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PM Samak has been speaking his mind freely and certain people have been telling the PM to hoop barg or shut up. He even went so far as to cancel his weekly interview supposedly because his wife told him he was making as bigger fool of himself than Obama’s Reverend Wright.
Some reporters suggested that it […]
Posted on May 5th, 2008 in politics by Pete | leave a comment
Frank Sinatra had little respect for the Press, especially after a female Australian reporter slept with him to get a story. It wasn’t about his toupee. Old Blue Eyes later caught flak for saying, “All reporters are whores.”
Most politicians shared this sentiment and none more obvious than Thailand’s Prime Minister Samak who asked a female […]
Posted on May 4th, 2008 in politics by Pete | leave a comment
Warning.
No beer April 26-27 as Chonburi province holds its election this weekend and then next week a similar ban on booze for May 3-4 for Pattaya’s mayoral and city council elections.
The nation wants sober decision on who should hold power over the populace for the years to come and everyone knowas that like driving drinking […]
Posted on April 27th, 2008 in politics by Pete | leave a comment
America touts itself as the Land of the Free and the ACLU considers the Freedom of Speech to be one of our most treasured rights, however this liberty has been curtailed by the 24 hour news cycle ravenously devouring anyone guilty of saying what they mean by sound-biting the truth to shreds. Senator Obama seemingly […]
Posted on April 13th, 2008 in politics by Pete | leave a comment
The Chinese Olympic Committee has scheduled a torch procession through London this Sunday to humor the English Capitol’s serving as the host of the 2012 Games. The torch runners will proceed from Buckingham Palace to 10 Downing Street and then somewhere else in the city, however protesters are gathering to disrupt the event. Gordon Brown […]
Posted on April 6th, 2008 in politics, Sports by Pete | leave a comment
Supposedly people tell lies at least 13 times a day and that’s not counting the ones we tell ourselves. Sometimes we tell the same lie so much that it becomes the truth. Pattaya is filled with foreigners re-inventing their pasts to suit their present personae. My history of nightclubs, diamond-dealing, and women is well-documented, however […]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 in politics by Pete | leave a comment
Last month Thaksin Shinawatra returned to face corruption charges in Thailand after spending over a year and a half in luxury exile. The former prime minister has been keeping a very low profile despite his faithful followers clamoring for his ascend to power. At present he is under court orders to leave the country and […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2008 in politics by Pete | leave a comment
Senator Barack Obama has been under fire from his Democratic opponent for his lack of experience. Ms. Clinton highlighted this best with a TV ad asking the voters who would you want to answer the White House phone at 3am. The Ohio electorate responded with ‘not Obama’, stopping his consecutive run of primary wins, however […]
Posted on March 18th, 2008 in politics by Pete | leave a comment
The US presidential campaign thus far has been notable for the lack of discussion on the more controversial policies of incumbent President George W. Bush.
There has been scarcely a mention of Guantanamo Bay, the discarding of the Geneva Conventions, secret CIA prisons, the warrantless wire-tapping, or the “signing statements” in which Mr Bush basically says […]
Posted on March 11th, 2008 in politics, War by Pete | leave a comment
Eliot Spitzer was elected governor of New York with the image of a corruption fighter. The former prosecutor arrived in Albany with the goal of reforming state government. His self-righteousness earned him enemies in every camp and they gloated with glee upon discovering that the Democratic governor had been implicated in an extremely expensive prostitution […]
Posted on March 11th, 2008 in Sex, politics by Pete | leave a comment
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