Suthep threatens mass rally on Wednesday

[Local Drunk]

What so many seem to miss here is that the amnesty bill was the trigger, and the rice scheme is the bomb that will eventually explode and destroy this government. Say what you want about Supthep, but things will never be business as usual in Thai politics again.

IIRC there has been one PM since the 1950's to finish his term.

So no, this is Thai politics as usual.

No, I disagree. (I think you should have used the plural of term) Regardless of that; what the Shins have done in order to control the country and its resources has led to an uprising of the people that be. It has happened before, but it didn't achieved the same amount of political awareness that has been seen of late.

Edited February 18, 2014 by Local Drunk

[Khon Thai Ben Khon Dee]

Sooner or later people have to go to work, money first.

People around my Moo Bahn in northern BKK were offered 800b a day back in December. Not sure what the going rate is now.

Remember the BIllions (with a that Suthep's palm-oil family and friends made with his policies when he was the government palm-oil minister.

4-5 Billion baht in one year was the estimate.

[GreenSnapper]

Which is the only place Suthep will not shut down?

Dusit Thani Hotel.

[Khon Thai Ben Khon Dee]

What so many seem to miss here is that the amnesty bill was the trigger, and the rice scheme is the bomb that will eventually explode and destroy this government. Say what you want about Supthep, but things will never be business as usual in Thai politics again.

IIRC there has been one PM since the 1950's to finish his term.

So no, this is Thai politics as usual.

No, I disagree. (I think you should have used the plural of term) Regardless of that; what the Shins have done in order to control the country and its resources has led to an uprising of the people that be. It has happened before, but it didn't achieved the same amount of political awareness that has been seen of late.

The difference is that they got the poor majority involved and awakened.

A dangerous beast to the status quo of exploitation by the elite. Especially when both classes utterly despise each other.

[Local Drunk]

Sooner or later people have to go to work, money first.

People around my Moo Bahn in northern BKK were offered 800b a day back in December. Not sure what the going rate is now.

Remember the BIllions (with a that Suthep's palm-oil family and friends made with his policies when he was the government palm-oil minister.

4-5 Billion baht in one year was the estimate.

I love the way that you condemn Supthep and excuse the Shins...

[Khon Thai Ben Khon Dee]

Sooner or later people have to go to work, money first.

People around my Moo Bahn in northern BKK were offered 800b a day back in December. Not sure what the going rate is now.

Remember the BIllions (with a that Suthep's palm-oil family and friends made with his policies when he was the government palm-oil minister.

4-5 Billion baht in one year was the estimate.

I love the way that you condemn Supthep and excuse the Shins...

Are you drunk (going by your nik) or just stupid?

[Local Drunk]

Sooner or later people have to go to work, money first.

People around my Moo Bahn in northern BKK were offered 800b a day back in December. Not sure what the going rate is now.

Remember the BIllions (with a that Suthep's palm-oil family and friends made with his policies when he was the government palm-oil minister.

4-5 Billion baht in one year was the estimate.

I love the way that you condemn Supthep and excuse the Shins...

Are you drunk (going by your nik) or just stupid?

You should ask Charlem that question.

[Khon Thai Ben Khon Dee]

Too coward to answer then local drunk.

Pathetic... just like your political persuasion.

[RJF]

Suthep hits the nail on the head , make or break time , unless Suthep can muster the crowd of plenty , the momentum has been lost , so if you are a Suthep follower back your man, as Elvis sang "It's now or Never",

It's never make or break though is it? If it's not 'make', and it never has been and never will be, it's also not 'break', is it? It will just drag on, as it did after all the other 'final pushes, final battles and D-Days' and other types of makes or breaks that Suthep ever announced. I wish it was make or break, because I really don't care which money grabbing gang wins this battle, as long as order and peace is restored.

[gamini]

I actually think he works for Thaksin.

He's trashed parliamentary democracy and all the while a Shinawatra stays in charge. This was Thaksin's ultimate goal and Suthep handed it to him on a silver platter.

If you think Thailand has parliamentary democracy you are toatally ignorant of the true situation in this country

[DirtFarmer]

What so many seem to miss here is that the amnesty bill was the trigger, and the rice scheme is the bomb that will eventually explode and destroy this government. Say what you want about Supthep, but things will never be business as usual in Thai politics again.

Though many may wish the same or similar... I doubt this will have much if any affect on Thai Politics in our lifetime... the flavors of the month....they come and go.... but the deeply rooted custom survives and flourishes... if not in the face of the press...certainly behind closed doors...what will be thrust in to the forefront are the new faces.. the coy ones... emerging already... giving notice... testing the waters...trying to get brand recognition... but the underlying problem will take a lot more than a new veneer on a bad tooth... it will take a root canal...with no anesthesia...gonna hurt.. for a good while..... if and when they ever start the cleansing..... I wish I was as optimistic about the Thai Politic as I am about the Thai People... it won't take much longer for them to understand that this starts at home...it's easy to vilify the external targets but not so easy to look in the mirror..and realize it starts with personal integrity. and choosing the character that makes a proper role model for the future generations...

