Oh, crap...

Anbd the mad dance continues...

Oh, shit.

Never could type That should be "and"

A Muslim in charge of a mainly Buddhist army and nation. Wow.

Australia used stronger language, saying it was concerned to see democracy "destroyed."

Why can't we have clear speaking people like that?

He may want to negotiate with the jihadis, but he has also been the guy fighting them. It will be interesting. He may be Muslim, but he is also very close to the King of Thailand, which is a huge political asset. I'm not terribly worried - trying to detach the jihadis from the local population might be a strategy worth trying.

uh-oh

Many analysts have said that with Thaksin in power, peace in the south was unlikely

Depends upon how you define "peace".

omg

The violent, imperialistic, totalitarian political movement known as islam consumes another country. Poor Thailand.

Alright, looks like this cancer just keeps spreading. And how do we fight cancer, boys and girls? That's right, RADIATION THERAPY.

/pass the ammo

Not a surprise.

The general may be expected to deal with the insurgency by cutting a deal: the provinces will be permitted to secede, so long as they do not formally declare independence.

Civil authority in the southern Thai provinces will evaporate. Schools will close, and be replaced by madrassahs. Those not adherents of the ROP will be cleansed from the land. And their relatives in the North will shut up and put up with it or face tanks.

A perfect and just settlement, and a good example of the universal brotherhood to which all are invited.

Not to be outdone, John Kerry put on his old uniform and rushed the gates of the White House, declaring himself in charge.

Then Teh-ray-zuh came by, gave him a pill in a saucer of milk, then took him home. Said he's been suffering both 'Nam and Ohio recount delusions.

Oh shoot...

# 15 JammieWearingFool

Not to be outdone, John Kerry put on his old uniform and rushed the gates of the White House, declaring himself in charge.

Gosh. Didn't someone tell him that the Patchouli Putsch was cancelled?

Man, I hope they don't screw Bangkok up. I've been to Bangkok. I love Bangkok (Kick boxing is a freaking blast to watch while getting hammered).

If you have another nominee for "The World's Greatest Party City" please inform me.

A wild, weird, and wonderful place.

Unbeliveably cute girls too, but, erm... be vewy, vewy cahful.

I have heard numerous stories about the Thai Army from relatives who were in the Vietnam War. My father was stationed at a Thai base for almost a year and got to know several of them very well. He regarded them as some of the best soldiers in the country, after the Koreans. The Viet-Cong and NVA hated and feared them and, frequently, chose to retreat rather than fight them.

If the current Thai Army if half as good as the one of yesteryear, then mopping up the terrorists should be easy.

Unless there is obstruction from the new PM, of course...

Standard Muslim negotiating position: give us everything we ask for while explaining shariah giveaways in secular terms, and then expect the latest success from our militancy to carry over into the next phase of our demands.

Goodbye Southeast Asia.

Pull up the Thai target list, boys in blue, dust of the Thai OP PLAN.

Scary

I was afraid it would be Muslim related. Oy.

WHERE THE HELL ARE THE CHINESE?

"Sondhi, 59, was selected last year to head the army partly because it was felt he could better deal with the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand, where 1,700 people have been killed since 2004."

It just stinks of Islam spreading by the sword.

Doesn't sound good based on that article, but I'm no Thai expert.

A poorly written story?:

But he alienated the urban middle class, intellectuals and pro-democracy activists.

then:

Some of Thaksin's critics wanted to jettison his policies promoting privatization, free trade agreements and CEO-style administration.

Why would pro-democracy activists be against privatization?

Intellectuals and urban-middle class makes me think of our own libs for some reason, haha.

I also like how the author points out it's the first coup in 15 years. WOW, 15 whole years, what a democracy!

If you want to successfully negotiate with the Jihadis, a colt .45 is the best way to go.

The olive branch won't help.

If Thailand had a disagreement with Australia, US, UK or another civilized nation, Thailand could talk with us or the other civilzed nation about it via diplomatic means. However there are millions of people who aren't interested in freedom and democracy and just want to kill you. They only understand the Colt .45.

This is coming more clearly into focus now

God HELP US!

Thats the Santi I was hearing mentioned...

VERY BAD NEWS, unless he precipitates such a reaction that the Thais wake up and throw him out!

They've been able to spin 'Muslim trouble in the south' as the fault of the healthy, instead of being the purpose of the DISEASE!

Bad NEWS! NO negotiations with murdering thugs!

Way OT, but hey, we need some laughs.

Spicoli to play Einstein?

The dominos are starting to fall. Wouldn't be surprised if Pakistan is next, nuclear weapons and all.

I was speaking with a co-worker who was born in Bangkok a few months ago. I mentioned I was interested in visiting Thailand. She said it was not safe to go as it was going to "flip" to a muslim country soon.
How right she was.
Sad.

This is a nightmare. The violence will only worsen as the jihadis sense weakness and move in for the kill.

Thai land?

Is that where Thai food comes from?

I like Thai food!

Did you hear Paris Hilton's not making any new albums?

I'm, like, really bummed.

What were we talking about?

/stupid american

Really bad news. Poor Thailand.

Welp, Islam marches on.

Seems that the latest update at Bangkok Pundit points to an article on the Bangkok Post (unfortunately, down at the moment) saying that Retired Gen Surayudh Chulanont has been named PM. Surayudh Chulanont was Gen. Sondhi's predecessor.

