Mistrust And Hot Air Causing Public Anxiety: Thai Opinion

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BURNING ISSUE

Mistrust and hot air causing public anxiety

Avudh Panananda

The Nation

Politicians are allowing their imaginations to run wild and trigger anxiety with hot-air remarks and their own shadows.

A number of issues are based on conjecture, paranoia and suspicion, rather than factual information and tangible activities.

The appointment of PM's Office Minister Nalinee Taveesin is, to say the least, very controversial. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has taken a calculated risk to bring Nalinee into the Cabinet despite the sanction imposed on her by the United States since 2008.

If Nalinee is seen as indispensable, then Yingluck should explain how and why Nalinee's contributions to the government would outweigh her tarnished reputation in connection with her links to Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe.

From the vast pool of qualified and talented individuals, Yingluck chose a controversial figure like Nalinee. The opposition Democrats are gaining some political traction via conjecture about Nalinee using her business connections to clear investment hurdles former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra faced in Africa.

The controversy will get worse if the government continues to avoid outlining its justification for appointing Nalinee. Opposition conjecture about Nalinee's business links with Thaksin is flimsy but gaining momentum.

The government has no one but itself to blame for this controversy. It knew about Nalinee being on the US blacklist but invited her to join the Cabinet anyway. In the face of mounting criticism, Pheu Thai bigwigs became paranoid about a perceived campaign to discredit her instead of rectifying a bad decision.

Meanwhile, four top leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy - while billing themselves as democracy advocates - called for military intervention to lead a "people's revolution" and a cleansing of the political arena.

The PAD appears unfazed by the 2006 coup, which it initially supported, then attacked for not doing enough to root out Thaksin's supporters. It has again cited safeguarding the monarchy as a pretext to call for a power seizure to eject its opponents.

Under prevailing circumstances, it is unlikely the PAD could garner sufficient support for this. There is no concrete evidence to suggest that soldiers would march out of their barracks.

Many view the PAD leaders as spouting hot air to retaliate and provoke the opposing side, which is proposing changes to the charter as well as the lese majeste law.

Even though charter changes have yet to be launched and arguments for or against the law about defaming the monarchy have yet to be framed in a proper context, the opposing sides are exchanging acerbic remarks just to annoy the other.

As the PAD is calling for a coup to topple the elected government, the Nitirat academic group, which sees the elected government as sacrosanct, is circulating an idea to have His Majesty the King sworn in to uphold the Constitution.

Neither the PAD nor the Nitirat are likely to see their ideas come to fruition anytime soon. But the opposing sides are still trading barbs with reckless disregard for the unwarranted anxiety they are stirring up.

The more the PAD portrays the Nitirat academics as anti-royalist, the stronger the Nitirat group pushes to curtail "royal power".

As much as the PAD wants to uproot Thaksin and his supporters from the political system, the Nitirat group is equally determined to argue the legitimacy of the Thaksin camp.

Recent arguments on the charter, political system and government performance are proof of the persistent polarisation, based on mutual distrust rather than issues of actual substance.

One side sees only evil in any real or imaginary moves linked to Thaksin. The other side views opponents as a hindrance to political progress. The country seems stuck, meanwhile, with politicians spooked by the shadows of their rivals.

-- The Nation 2012-01-24

[Buchholz]

From the vast pool of qualified and talented individuals, Yingluck chose a controversial figure like Nalinee.

It's a continuation of the same strategy that from the vast pool of qualified and talented individuals, Thaksin chose Yingluck.

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[elcent]

Sigh, again and again and again. Thaksin has a mining concession in Zimbabwe and is the darling of the big Omega Zs, the same group that put that lady on the list too. Fortunately Thailand was faster to confiscate the money of this individual before he could do more harm to the country. Meanwhile support from the big Zs is reduced to a minimum now with a hapless Robert Amsterdam a Z. himself. They have realized more and more that there will be no return of investment, talking about billions of $$$. The aim was to gain economic control and power over Thailand, it's agriculture and economical branches in all fields using their stooge called T..

No matter how hard he tries to fulfill the promises and clear his private debts with his sponsors, he will fail. He's politically dead and is strongly suspected of having committed treason.

As one Jew once told me. - "You know we Jews are bad people and love to bitch about each other, but at the end when things are getting serious we hold on together." - "Thais are even worse than we are."

Before he became prime minister he did some very shady deals with the Zs, thus enabling them to spy on Thailand, thinking about the Pabx system which is recording each and any phone calls for up to six months, not in banks or airports, but mainly in apartment and condo buildings. The list of spying technologies he imported goes on and on, most likely with dual access for both sides, including the satellite, which must have become a very hot potato when he got the hints that his time's over and sold it quickly before he got the boots.

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[longtom]

Sigh, again and again and again. Thaksin has a mining concession in Zimbabwe and is the darling of the big Omega Zs, the same group that put that lady on the list too. Fortunately Thailand was faster to confiscate the money of this individual before he could do more harm to the country. Meanwhile support from the big Zs is reduced to a minimum now with a hapless Robert Amsterdam a Z. himself. They have realized more and more that there will be no return of investment, talking about billions of $$$. The aim was to gain economic control and power over Thailand, it's agriculture and economical branches in all fields using their stooge called T..

No matter how hard he tries to fulfill the promises and clear his private debts with his sponsors, he will fail. He's politically dead and is strongly suspected of having committed treason.

As one Jew once told me. - "You know we Jews are bad people and love to bitch about each other, but at the end when things are getting serious we hold on together." - "Thais are even worse than we are."

