"I'm innocent, really"

First Thaksin, now Musharaff. There's clearly an epidemic of completely innocent politicians being forced into exile because they can't get fair treatment from their own people :bounce:

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First Thaksin, now Musharaff. There's clearly an epidemic of completely innocent politicians being forced into exile because they can't get fair treatment from their own people :bounce:

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I wouldn't call it an epidemic...only two out of hundreds of corrupt politicians.

I wouldn't call it an epidemic...only two out of hundreds of corrupt politicians.100% of the two who have been threatened with prosecution vs. the hundreds who haven't (and probably never will). I don't recall hearing Tom De Lay and chums wittering on about the unfairness of it all

Tony Blair got asylum in the UK but I'll bet there was no protest on the skytrain like I saw this afternoon, concerning some local politician named after a bridge.

Do political protest rallies often spill onto the airconditioned luxury of the skytrain?

... elect Homiterm as PM of some country ... after all, he has a wealth of experience and is well educated!!

... elect Homiterm as PM of some country ... after all, he has a wealth of experience and is well educated!!Sadly (??!) I have little patience with fools, who make up the bulk of any electorate (you have only to look in the mirror, WhiteDesire), and I realise I would never be elected by any group that doesn't value quality :cheese:

... elect Homiterm as PM of some country ... after all, he has a wealth of experience and is well educated!!Sadly (??!) I have little patience with fools, who make up the bulk of any electorate (you have only to look in the mirror, WhiteDesire), and I realise I would never be elected by any group that doesn't value quality :cheese:

It's not only the electorate that are fools? I don't have any problem in the way I look Homiterm, even looking in the mirror when I wake up in the morning - what's your excuse?

Tony Blair got asylum in the UK but I'll bet there was no protest on the skytrain like I saw this afternoon, concerning some local politician named after a bridge.

Do political protest rallies often spill onto the airconditioned luxury of the skytrain?
Is that what was occurring mid-day around the Ploenchit BTS station? I was in Bangkok yesterday, and when I got off at Ploenchit station there was some mass meeting in the streets with loud announcements.

Is that what was occurring mid-day around the Ploenchit BTS station? I was in Bangkok yesterday, and when I got off at Ploenchit station there was some mass meeting in the streets with loud announcements.I was lunching early at Delifrance in Silom yesterday and there was something very noisy going on, complete with Westerners who should have known better. Everyone was wearing t-shirt with the slogan "We will not let you quit" which I thought must be either a pro-smoking or a pro-Thaksin vigil. Lots of noisy and vigorous gymnastics was going on, performed by a dance troupe; some of it consisted of throwing girls in the air. However it turned out to be a campaign for the Wall Street college of English language, a branch of which is next to Delifrance. Apart from the noise and the fact that the girls being tossed were caught rather than being left to splatter on the footpath, the young male members of the troupe included some of the ugliest Thai youths I've ever seen

It must have been quite the day in Bangkok for group activities and gatherings. In addition to the mob by Ploenchit BTS station, I also walked from the World Trade Center (I forget it's "modern" name...) to Siam BTS station on the overhead walkway, and from the police station (headquarters?) on the left just past the Police Hospital, VERY LOUD announcements were being made, and there were dozens of folks in formal attire gathering in front of the building.

... included some of the ugliest Thai youths I've ever seen

You should have joined them Homiterm, you would have fit in very well indeed!

You should have joined them Homiterm, you would have fit in very well indeed!

I rather doubt Homi even pretends to "youth".

After all his damn tax rises in the last 11 years, I'd like to see Gordon Brown exiled to the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.

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First Thaksin, now Musharaff. There's clearly an epidemic of completely innocent politicians being forced into exile because they can't get fair treatment from their own people :bounce:

and the Bush Family have bought thousands of acres in Patagonia !