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Saturday , July 4 , 2009

A country on (forced) vacation

Posted by MaxHeadroom , Reader : 704 , 21:52:54

Now, I am sure we all know the reason why this hasn't made big headlines on our government controlled media and caused a nationwide outcry. In the latest of a series of brain-dead attempts by Abhisit and Korn the government has announced two additional public holidays next week, technically sending the nation on a forced vacation. In doing so it follows into the footsteps of the military junta and the Surayud administration who - in the absence of any better ideas for the economy or to improve their image - also tried their luck on government announced holidays. While illegal and probably unconstitutional (it represents a violation of anything from basic civil rights to commercial codex as well as failure to do their duty as public servants) it basically shows what state the current administation is in as all it can come up with is an act of desperation. Now Abhisit and korn are not known for being good in primary school maths but their latest explanation that public holidays would help Thai tourism to cope with the absolutely destructive absence of foreign tourists by inducing our fellow citizens to spend their money on a short vacation sounds as sound to me as the 2,000 Baht hand-out which was followed by an increase of excise tax on fuel amidst a time of recession. Sure he might get a few sympathetic looks from mid-level bureaucrats that have nothing much to do anyway but even the government offices - already late with everything and on the brink of bureaucratic collapse - might not enjoy this vacation prior to a hot summer before the next fiscal budget. So many populist policies gone bad? Maybe the Spam PM's sweet time with Newin was parent to this outburst of idiocy... Well we will probably never know. But what we will see soon is that choking off commerce and industry at a time when everybody has to go 200% to make it through the recession will further deteriorate our already comatose economy. So while the countries around us work extra Thailand is going on a vacation. It's a symbol of our performance. This stunt is will further add to negative growth and the government will cause another couple of billions of damage. But wait - let me see - the PM can always borrow more money for us to go on vacation - right? As his ministers and party members recently told me: 'You know Max - government has no money. This year no money but next year ...' Beautiful - we are led by a bunch of completely insane people shredding the economy to pieces and keeping their chairs by occasionally sending the tanks into the street of the capital. Senile military or silly nominees or money sucking corrupt proxies - who cares. Well, this is a question by itself: why does no one apparently care - because a low level of education combined with a complete lack of awareness and a lot of nationalist propaganda and a lot of autocracy is what makes up a banana republic. Enough said...

Now, I am sure we all know the reason why this hasn't made big headlines on our government controlled media and caused a nationwide outcry. In the latest of a series of brain-dead attempts by Abhisit and Korn the government has announced two additional public holidays next week, technically sending the nation on a forced vacation.

In doing so it follows into the footsteps of the military junta and the Surayud administration who - in the absence of any better ideas for the economy or to improve their image - also tried their luck on government announced holidays. While illegal and probably unconstitutional (it represents a violation of anything from basic civil rights to commercial codex as well as failure to do their duty as public servants) it basically shows what state the current administation is in as all it can come up with is an act of desperation.

Now Abhisit and korn are not known for being good in primary school maths but their latest explanation that public holidays would help Thai tourism to cope with the absolutely destructive absence of foreign tourists by inducing our fellow citizens to spend their money on a short vacation sounds as sound to me as the 2,000 Baht hand-out which was followed by an increase of excise tax on fuel amidst a time of recession. Sure he might get a few sympathetic looks from mid-level bureaucrats that have nothing much to do anyway but even the government offices - already late with everything and on the brink of bureaucratic collapse - might not enjoy this vacation prior to a hot summer before the next fiscal budget.

So many populist policies gone bad? Maybe the Spam PM's sweet time with Newin was parent to this outburst of idiocy... Well we will probably never know.

But what we will see soon is that choking off commerce and industry at a time when everybody has to go 200% to make it through the recession will further deteriorate our already comatose economy. So while the countries around us work extra Thailand is going on a vacation. It's a symbol of our performance.

This stunt is will further add to negative growth and the government will cause another couple of billions of damage. But wait - let me see - the PM can always borrow more money for us to go on vacation - right?

As his ministers and party members recently told me: 'You know Max - government has no money. This year no money but next year ...'

Beautiful - we are led by a bunch of completely insane people shredding the economy to pieces and keeping their chairs by occasionally sending the tanks into the street of the capital. Senile military or silly nominees or money sucking corrupt proxies - who cares. Well, this is a question by itself: why does no one apparently care - because a low level of education combined with a complete lack of awareness and a lot of nationalist propaganda and a lot of autocracy is what makes up a banana republic.

Enough said...

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comment 87
notdisappointed date : 10/07/2009 time : 21.23

OMG!!

OMG!!

maxwell; OMG!! AV is going to close tutorial schools for two weeks!!

What next?? Will he now close bars and movie theatres too??

Time for another blog as a disservice to the people to let them understand that the H1N1 having been brought into Thailand by the coup makers and kept in Thailand to spread ll over the country in an attempt to divert attention away from politics by AV.

Don't forget he also was the cause of the Hambuger crises and it's his fault that he isn't personally able to remedy it after samak and somchai sta on their hands.

Time for another blog about how awful and inefficient AV is maxwell. Please we need you to show us the way in this. Give us a sermon; show us please what we need to do.

