Monthly Archives: May 2010

Vietnam Non-Vet Syndrome

May 18, 2010 – 12:53 am

I protested the Vietnam War from the time I was 17. 1969 was late to turn against the Pentagon, but I never wavered from my commitment to stop the destruction of a country 9000 miles from the USA. The Pentagon has yet to honor my service against the war effort with a pension despite three […]

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Bangkok Burning

May 18, 2010 – 12:36 am

I love Bangkok. Soi Duplei and the Malaysia Hotel. The klong ferries. Sunset drinks at the Oriental Hotel. Cold beer at a go-go bar in Nana Plaza with the Old Roue. Street food. Smiles. Chaos. The city is a no-go zone thanks to the Army’s efforts to evict the red shirts from their barricades. Their […]

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Up the Rebels Thai Style

May 18, 2010 – 12:29 am

One a more serious note the violence in Bangkok has escalated beyond the posturing of two power elites. The army has strategically attacked the stronghold of the red shirts bit by bit in order to hide the iron fist of the military. The score is fast approaching Army 0 – Red Shirts 100 dead. The […]

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Nana Plaza Open

May 17, 2010 – 8:13 am

The revolution will not interfere with the selling of flesh. Reports of a curfew are false. Bangkok’s go-go bars are open and the beer drinkers are flocking to their haunts armed with the awareness that once there was many and now they are few. The US and UK embassies have issued warning for their citizens […]

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Holiday-Makers from Bangkok

May 17, 2010 – 8:11 am

Everyone at work suggested that my trip to Thailand be postponed until after the ‘red shirts’ retreat from Bangkok. My sources in the capitol said that the Thaksin supporters were far from ready to abandon their barricades, especially after the assassnation of their committed leader ‘seh daeng’. A sniper bullet to the head. Chances of […]

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