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We're failing as a country
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 15/09/2013
» There are three categories of people _ those loyal to the Democrat Party first, those loyal to the Pheu Thai Party first and those loyal to Thailand first.
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The story of a lese majeste prisoner
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 21/07/2013
» Sometimes there's no need for commentary, the story speaks for itself. Allegations were made by Thanthawut Taweewarodomkul during a seminar last Sunday, recorded <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80clD_3GVUA" target="_blank">and put on YouTube</a>, that ordinary red shirt prisoners and red shirt lese majeste convicts in particular are physically abused by guards and other prisoners; ignored by leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD); and at the mercy of Pheu Thai-appointed lawyers who didn't know and didn't care about their cases.
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Thailand 2020: Impaired vision?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 28/07/2013
» Let the child learn to walk before expecting him to run. Otherwise, he'll trip and fall, suffer a booboo and cry like a baby. But it seems the Thailand 2020 scheme is expecting the child to go straight from crawling to running in the Olympics.
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A role reversal in this ship of fools
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 04/08/2013
» Here we go again. At the time you are reading this, out in the streets there are a) clashes and chaos between multitudes of protesters and security personnel, or b) three people in masks and two in multi-colour shirts camping out peacefully in front of Government House.
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The land of smiles, or something else?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 11/08/2013
» Thailand is currently known as the Land of Smiles, because supposedly we are a happy people. In the future, Thailand may still be known as the Land of Smiles, but for different reasons. Perhaps because when we are clueless about something, we just smile.
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It's all about Thaksin
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 18/08/2013
» Over the past two years or so, anti-government groups have launched many rallies and campaigns to regain power. Thus far, they've all failed to gain much momentum.
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Don't make senate a family affair
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 25/08/2013
» Let's entertain the idea that's generating so much talk and controversy around the country, the amendment of the law on how senators are selected. If we are to change a law, there ought to be a benchmark, and that benchmark should be the principles of democracy.
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Warlords of Thailand
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 01/09/2013
» In <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/366967/" target="_blank">my Aug 29 article, "Civil War? A Scenario"</a>, 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.
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Thaksin Isan love affair in full bloom
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 14/07/2013
» There has been much speculation that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra might dissolve the parliament and call for a snap election later in the year. A wide variety of reasons have been given for why this could happen. But snap or not, as even the opposition Democrat Party has admitted, Pheu Thai would still win.
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UDD can bring us change to believe in
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 19/05/2013
» The accusation is often made that Thailand can never change. However, over the past six years, propelled by political crisis, there have been many changes, which some some would say are for the better. Some would argue the opposite, but at the end of the day it is up to the Thai people to steer the direction of change.
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