Not sure if that part is true though, I havent seen it verified anywhere else.

#9 easy

Many analysts have said that with Thaksin in power, peace in the south was unlikely

Depends upon how you define "peace".

The peace comes after everyone submits or dies.

*sigh*

# 15 JammieWearingFool

Not to be outdone, John Kerry put on his old uniform and rushed the gates of the White House, declaring himself in charge.

Was he wearing his medals? The ones he both threw over the fence _and_ kept?

Coup involving the religion of peace? Say it ain't so.

My first thought in hearing that the general is a Muslim was, half-jokingly, "I guess Muslims won the civil war"

Maybe that was more true than I realized...

Almost no one has firearms in Thailand, they're BIG on gun-control here...

So there's almost NO position citizens can assume except prone, or handzon ankles...

(Here at home in BKK, we're watching videos on computer: "Here In America, We STILL Believe in God!" by Diamond Rio; "Bomb Islam!" showing Muslims in their idiocy and the WTC up close, burning, falling Americans, and personal...)

Karridine

#33 OceansideCon
My moonbat neighbors just returned from thailand 2 days ago.

#32 Fast Eddie

The dominos are starting to fall. Wouldn't be surprised if Pakistan is next, nuclear weapons and all.

Um, Pakistan is already Muslim.

Or am I missing your point?

You've got the dominos part right, for sure.

#33- that's impressive - a baby a few months old already talking. And working, too. Kids grow up fast these days.

Big Morning Announcement at 0900 Thai (1900 Lizard Standard Time)

One hour from now.

Stay tuned.

K

#44 - you're quite right of course.

What I meant was being taken over by the Islamofascist wing, as opposed to the current regime.

#44 rtheyseriu

Domino theory? Is anyone else seeing history repeat itself?

Communists did it last century, Islamists doing it now...

'Those who do know history, will be doomed to repeat it'

Uh,
Changing governments by coups is very very bad. It completely undermines the transfer of power by legitimate means, completely shreds the Rule of Law. It's very hard for a country to claw its way back to democracy - the precedent is set to go around the system instead of working within it.
It's very bad for a military to upsurp the civilian government, it will always harbor in the future the urge to go for the option whenever it becomes impatient even if democractic functions are reestablished. Don't know Thai politics, but does anybody know what the possibility is of a split in the military? That would mean civil war, loyalists troops - that is to the elected government, for good or bad (meaning fighting for respecting the system) against rebel troops who have abandoned and betrayed the system?
This is bad enough without the added X-factor of the uncertain (to the outside world)leanings of the general desiring to be the strong-man in charge.

Thaksin's party was in for a landslide election on Oct 15.

#37 quasi
Thanks, excellent link.

#50-
That precedent was set a long time ago. They haven't had a coup in 15 years, that was considered progress!

shit... thailand is an awesome vacation country, cheap, warm, good beer, beautiful nature.

So long, Thailand.

THIS JUST IN: News centers on TV being allowed to read prepared reports...

I touch type while looking over my shoulder at our TV...

Saying we'll still have a Constitution (Thais worked hard to get this)

Something about the nation's police

"Stay in your homes... "

Karridine

Carridine

How are you?

A few people have mentioned Pakistan. Wasn't a coup exactly how Musharaf came to power? You think he'd still have the Army onside - although he's got plenty of other enemies to worry about.

#59 wanumba

Uh,
Changing governments by coups is very very bad. It completely undermines the transfer of power by legitimate means, completely shreds the Rule of Law. It's very hard for a country to claw its way back to democracy - the precedent is set to go around the system instead of working within it.
It's very bad for a military to upsurp the civilian government, it will always harbor in the future the urge to go for the option whenever it becomes impatient even if democractic functions are reestablished.

Gotta take issue witcha there. Does a certain coup that took place around 1776 ring a bell?

Anyone see on CNN...

Al-Queda from Pakiston warns US muslims to get out of here, fast.

#50 wanumba

Um, wouldn't the American Revolution count as a coup against the British?

If so, I have to disagree- sometimes force IS needed to change governments. If the government goes off the deep end, it is the duty of the citizens to correct the problem, either by vote, protest, or, as a last resort, force.

25 scoreboard...excellent question. It seems the Chinese are hovering in the background of many islamic issues we have. I fear they may be behind curtain number 2.

#58 maddogg

Beat me to it!

Carradine in Bangkok

Shjowing soldiers in the ITV offices earlier today...

This is costing Thailand BILLIONS! Nobody at work today, only essential communications effective... tourists warned by their respective govts...

And the pall of uncertainty hanging on everything...

K

59 Amalie. I hope the door hits their asses hard on the way out.

And I hope we make a list and don't let any of the rats back in./wishful thinking

Sondhi, 59, was selected last year to head the army partly because it was felt he could better deal with the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand

Well, now we know why there has been no progress, so few arrests, in curbing the "insurgency." The head of the military likely had no intention of reining in the violence.

This is very bad news indeed. Scratch Thailand off your travel schedule, folks. What a pity -- one of my favorite countries.

Carridine

Prayers for you, your family, your safety..

Amalie

Does the American Revolution count as a coup against the British?

Jeez, folks, of course not. Get a grip, willya? An American Revolution coup against the British would have been something like Johnny Tremain sneaking into the Royal Palace in London with a bunch of armed comrads and deposing King George.

#64 carridine
I suppose the next few days will determine whether or not its time to load up and get your family out of there.