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!

comment 86
MaxHeadroom date : 10/07/2009 time : 11.13
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When you say you are prohibited to contribute - do you mean that you can't get a working permit?

What kind of work would you like to engage in?

comment 85
Ian date : 08/07/2009 time : 23.13
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Max, 79. You ask, "How do you see life after retirement? Do you miss a regular job? Or do you have so much to do that job is replaced by other work?"

Much that I do now is "make work", keeping myself occupied, I would like to do something more useful for society. My brain still works, I am physically fitter than many and there is a limit to how much time I can devote to reading and internetting without getting bored. So life in Thailand is often frustrating, I want to contribute but am forbidden to do so, all they want is my money. I am seriously thinking about moving somewhere where I can do something useful for society.

comment 84
BangkokRay date : 08/07/2009 time : 21.39

noonin,
I have seen both sides of the hospital system here in LOS. The country hospital in Nongkai was old and not very well equipped, but the staff did the best they could and were caring. Here in Bangkok, I have also seen both sides. The govt hospital, again was older and less equipped, but had the same results. The plusher hospitals offer juice and water in the waiting areas, thier facilities and equipment state of the art and the care is quite adequate. Much of the attention is superficial and part of thier routine. Was misdiagnosed as a nerve problem, when I actually have a torn rotator cuff. Can't say whether the govt hospital would have diagnosed same, but my point is in agreement with yours that most do care, even though the pay-for-care hospitals have a different motivation

comment 83
noonin date : 08/07/2009 time : 19.49
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Happyjack
No comments about culling the weakest , thanks!

comment 82
noonin date : 08/07/2009 time : 19.46
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I hope this is not off blog.
This afternoon I took my son to hospital , he had a high temperature and a bronchial cough.
He suffers from bronchitis often, a result of being prematurely born.
The hospital was inundated, hundreds of sniffling coughing children.
The hospital had obviously called in all staff and doctors and did a superb job of dealing with the influx of patients.
I have clear instructions from my sons' physician, that when he has an attack of bronchitis to get him checked immediately.

Well not to carry on with this true story:
The doctors were there, the nurses were there, and all were under intense pressure and risking infection.
Were they working for money?
It was private hospital making a "killing", but the staff will not receive the bonanza and do not seek it.
Just a thought.

comment 81
bzzzzzBee date : 08/07/2009 time : 19.10
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max ... more for you to chew on ... government planning to give you more "ammunitions" to shoot at them by suggesting tutorial schools and net cafes close for business for two weeks.

comment 80
noonin date : 08/07/2009 time : 18.50
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comment 79

It is necessary to distinguish between paid and unpaid work.
You refer to work as being an activity with monetary reward.
Many people work for other reasons.

comment 79
MaxHeadroom date : 08/07/2009 time : 18.18
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Ian: everything has a price - right? So does retiring in Thailand.

Work can mean many things - I like to see it as energy required to accomplish something that requires an effort and that is not only rooted in pure entertainment.

How do you see life after retirement? Do you miss a regular job? Or do you have so much to do that job is replaced by other work?

comment 78
MaxHeadroom date : 08/07/2009 time : 12.39
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Productivity declines quickly if working hours are too long. Especially, if work is less the performing type but creative in nature.

We all surely need a break from the economic stress put on many businesses. But I doubt that the government can or even intedns to boost productivity by a 5 days holiday.

What we really need from them is stopping the nonsense and starting to fix the mess on their side so that the economy can recover and people can get a relief from the current crisis and don't have to worry about their jobs when on forced government vacation.

comment 77
Ian date : 08/07/2009 time : 02.40
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Well now, I started work at 17 and retired at 55, that is 38 working years. Actually perhaps nearer 35 years as I spent several years bumming around.
I have now been on holiday for 18 years and counting

So spread over my working life that would be 188 days holiday every year, now that is how life should be organised

comment 76
Alien date : 08/07/2009 time : 01.32
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Mr. Max - While it is true that paid (and unpaid) holidays come at the expense of productivity, there has to be a balance between work and play. You could work people 7 days a week but productivity would suffer as job performance would decline. You could possibly get a higher gross productivity, but per hour or unit, you would see this decline. What is the right balance between work and "play". I don't think anyone knows. I know some Thai people that have to work 6 days a week. I think that's too much but that's me. I wish that American companies gave a month off each year like they do (as I have been told) in Europe, but they don't. You just have to go with the flow and work with the reality you have. I know that's not much of an answer, but as I stated above, I don't think there IS an answer.

comment 75
BangkokRay date : 07/07/2009 time : 23.02

Max,
Hope you plan to take at least one day off over this extended holiday(perhaps tomorrow). With all the wisdom that is flowing through this blog, you need at least one day to digest it all.

comment 74
notdisappointed date : 07/07/2009 time : 21.06

maxwell, getting back to that new blog I recommended about the “school of life”. Let me provide you some insights for your consideration and hopefully your eventual understanding.

maxwell, it seems to me that you didn’t get that much out of your “school of life” experience. Sadly for you, being stuck in your words, “fortress of solitude”, has left you detached from the world around you. You’ve begun to think that your thoughts and views are wisdom for the masses.

