rainman

What's the latest? There is too much old lady and old man gossip here.... don't people have things to do? What's actually happening with the red-shirts?

They're stripping down and have declared they will now be known as the 'white undies'.

What's the latest? There is too much old lady and old man gossip here.... don't people have things to do? What's actually happening with the red-shirts?

Nothing. Abhisit is a sitting duck.

Dude -- get this straight.

I am not pro yellow. I am anti-red.

The Abhisit government is 100 percent legal and freely elected under the laws of Thailand. You want elections? Fine. WAIT for them, an angry mob is not the answer. Neither is declaring war on the government.

Excuse I must have been asleep.. What election was Abhisit and his cronnies elected in??? Did the world and myslef miss something?????

They were all voted in as MP's at the last general election. It's then up to the MP's to form a group or group of groups large enough to have something called a majority. If a majority group is formed they get to choose the Prime Minister and the rest of the Government. Didn't you learn this in primary school like everyone else ?

Most obvious choice Israel.

Google it for yourself. About 30 years worth of assorted incidents.

Read the international papers a bit more rather than just the local rags.

Since you're using the example of Israel ...

Democrats & Yellow Shirts = Israelis

Puea Thai & Red Shirts = Palestinians

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I agree.. Arrest the bastards. Put them away for the rest of their lives.

Why so soft?

I'd personally have them hanged - drawn and quartered first.

I'm going to take a wild guess here, but you'd rather wear a yellow shirt in the morning than a red one, right?

Will they block twitter?

No way, how else will Abhisit update his Twitter blog?

Rachaprsong crowd reportedly a lot smaller than previous nights. Reports are that no reds at Udon and 50 reds at Korat town halls.

Source? Twitter or Facebook?

Interesting I don't know a single farang OR Thai that wants to see this gov't gone. I am only talking about people I know personally of course. By the same token all are wishing that something would be done to end the RED shirt madness, but are hoping for as peaceful an end to things as possible.. but looks less likely the more the RED leaders are ramping up their rhetoric.

Multiple personalities don't count as "people you personally know"

Seriously, though. Here's one farang that wants to see this government gone. I'm sure there are lots more.

THE NATION:

SOE law gives authorities expensive power to tackle public gatherings, news dissemination, use of public places and transport.

Does that mean they can waste money and use the skytrain now without having to pay?

It's about time! Totally justified for all the world to see.

A message to the good people of Thailand.

I can tell you with confidence the vast majority of foreigners support your honorable PM Abhisit in his valiant effort to fight anarchic red shirt's illegal attempt at revolution and the rule of a violent mob. Good luck to and best hopes for a PEACEFUL resolution.

Thai Facebook -no house dissolution site

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108372992525155

216,342 members and counting........

Thanks for that, just approaching 218,000 as I logged out

I hope the Abhisit government won't count Facebook members towards their results in the next election.

Mixed feelings. Just sent my wife to Nonthaburi but she's driving my new truck.

Hope it is painted red, mate?

Your first post on ThaiVisa? Did your other username get banned or something?

My Thai wife is really hot under the collar and says

Then go home and stop working

It is the reds that declared war, the Government have been way to calm for way to long

Thailand belongs to Thais not the west

Nobody is making the red shirts stay

but we are poor Thais and we have bills to pay, so let us live our lives with freedom

She also says she came to Bkk to make money to send home to her family

Not one poor Red Shirt offered her a job

It is the so call well off in Thailand that hire the people from the North

and it the well to do people in Bkk that allows her to send money home to her family

So all you Farang please go to the back seats

you can have your thoughts but this is about our country and if you don't like it

GET OUT

That logic is awesome. I will try to keep it short, so ..basically no red shirt offered her a job because most of the red shirts are not in a position to offer jobs. They're employed rather than employers. And the "well to do people" offered her a job, sure. But how much? I see people working in 7-Eleven all month for what...6,000 or 7,000 Baht? Sure you can claim that they don't need more or that they can live from it. But there's a difference between able to live from it and the ability to do better.

What kind of war???