#63 RepJ: Yes, I am.

Finally getting some pre-approved 'news' reports (read: sanitized) from the dark hours this morning...

"The King is sick at heart, and cannot see the people (citizens) [from his balcony at Chitlada palace]..."

K

Carridine - please please take care of yourself OK? I am praying for you, brother.

# 58 maddogg

Gotta take issue witcha there. Does a certain coup that took place around 1776 ring a bell?

That wasn't a coup. That was the elected colonial assemblies telling the King and his officers to take a hike.

Sondhi, 59, was selected last year to head the army partly because it was felt he could better deal with the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand

Just like Mohammed El Baradei has done such a fine job with the IAEA?

#68
We did depose King George, on this side of the pond in the American colonies at least. He wasn't King here afterwards was he?

#67 Amalie: THANK YOU, Ma'am.

#69 Maddog: Right on! I'm a Baha'i, and about the only thing Muslims fear and hate more than crusader Christians, are people Dedicated to the Glory of God, because we imply that God's Holy Messenger has come again, and Muslims are NOT obeying Him!

Can become VERY dangerous for Baha'is in the coming weeks...

Karridine

#68 rtheyserius

Good point, but I still feel forcing a corrupt government out of power should be an option...

If Islam expands in that region , we may asked to go back to Vietnam by Hanoi government ,
"Yankee come back. Save us !"

Carridine - do you have a firearm or other means to protect yourself?

What can I do to help you?

carridine, I assume you all have passports?

#72 The Other Les
Those assemblies were illegal and treasonous by the King's point of view, so it is a matter of point of view, I suppose.

Carradine - I want to help you and your family. Please tell me how.

Carridine

Are tourists trying to leave or are they just.. in limbo?

#71- Mama Winger: THANK YOU, Ma'am, and know that my wife and I weathered the 1991 mess here, when green Thai troops were told the demonstrators were Communist, and drew down on them, killing more than 200 in cold blood...

But more, I'm a Baha'i, and do not fear for my life.

A Muslim government will make it more dangerous for me and my family, but like other Baha'is, dedicated to the Glory of God, we'll bear witness to our faith even to the point of death.

Karridine

Carridine-

Take care, and thanks for the reports. I wish you well and pray to the gods for your safety.

-Odinist

All: Limbo, so far.

Relax, and breathe deeply. Its peaceful, so far.

On the hour, (in 25 minutes) we'll have the Big Announcement from Muslim-in-Charge

THEN we'll panic, M'kay?

:D

#83 carradine

I will spend tonight in prayer for you. How many people in your family?

This overthrow might fit in with the design of the Great Caliphate which is layed out in this older but really good historical overview of Islam...

[Link: www.insiderreport.net...]

#83 Kerridine

Thats well and good for you and your wife, but does that apply to you children as well?

#84 - Odinist: THANK YOU, Sir

Guy in police uniform giving a spiel on how society must be protected from the evils of amphetamines, bad morals and night-clubs!

(cue Shari'ah music) sorry: (cue Shari'ah SILENCING of music, laughter, dialogue...)

K

Why do Muslims want to take over all the best vacation spots and impose their Sharia on them?

Is this part of the plan to take over the world? If so I think it will backfire on them- we free people like our vacations too much...

Carridine

Alright then, good luck in the next few days..

Am

Well time to check the numbers

Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census)

Boy THAT sure as hell justifies killing Christian School Girls, shootings, cutting off heads and Bombings and more bombings.

Time to negotiate their "greivances".

Tribute, yeah that's it, pay them tribute, how about 100 White Virgins a year, it worked before.

Soon the Moors had assembled a massive army and within a few months had conquered most of Gothic Spain. Only isolated pockets of Gothic resistance held out. In the north an enclave only secured its existence by being forced to enter a treaty with the Moors in terms of which the Goths had to hand over 100 White Gothic virgins a year to the Moorish leaders for use in their harems - a painful tribute which continued until 791 AD, when the Goths once enough became strong enough to break the terms of the treaty.

After all that's gone on so far this week (and it's only Tuesday), I think it's time to declear the crudase.

89 carridine

Good lord..

Are they going to clean up Bangkok?

Where is my post?

Carridine
Bangkok is the least muslim city in the world. In the sense that there's not only utter liberty, but even debauchery.
I wonder how the children of moe are going to control that.
Stay safe, may God protect all of you there :)

Now... it shows up...

Amalie
I stole your post to keep it as a souvenir ;)

96 Miguel

Exactly what I was thinking..

How in the world will they clean up Bangkok?

Amalie
yes, we had the same idea.
It's so obvious lol.

Miguel

You stole my post?

haha!

When I was in Bangkok there were a lot of shootings, so I know that there are some people who do have guns..

DON'T WORRY GUYS!

I just read a Swedish newspaper, and they don't mention the word muslim or islam even once, according to them it is a military coup.

Everyone relax!

///

Miguel

Yeah...

Bangkok, not your Singapore...

Hello MigueldowninMexico!

I'm a new poster and want to thank you for your updates from Mexico. I appreciate your views and wisdom.

-Odinist

My post disappeared too...

/tired or simply losing my mind?

Amalie
I've never been to Bangkok, but I read that the drug gangs are dangerous. They are armed, as you say.

Carradiney what a blessing you are secure in your faith. I pray for the safety of you and yours.

What will the Buddhist monks do? Will they council the people to fight? How many muslims live in Bangkok? I didn't realize the situation was this bad bad bad.

