Sunday , August 31 , 2008
Unstoppable force, immovable object.
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, 19:53:31
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irresistible_force_paradoxThe text below is a complete rip off, but it has amusing implications for Thailand.The unstoppable force has never been challenged. It has no purpose, no reason for existence until it encounters the immovable object. The same is true of the immovable object. It has never been challenged or had a reason for existence until it encounters the unstop....
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Friday , August 29 , 2008
A real mob
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Not only can Britain teach Thailand a thing or two about strikes, we can also teach them a bit about mobs:-)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_Tax_RiotsThe following is direct copy and paste as it seems some readers do not like following weblinks.The Poll Tax Riots were mass disturbances, or riots, which occurred in Britain during protests against the Community Charge (commonly known as the poll tax),....
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Strikes, it's all in the timing
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Now if there is one thing the British are experts at it is strikes, probably because the Union movement started in Britain.We have had miners, strikes, rail strikes, ship building and dockyard strikes, postal strikes even dustmen strikes. Electricity, water, bus strikes and even TV and journalist strikes. And of course my favourite strikes, when I was working, teachers strikes.We even have invented a....
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Thursday , August 28 , 2008
Are there any intelligent people in Thailand?
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Are there any intelligent people in Thailand? I think the answer must be YES. So the real question is where are they and what are they doing? Where do we look for such people?Can anyone help me out, any suggestions? ....
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Wednesday , August 27 , 2008
Scapegoats:-)
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Ever since the "escape" of the Thaksin family from Thailand, and the PAD behaviour becoming more and more violent, I have noticed that those bloggers who support the PAD have become increasingly vitriolic in their comments about the West and in particular the UK and the USA.It seems as if they refuse to admit that Thailand's problems are homegrown, the result of a multipronged power strugg....
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