Comments on: Thailand in the News Week Ending 01/16/10

By: Talen

Talen — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:51:09 +0000

Martyn, Chinatown as well as a few other areas of Bangkok flood really fast and it happens so often that the merchants go about their day like it isn’t happening . I have a pic of a secretary at her desk in a shop with the water up to her knees.

I can believe that PAD has been allowed to get away with murder because their party is in power just look at what Thaksin was doing while he was in power.

Perhaps it’s time Thailand went back to a strict Monarchy and did away with government for the most part.

By: Martyn

Martyn — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:49:17 +0000

Bangkok has got that sinking feeling, you were right on the swine flu pandemic being over hyped and so I’ll follow your lead on this one whatever that might be. Looking at your photo of Chinatown then something needs to be done anyway and sooner is surely better than later.

PM Abhisit Vejjajiva’s statement does appear to be another example of the double standards in Thai politics. If Thaksin Shinawatra had used the very same words then the yellow ones would have whipped up a storm. I still can’t believe the PAD leaders have been allowed to get away with the airport closure and the loss of billions in revenue to Thailand.It makes the jewelry scandal look like a schoolboy prank.
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By: Talen

Talen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:10:10 +0000

Cat, I would love to see what happens at your household when you guys really cut loose lol.

I think they could protect Bangkok with dikes but it would be a very costly effort.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:41:42 +0000

Talen, the man (being a geologist), made an elevation map of Thailand to pinpoint where the waters would rise (if it did happen).

It was an excercise to pick where we would could move (if we decided to stay during it all).

There were many entertaining evenings where we focused on possibilities of location, how nationalistic Thais might be about the land they had left, if there would be a drop in available Thai produce due to having less land to farm (rising seas would take out a huge swatch), and whether or not the seas really were rising.

We also discussed the cost between protecting Thailand’s coast (similar to what have been done in the Netherlands) and moving Bangkok further north.

Oh, and the cost of a new airport as this one is built on a swamp and might need to be moved too.

It was an interesting exercise.
.-= Catherine´s last blog ..YouTube: Rak Bpon Bpon =-.

By: Talen

Talen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:10:36 +0000

Mike, Maybe Bangkok will sink and take with it a load of politicians…one can only hope.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:50:51 +0000

Talen interesting. Particularly the first two.

Sages here have been publicly quoted as saying that sea level rises will NOT affect the Gulf-clearly they live in a different world.

The second article is also in the news in a slightly different format regarding even more censorship of web sites that refer to HM the King. Public scrutiny is being encouraged with the setting up of a site where citizens can rat on each other.

The plot thickens!
.-= Mike´s last blog ..Discovering Unseen Thailand-Thai ASEAN News Network =-.