#105 littleoldlady 9/19/2006 06:48PM PDT

My post disappeared too...

/tired or simply losing my mind?

I was thinking.. maybe someone can delete our posts before they make it to the thread... lol.

Amalie
Singapore means military regime in civilian clothes lol

Odinist
Why, thanks a lot, that's very kind of you :)

littleoldlady
I stole your post too, I'm begining a collection :p

2nd attempt...

KARRADINE - STAY SAFE!

/please don't steal this post

Mama Winger: 6, counting my wife's mother and father in rural, upcountry Thailand...

All: I raise my children to respect God, and the Messengers from God; to the best of our ability.

I do not take lightly the loving burdens of parenthood, but I have already been in situations (as a father, husband and physician) where I've experienced, FIRSTHAND, the limits of conscious knowledge, and have turned consciously to That-Which-Created-Me.

This seems a rational thing to do, even when (especially when?) thugs threaten me and my dear children...

But ultimately, we're all in God's hands. I do what I can, all the while knowing that I've been consciously observing this growing storm for the past 41 years, since that moment in Monterey, CA, when I accepted the Glory of God as the One, promised by Christ Jesus.

In 41 years of conscious, focused study and dialogue and experience, I have found nothing to show me that Jesus was mistaken, lying or misinformed.
***
We'll see what the 0900 Speech reveals.

Karridine
(and yes, we're a poly-lingual family by choice: I speak only Thai with my wife, because I don't speak Lao like her and her family; and she doesn't speak Korean or English, like me. Our sons are bilingual, fluently.)

I've never been to Thailand, but have been planning a trip there in the next few years. I really hope things work out for the better there. (I know, I'm an optimist!)

106 Miguel

It could wind up the New Army versus the gangs?

Odinist
And welcome to the comments on LGF.

112 Odinist

Thailand is beautiful. An amazing country. I hope all this is just temporary.

The Thai are wonderful people.

Amalie
It could.
Actually I'm sure most of the army is made of Budhists, so I don't see a muslims government advancing over there. But who knows...

Oh good... Carridine you are OK?

Babbazeee ;)

A DINGO ATE MY POST

Miguel

Yes, this is true.. as someone posted earlier the percentage of Muslims in Thailand is very small ..

This could be related to other issues at hand..

Lil Olde Lady, MsDixie: THANK YOU, Friends... my eyes tear in appreciation of your good intentions! Thannk you...

We DO want to stay safe, if only to continue the battle against the Islamo-fascists and other thugs... I did NOT mean to imply that I'm lackadaisical about my family's safety, only that some things happen, and we have to let go and let God.

I cannot WILL my sons to safety and well-being, just as I could not WILL my beloved mother-in-laws' healing when the artery exploded in her head! Sometimes events move beyond our poor power to enhance or diminish...

Karridine

Miguel! Amalie!

Sanctuary, Sanctuary!

#115 Amalie

Everything I've heard about the Thai people is positive. I know there are gangs and stuff there, but its the same in ANY country.

How is the political situation in Cambodia? Angkor Wat was in my plan too!

Babbazee

Oh no.. not the Dingo!

Hi Babba!

This ain't good.

#111 carradine

I believe that if anyone can weather this storm, it is you. I'm off to prayer now - you and your family are at the tip-top of my list tonight. I will watch for updates on your situation in the morning. God bless you and keep you.

Your friend,
Mama

I used to drink beer while watching Thai boxing at Pattaya.

Did I ever mnetion I've been drunk in Thailand- oh, and to eat one chicken and chili dinner, 3 bottles of Kloster.

122 Babbazee

Serenity Now!

Amalie
Yes, I don't think this is related to a muslim issue. But taquiyya is so tremedous...

BabbaZee
I'm stealing posts, in order to collecting them. Yours is my third :)

BabbaZee: Okay, THANK YOU, Sir.

Awaiting the Big Announcement with Caretaker Gummint, at 0900: (three minutes away)

K

Bye Mamma Winger, God bless you! :)

Miguel, Earth2Moonbat, Killgore...

Not ignoring you, Friends, just can't type as fast as I could before my stroke during the Tsunami...

Karridine

BabbaZee is a lady :p

Sanctuary Babba? Do you want to penance and pray for a while?
/

Mai pen rai

Carridine, Sweetness,
I know I come on strong but I am not a sir!

Not even nearly ugly enough to be mistaken for a sir!

Huge love to you Carridine, my prayers are with you and your family and all the good people of Thailand..

To the Jihadis in Thailand,
I say:
Burn in Hell MFers..

Everyone's downstairs!
Hello -

Can anyone tell me the name of the company that makes the bags that the women have to wear on their heads when the Religion of Piss comes to power? I think I wanna buy a few shares of that stock.

Carridine
Where's your blog. I tried but can't access it.

OOOF!

#133 Miguel

Exactly what I was doing, LOL
I just prayed like a wild woman into Ahmadinadidingdongs evil face the whole while he was speaking, like waging verbal war.

First Kings 18 (the book OPENED to this)
then Psalm 139 -143

Then a glass of wine

I feel a little better now

This was a
big
badass
day
from
hell

RTLM
There are news from Thailand and our pal Carridine lives right over there. So here we are, sort of keeping him company and getting the fresh news.
Howdy :)

#135 BabbaZee 9/19/2006 07:02PM PDT

Carridine, Sweetness,
I know I come on strong but I am not a sir!

lol... I never, ever thought you were a Sir..

