Posted on 09/19/2006 11:55:54 AM PDT by A.Hun
Nope Stonewall, but I'm sure it was wild.
I don't go pick fights anymore, and I'm sure there were plenty on that thread.
Oh yeah there was lol
I'm busy having a long nap. Did not listen to sean today.
He forgot to ask the 13 year old caller, if she had a boyfriend.
LOL stop that
We all want to hear about his gay sexcapades, don't we????????????????????
American Government question --
When we declared indepence, who had the best and most democratic form of government??
Is Pat's thread called NAZI'S R US?
I didn't hear PatPat the monkey boy. I turned the radio off. ;) I've had it with him and his holier then thou solutions without logistics speeches. :) I'm happier for no thearing him. He's just a kook fringe wacko who left the GOP because we didn't make him President. Some kind of serious head trauma took place between his Crossfire days and the past few years. Sad.
What did happen to the Rush thread? I had to leave to do some calls and stuff. I didn't know something happened. Did it crash or something? Someone hack FR again???
Shaking head.
I am pretty impressed with how Frist has been sounding the past few months. I just hope we get a strong willed Senate Majority Leader with some backbone when Frist leaves office. The GOP Senate needs a strong conservative leader that doesn't back down. A Coburn type.
Totally correct. Fix the leak, then throw the stowaways overboard. :)
I have heard that if Santorum wins his race, it will probably be McConnell or him...with McConnell having the inside track..because he is the Whip right now.
Also, I have heard that Lott has his share of Senators that might want him back...count McCain and his gang of thieves among them.
I could go for Santorum or McConnell. It seems like both would be very strong majority leaders and not fold to the RINO minority of the GOP delegation in the Senate.
The thought of McC being Majority Leader is truly stomach turning.
I would rather have him be Majority leader than POTUS...at least he can't do as much damage.
jeez louise, Frist hasn't got any power...they just kick sand in his face, (and I am talking about the dems and rinos)
Ali, the article was written with somewhat an anti-Thaksin bias. Having said that the rest of the story is fairly accurate. I just heard from a Thai fellow I've been corresponding with that that since the coup, the insurgents have "taken a rest"...whether that's good or bad, they're waiting to see what happens as well. The King is an enormously powerful figure in Thai politics. Here's an article from Stratfor.com, also with an anti-Thaksin bent (I happen to be pro-Thaksin because he has cut taxes, has brought phone service and hospital service to my wife's village and in general has been a lot like President Bush--a businessman who has been unmercifully dealt with by opponents who couldn't do half of what he does):
Geopolitical Diary: Thaksin is Done
Sep 20, 2006
We have long predicted that time was running out for Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and it ran out Tuesday, when army chief Lt. Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin staged a coup.
Although the coup provides a definitive answer to the question that has plagued Thailand since the April 2 snap elections -- that is, who will run the country -- Thailand's troubles are still not over. Thaksin is not one to go down quietly; however, he has very little room to maneuver, and there is even the distinct possibility that he will not be allowed back into the country for some time. Or, that upon his return he will be jailed for corruption and election fraud.
Thaksin is beloved by the majority of Thailand's population for his rural reforms. His troubles have arisen primarily from the Bangkok middle class and the restive South. Despite his popularity, protests in Bangkok against Thaksin's corruption have plagued his rein and his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party. When the dust settles, the voices of those calling for democracy in Thailand will criticize the military's move to overthrow a democratically elected president -- even if there are still lingering questions over fraud in the April 2 elections.
This is just the start of the problems the new government will face. It still needs to resolve the violence in the South. There is good reason to believe that some of the violence was manufactured by both pro- and anti-Thaksin parties, trying to make subtle political statements to each other. Nevertheless, the violence and unrest is real. Sonthi faces the challenge of installing a leader in the South who is loyal to him (something that cannot be assumed after a coup), and who can make a significant difference. It is said that because Sonthi is a Muslim in a predominately Buddhist country, he may be better able to alleviate the troubles in the South than Thaksin was. However, the South is a mess of both ethnic battles and territorial skirmishes between drug lords. The reasons for the violence are complex, and cannot be solved overnight.
Sonthi will not relinquish his new power until he has settled the disputes in the South. This will increasingly become the focus of the government after a general political framework has been agreed upon between Sonthi and the king. Only when he accomplishes this will he start to back out of politics, and even then he may have to be removed by force. Coups are the norm in Thailand; the country has had four coups (now five) and numerous political turnovers since the democratization movement in 1973. Democratic transfer of power is the anomaly.
That said, a military regime and the resulting political situation will not necessarily spell the destruction of Thailand's economy. The military regime will bring some form of stability to a country that has been languishing in political chaos since April. It could help to reform the constitution and give the country a clean slate for new democratic elections in the future.
At the moment, the future is still murky. The king still needs to weigh in, and could surprise Sonthi with his vision for the near future. But one thing is clear: Thaksin is done.
Just a little. For me, it's just KNOWING you can go.
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