to eat but leftover chili, so I consumed two more bowls. The next day I went to shop at Lowe's. I can't say anymore about that because we are in court over the whole matter.

Bastards claim they're going to have to repaint the store.

That you just typed all that....

I don't care much about the beer. Back home here in NL it's only Heineken that fills my fridge... ( And no it aint piss water from the canals)

I also love the spirits, but that will kill me alot faster.

What's wrong with Starbucks?

They are everywhere. Thrust your instinct to find a good girl.

Bangkok Hospital is private - the largest group of private hospitals in Thailand - and one of the most expensive.

Wow, and I thaught it was cheap

Has been widely discussed. A total waste of money, except that instead of taxing road users, there is probably now a whole department of hundreds BIBs sitting uncomfortably in their tight uniforms checking out all the cyberporn, and dreaming of a bit of light relief in the karaoke bars after work.

this is some sort of NAZI terror! i demand free access to all porno sites for the "prophet", the "king that possesses the golden touch" and of course for "12". if the thai authorities won't comply they will end up in The Hague and sentenced together with Omar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHEER for crimes against humanity!

after all... what else can a bachelor do in Thailand to satisfy his sexual needs besides visiting internet porno sites? other countries have prostitutes in abundance to comply. why is the oldest profession, namely prostitution, forbidden in Thailand?

This made me rolling over the floor and crying.

Can't stand for Balkenende. Liberal prick....

Is that a recent picture of you in your avatar?

Some time ago I checked the english pages of the sites of a few Thai universities. I sent them an e-mail about a few english mistakes I found (I am not a native english speaker). I did not receive one answer. Last time I checked, the mistakes were still in place.

Some time ago I checked the English pages of the sites of a few Thai universities. I sent them an e-mail about a few English mistakes I found (I am not a native English speaker). I did not receive one answer. Last time I checked, the mistakes were still in place.

I always hear Thai people about the food here in Europe as "plain taste", I can imagine with everything they put into their dishes....

I am always amazed about how open they are when it comes to food safety and hygiene. Seeing peaces of meat in a hot country laying on a street vendors for days, gives me the chills.....

The army and politics in Thailand, do NOT work together. Everybody goes his own way. Laughable.....

cowoby mechanics are everywhere, not only in LOS. Sadly more then 65% I can state, does not "qualify " as a good mechanic.

Yeah, Just meant the Note. Typ error.

I'm using the Bangkok Hospital when there. No problems so far. Have to wait a bit more than the Private ones.

What I find so amazing in Thailand ( One of many things ), is almost everybody seems to have a " University degree " or some kind of Master. But when they have to show in the real world, I'm often having a laugh sorry. It seems like a rage who get's the highest ranking.