Oh, another tempest in a teacup. Phew!

#138 denbike

It's there. I can access it.

139 Salem

Oooof?

Did you have an accident?

The suspense is KILLING me!

Carradine, what did they say?

And, please stay safe, you and your family.
Our prayers are going out in your behalf.

Babba
You are a spiritual fighter!
My respect to you :)

You meet great people in this site ;)

{Amalie~ Mamma Winger ~ Writer Mom Lil'Ol'ladeeehoo}

and
Welcome to Odinist

I'm fading faast

if you hear a CLUNK
that's me

Miguel

And I've read your posts and I never thought you were a woman.

:D

{Miguel}

I tried the one on his football, is there another URL?
(Linky?)

Carridine

Do you mind my being silly on this thread?

BabbaZee-

Thank you! I have enjoyed your posts for months, but could only register recently.

-Odinist

#142 Amalie
When I first got here a lot of people thought I was a guy, you were one of the only ones that knew immediately, I remember that!

{BabbaZee!}

The second clunk! you hear will be me...

:-)

/...maybe the first

Amalie
Not even when I posted about how my cross stitch was going downhill, because I didn't find the right thread?

Odinist,
[blushing]
thanks

BabbaZee

...and I NEVER thought you were a man!

Waiting for the broadcast, I replay "Here In America, In God We STILL Trust" by Diamond Rio... and realize that I VISIT America, when I revisit my trust in God, in the American ideals and American courage...

Yeah, I'm homesick too, but America is an ideal and a practical way of being, more than a physical 'place'...

Here, in America...

Karridine

Good night, BabbaZee and littleoldlady. Sweet dreams and God bless you :)

Lil'Ol, this day was a monster.
Now me and you are in a clunk race.
That's pretty bad!

156 Miguel

Even when you posted about your cross stitch.. and facials at the spa..

Amalie, God LOVES Laughter! :D

Did you have an accident?

I spilled hot salsa in my lap. Naw, I was just responding to the thread topic. I was a titch concerned when I heard about the coup this morning, but Shlephard assured me that it was a good coup, so I went about my business. An Islamic takeover would be a personal embarassment since I've repeatedly stated that Islam won't win another inch of ground worth winning.

http:#151 denbike

[Link: brainsurgerywithspoons.blogspot.com...]

Carradine, you and your family take care and stay safe. We're all thinking about you.

Oh, and HI AMALIE!

Babba,

You're a better "man" (heh) than I, Gunga Din! I can't stand to look EVIL in the face. I have no idea how you can.

/old clunker

A blog member at my site is in t-land right now, he says thet state TV is seeking an all SHARIA govt, read his post at my site

sorry... #151

Karridine:

I hope you and your family stay safe.

As an aside, since I'm a bit of a hermit and never travel, I don't know anybody else who lives in Thailand. But I've long been reading your comments here and on other blogs.

This is a good occasion to point out what a wonderful thing the internet is. Ten years ago I wouldn't have known you existed, and would have watched news reports about the coup with a certain detatchment.

Now, here on this blog, you, me, Miguel, Amalie, and everybody else can exchange thoughts and ideas. We come from different countries, backgrounds, religions, and cultures. We can't tell who's rich or poor, attractive or ugly. Someone posting here could be a quadriplegic in a wheelchair and we'd never know it by their posts. Bloggers and commenters are linked by ideas more than anything else.

The internet is revolutionizing human communication like nothing since the invention of the printing press 500 years ago. It can be a great force for peace, and it looks like it will only become more powerful in the future.

#163 carridine

I wonder what Allah has to say about laughter? Most of the photos I see seem to be more ranting, screaming, and frowning!

Carridine

We're here for you.

Amalie
ROFL! And my beauty sleep in Switzerland lol.

Carridine
A Catholic saying goes: a sad saint is a pitiful saint.
Yes, God want's us to be happy.

Babbazee

God loves Clunkers the best.

:D

We come from different countries, backgrounds, religions, and cultures.

I don't!

Carridine ~

if they institute Sharia can you manage to come here to America?

#164 Salem 9/19/2006 07:13PM PDT

Did you have an accident?

I spilled hot salsa in my lap. Naw, I was just responding to the thread topic. I was a titch concerned when I heard about the coup this morning, but Shlephard assured me that it was a good coup, so I went about my business. An Islamic takeover would be a personal embarassment since I've repeatedly stated that Islam won't win another inch of ground worth winning.

Yeah, the MSM.. never fails to fail us..

*personal embarrassments.. that's my forte..

/hi Salem

Head up! This MAY be just a technical glitch, he can't get his makeup right, but the 0900 broadcast to cement Sonti in temporary power...
is LATE!

Maybe this is a sign that all is not going accordion to plan, and the Muslim is being contested BEFORE he gets his hands on real levers of power!

Carridine
Ditto for Amalie's #173

Rickl
What a nice insight. So true :)

171 rickl

Great post, rick..

It's all true.. look at us!

Kind of cool..

God would like us to be joyful
even when our hearts lie panting on the floor
~ L'Chaim, fiddler on the roof

JOY is our first obligation to GOD

Miguel

:D

#168 littleoldlady
I was screaming those words
and crying.

#182 BabbaZee 9/19/2006 07:19PM PDT

God would like us to be joyful
even when our hearts lie panting on the floor
~ L'Chaim, fiddler on the roof

JOY is our first obligation to GOD

How awful for God if we were always ungrateful?