I mean the word war is so overused now. Even Liverpool vs. Manchester United games here are advertised as "Red War" but nobody starts shooting or killing people. Rhetoric at most as of now. Civil war is not around the corner until the army splits into different factions.

Yeah, why hasn't the government declared a state of emergency in the last Liverpool vs. Manchester United "red war" game? Another example of double standards.

Also FACT red's have declared on their TV channel another 10000 reds are coming to bangkok tonight, with another 50000 coming before the weekend.

If true, they need to be stopped on the roads and turned back.

As long as the red shirts are Thais, I think they have a right to move around in their own country to wherever they want.

in groups of no more than 5 maybe ok, but 10000 or 50000,,,,,, don't think so......

I doubt there's 10,000 or 50,000 sitting in the back of a single pickup truck, so they should be fine.

Typical i finally sort out my job and flight and arrive in Bangkok on 26/04 and theres a state of emergency declared Thaksins got a lot to answer for!!!

I'm afraid you'll still have to go to work.

OMG. Is this civil war?

I need to fly out asap.

No civil war yet. Soap operas have just started on television, civil war will resume at around 11:30pm.

The reds have played right into Abhisit's hands , to the point that they declare civil war , Abhisit has carried out his duty to the tee and full marks to him , this will just strengthen his chances of leading government for years to come.

10/10 Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva

actually abhisit is most like finished....

What a lot of BS Britt he won't be finished who do suggest would replace him ?

If Abhisit had to choose his successor, it would probably be Newin.

Not in a state of emergency when the government is trying to prevent a violent civil war, mate. You are living in a dream world. These aren't normal times. Thank your buddy Thaksin for stirring it up to this point.

We'll see if they make it to Bangkok then. If the government is in control during the state of emergency, they should have no problems preventing them from coming to Bangkok

You live in Chiang Mai! The many polls I have done are not limited to insurgents home base.

Where did you do your polls? In the Democrat Party HQ? And what insurgents are you talking about? The only insurgents in Thailand I'm aware of are in the deep South. You're out of touch with reality, wake up.

The reds have played right into Abhisit's hands , to the point that they declare civil war , Abhisit has carried out his duty to the tee and full marks to him , this will just strengthen his chances of leading government for years to come.

10/10 Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva

You sound like Iraq's Foreign Minister ...what was his name? He was referred to in the media as "Baghdad Bob". Claiming there weren't any Americans in Iraq during the US Invasion, while tanks were rolling into Baghdad.

Also FACT red's have declared on their TV channel another 10000 reds are coming to bangkok tonight, with another 50000 coming before the weekend.

If true, they need to be stopped on the roads and turned back.

As long as the red shirts are Thais, I think they have a right to move around in their own country to wherever they want.

somo: married to a red shirt wife from Isaan (probably Phrae)? Wait and see... and don't give these red primates too much credit; you may regret afterwards (and that will not even take very long). Please moderate your language. It's true that the vast majority of foreigners are supporting the actual government. Admit this.

When running out of excuses and lies, we resort to insults such as 'primates' now, are we? Why not try and sink a little lower, I'm sure you could if you try hard enough.

Why do people keep harping on about history. This is now and the situation involves the Red shirts, not the Yellow shirts. Abhisit was not in power when the Yellow's took the airport.

Cheers, Rick

No, but he was brought into power with the help of the yellow shirts, and as a "thank you" made the yellow shirt Kasit his Foreign Minister. Makes sense?

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva can only sing Frank Sinatra's My Way alone. But nobody would like to sing it with him. Here the famous song goes: "And now, the end is here. And so I face the final curtain."

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew,

when I bit off, more than I could chew

If ISA failed, why will a state of emergency succeed?

Yeah.

I was thinking that.

The impasse continues and just gets bigger.

An election, no matter how farcical, might clear the air and allow the political re-alignments necessary to start moving on.

Like this, just seems we get deeper and deeper into the mud.

ph

And election likely won't bring complete peace to Thailand, but at this point it would bring some much needed release of tension.

State of Emergency doesn't mean anything if the police and army don't play along.