“Everybody experiences far more than he understands”, said philosopher Marshall Mcluhan. “Yet it’s the experience, rather then the understanding, that influences behavior.” We are inundated daily by a flood of raw perceptions, sensations, and feelings, ands only a fraction of it can be or will be comprehensible.

So as journalist Sydney J. Harris says; “The whole purpose of education is to trun mirrors into windows.” In this view, life experiences should also turn mirrors into windows. How does this relate to you maxwell? Well maxwell, to take full advantage of this, all you have to do is cultivate a hungry curiousity for fresh teachings and life lessons – especially those that shift you away rfom gazing at your own reflection and toward peering out at the mysteries of the world.

Your job is to merely marvel at the novelty that’s flowing in, not to be in ananxious hurry to define it. It must be difficult being you, right? Always the first with an opinion or an epiphany of the world around you. It must be tough for you and your family and friends.

Because of my empathy for your situation I unselfishly try to open your eys; but you have been very stubborn and set in your ways.

comment 73
notdisappointed date : 07/07/2009 time : 18.59

Yes maxwell let's move on to a new blog: how about one which you describe to us what you've learned from the 'school of life'. What can we mere mortals learn from your experience.

If you deign to favor us with such a blog that is apolitical with no mention of AV, coup, doomsday, 'whores' and the like; it will show to all that you are not fixated and politically frustrated dilletante filled with one-sided angst.

)Oh, I still can't find those figures you keep alluding to.)

comment 72
notdisappointed date : 07/07/2009 time : 18.55

maxwell then it's time for you to give a sermon on how this 'forced vacation of yours is "causing billions of Baht of damage to the economy and billions of baht of cost for the tax payer deserve close scrutiny."

No you are not raising public awareness you are just fanning the flames with you demagogery and rethoric.

You don't believe your mounting sermons on doomsday but the fact is, your 13 blogs to-date this year has done nothing but light a fire of dissent and screeched out in your drama-queen fashion that Thailand is going to hell and only maxwell can lead them out of it.

comment 71
MaxHeadroom date : 07/07/2009 time : 15.55
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C70: any nonsense causing billions of Baht of damage to the economy and billions of baht of cost for the tax payer deserve close scrutiny.

If the alarm bell is ringing and I was somebody to activate it - well that's called raising the level of public awareness.

Doomsday was proclaimed many times - I don't believe in crap like that - ND - move on or maybe just post you own entry.

comment 70
notdisappointed date : 07/07/2009 time : 15.24

maxwell you are like a demagogue, you are full of . . .
rethoric and angst that needs a focus. From on high riding your high horse, Your blogs are (subliminally) verbally violent in their nature; denigrating and putting down anything and anyone that has anything that is coup related or even seemingly to do so. Your ‘doomsday’ sermons are so negative in content and frivolous in the truth; because you consider your opinions are the truths. The nodding acceptance by your fans, make you more and more . . . irrational.

This blog is a good example of your need to attack anything that is done by, in your opinion the military’s puppet government. You think that anything you write will be unanimously accepted and taken as the truth as given by ‘max’! But you’ve begun to lose any semblance of rationality and logic. Your cry of wolf in this matter makes you look like a petulant screaming dilettante or diva who hasn’t had her nails manicured or hair done to perfection.

This ‘drama-queen’ blog really does not do you any justice maxwell. You carried off your pretense of rationality and reason in defending democracy and justice, just went down the tubes, with this frivolus attack on AV for forcing Thais to take holiday.

comment 69
notdisappointed date : 07/07/2009 time : 15.05

br you were the first to make a threat; I just asked what you would do about it and what is the result of your threat.

I only make it clear that this is not America, and you cannot make threats unless you can back it up. So I therefore gave back your threat that can be backed up becuase we live in my country.
Where have you misunderstood.

comment 68
MaxHeadroom date : 07/07/2009 time : 11.25
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C60 & For Expresso and ND: 'A Parliament of Whores' is my comment to most career politicians of the old guard which change their allegiance just like a normal person would change their underwear.

I am NOT making any distinction between Democrats or Puea Thai or any of the other parties - it is a mindset that I am criticizing. People with nothing but opportunist ideals do not make good leadership. MPs that change their opinion based on profit are not healthy for the society.

In the category of people in parliament house I mentioned above there are people of all parties from Chalerm to Chidchob the older and from Suthep all over to Sanan.

In this list Abhisit is no exception. He doesn't stand out as the best of the worst and doesn't lead the list of the worst of the bad. He is just the average gray and shady politician with a more telegenic face.

If that pisses anyone off - well so be it.

Having said the above - there might be an occasional so-so / OK person in parliament - but what you do with one good guy surrounded by 20 bad guys? And even people with good aspirations will in 99% of all cases turn into converts that play to the very same tune the other play - just to stay in the game or out of frustration or maybe just to use it for their other enterprises.

comment 67
happyjack date : 07/07/2009 time : 07.21

C61.3 Day working Week.The Dream af the Shirking Class.

comment 66
happyjack date : 07/07/2009 time : 07.16

Is Ginko Rocky's Son.?.

comment 65
happyjack date : 07/07/2009 time : 07.13

You 2 are like Waldorf and Statler on the Muppet Show.

comment 64
happyjack date : 07/07/2009 time : 07.06

So if they are all Whores,what does one call a person who takes notice, and never stops bleating about them..Insult to the Oldest Profession.

comment 63
Ian date : 07/07/2009 time : 03.45
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Expresso, if you know what kriengjai is I will eat my hat, it is not something I have ever seen you display. Yes, I know the word, even though it has no English equivalent, I also know what it means to show you my foot

I see we are back to three comments again, and there I was thinking you were getting better. Try taking Ginkgo Biloba, it does help.

comment 62
Alien date : 07/07/2009 time : 03.35
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All politicians are whores!

comment 61
Hermano_Lobo date : 07/07/2009 time : 01.06
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"That Abhisit is a Right Plonker Rodney!"