RADICAL JOY AGAINST THE UMMAH!

#179 Carridine
I hope that's true.

And that concludes my drive-by...

ZOOOM...

Haven't read all this through. Where was our CIA in all this? Did they have guys on the ground. This probably not too good, NY Times didn't report this before it happened. If they reported it before, it would be good.

Going to read the rest , perhaps I get some insight.

If this is an Islamic takeover, I hope our Navy is ready to pluck refugees our of the waters around Thailand.

Prepare to unsheathe the Weapons of Joy..

Amalie,
I know, I can't figure out how people miss that.

BTW

Gratitude to GOD
is an unassailable Weapon
Ask King David

Amalie
You, telepath... ;)

folks, this is very bad

"no troops should leave their barracks?"

until he can put Muslims in charge of each unit?

remember Armenia
[Link: www.gendercide.org...]

it started with a "gendercide"

The slaughter began on April 24, 1915, with a classic act of "elitocide": some 600 Armenian notables, all male, were rounded up in Istanbul and murdered. Today, April 24 is commemorated by Armenians worldwide as "Genocide Memorial Day." Much worse was to come.

control the military, and you control the people

Here we go: (from the Thai)0920

(matrix and buffers, all paeans to the current king, Bumipon, generally respected and well-loved by Thais, genuinely concerned for Thai well-being... hence the movies of him with praising songs in the soundtrack)

Talking heads: in uniform: frowning & formal:

Talking about freedom, and solving the nation's problems, in a civil manner, WITH the King,

Oh dear..

Another unintentional faux pas...

YES! Long live JOY!
Muslims don't have that. That's why the live such a miserable life. Ugg.

Prepare to unsheathe the Weapons of Joy..

Oh damn. I'm gonna miss fun.

#191 Amalie 9/19/2006 07:22PM PDT
Prepare to unsheathe the Weapons of Joy..

New slogan...a keeper! A rotating TITLE that should be

-cont'd-

They propose sweeping changes in any new government... (This will teach you, Rabble-Rouser! The LAW of Unintended Consequences)

Sonti is a young 40-50ish man...

Announcement over.

Karridine

Salem

Bye fella.. see you later..

#196 Amalie
?

Amalie! LOL!

/just a LITTLE slow on the uptake tonight

#171 rickl

Great post, my friend.

Carridine

That's it?

What did it mean?

Peachy. The global jihad is making a power grab for a Buddhist country. What's next? CAIR with a big office in Washington DC within sight of the Capitol? Oh, yeah.

Sounds like the Thai King might be in trouble.

169 Mass Republican

I'm sure your blog contains much good info, but the color scheme makes it very hard to read for long.
/kindly meant

Miguel

191

Karridine,

Was the King present for/in the broadcast?

With Gratitude to GOD and with Total Joy
I assail the Caliphate and it's many WHORES

#207 sandspur 9/19/2006 07:27PM PDT
169 Mass Republican

I'm sure your blog contains much good info, but the color scheme makes it very hard to read for long.
/kindly meant

Mass I agree, also kindly meant

206 Beagle

What do you think is happening?

Amalie
No faux pas there. It was very appreciated by the concurrence ;)

'Sweeping changes'?

Sounds like Sharia is coming to me...

Commentary: The OTHER Sonti, the Rabble-Rouser who was beating the gong about outing Taksin, was planning a big demonstration for today, trying to seize power himself without SAYING so ahead of time, SO (unintended consequences)

the Army stepped in, and bloodlessly dissolved the govt and imposed martial law.

More as it develops

Karridine

#171 rickl

The internet is revolutionizing human communication like nothing since the invention of the printing press 500 years ago. It can be a great force for peace, and it looks like it will only become more powerful in the future.

ABSOFREAKINLUTELY! IMHO the equal of the printing press. Instant access to whole libraries of information. Blogs that cover a multitude of subjects.

You can get anything you want, down at Alice's Restaurant. Thats the web. I do love it and we can keep it as long as the !*^%# politicians are kept away from it with their regulation designed to strangle.

#165 Bobblehead
Thank you. But I see he's not yet blogging on this subject, (I'm not surprised)

We all need to be mindful that Judaism and Christianity are just a portion of the pie that radical Islam wishes to gorge upon.

Carridine..

I be po'
(and also disabled, so I can't earn anymore..)
but I would kick in whatever money I can spare
to help bring you and your family to America if you need to leave and you want to leave and you can leave...

and I'm sure so would some others here.

213 Miguel

Thank you, Miguel.

#213 MigueldowninMexico 9/19/2006 07:29PM PDT
Amalie
No faux pas there. It was very appreciated by the concurrence ;)

AMEN

#216 maddogg 9/19/2006 07:29PM PDT
#171 rickl

The internet is revolutionizing human communication like nothing since the invention of the printing press 500 years ago. It can be a great force for peace, and it looks like it will only become more powerful in the future.

ABSOFREAKINLUTELY! IMHO the equal of the printing press. Instant access to whole libraries of information. Blogs that cover a multitude of subjects.

