MangoZeen

Every time I turn on the TV News from the USA, the discussion turns to the War on Terror.

Winning or losing?
“Who cares?” My father at 83 doesn’t watch the news anymore. “Nothing good ever happens.”
He’s right to keep his channel dialed to the all WHEEL OF FORTUNE station.
I’ve stopped listening to anything the talking heads […]

Ouch.
I was getting used to 36 baht for the dollar after its drop from 41. Now the floor has weakened and no one knows why. My bank Siam Commercial posts the exchange rate at 35.7 yet online the baht is listed at 33.51. Which means interested parties has been manipulating the currency through onshore and offshore […]

The President appeared on time for the State of the Union Speech. I give him an A for punctuality. GW greeted members of both parties on his route to the podium. Another A for cordiality and politeness, especially for his gracious welcome to the incoming Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.
I’ve spoken before people. Poetry and […]

Quack quack quack
It’s that time of year again. Bird flu on the wing.
A flock of duck in Phitsanulok has been infect with the deadly virus.
Beware ducks.
Symptons; fever, cough, sore throat, muscle ache, conjuntivitis
Almost the same for living too hard.
Just a friendly warning.

2007 has been a hard year for the former ruler of Thailand.
The ex-PM’s children are being investigated for corruption for their part of the Shin Corp sale. His wife is under threat for a land deal. And the junta has listed a number of transactions singed off by Herr Thaksin during his reign.
Now a new […]

When I was young, the radio listed the national traffic deaths on the holidays. Being patriotic the America scored the highest fatalities on the 4th of July. New Year’s Eve and St. Patrick’s Day were never close. These announcements were designed to warn the public about the dangers of driving drunk and thanks to draconian […]

Three hours before fireworks could herald in the year of James Bond 007, six bombs exploded throughout Krueng Thep or Bangkok. Two more blasts followed once authorities cancelled the New Year celebration in the city of fun. The targeting centered on police stations and popular gathering spots. Most farangs blamed the Muslims from the South […]

In Tennessee Williams’ CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF the character Big Daddy announces after hearing his heirs fight over his will and testament, “Oh, the mendacity.”
Whenever the Catholic Church gets involved in the course of human events, you can bet sooner or later that you can paraphrase the classic line with. “Oh, the hypocrisy.”
Case […]

Whenever I hit a economic downturn, I review my employment options.
Driver in Iraq - life expectancy 3 weeks.
Go-go boy at a Pattaya Boytown bar - fired for being too old.
Joining the priesthood - excommunicated for not vowing to abuse altar boys.
The deposed Prime Minister of Thailand is in a similar position.
Past his best years and without a job.
Recently […]

On Tuesday the American electorate gave what GW Bush later said in his hick accent, “We got a ’thumpin’.”
Pundits at Fox News were stunned by the setback, but the GOP was infuriated by the President’s announcement that Don Rumsfeld was ‘cutting and running’ from his post as Secretary of Defense, since only last week GW had […]