This is just like the British Conservative Government of the 1970's. They had a three day week then.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Day_Week

The Labour Government that followed were even worse !
Eventually they went running to the IMF.

Yet this is the Genius of Sufficiency Economics.

More Holidays !

comment 60
expresso date : 07/07/2009 time : 00.56
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I agree with Max when he says "A Parliament Of Whores". It's when you mothers who try to distinguish who the whores are, it's what pisses me off.

comment 59
expresso date : 07/07/2009 time : 00.49
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Ian, of course, you and BangkokRay may provoke me into it.

comment 58
expresso date : 07/07/2009 time : 00.45
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Ian, I don't dislike Max, He had never attacked me. He was conserved in answering my questions. Have I answered your questions yet?

To clear your mind, Ian, it's not the intellectual ability of Max that I shy away from confronting him. If I want to I have many areas that I can confront him with.

I essentially agree with the crux with Max say but when he says in a tone that favors a SIDE, it's when I hate him, just like notdisappointed now. The fact that I don't mince word with Max is because he knows kriengjai which is unlike you.

comment 57
Ian date : 06/07/2009 time : 22.48
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Where is Expresso, he has been rampaging over all the other blogs trying to attack me, why is he ignoring this one? Come one wimp, get your wooden sword out

comment 56
BangkokRay date : 06/07/2009 time : 17.47

A little carryover from Yoon's blog on Page #3. This American/Thai wants more answers.

Nd writes,
br, this is Thailand. Allow me to make the threats.

Are you residing in Thailand legally? Do you have proper documents and identification? These things need to be checked to ensure that our fair country allows actual retirees, like Ian, who contribute to society and ensure that it doesn't just allow any old riff-raff in. Not that I consider you a riff-raff br, don't misunderstand OK?

But I'm still waitng for the proof of your statement that I accused your parents of raising a dirt-bag child or that I said that you had raised idiot children. You can cut and paste if you like, but make sure you state the blog, dates and times, just to make sure of authentification.

Beware nd !! You're family is no longer off limits with me. It'll be a first for me, but I am up for the challenge.

comment 55
MaxHeadroom date : 06/07/2009 time : 17.43
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GG - I am at work - where else would I be - it's Monday.

Alien: you know my employees wanted to swap tomorrow against last Saturday. I think they are happy to have a job that is well paid and like to keep it that way - not see the business going bankrupt and then have all the vacation AV likes them to have with no money. It's like this: in a time like this everyone is working extra to sail out the storm.

ND: your fecal language as usual contributes little to the topic nor is it a display of your self proclaimed wisdoms - it's one thing to proclaim sublime introspection and accuse others of 'one-sided' angst and another to completely freak out yourself right

Take it easy.

comment 54
GGrass date : 06/07/2009 time : 16.50
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Max : Reading your blog, it seems you're upset the AV govt had made some extra holidays.

To remedy that, why don't you just work instead? It might make you feel better...

comment 53
BangkokRay date : 06/07/2009 time : 16.44

Max,
So much for a forced vacation for me. My wife had me take out the trash and trim the hedges today.
And..........I didn't even get paid for it.
Thanks AV.

comment 52
notdisappointed date : 06/07/2009 time : 16.13

the only person ot working on these blogs is br and Ian. Now don't be cute and say maxwell also isn't working; he is, he's working the crowd!

comment 51
notdisappointed date : 06/07/2009 time : 16.12

maxwell you still haven;t shown any figures at all.

It's not in your other blog. I keep looking for it to miraculously appear but you haven't blown it out of your ass yet. Just smoke so far, and stinky too.

BTW with this mini sermon of yours I had to light some candle and incense to get in the mood.

I've got more hypocrisy, maxwell style, to lay on you. Collating it as we listen to your sermons.

comment 50
Alien date : 06/07/2009 time : 12.32
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I'm thinking Max owns a company and doesn't want to pay his workers for more holidays!

comment 49
GGrass date : 06/07/2009 time : 11.05
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I don't know WHAT vacation Max is talking about, but as far as normal working people are concerned, it's Monday, business as usual.

comment 48
MaxHeadroom date : 06/07/2009 time : 10.43
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ND: last words - I have given you my opinion on the petition clearly in the other blog. So read it and stop flooding.

As for the rest of nonsense - you make it clear that you do not understand the cost of public holidays to the tax payer nor the legal implications of doing so. Here's a suggestion: maybe you educate yourself in economics 101 first before commenting like in C45

It's sad to see people criticise populist policy making that do not understand what a populist policy is and wouldn't recognize one when they see it. But then again it displays graphically to any educated person what the deficit (especially in logic and analysis, humanist values and history as well as maths and science) in the Thai education system has done to our value system.