You can get anything you want, down at Alice's Restaurant. Thats the web. I do love it and we can keep it as long as the !*^%# politicians are kept away from it with their regulation designed to strangle.

yea, what maddog said

Gee; hate to interrupt a good drinking thread, but here's the skinny. King Bhumibol, and 79% of the population, are buddhist. The muslims are a majority on the southern Indonision Peninsula. In the eyes of the buddhist population, the King is only half a stroke below deity. It's hard to see how this deal could have happened without his tacit approval. BUT THIS DEAL AIN'T OVER, YET. The buddhist monks have a lot of political stroke and it would be hard to imagine that they would sit by while the [bigoted word]s take over. Chapters II and III are still being written. I spent a year and a half in Thailand in 73-74, about 80 miles south of Bangkok. There was a coup and when the King said "timeout" everybody went home.

I'm realizing that I know almost nothing about Thai politics.

Late on the commentary, but BabbaZee didn't strike me as a guy either... at least as far as my perceptions go.

Boy... waiting for things to happen is the worst part.

Karridine (not Kerry and Dean),

Best to you and yours.

When was the last coup in Thailand?

'Night all
Carridine, stay safe. Many are praying for you and yours, including me.
See y'all in the AM (Eastern Time)

Sonti General may not be able to institute Sharia quickly, or even at all... this is NOT the time for Shariah...

The Glory of God, the Buddha of Great Glory (Amit-Abbut) wants government OF the people, BY the people, FOR the people, with Justice and courtesy for all...

Re-broadcasting the short announcement:
They've un-synched soundtrack, so he looks slightly clownish...

K

Welcome, Mirage,

to the lair of the odious Neanderthal

where the notoriously dillentantish practice Zionist mischief all the live long day

/old clunker, clunking

{Karridine!}
{LGF!}

/see you at fruitcup
//I miss ALL the good stuff while sleeping a lousy coupla hours a night!

#224 Mirage

Boy... waiting for things to happen is the worst part.

That's the way I've felt since 9/11/01.

Huck
You're not interrupting anything, on the contrary, thanks for the info :)

222 huckfun

Thanks for the info..

I was thinking the same thing.. the King has to have had input in all this.

I was reading today that the newly ousted Prime Minister, a billionaire, was charged with running a corrupt government..

/I can drink and be serious at the same time

Killing Fields, redux?

Amalie
Just the truth. See 121 ;)

It's the Islamic Imperialism, stupid!

and

ROPMA

and

No Islam, Know Peace!

This bit of prescience for profit brought to you by... me.

Amalie
221, sorry.
Heh

Sandspur, Beagle and others, if I don't mention you by name, its the pressure of time, NOT a slap...

Just so fast, Internet time,

CNN quoted on tv now

"Provisional authority declares loyalty to king"

KD

#212 Amalie

What do you think is happening?

Sounds like there's a Muslim army faction trying to seize power. But that's only one small part of the story. As is so often the case, petty rivalries between the other groups act as a force multiplier for the Saracen hordes.

MigueldowninMexico

Gulp, belch... thanks bro... 'nuther shot here, if you please.

#229 BabbaZee

A great pleasure to contribute to the neolithic reparte and stick it to the moony-bats. :) I'd say where it hurts, but they'd need a brain to realize they're being kicked.

I think I called this one (with one of my acquaintances) when the whole rigamaroll started. Looking like the Cold-War-esque fall of states to communism, and the prior fall of nations to the Nazis...

Can we begin to get pattern recognition, or what?

Best line from the modern remake of 'Lost in Space': "This Cold War... Just got Hot."

#228 Carridine

*sigh of relief*

Most Buddhists I know are pretty passive and anti-resistance.

Thank the gods for the King!

Karridine

Thank you for all of your posts today. Please keep your family safe.

NTG

239 Beagle 9/19/2006 07:38PM PDT

#212 Amalie

What do you think is happening?

Sounds like there's a Muslim army faction trying to seize power. But that's only one small part of the story. As is so often the case, petty rivalries between the other groups act as a force multiplier for the Saracen hordes.

I hope the Islamist faction has overplayed its hand...

Huck
Cheers! ;)

Love you all
I am going CLUNK now too..

see yez in the AM

Psalm 139

For the director of music.
Of David.
A psalm.

1 O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.

2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.

3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.

4 Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.

5 You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?

8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, [a] you are there.

9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,

10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.

11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"

12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.

19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

20 They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.

21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
and abhor those who rise up against you?

22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

weirod I didnt bold that

well at least a dingo didnt eat it

goodnight

Thailand should be very careful. Vietnam will not allow an Islamic state any further than Malaysia. Thailand has for years courted Saudi dollars. It now seems someone has lost his mind. Don't think China is not also looking at this as a threat.

233 Amalie

All prior coups have been about economoic power. This is different. The installation of a mulim PM tells us that this deal is cultural, societal and religious. My bet is that the buddhists won't have it.

#216 maddogg

Yes, the "legacy" power structure would dearly love to control it. They already do, in some countries. Or try to.

Friends,
the Thai king, especially THIS one, has VAST power IF he uses it sparingly and wisely!

He is a VERY WELL EDUCATED, multi-lingual, scientific and committed king, and until infirmities of old age slowed him, he was out almost DAILY in the villages and fields and dams and highways OF THE PEOPLE, WITH the people, and hence is MUCH LOVED and RESPECTED.

Was the King at the Announcement? Yes, they all 5 sat in front of big portraits of the King and Queen, with Thai flags in view. All the right symbols.

And answering an unasked question, NO, they would not DARE to assassinate him!

Karridine

247 Babba

Thank you, Babba

And goodnight..