[Scamper]

As today's horrible images confirm, this administration is out of control and has over-reached its response unconscionably. For those that still take time to dump on Suthep, he is in the front-lines. Not you, not Chalerm, and certainly not Thaksin. Whatever you think of him, he is fighting for what he believes. And he is risking his life for what he believes. But at the end of the day, this movement is far, far greater than Suthep. The administration is under the illusion that resistance somehow magically ceases with the last person taken off the streets. The administration seems to believe that resistance to Thaksin somehow magically ceases once Suthep is placed in jail. Whatever Yingluck and Chalerm achieve with their fully-armed legions of riot-police, today will nonetheless be viewed as an inexorable slide towards the end of the Yingluck administration. That feeling will be sensed in any part of the globe that witnesses these images here. It will even be felt in a luxury hotel room in Dubai, where a man surrounded by a sea of cel-phones, shouts out his orders on the ground.

[Khon Thai Ben Khon Dee]

Policeman shot in the head. Peaceful protesters without weapons of course. So superior.

[DirtFarmer]

As today's horrible images confirm, this administration is out of control and has over-reached its response unconscionably. For those that still take time to dump on Suthep, he is in the front-lines. Not you, not Chalerm, and certainly not Thaksin. Whatever you think of him, he is fighting for what he believes. And he is risking his life for what he believes. But at the end of the day, this movement is far, far greater than Suthep. The administration is under the illusion that resistance somehow magically ceases with the last person taken off the streets. The administration seems to believe that resistance to Thaksin somehow magically ceases once Suthep is placed in jail. Whatever Yingluck and Chalerm achieve with their fully-armed legions of riot-police, today will nonetheless be viewed as an inexorable slide towards the end of the Yingluck administration. That feeling will be sensed in any part of the globe that witnesses these images here. It will even be felt in a luxury hotel room in Dubai, where a man surrounded by a sea of cel-phones, shouts out his orders on the ground.

I have tried for months to try not to respond to your extremely biased posts... you can think what you like.. as can I but for you to say that Suthep is not responsible for anything is quite absurd... this is an expose of Thai corruption as deeply seated as it has been for as long as I can remember and I am older than dirt..and it has not just evolved under the current or last 10 year occupants.. it is an endemic cultural problem nurtured by Suthep himself years before Thaksin ever arrived on the scene.. remember Suthep was directly and indirectly responsible for the downfall of the Democratic Leekpai Government.. back in '97 I believe it was... as well as tenfold the horror just a few years back resulting in death and destruction as well...for which he still refuses to answer... for you to pontificate that the world will see this your way is specious as well... the world would never have let this insurrection and anarchy have progressed this far.. It would have been quashed months ago... but go ahead.. dream on Scamper..that is your right... just the self righteous claims that somehow the filter and spin you put on this represents anything more than your jaded opinion falls way short Cheers !

Edited February 18, 2014 by DirtFarmer

[Frank James]

I've been wondering about something...It's well known that there is an active arrest warrant out for Suthep, (and several other bright lights of the local fascist movement) and yet, he's out and about the streets of the capital every day, preaching sedition, and yet there has been no move whatsoever to haul him in. Therefore, what would stop Mr. T from coming back to Thailand? With a PT caretaker government in place, there's no danger of him being messed with in any way, or so it would seem. There would be a constant threat of assassination, of course, but he can afford the very best in security.

This government very much needs his expert, immediate, hands-on guidance. The current leadership seems paralyzed. Millions of people would welcome him back wholeheartedly. Time for The Man to return.

[Yunla]

Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban has threatened to stage a mass rally on Wednesday for a final push to force the collapse of the government.

Addressing the crowd at Silom protest stage Monday night, he said upcountry people would be mobilized for the mass rally together with protesting rice farmers for a make-or-break showdown with the government.

He dared former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return home to command his force saying that the protesters are ready for the fight.

He's totally cracked, lost it. He is also putting the lives of young impressionable people in the firing line, when he himself has enjoyed a long healthy life and is looking at the exit. Its always old fools who seem to cheerfully put healthy young bodies in the danger zone. How about some compassion there, old man. Those young people have their whole lives ahead of them, and you are spewing these grandiose lines about "ready for the fight" and "showdown" while all the time you know very well that your long comfortable life is behind you, unlike these youngsters you have brainwashed into this meatgrinder situation. Shame on you, you do not represent democracy or even represent politics, you are just a fanatic at this point.