I think ND has made a good example by bringing forth all that he has to offer in a desperate and - at times obsessive - attempt to 'win' a debate even though equipped with no facts and no proofs. When shown the BoT numbers he quickly changed the subject to the petition for Thaksin's amnesty and he for sure will change it again if he sees he can't 'win' on that one.

For foreigners this shows how 'competitive thinking' taught in our schools has led to a severe misconstruction of our value system. A system that today is driving people away from about anything that makes a society strong and united.

It is here that the root problem of our society lies. We need not look for any cults or populists - they just capitalize on today's Thai thinking which states that even your neighbor is your competitor and as such should never receive correct information that might help him to become stronger or more clever than you are.

It is an astounding finding.

How did it come to this? Well this is worth another blog by itself. Was is sudden affluence in a growing economy such as in the 80ies and first half of the 90ies? A bought education as substitute maybe for parently love and value transferral?

Anyway you might excuse me for being a bit harsher with off topic flooding in the future...

comment 47
notdisappointed date : 06/07/2009 time : 09.53

c44, read it and the reason he blogged it was for what?? He tried to do what?? He wants to reppresent what??

Only pj can answer these questions. But will he. All he can do is cry and bitch like a little girl that its the coup!! It's the coup!!

pj you bitch, you are not worthy to be called a Thai. You who suppotrts da torpedoe and her defamation against HMK. You who supports jakrapop who seeks to bring down our King. You are slime; and that's why you are afraid to answer my questions regarding the petition.

Little boy playing at rebellion standing in front of Rama V picture with his toy soldier's uniform. You and your kind make me sick.

comment 46
BangkokRay date : 06/07/2009 time : 09.50

Alien, #38,
My paranoia re the Yankees is diminishing just lately. At current pace, you may be experiencing the same effect before you come the the LOS. Last 10, Yanks, 9-1, Bos 5-5. The beer fund is growing almost daily.

comment 45
notdisappointed date : 06/07/2009 time : 09.41

OMG!! Is it true maxwell; is it really true??

The government; they've gone crazy; the power's gone to their heads right?? The coup masters have forced this government to make everyone take an extra day holiday!! Oh, what are we going to dooooo!!

They're forcing everyone to take an extra day holiday! OMG!!

What should we do!! Hide the kids; lock all the doors; stock up on foodstuff, water batteries!!

OMG!! I bet they'll be raping and pillaging the whole country!!

Off with their heads maxwell says!! Off with their heads!!

As you can see from the above maxwell has really gone off the deep end. Not having anything concrete to attack this government with; he cries wolf and warns us of the vile intentions of AV government. Good one maxwell!!

You've gone down the rabbit hole once too often fella. From now on we'll probably have to call you 'Alice in Wonderland' or even better the 'Queen of Hearts' - OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!! - those vile and despicable government of AV.

maxwell that silver hammer has come down on your head too too many times!!

comment 44
peacefulness date : 06/07/2009 time : 09.32
nationmultimedia.com

notdisappointed C15-- pls ref PJ's blog "the riches ruler on earth" , you will definitely know the true colour of PJ is and all the "birds of a feather" in the nation blog-site.

http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/pomjuk/2008/08/23/entry-1

comment 43
happyjack date : 06/07/2009 time : 08.06

The only way i know theres a Holiday is by Children on Scooters Zooming around.Everyones at work round here..

comment 42
Ian date : 06/07/2009 time : 04.36
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We are starting to suffer from "blog spill" this is a phenomenon common on blogsites with low membership, conversations develop laterally across several blogs, rather than the conventional vertical way it should be in a blog.

comment 41
Alien date : 06/07/2009 time : 02.32
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BR - (c 38) - Even paranoid people have enemies! Besides Thaksin, the Yankees come to mind!

comment 40
notdisappointed date : 06/07/2009 time : 01.29

c35, I made a response to you on another blog hours ago but either you didn't see it or there was so mnay bloggers jamming the blog that you overlooked it. I think it was on Piset's blog at about 10 something.

comment 39
notdisappointed date : 06/07/2009 time : 01.27

How can a fascist be a threat to a fascist?

Your logic is mystifying.

comment 38
BangkokRay date : 06/07/2009 time : 00.47

Ian,
Paranoia is nothing new with the anti-Thaksin crowd. If paranoia wasn't the issue, Thaksin would have been a non-new issue nearly 3 years ago. The last to elections in the north have only served to increase the paranoia a bit more. Thaksin remains the biggest threat to the fascists.

comment 37
notdisappointed date : 06/07/2009 time : 00.30

Well actually ian I want to guage maxwell's and pj's views on the issue. as you said there are tow sides I want to know exactly where maxwell and his sidekick stand. maxwell has answered somewhat evasively and with conditions, on his other blog. I think he's a lawyer by profession by the way of his verbiosity and fullsome twists and turns.

comment 36
notdisappointed date : 06/07/2009 time : 00.27

seeya bb, btw, maxwell will use any excuse to dish this government.

