Thaksin takes flight
WHEN THAILAND'S former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, flew into London Sunday night, fleeing indictment and a Monday court date in Bangkok, he illustrated the old saw that the very rich are very different from you and me.
Pfffffffttt!
Hello?!!
Globe, elite shits like you have NOTHING in common with US out here!
How presumptuous and arrogant -- and INSULTING!!!!
Thaksin's wealth and influence allowed him to elude corruption charges back home, enjoy an easeful exile as the owner of the Manchester City soccer club, and prepare the way for a claim of political asylum in Britain.
Thaksin's actions as a fugitive from justice merit attention not merely because he is reputed to be the richest man in Thailand or because of his international notoriety. Until he was removed from power in a bloodless coup two years ago, the media magnate presided over a debased version of democracy, a system that preserved the external forms of popular sovereignty but little of its substance.
Ummm, HELLO, AmeriKa, 'eh, MSM?!?!
Sigh
Just proves AmeriKa's MSM is nothing but a bunch of shit fooleys passsing itself off as "news."
Thaksin bought his popularity and the support of the rural poor in Thailand. He purchased or intimidated media outlets.
Rupe Murdoch!
He countenanced extra-judicial assassinations as a tool for waging a highly publicized war on drugs while leaving alone the drug lords in neighboring Burma, who are the source of that trade.
Pffft!
While the CIA protects the whole thing and runs the biggest drug operations to fund its balck budgets and special ops!
Yes, I do get sick of the shit AmeriKan MSM!
He provoked popular protest when he sold his family's 49 percent share in the Shin telecommunications company for $1.9 billion to a Singaporean company and claimed exemption from any capital gains tax. And he is currently fleeing charges that he used his power to secure insider deals on real-estate purchases for family members.
What is wrong with that? That is nothing if not AmeriKan!!!!
Thaksin ought to be made to answer the charges against him in the Thai courts. A fair and transparent legal process could assure justice in particular corruption cases. It could also inoculate Thailand - and perhaps other countries as well - against the malady of one-man rule by the world's richest media moguls or energy barons.
Umm, TURN THAT AROUND TOWARDS AmeriKa, will you, BG?
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Also see: Britain Grants Asylum to Thai Terrorist
