http://www.mangozeen.com Thailand Webzine, Bangkok Pattaya Thailand Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:30:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's a day away from Labor Day in the USA and this morning a US Coast Guard cutter, the Dallas, pulled into the Georgian port Batumi to offload 34 tons of humanitarian aid, as GW Bush attempts to counter Russia's incursions into the trans-Causascus region. A fragile ceasefire holds in ... http://www.mangozeen.com/checkers-versus-chess.htm No one in America wants to talk about why Barack Obama remains tied with John McCain in the polls. They say it's because of his inexperience, lack of history, or trust. The truth is that 50% of white American men will vote the race card. They're good at sports, but not as commander ... http://www.mangozeen.com/americas-shame.htm NOT THE NATION has another take of the present crisis. from www.notthenation.com World Media Insists All of Thailand On Fire, All Thais Dead BANGKOK - Despite the relative calm following PAD intrusions into several government offices, the world media continue to claim that the country has collapsed into anarchy and chaos. As ordinary ... http://www.mangozeen.com/thailand-in-flames.htm In 1974 my good friend Andy Kornfeld and I hitchhiked from LA to Boston. Getting rides was easy until we reached the black hole of Victorville. Scores of hippies lined the on-ramp. Some had been waiting a day. I suggested to Andy that we take a bus to Needles, a ... http://www.mangozeen.com/hell-free.htm My good friend Alan Vaughan called from Gary, Indiana. He was driving to Florida. I told him I was leaving for New England. We hadn't seen each other in a good 6 or 7 years. "How you getting north?" He was ready to suggest an airline. "I'm hitchhiking on I-95. I ... http://www.mangozeen.com/labor-day-travel.htm Fabo and I were sitting in the garden of the Welkome Inn. He was drinking Heineken and I was supping a cold San Miquel Lite. Unexpectedly two unordered bottles arrived at the table. The waitress explained that a girl had received ten million Zaire Francs from a customer and rung ... http://www.mangozeen.com/chek-bin-kap.htm The PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy) has announced a march on Bangkok to blockade the offices of the Prime Minister. This embargo is aimed at ousting Samak and forcing a new election without the interference of the deposed PM Thaksin, now residing in the UK. The opposition has also mounted ... http://www.mangozeen.com/the-son-of-a-friend.htm AND THEN THE FIGHT STARTED... When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I take her someplace expensive... so, I took her to a gas station... And then the fight started.... ************************************************************************ ********************************************************* My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I kept ... http://www.mangozeen.com/and-then-the-fight-started.htm This poor taxi driver made the classic mistake of helping a woman in distress. He witnessed a motorcycle snatch-and-grab and chased the two culprits in his taxi, driving them off the road. A witness handed the female victim her chain and when the police arrived on the scene, the officers ... http://www.mangozeen.com/let-no-good-deed-go-unpunished.htm was in my local having a cup of tea. It was the afternoon and my kidneys were fragile after last weekend’s industrial drinking. Stanley came down and said, “Gu’day." I like seeing Stanley at the bar, since he’s 59 and makes me feel young. His age doesn’t keep him from getting ... http://www.mangozeen.com/free-love.htm