We're at 13 anti-government blog and counting this year alone. His sidekick pj will jump in every time his sage hits the blogs; somewhat like a tag-team.

comment 35
Ian date : 06/07/2009 time : 00.25
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/anterian36

ND, just a general observation but I have noticed that you keep returning to this petition, even in blogs like this which are nothing to do with the petition. In fact you seem to be clearly stating that any Thai who does not condemn this petition is unloyal to King and country.
The petition seems to have become a compulsive obsession with you, or perhaps paronoia.
Now I respect you as being the most logical and intelligent supporter of the Abhasit government in these blogs, so to see you in such a paranoid state over this petition must mean it has you really worried.
I find this strange, at best it is just a ploy, something to keep the media happy nothing more.
I have said more elsewhere, no need to repeat it here again.

comment 34
bzzzzzBee date : 05/07/2009 time : 23.51
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/beehive

thanks, ND. am signing off for tonight. will catch up again tomorrow.

comment 33
notdisappointed date : 05/07/2009 time : 23.48

bb, Niel's Tavern, Ruam Rudee road is nice. Angus Steak House on the way to Fuji supermarket behind the Villa on Sukhumvit Rd.; New York Steak house, Marriot Hotel; The Landmark Hotel; and Fireplace Grill next to the Intercontinental, I'll think of more later. But those should be good enough.

Where've you been?

comment 32
BangkokRay date : 05/07/2009 time : 23.48

That's ok nd, you'll have more time to spew your irrational BS here. I'll find one of those stupid northerners that you defend so much to fill the position. Besides, your PR skills suck.

comment 31
notdisappointed date : 05/07/2009 time : 23.43

sorry br, management are too stingy for me and they have no morality.

comment 30
bzzzzzBee date : 05/07/2009 time : 23.32
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/beehive

ND ... it looks like i have to cook my own pan-fried steaks tomorrow.

comment 29
BangkokRay date : 05/07/2009 time : 23.24

BB,
You missed some beautiful T-bones that my wife cooked for our 4th of July BBQ yesterday. Complete with baked potaoes and several salads. Complete with Heineken, Jim Beam and cheap wine. It was lovely.

comment 28
BangkokRay date : 05/07/2009 time : 23.20

nd,
Janitor positions are also available.

comment 27
bzzzzzBee date : 05/07/2009 time : 23.18
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/beehive

just wondering ... since when does getting extra holidays become an issue?

anyone can recommend a good place in BKK for good steaks? i need a change after 10 days on a seafood diet.

comment 26
notdisappointed date : 05/07/2009 time : 23.00

"Thaksin Trio style pizza", yeah I've heard of it. That's become famous by the crook of the same name. What you do is take out the tomato sauce, cheese, and whatever toppings and let the owner eat it. Then you put shit on instead to give to your customers.

Sorry br, not my style; but I heard that the reds eat it up! Hope you have some success with your restaurant though. Maybe you can do 'take-outs for when the reds have thier next howling.

I'm a steak and potatoes kind of guy. Faneuil Hall's Durgin Park steaks are to die for. There's a steak house in Brooklyn that also has great steaks, I can't remember the name though.

comment 25
peacefulness date : 05/07/2009 time : 22.27
nationmultimedia.com

the author-- a country on (forced vacation)...

whatever u call it who cares????

it all started when gen.chatichai choonhavan was pm during 1988-1991, he introduced the programme as "family reunion day" on songkran's day 13/14/15apr every year, it happened to fall on sat/sun day so the government extended the holiday up to a week just for rual folks to go home and reunion.....all governments after gen. chatichai choonhavan followed suit such as chuan/banharn/chaovalit/thaksin/surayud..........

but the most disgraced,uglist extension of holidays should be on the year of his rachada land deal, normally yearend 31st dec is a public holiday, but he swopped it with 02jan flwg yr is a holiday, just to facilitate all his 772millions bht land deal documents tobe finised on time before yrend to avoid land-tax increase on flowg yr. potjaman saved quite a few millions bht. hahahaha......

comment 24
BangkokRay date : 05/07/2009 time : 22.20

nd,
I'm willing to set our differences beside and offer you a job at my Pizza Hut. Good opportunies for advancement. However, you may have to prepare the Thaksin Trio style pizza. Interested?

comment 23
notdisappointed date : 05/07/2009 time : 22.16

maxwell, the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras taught that mathematics provides the ultimate truth about reality. Hi career went through a rough patch when one of his students found that the square root of two is an “irrational” number that can’t be expressed as a simple fact. His system was built on the axiom that there are no such numbers. Yet he couldn’t refute the student. By some accounts, Pythagoras had the student drowned for his impunity.

Maxwell, you have the opportunity to do what Pythagoras couldn’t: accept the evidence that your beliefs about reality are limited, and incorporate the new data into a revised worldview. Most importantly, do whatever it takes to deflect the propaganda and slip past the symbolic gestures so that you can penetrate to the core of the real truths that you try so hard to understand but fail to do so time and again.

comment 22
notdisappointed date : 05/07/2009 time : 22.05

maxwell, I'm not salaried.

Can you give me a job? As your conscience?

comment 21
notdisappointed date : 05/07/2009 time : 22.03

maxwell wasn't that on another of your one-sided blogs. Are you getting confused in your frustration?

