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Of course she will avert political crisis. "Uh political crisis? Where? Let's focus on elevating water levels.

And Thaksin will provide recipes on how to cook major corruption deals.

"She [Yingluck] handles politics much better than me," Thaksin said.

Yes,...she just sidesteps them completely or says "I haven't read the full report yet!"

A total joke and insult to the Thai system of government and Thai people!

.........Thta voted her into power, ironically!!!!

but more importantly, democratically.

Yes but still a total joke. (let's not touch on vote buying trough cash (tablet) handouts and populist policies)

BTW, have you ever heard her speak in English to the foreign press?

If not, I can give you some links and you might agree with me. Just ask .

Your one eyed look of world becomes a little boring, as time moves on!

So you are not blinkered or biased towards the red shirts then!!!

At least Bucholz is on the side 'of reason' whereas you are understandably in the minority camp with your pathetic defence of an incompetent and corrupt regime!!!

and then there's that as an alternative answer.

So I guess you're of the opinion that the present government is "an incompetent and corrupt regime" as compared to, what, may I ask?

Let me try: as compared to a competent and non-corrupt regime

Can somebody please explain to me why they keep stealing from their people despite they always preach how much they love their country and their people

The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Well done PT.

(just throw in some more populist policies to divert attention).

Yes Thaksin you have created a beast when you needed one. Now try to tame it!! Good luck and remember that the international press will be blaming you once this country spins out of control. You are the only person that can control and order the reds. We have all witnessed that the last couple of years. Don’t waste your time with stupid statements such as: It’s not about me”. It is a time bomb waiting to be ignited. Be ready to have some more blood on your hands.

Poor Thailand.

"Mr Korkaew also called on the UDD supporters to avoid any action which will adversely affect the country and the government, re-emphasisng that he did not agree with what happened on Tuesday."

Says the joker who is at the heart of this division and hatred towards each other .

...sociopaths...

You mean narcissists...

So, who are the other 14 Journalists that are not pro government that went on the junket? It seems The Nation knows - perhaps The Nation should speak up. Maybe one of their parliamentary "specialists" could help, who were they again?

Why don't you ask the PT government this question? They are the ones organizing this bribe tour.

"If it were to happen again it would not be a quiet coup, [with] no blood," he said. "It's because the people are aware. The last coup made their life worse so they know they would not allow it to easily happen again."

Yes Thaksin I know, accountability is a pain in the arse.

Why should they clear up ??

You really need to ask that question, seriously. Next time I'm passing your house, I will relieve myself on your drive-way, and when you ask me to clean that mess up, I will respond with "why, it's not my drive-way" Would you like that?

Would you like that I shot you in the head ??? For taking a piss ???

More to the point. Setting up petrol soaked barricades in the middle of Thailand's largest and most important city - lobbing grenades out and killing people, sending out sorties to cause mayhem such as terrorizing a nearby hospital and/or a detachment to march up and commandeer a petrol station (to get more gas to soak an ever-growing perimeter spiked with sharpened bamboo poles?). That's more than taking a piss on someone's front lawn.

Abhisit's reaction was too nice, too slow, too willing to appease. He didn't have assistance from police (who were either too scared, or too chummy with the rioters' paymaster). It was a protracted problem for many decent people in Bangkok, and for the country as a whole. Bringing in the Army was the only reasonable option left, unless he simply just left the mob to commandeer Bangkok. The Army was laudably restrained. Any other scenario, a lot more trouble-makers would have been killed. Surviving Reds should be thankful each day, that they weren't shot or arrested, as they should have been in such a messy scenario.

Farang get fined Bt.2,000 for dropping an imaginary cigg butt on a filthy Bkk sidewalk. Yet Reds can trash a large swath of Bangkok, and just leave after two months, with no repercussions. What's wrong with this picture?

+1

DSI is a department full of jokers.

DSI Tarit is unreliable and biased to say the least. When AV was in power he was chasing mib and Red leaders, now he is chasing AV and Suthep.

Next time do your homework first before you make yourself look like a fool on TV.

Ah, my first insult. Deeply appreciated especially from one such as yourself.

Insult? Just helping by giving advice.

Depends on the result of their investigation. If it supports the red shirts, then no one. If it doesn't support the red shirts, then an "independent committee".

You seem to be remarkably informed about the inner workings of the DSI. I don't suppose you've got anything to back up your musings on the DSI?

By the way, the real answer is the Ministry of Justice.

Well, you seem remarkably ill-informed about the workings of the DSI. This organisation is told what to investigate by the MoJ - and it's pliable head is just following those orders: i.e. pin all blame on the previous government.

The TRCT has produced the fairest & most credible report on the events leading to the deaths of 90+ people in 2010. It's not a perfect report but is unacceptable to PTP & the red shirts because they might have to share the blame.

Presumably the same Ministry of Justice that set unaffordable bail for the majority of red shirt followers who spent approximately two years in prison in some cases longer than their sentences to get out? Very much supporters of the UDD, the MoJ, always have been.

I take it you've read the full 255 odd pages in Thai to come up with your assertation that the report has produced the "fairest and most credible report" or do you think you might just have read that precis somewhere? Just a thought.

"I take it you've read the full 255 odd pages in Thai to come up with your assertation that the report has produced the "fairest and most credible report" or do you think you might just have read that precis somewhere? Just a thought."

This lady seems to like it.

http://www.un.org/ap...Cr=Thailand=

She might be biased in your eyes because she doesn't wear red glasses .

Democrat legal adviser Ramet Rattanachaweng urged DSI secretary-general Tarit Pengdith to think twice about taking criminal action against Abhisit over the death of a taxi driver believed to have been shot by Thai troops.