Before he became prime minister he did some very shady deals with the Zs, thus enabling them to spy on Thailand, thinking about the Pabx system which is recording each and any phone calls for up to six months, not in banks or airports, but mainly in apartment and condo buildings. The list of spying technologies he imported goes on and on, most likely with dual access for both sides, including the satellite, which must have become a very hot potato when he got the hints that his time's over and sold it quickly before he got the boots.

Puhh, glad you uncovered this giant conspiracy, the could have fooled most of us (those pesky Z's).

Silly us, knowing about T's dealing with Cambodia, Burma and Dubai, and some of the wheeling and dealing amongst the Thai power brokers, and believing this was a big enough mess already. And all the time this was steered by the Z's,what a revelation.

Thanks goodness they kept you informed.

[noitom]

Sigh, again and again and again. Thaksin has a mining concession in Zimbabwe and is the darling of the big Omega Zs, the same group that put that lady on the list too. Fortunately Thailand was faster to confiscate the money of this individual before he could do more harm to the country. Meanwhile support from the big Zs is reduced to a minimum now with a hapless Robert Amsterdam a Z. himself. They have realized more and more that there will be no return of investment, talking about billions of $$$. The aim was to gain economic control and power over Thailand, it's agriculture and economical branches in all fields using their stooge called T..

No matter how hard he tries to fulfill the promises and clear his private debts with his sponsors, he will fail. He's politically dead and is strongly suspected of having committed treason.

As one Jew once told me. - "You know we Jews are bad people and love to bitch about each other, but at the end when things are getting serious we hold on together." - "Thais are even worse than we are."

Before he became prime minister he did some very shady deals with the Zs, thus enabling them to spy on Thailand, thinking about the Pabx system which is recording each and any phone calls for up to six months, not in banks or airports, but mainly in apartment and condo buildings. The list of spying technologies he imported goes on and on, most likely with dual access for both sides, including the satellite, which must have become a very hot potato when he got the hints that his time's over and sold it quickly before he got the boots.

Wow!! What are you smoking? Straight out of the Protocols OTEOZ. Fabulous! ....and the next Tri-Lateral Commission meeting is being scheduled as we speak and meeting notes will be summarized from the Bilderberg meeting and distributed next week. Keep up the great posts. You make Tom Clancy look amateur.

[elcent]

Sigh, again and again and again. Thaksin has a mining concession in Zimbabwe and is the darling of the big Omega Zs, the same group that put that lady on the list too. Fortunately Thailand was faster to confiscate the money of this individual before he could do more harm to the country. Meanwhile support from the big Zs is reduced to a minimum now with a hapless Robert Amsterdam a Z. himself. They have realized more and more that there will be no return of investment, talking about billions of $$$. The aim was to gain economic control and power over Thailand, it's agriculture and economical branches in all fields using their stooge called T..

No matter how hard he tries to fulfill the promises and clear his private debts with his sponsors, he will fail. He's politically dead and is strongly suspected of having committed treason.

As one Jew once told me. - "You know we Jews are bad people and love to bitch about each other, but at the end when things are getting serious we hold on together." - "Thais are even worse than we are."

Before he became prime minister he did some very shady deals with the Zs, thus enabling them to spy on Thailand, thinking about the Pabx system which is recording each and any phone calls for up to six months, not in banks or airports, but mainly in apartment and condo buildings. The list of spying technologies he imported goes on and on, most likely with dual access for both sides, including the satellite, which must have become a very hot potato when he got the hints that his time's over and sold it quickly before he got the boots.

Wow!! What are you smoking? Straight out of the Protocols OTEOZ. Fabulous! ....and the next Tri-Lateral Commission meeting is being scheduled as we speak and meeting notes will be summarized from the Bilderberg meeting and distributed next week. Keep up the great posts. You make Tom Clancy look amateur.

nah, I saw him once and he was with the real guys hanging out. anything else?

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"Omega Z's"

Sigh, again and again and again. Thaksin has a mining concession in Zimbabwe and is the darling of the big Omega Zs, the same group that put that lady on the list too. Fortunately Thailand was faster to confiscate the money of this individual before he could do more harm to the country. Meanwhile support from the big Zs is reduced to a minimum now with a hapless Robert Amsterdam a Z. himself. They have realized more and more that there will be no return of investment, talking about billions of $$$. The aim was to gain economic control and power over Thailand, it's agriculture and economical branches in all fields using their stooge called T..

No matter how hard he tries to fulfill the promises and clear his private debts with his sponsors, he will fail. He's politically dead and is strongly suspected of having committed treason.

As one Jew once told me. - "You know we Jews are bad people and love to bitch about each other, but at the end when things are getting serious we hold on together." - "Thais are even worse than we are."

Before he became prime minister he did some very shady deals with the Zs, thus enabling them to spy on Thailand, thinking about the Pabx system which is recording each and any phone calls for up to six months, not in banks or airports, but mainly in apartment and condo buildings. The list of spying technologies he imported goes on and on, most likely with dual access for both sides, including the satellite, which must have become a very hot potato when he got the hints that his time's over and sold it quickly before he got the boots.

"Omega Z's" huh? Lemme see, that would translate to OZ. Oz! You mean the Ozzies?

Yeah, they wear funny hats and carry big knives. I know. I saw it in a movie once. Plus there is their strange ability to walk around upside down without falling off the planet.

It figures that it would be them.

[BookMan]

No matter how hard he tries to fulfill the promises and clear his private debts with his sponsors, he will fail. He's politically dead and is strongly suspected of having committed treason.

As one Jew once told me. - "You know we Jews are bad people and love to bitch about each other, but at the end when things are getting serious we hold on together." - "Thais are even worse than we are."

You were a lucky man to meet THE Jew who speaks and represents all other Jews AND also is the spokesperson for Thai culture. Amazing..

Edited January 24, 2012 by BookMan