Relax and settle down thake a deep breath; this is the 13th blog of yours, attacking this government in seven(7) months. Last year you couldn't bring yourself to make any attacks against the thaksin nominee governments. You made how many? Was that six (6) wimpy flaccid attacks that reverted to attacks on PAD and military/elite?

BUT and still, maxwell, you still haven't answered my questions to you. The more you waffle and twist the more you true colors show. An elite who doesn't want to be elitist but wants to be an arm-chair rebel with your one-side angst.

Com'ere, cry on my shoulder for the lost to democracy from the coup and by the elite/sakdinar.

Well maxwell; what's your answer. I know I'm putting some pressure on you to not tell a overt lie and that you're trying damn hard to avoid a white lie but whatever you say after this and after I've badgered you for how many days now? 2 or 3 days questioning as to where your loyalties lie.

You have to understand, from now on, any answer you make, is susceptible to instant lack of credibility since it came from my coercion.

comment 20
notdisappointed date : 05/07/2009 time : 21.50

br, I'm using your kind thoughts about 'construtive criticism".

comment 19
MaxHeadroom date : 05/07/2009 time : 21.37
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/maxheadroom

ND: accepting the truth is hard right? I think you just can't accept that while we come with statistics form the BoT and obvious facts such as governmental dementia, you still have to resort to personal attacks and hearsay like 'my friend said Thaksin borrowed a trillion baht' blah blah.

This holiday - a fact. The situation - a clear thing. Everything from the coup to the 30% rule - history no one can deny - we were all there.

So you simply ran out of arguments and proved yourself a blog troll - so what. The silver hammer thing again - go scare some teens or grow up or ask for a better salary.

comment 18
HA_HA date : 05/07/2009 time : 21.21

c 12, wch.

Thanks wch. I didn't know anything about these Buddhist sects and hierachy system, who should sit above who, stuff. I think the most important thing in any religion is the teaching.

Anyway, I admire your knowledge and thanks for your explanation.

About Thaksin & Buddhism, I don't know about the detail of his "gateway to buddhism" policy. I just mentioned to show you he didn't totally disregard Buddhism as you understand.

Yes, the Dalai Lama visit Thailand once long ago. He mentioned it in his book, Freedom in Exile. He said he was surprised Thai people treated monks so different from people in Tibet.

As for Santi-Asok, I think only PAD is their big fan. The sect is widely criticized by Thai Buddhists. I dont' pay attention to this too as I am raised as a Christian.

comment 17
peacefulness date : 05/07/2009 time : 21.06
nationmultimedia.com

comment13/14-- last time u asked for "house of commons", now u ask for "congress", hahahaha....... u are totally "gong gong" (puzzled, confused..), hey wake up , wake up this is thailand not uk or usa.

as usual "mai rue arai loi"......

comment 16
BangkokRay date : 05/07/2009 time : 21.02

nd,
You're doing your Charlie Brown routine again?

comment 15
notdisappointed date : 05/07/2009 time : 20.31

Looks like both pj and his buddy Maxwell are on vacation. Vacation from the truth that is. They can only work off of each other and build up each’s distortions and propaganda however thay are afraid to show where their loyalties really lie. No longer on vacation pj? Hiding behind Ian to avoid answering? Your sage, Maxwell hides behind twisiting and spinning plus a little waffling. But you both, in your own ways, still avoid answering simple questions. You’re able to be so forceful in your comments about witch-hunts and LM laws but fall curiously silent about something that could be distressful for HMK.

So what is it boys? You’ve had your shot disparaging the LM law and dishing the AV government; and the military. Put your mouth where your ideals sould be, into a question that you’ve avoided answering; What’re your views concerning this petition for amnesty for thaksin; and is it a proper course of action as it goes against protocol and procedure? Educated and not susceptible to lies and manipulation your answers will show to us where your loyalties lie.

All of your attention is why has this government allowed an extra day as holiday. All pj can think of after one week of the reds attempt to force a petition is: "Can they just set up a holiday without passing the congress approval?" By the way it's a holiday for government workers; of course you wouldn't know that since you're on vacation. All you know is

It's the Coup!!

comment 14
Pomjuk date : 05/07/2009 time : 19.24
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/pomjuk

you only wish it's a Banana Republic.

comment 13
Pomjuk date : 05/07/2009 time : 19.21
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/pomjuk

A new national holiday has to be approved by the congress. Can they just set up a holiday without passing the congress approval?

comment 12
wch date : 05/07/2009 time : 15.10

Haha,
Thaksin tried to reform the supreme patriachal council of Thai Teravada buddhism and the whole priesthood but faced immense resistance.
(A Thai may expand some imagination that the supreme patriach sits on altar while the monarch bows to him).

"Gateway to Buddhism" is another laughing stuff Thaksin blew. No Mahayanan including Thai branch, Santi Asoke approved it.
This year, Global Mahayanan Congregation was held rather at surprising place, L.A.
Mahayanan monks do not come to Thailand as well as Mantrayanans, say, Tibetan Raman buddhism.
Dalai Rama ever visited in Thailand ?

Santi Asoke sectarian is a mahayanan and a branch of PAD alliance.