"You have options whether you want to retire happily or unhappily. Do not blindly serve politicians and ignore what is right, otherwise your organisation could face demise and your [credibility will be bankrupt]," he said.

Interesting choice of words from the "democrat" legal advisor. Now to me that sounds like a threat from people outside of the political arena. That wonderful idiom comes to mind , "The Great and the Good".

I think "Do not blindly serve politicians and ignore what is right" is a more relevant quote for the DSI chief to take note of.

Do you know that he is ignoring what is right or is he just doing his job? Did you have a problem with him when he was trying to revoke bail for the red shirt leaders or seeking new arrest warrants for the red shirt leaders when the emergency decree ran out or was he just doing his job then as well?

DSI is a department full of jokers.

DSI Tarit is unreliable and biased to say the least. When AV was in power he was chasing mib and Red leaders, now he is chasing AV and Suthep.

Next time do your homework first before you make yourself look like a fool on TV.

He invited himself to Singapore.

Cambodia and Brunei are countries that welcome criminals. No surprise here.

Just lock up those time wasting red criminals and we will have peace. Simple as that.

Unfortunately, these practices are common across all government officials world wide. Last year, at the G20 in Cannes, President Sarkosy from France spent over 30,000 Euros a night for "the Presidential Suite at the five-star Majestic Hotel". There are some more details here if you are interested: http://is.gd/bxDLTD

What is interesting in this article from the Nation is the fact that Journalists had access to such details about upcoming trips. The key question being, who would benefit from getting this into the public domain?

"who would benefit from getting this into the public domain?"

Normally not the house speaker. Propaganda master Thaksin will give it a twist and will blame the Dems for waisting time

Everybody: A big Red hurrah!!!

The Police making headlines again.

The PM is in Thailand (if not shopping in Paris) and her mouthpiece is abroad.

Without the voters Thaksin's future is basically non-existing. Expect populism to increase.

At the end we will have a bankrupt country and Thaksin still being a coward from abroad. How far would a "decent" person go? Correct, very far.

The rice pledging program is probably a very important source of income for Thaksin, if not the most important.

Thaksin in a bathrobe and towel around his neck. Wonder what Kamronwit has done to deserve a star..

I want to know what Tom thinks about this.

He may be having lunch round about now, so he has had plenty of time to think (mind you, that hasn't had much effect for a few years)

Yes, this is a baiting post, but I seriously want him to opine.

so you're purposefully breaking forum rules?

did not see that post before commenting.

This "news" is a non-issue. There are many, many more important things to worry about in Thailand. TBH, I thing the article is mostly baiting on the part of The Nation.

1) government representatives sometimes need to get information to do their jobs. For example, American congressmen call these trips "fact-finding missions"

2) such trips need to be justified.

3) regarding the budgets, the reality, as already posted - use or lose it motivates people to find projects for their budgets if they have a surplus

4) in the big picture of Thai politics, this is peanuts

Sometimes politicians waste money. Is this particular trip justifiable? I don't have any information to make a statement. The Nation thinks it is not, but that is not surprising. If people want to take the word of The Nation to boil their blood pressure against the government, that's up to them. The general opinion of The Nation is that it is a pro-Abhisit anti-Yingluck rag. Fox News pushes their "outrage" button over President Obama every day. That's just thinly veiled propaganda and hyperbole. The Nation has a ways to go to get close to the same league as Fox News, but they are trying .

Flame away, guys. It's just the king of outrage The Nation wants.

"Sometimes politicians waste money. Is this particular trip justifiable? I don't have any information to make a statement"

They went on a holiday and suddenly you have no opinion and information on the subject.

So now the DSI gets to investigate the TRCT who investigated the CRES. More round-about rubbish and waste of resources. It will all be lost in the investigations of investigators and there will be NO resolution - ever!

"lost in the investigations of investigators and there will be NO resolution - ever!"

Yep. Just as Thaksin wants it; confusion. Propaganda doesn't work when you can proof the opposite.

Right, you didn't forget, you just want to sweep it under the rug.

"Perhaps because before they came to Bangkok they were already engaging in using terror as part of their toolbox? Or threatening to turn the capital into a sea of fire was a way of making people feel safe?"

Or perhaps because if you can convince the public that the "other side" are terrorists, you can more easily justify human rights abuses.

It's easy to convince people that a group is engaging in terrorism when that group has engaged in terrorism as a matter of fact. For example, threatening to blow up a gas tanker in the middle of a neighbourhood ("The red shirts opened the valves of the gas containers and prepared to set the tanker alight, Mr Tanawat said. They also parked a bus near the tanker, apparently to use it to feed the planned fire") or their "security" leader threatening with a grenade attack to the Army chief... whose office was soon after hit by a grenade attack amd who also was boasting of creating a "People's Army" to fight against the government.

"They also had a track record of using violence and deadly threats against their enemies."

Funny, so did the government of the day...

Care to show a cite on the threats from the government?

Discussing is sweeping under the rug - your logic is just stellar.

Violence by the gov't : try 2009's events. Do your recall Suthep's brainchild of the blue shirts or that the government used live rounds against the protesters then as well?

2010 did not happen in a vacuum.

Probably not but...

Stories of peaceful protestors simply looking for democracy don't sell well when their leader is Thaksin. (Thaksin can control and order them, therefore he is their leader. Simple at that Mr. tf).

Without Thaksin, the red shirt leaders, the violence, and them constantly breaking the law, I would have had sympathy and respect for their movement. Now I don't.

Neither do I have respect for people who claim the Red Shirts are victims of a trigger happy army. The red shirts are victims of a bunch of power-hungry narcissists.