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A Love-Hate relationship
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/04/2014
» The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) is appealing to the world community, citing the values of freedom, human rights and democracy. This is good PR, and good PR will get you some good loving in this world.
By shortcuts we fall
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 06/02/2014
» The blanket amnesty bill and the rice-pledging scheme, the lies and the secrecy -- given its poor performance and shady practices, the Pheu Thai government should be brought down.
With all sides wrong, there can be no right
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 19/01/2014
» Looking at the protests against him today, Thaksin Shinawatra is perhaps wondering, "What did I do that was so wrong?"
Don't get stuck on thaksin
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 10/11/2013
» They come out by the tens of thousands, from all walks of life, in all parts of Bangkok and in many provinces.
Time for factions to show true colours
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 03/11/2013
» The concert halls, entertainment shows, rallies and other various activities; the instruments, cameras, screens and sound systems _ all this and much more. Who paid for it all?
Thailand is more than Soi Cowboy
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 13/10/2013
» Two-plus years have passed since Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra took office. Probation period is long over. It's time to step up on her leadership.
Thailand in continual shutdown
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 03/10/2013
» Modern-day democracy started with the United States. Today the US government is shut down by those very people who were elected to make the government function - people employing a political tactic, in the midst of a political squabble, motivated by the goal of political power.
Warlords of Thailand
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 01/09/2013
» In my Aug 29 article, "Civil War? A Scenario", we discussed the straw that might break the buffalo's back. The fear looms that over the next few years, Thaksin Shinawatra could possibly monopolise power in the Kingdom and create a one-party democratic dictatorship without checks and balances.
The legal licence to kill
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 16/12/2012
» If we were to view the charges against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and former national security chief Suthep Thaugsuban relating to the death of an innocent bystander during the political crisis of April and May 2010 from a moral perspective, supporters on both sides of the political divide would yell at each other until the end of days, and nothing would get solved.
Kittiratt, I love the way you lie
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 26/08/2012
» For Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong the issue isn't that he lied, or admitted that he lied. The issue is his belief that he has the right to lie. That he believes it was good for the country that he told a lie.