That is why the DAAD pulled Teravadan abbots to have a seat in their demo site always. Or they use temple complex as demo site. This is wrong.

comment 11
wch date : 05/07/2009 time : 14.51

c7, Alien,
While catholic Lent is to refrain from meat food 40 days before the Easter, buddhistic Lent is 3 months.
The first day is called in Thai 'Kao Pansa' - Kao means 'Enter'. So 'Eok Pansa', Lent-Out day is the last day of Lent. Both days are celebrative in Thailand.
(Catholics call for 3 days Lent in a year and the lent place has been built in suburb of Bangkok - Phuttamonthorn. Thai catholics use this hotel-like complex).

comment 10
wch date : 05/07/2009 time : 14.43

C6, Max,
It is what Teravada buddhistic society neglects. They try to indoctrinate Tripitika more while neglecting performance in society. Krajog's blog explains well. This is the difference from christian, confucious and Mahayanan societies.

comment 9
HA_HA date : 05/07/2009 time : 13.41

c1, Mr. Ian

Abhisith said long weekend would help curbing the spread of flu.

Don't ask me ..I don't understand his logic.
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c4, Mr. WCH

"I never heard, Thaksin and other politicians were retreated into temple for their lents."

You know one of Thaksin's policy is to make Thailand as 'Gateway to Buddhism'.

I learnt this from leading foreign media (not sure, Times?) at the very beginning of the coup. The magazine tried to analize the situation and wrote about Thaksin's policies...all his mega projects which are in-line with the Chinese.

I remember this well because I was impressed that he didn't interested in only mega projects and material things but Buddhism and Education too.

Anyway, I, myself, are not very impressed with religious person. From my experience many of them thought they're right and good because they're religious. These people are usually very stubborn and have this 'Holier, than thou' attitude.

comment 8
MaxHeadroom date : 05/07/2009 time : 12.57
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/maxheadroom

Ian - and here the link for the next no brainer: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30106702/PM-confident-long-weekend-will-improve-A-(H1N1)-si

Yes shopping and traveling will do its good in spreading the virus everywhere

. If this isn't proof that the PM seriously flunked highschool and was send to England by his parents to get a degree abroad in an administrative discipline because he would never stand a semester as doctor or engineer or scientist.

Politics is full of people with alibi degrees and no real qualification. This explains also why the quality of policy making is so low.

AV is a good talker for people that put style over content. But anyone with some capacity clearly dismantles this as disguise of a whole lot of a knowledge deficit. AV is neat but that's all to it.

comment 7
Alien date : 05/07/2009 time : 12.49
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/alien

WCH - I am, of course, familiar with "Lent" as it applies to the Catholic religion. Please explain a little bit on the "Lent-in Day" and what does one do to get a 3 month "lent certificate". Does it have something to do with living in a temple? Self-sacrifice?

comment 6
MaxHeadroom date : 05/07/2009 time : 12.49
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/maxheadroom

WCH: I usually avoid crowded days at temples when scores of people go for an alibi worship. Too much festival and too much noise - not an ideal environment for meditation.

I prefer some temples in the forest or on a lonesome mountain - far away in the remote country side. No big parties and mega tambun. No 'Ngan Wat'. No shaking sticks for horoscopes, no lottery tips, no donation chasing for the biggest largest golden temple roof yet seen on earth.

When the big frenzy is over I will go to visit temples that do not even have a proper roof or money yet to paint the walls.

Personally, I feel best when going to the orphanage in a close by district or the school for the deaf and mute. You will see there a lot of love from children our nice and caring merit making Buddhist society have discarded and put far behind the golden temples and huge Buddha statues on their list of donations.

comment 5
wch date : 05/07/2009 time : 07.44

Also I like to ask this author if he had spent some days to his lent.

comment 4
wch date : 05/07/2009 time : 07.40

This extended holiday to the cause of Thai's biggest event 'Lent-In Day' and I retreated myself and family in this Isan house.
This morning I saw no one to 'kao paansa' to my village temple. What is this ?.

I never heard, Thaksin and other politicians were retreated into temple for their lents.
Thailand can revise the constitution, Anyone MP being admitted to the parliament must stay at least 3 months lent and get the lent certificate from WCH or failed MP is dismissed and by-election goes.

comment 3
happyjack date : 05/07/2009 time : 07.20

Enough said,well i can agree with the last part.Negative waves cascade from your blogs like Pomjuks waterfall pictures.Quote.Banana Republic,Abisits Maths,ect.You just state what a blind Man on a galloping Horse already Knows.Korns a Zombie, a feature of both Yellow and Red.I have yet to meet a Thai in business who isnt doing his utmost to figh our problems,only the Old Money Mob don't care.What im saying is this,you get no where by running Thais down, at any level or worrying about Leaders.Just get on with Life.Most Nations are technically bankrupt to Accountants Eyes.But then their Contribution to Society is to add up a column of figures,not Wealth Creation.

comment 2
FelixQui date : 05/07/2009 time : 01.29
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/FelixQui

And the devout Buddhists have done their bit for tourism and human rights by forcing their ideology on everyone, with Abhisit's connivance invoking the force of the state to support their repressive agenda.

comment 1
Ian date : 05/07/2009 time : 01.19
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/anterian36

There seems to be conflicting signals, first travel around and boost internal tourism, secondly stay at home and avoid spreading flu

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