Army Troops in Bangkok City

[Plus]

take a close look at BOTH cabinets at the moment and tell us that over 3/4 don't have close ties to family business.

When you say "both cabinets" - what do you mean?

Thaksin had a lot of businessmen in his cabinet but which of them continues to harbor political ambitions? Lots of small fish want political protection and so back certain MPs or senators, and big fish back them wholesale, but they don't go into politics themselves, just like anywhere in the world - they are powers behind politicians, out of spotlight. They have no problems of getting their way without making front pages.

This is not about Thaksin, it's about the ability of a country to pull itself out of a lower class and allow spread of wealth across all levels of society.

That's new - money tends to accumulate, not spread around. If you let businessmen to run the country they will most certainly get richer and increase income gap. That's the whole point. That's what Thaskin did.

You've been a great supporter of the coup detat...

... leftist extremists like yourself....

So which one am I? Right wing coup supporter or a leftist extremist? Can you at least be consistent in your abuse?

[Scott]

I am going to be very upset if the used cooking oil I've been saving for the gov't is used to fuel tanks!