Big day for Yingluck, and Thailand

Post by **maaka** » July 19, 2011, 9:20 am

Will she, or wont she, be the next PM...
will a land ruled by kings since buddha was a boy, let the serfs now take control..
will there be a re election..
will Yingluck and the Abs both be biffed out
its a nervous wait isnt it..
whatever happens the sun will still come up tomorrow morning

Post by **Prenders88** » July 19, 2011, 9:27 am

will there be a re election..

If there was it would be another Pheu Thai landslide, with or without Yingluck at the helm.

Post by **PRichard** » July 19, 2011, 9:39 am

You told me I can have 300 baht a day, a house, a car, a credit card and computer tablets for my children.

Say what? You can’t? I won’t get these? What problem? I don’t understand.

Did you talk to your brother about this?

Post by **kjellsnell** » July 19, 2011, 10:25 am

Yes...its a great day for democracy....!

Post by **nkstan** » July 19, 2011, 4:30 pm

kjellsnell wrote:Yes...its a great day for democracy....!

Weird democracy!lot of basic tenants missing in my opinion!

Post by **Astana** » July 19, 2011, 5:10 pm

maaka wrote:Will she, or wont she, be the next PM...
will a land ruled by kings since buddha was a boy, let the serfs now take control..
will there be a re election..
will Yingluck and the Abs both be biffed out
its a nervous wait isnt it..
whatever happens the sun will still come up tomorrow morning

Will she, or wont she, be the next PM... If she is for how long? If She isn't it didn't matter in the first place!

will a land ruled by kings since buddha was a boy, let the serfs now take control. Buddha had been dead for a thousand years before the Kingdom came along.

will there be a re election.. Quite possibly several erections as they seem to be gignatic ---- ups.

will Yingluck and the Abs both be biffed out. One can't live without the other!

whatever happens the sun will still come up tomorrow morning. Wishful thinking or same same but different day!

2 cents worth.

Post by **merchant seaman** » July 19, 2011, 5:42 pm

If she is smart she won't go to New york to speak at the United Nations.

Post by **parrot** » July 19, 2011, 7:29 pm

" won't go to New york to speak at the United Nations"

or give any interviews to Thomas Fuller of the New York Times.

Post by **Bandung_Dero** » July 20, 2011, 5:50 am

From what TW was saying yesterday the referees have pulled a yellow card for our electorate so looks like another election here. Reason! Some sort of erroneous vote buying allegation and smear campaign, how dare they! 55555. The locals will be laughing all the way to the Lao Kow shop clutching another hand out.

Post by **maaka** » July 20, 2011, 7:57 am

yup, according to the Election Comm, Udon, Nongkhai, and two other provinces are yellow carded

Post by **trubrit** » July 29, 2011, 10:13 am

Yingluck is in Udon today to thank her many supporters from the region .

Post by **pienmash** » July 29, 2011, 10:29 am

She arrived quite late last night under tight secuity TB saw her and her motorcade and loads of bib , i did try to get to speak to her and offer her a Scunny football shirt and a voucher for a free bacon roll at CC ,,,, alas missed her..

mash

Post by **nongwuasoguy** » July 29, 2011, 11:06 am

If she goes to CC... post a picture, please!... eating for free a bacon roll!

Post by **bigsnake** » August 3, 2011, 9:40 pm

Nice looking PM, hope she will put a slow down on this STRONG BAHT!! Sure as heck would help the export/import businesses!! Khun Yingluck best of LUCK!!

Post by **Laan Yaa Mo** » August 3, 2011, 9:55 pm

Astana wrote:
maaka wrote:Will she, or wont she, be the next PM...
will a land ruled by kings since buddha was a boy, let the serfs now take control..
will there be a re election..
will Yingluck and the Abs both be biffed out
its a nervous wait isnt it..
whatever happens the sun will still come up tomorrow morning
Will she, or wont she, be the next PM... If she is for how long? If She isn't it didn't matter in the first place!

will a land ruled by kings since buddha was a boy, let the serfs now take control. Buddha had been dead for a thousand years before the Kingdom came along.

will there be a re election.. Quite possibly several erections as they seem to be gignatic **** ups.

will Yingluck and the Abs both be biffed out. One can't live without the other!

whatever happens the sun will still come up tomorrow morning. Wishful thinking or same same but different day!

2 cents worth.

Thailand has had a few female rulers. For example, Chiraphrapha ruled Chiang Mai (Laan Kingdom) during the 16th century, and I believe there was another female ruler there too. However, the most famous female ruler of all was Cammadevi who ruled the Mon Kingdom of Haripunchai (modern-day Lamphun. Eventually, Lanna, or Chiang Mai supplanted Mon rule by the northern Thais under their great ruler, Mangrai. Who knows if earlier kingdoms such as Mon Dvaravati had female rulers.

By the way, Yingluck and Thaksin are hardly serfs.

Post by **maaka** » August 4, 2011, 4:01 am

I learn something new everyday, so thanks Laan for enlightening me..
you must always take my comments, as if I was painting with a wide brush
I like to create debate, foster ideas, induce others to expand thier horizons na ka
' ruled by kings since Buddha was a boy ' basically referred too " a ruddy long time "
and as for " serfs ', I was referring the colorful Red shirt farmers brigade, rather than Yingluck, and the new Sultan of Dubai..
however, as an historian for my own tribe, and a facilitator of cultural awareness, I enjoyed your little history lesson, and indeed, the effort you went too, to avail me/us of such truths..well done..

Post by **nkstan** » August 4, 2011, 8:23 am

I have a hard time seeing her as a ruler,a leader etc. etc.,I think Thaksin and his money are still pulling the strings with her as a stand-in.It is all about him getting his confiscated assets first,then his repatriation,then business as usual with plenty of crumbs distributed to the Isaan base to insure business as usual and more accumulation of wealth from the freedom to wheel and deal with gov't assets!

Post by **trubrit** » August 5, 2011, 12:49 pm

Well its official. Yingluck becomes the first woman PM in Thailand . Today as expected she was voted in by a huge majority of the house . So now its all up to her . Will she just be a puppet for her brother? Will she be strong enough to resist the pressure that will undoubtedly be applied by the military junta.? Indeed will she survive for the full 4 year term without another coupe? So many questions that will decide, not only the future for the Thai people but the international standing of the country in the world. Lets all get behind her and wish her the best of luck, after all it certainly isn't the easiest job as others have found out .

Post by **parrot** » August 5, 2011, 1:06 pm

Better than getting a new PM, the country will get a new Foreign Minister. With any luck, the new FM will be able to talk with other countries, not talk down on them.

Post by **trubrit** » August 5, 2011, 1:26 pm

parrot wrote:Better than getting a new PM, the country will get a new Foreign Minister. With any luck, the new FM will be able to talk with other countries, not talk down on them.

I don't think it is confirmed yet but this is the most likely candidate for FM and his credentials are certainly better than his predecessor . http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?o ... Itemid=185