Edited February 18, 2014 by Yunla

[thailife69]

Is K. Suthep Thailand's most successful failure!

Close down BKK - FAILED

Stop democratic elections -FAILED

Shut down Government - FAILED

Gained International support - FAILED

Gain National support - FAILED

Unify Thailand - FAILED

Learnt from his mistakes - FAILED

Become less corrupt - FAILED

Ousted Shinawatra family from politics - FAILED

[Emster23]

I am going to try to get the contract for transporting the protesters.

I have 3 motocycles and a Tuk Tuk lined up.

Should be enough.

You must be a great man

even 2,000 police can not move what you can do with 3 motorbikes and a single tuk tuk

do they let you out often, or did you escape

The reasons behind why 2000 police cannot move a few die-hard protesters are far more complex than having enough transport.

...I can think of three reasons why the police cannot shift the protesters:

(i) they have no balls;

(ii) they are led by a moron; and

(ii) they can see the writing on the wall; that is, that they are aware that their allegiance to the current crooked 'government' will all be for nought in the very near future, so they don't want to leave themselves open to all sorts of charges once power changes hands.

I think you left out 4: no tea money, or not enough to make it worthwhile

Seems only way Suthep can have a "mass" rally is if he goes off for some Catholic service on Sunday...

[sevenhills]

Another final push …..

My thoughts exactly, how many has he had now? I am sure this idiot is suffering Alzheimer's disease.

He's suffering something a lot worse than Alzeimers in MHO.

[Crushdepth]

Is K. Suthep Thailand's most successful failure!

Close down BKK - FAILED

Stop democratic elections -FAILED

Shut down Government - FAILED

Gained International support - FAILED

Gain National support - FAILED

Unify Thailand - FAILED

Learnt from his mistakes - FAILED

Become less corrupt - FAILED

Ousted Shinawatra family from politics - FAILED

Last gasp of a failed government - bring out the goon squad.

[Khon Thai Ben Khon Dee]

So will there be 6 million non-paid thugs Marching tomorrow, or just 6?

[ponchi]

Policeman shot in the head. Peaceful protesters without weapons of course. So superior.

you want the proof you can listen to kamnan thep !!

we are NOT arm !!

[harada]

Policeman shot in the head. Peaceful protesters without weapons of course. So superior.

you want the proof you can listen to kamnan thep !!

we are NOT arm !!

Or watch CNN.

[PREM-R]

Policeman shot in the head. Peaceful protesters without weapons of course. So superior.

you want the proof you can listen to kamnan thep !!

we are NOT arm !!

"you want the proof you can listen to kamnan thep !!

we are NOT arm !!"

Last night on Blue Sky TV Suthep said that he was from a small family, he was a village headman and he was HONEST.

"In 1995, a scandal involving his land reform program caused then-Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai to dissolve the House rather than face a no-confidence vote. Suthep was criticized for allegedly giving land rights to the wealthy under a reform scheme intended for the poor. He denied the charge but resigned."

HONEST SUTHEP would you buy a used car from this man?

[h90]

Policeman shot in the head. Peaceful protesters without weapons of course. So superior.

You surely have a proof that the protesters did it? Not the police themself, not Chalerms 3rd hand, not some weirdo, no the police snipers, not the police with rifles, not the army.

It was the protesters......where is the proof or evidence?

[h90]

Policeman shot in the head. Peaceful protesters without weapons of course. So superior.

you want the proof you can listen to kamnan thep !!

we are NOT arm !!

"you want the proof you can listen to kamnan thep !!

we are NOT arm !!"

Last night on Blue Sky TV Suthep said that he was from a small family, he was a village headman and he was HONEST.

"In 1995, a scandal involving his land reform program caused then-Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai to dissolve the House rather than face a no-confidence vote. Suthep was criticized for allegedly giving land rights to the wealthy under a reform scheme intended for the poor. He denied the charge but resigned."

HONEST SUTHEP would you buy a used car from this man?

And from 1995 till now, no one could find anything corrupt/wrong in this reform program....And I am sure TRT, PPP, PTP turned around every stone in Koh Samui to find something.

[tezzainoz]

Hard to believe this guy still actually has followers, outside of the paid thugs and a small % of the mid/hi-so classes who despise the poor majority, because they are poor and undeserving of a voice and it should always remain so.

Hard to believe you actually got out of bed this morning

My thai wife is one of these people your talking about

i I personaly think she has 4 time the intlligence that you have when sober

[3NUMBAS]

give the windbag more prunes ,he's fulla <deleted> .

[Patpending]

still sprouting. hope there is somebody clever enough on his side to shut him up.

[thaigold]

i think this day will be the las day for the thaksin government.

everybody from bangkok and many million people will come to the street.

Bangkok is not Thailand ... You forget the millions in the majority that support democracy.