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Ah, so basically the King used the army to increase his powers. My nitpick was that he's been in power for several decades; he wasn't former at any point.
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Yeah, I get that feeling too, but I can't quite put my finger on it...hmm...Originally posted by Colon™
Odin is right! Something fishy is going on...
Oh! I know! It's a military coup to overthrow the country's government! THAT's what was so fishy!
EDIT to remove "democratically elected." This was intended as a joke, not choosing sides. I have no opinion on the legitimacy/lack thereof of Thailand's past, present, or future government, I was just laughing at the idea of somebody looking at a military-led act of subversion and saying, apparently seriously, "Something fishy is going on here." This conspiracy isn't laying all its cards on the table!
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Now I can see it too. But at least they play music! 
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Scene 1. New York City Hotel Room. PM Sinawatra comes back from a tiring day at the UN General assembly, lies down on bed, picks up remote control, turns on CNN.
Sinawatra: Oh ****!THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTFComment
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And then he flips to a Thai channel...
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Come to think of it, isn't Ming currently spending a lot of his time playing C4 Warlords or something instead of looking after poly?
Why do I ask? Oh, no reason...
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If you call handing out 500THB notes in the country side in key districts to raise votes democraticOriginally posted by Elok
Oh! I know! It's a military coup to overthrow the country's democratically elected government! THAT's what was so fishy!
As always (not the first coupThe military has surrounded the perimeter with the intent of putting the former king back in place...unless I'm misremembering. I don't think so though.
) the military seeks the protection and aproval of the king as without his aproval their efforts are doomed.
This is not a ploy to get the king back in power, he doesnt need to be formaly in power becouse even as a constitutional monarch he has more power then any Thai goverment will ever have.
Fact is that Thai people have an absolute love and loyalty to their king, comparable with how muslims feel about mohammed (PNVD).Comment
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If anyone is interested, this site has some nice info and pictures, the site is written by a long time expat.Comment
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This thread has been pretty forgiving to Thaksin. It's not just that the poor country-folk love him, it's that he wins them over by:
(A) Handing out meaningless cash from time to time, as atawa has stated, rather than addressing key economic or infrastructural problems.
(B) Controlling the state media.
Not to mention the fact that he seems to have rejigged tax laws so as to maximize the profits of his sale of Thai state TV to a Singaporean form.
Of course, I'm not defending the coup. Such drastic military action is not the answer. But let's not make Thaksin out to be much more than a low-grade thug."I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?" -Frank Zappa
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Actually they're not. And we haven't heard for them. And I do like them a lot. It's just that we usually laugh at this kind of stuff.Originally posted by Elok
I assume they're back or you wouldn't be laughing.
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The coup was bloodless. Probably they're in no danger.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Killing it is the new killing it
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Tourists a couple of blocks away didn't even notice anything going on.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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He is not a low-grade thug. He is a very high grade white collar criminal.Originally posted by cinch
But let's not make Thaksin out to be much more than a low-grade thug.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
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I'm sure the opposition would do the same thing except with handouts to the urban elites instead of handouts to the rural poor. Taksin isn't an angel, but I doubt the opposition are either.Originally posted by cinch
This thread has been pretty forgiving to Thaksin. It's not just that the poor country-folk love him, it's that he wins them over by:
(A) Handing out meaningless cash from time to time, as atawa has stated, rather than addressing key economic or infrastructural problems.
(B) Controlling the state media.
Not to mention the fact that he seems to have rejigged tax laws so as to maximize the profits of his sale of Thai state TV to a Singaporean form.
Of course, I'm not defending the coup. Such drastic military action is not the answer. But let's not make Thaksin out to be much more than a low-grade thug.Comment
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And others thought that to see it was a once in a lifetime opportunity.Originally posted by SlowwHand
Tourists a couple of blocks away didn't even notice anything going on.
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