It’s been over a month since the last election and no one has opened the senate. dust collects on the desks. A caretaker turns on the lights. Limos stand unused. PM Thaksin no longer wears a tie. There is no government. no democracy. Does that mean we are living in anarchy?

I went to the 7/11 to buy beer at 3pm. The Taliban behind the counter refused the sale. Obviously some laws are still being enforced. I drove down Beach Road without helmet. The copper in front of the police station waved for me to stop. I accelerated away with several other motorcyclists and we laughed because the copper’s bike didn’t have the gas to chase us. His lack of pursuit is one benefit of higher gas prices.

Supposedly the highway police are limited to one chase a day, which means they can only go after cars they can catch, although those don’t pay as well as M5 BMWs and Mercedes coupes.

I went down to the Jomtien visa office and asked if I had to renew my visa.

The officers who i know for several years asked, “Why not?’

Well, there’s no government, so i thought we could do what we want.”

“We got paid last month.” A senior official said.

“And next month?”

They looked at each other as if they weren’t sure.

At the post office everything is going and coming. In fact everything is functioning perfect. We don’t have a senate. We don’t have a real Prime Minister. Only a stand-in. So is this better than democracy.

Anarchy?

During the 1994 GOP closure of the US government, Congress closed, National parks were shut, and the IRS stopped sending out auditors. It was during this period that Monica Lewinsky went into President Clinton’s oval office and remade PIZZA GIRL COMING 3 XXX. That was the worst thing that happened without a government. The Prez got a hummer. Maybe I can get one too. They haven’t closed soi 6 yet.