Thank God for the King, then.

#230 littleoldlady

I asked Ed abu etc. last night, and now he says there's only about a 20% chance that Helene will hit the Northeast.

/good night

Night Rickl ;)

This should get interesting. Most likely in a bad way.

Check out this link.. they talk about a coup.. the date is Nov 26.. not sure what year.. very interesting article

[Link: www.ipsnews.net...]

I think Sondhi's loyalty to the king is second only to his primary loyalty. One mistake is all it takes for a monarch, however loved. The king is old, probably not keeping up with global and regional trends. I wonder how much this Sondhi is pulling the king's strings?

That's all 100% speculation without knowing the players, but if Sondhi could deliver Thailand to the ummah as an Asian Caliphate, he'd be the biggest hit since Dinner Jacket.

prediction: in 30 years China and Australia will be our 2 closest allies in the war against Islam.

Amalie
From the uuper thread:
1.-Yes! Let's make a play about the Paralel Evil Twin government lol
2.- Somalia is the new talibanland, not Sudan. In Sudan there's fighting at least...

Fucking wonderful.

#249 tom

Thailand should be very careful. Vietnam will not allow an Islamic state any further than Malaysia. Thailand has for years courted Saudi dollars. It now seems someone has lost his mind. Don't think China is not also looking at this as a threat.

I respectfully disagree. All indications are that communist leadership (even as we know it now) has made a "collective" decision to hold collective noses and warily sleep on the left side of the bed, next to the whore of the caliphate. Human agendas are advanced through the most unlikely of alliances. History affirms that.

Fucking wonderful.

The pad thai is good isn't it? The curry's good, too. While it lasts.

#244- NotTHATGordo: You're welcome...

and with that, Thai TV has reverted to regular scheduling, so any further developments will merit their own threads.

Again, THANK YOU, Charles Johnson, for making this public forum available for news and dia-logue: knowledge (logo) through (dia) sharing discussion...

Have a good night all, as I go out and film what I can, to post in about 3-7 hours...

From the war-torn, coup stricken city of Bangkok, this is

Waittaminnit! Its quiet, wet and cool out, with clouds blanking out the sun and the heat...

Its a beautiful day here, and my untrained, unsophisticated but very intelligent Thai wife says, "The people LIKE this (development)..."

Later, Leezar-gators!

Karridine

Check this out from last Saturday:

[Link: www.scoop.co.nz...]

Thai Counter-Insurgency Officials Coup Plotters?
Saturday, 9 September 2006, 9:16 pm
Article: Richard S. Ehrlich

Thai Counter-Insurgency Officials Charged With Coup

by Richard S. Ehrlich

BANGKOK, Thailand -- After surviving an alleged car bomb assassination plot, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra now faces about 10 military counter-insurgency officials charged with attempting to murder him, including a sergeant who confessed to planning the coup.

Opponents of the pro-American prime minister -- including Bangkok's wealthy elite and pampered middle-class, Thai media, white-collar business executives, students and others -- suspect the car bomb and coup plot is an dangerous charade by Mr. Thaksin to win an election scheduled for Oct. 15, while simultaneously bludgeoning his perceived enemies within the military.

#263 Cartman

My first inclination is that communism rejects islam like my digestive system rejects taco bell. I'm going to have to spend the next few weeks researching the communist/islam thing.

Am

From your article:

Thaksin himself projected an air of uncertainty when he responded to the growing tide of bad news by taking refuge in planetary signs, rather than respond with his characteristic quick, caustic comments to the press.

''Right now Mercury ... is in a corner, perfectly aligned with my (birth) star. Mercury is no good, so if it's not good, I am going to request not to speak. I'll just wait until next year to talk,'' Thaksin told reporters, soon after returning home from a summit meeting of leaders in the Asia-Pacific region.

Wow.

Bye Carridine!
Thanks a lot. Take care and God bless you all ;)

Guess it's time to move up stairs.

#252 carridine

I think it's very safe to say carridine's in the best place to let us all know what's going on as it happens without any of the bias we've come to expect from the MSM. The best thing right now is to see what happens next and try to keep the speculations from getting too wild.

Keep safe and thanks for taking the time to give the updates as you're able.

All: A brief recap recorded and posted to
Brain Surgery With Spoons! by quarter-past the hour.

/Karridine

This was no surprise...

BANGKOK, Thailand -- After surviving what he described as an assassination attempt, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Friday (August 25) a car bomb, packed with explosives near his house, was a plot by military officers to stage a coup.

Carridine good night and God bless you and your family.

#259 Beagle

The king is old, probably not keeping up with global and regional trends.

If the king is who I think he is, he is an engineer by training and temperament, not a dusty palace relic.

...meanwhile I continue to stock water, ammo, fuel, batteries, solar power stuffs and back issues of sports illustrated swimsuit issues.

fortune favors the prepared!

It is surprising that Thailand would do anything like this. They have survived for years by being none partisan. I would think someone in the Thai intelligence would remember the Malaysian War of the 1960's. China was a main supporter of that war on the side of Chinese living in Malaysia.

#266 Amalie

That's very enlightening. The Thais suffer from BDS and moonbatitis as much as the 9/11 "truthers." When the music, dancing, and liquor is gone next week, and they're unarmed, what then?

Opponents of the pro-American prime minister -- including Bangkok's wealthy elite and pampered middle-class, Thai media, white-collar business executives, students and others -- suspect the car bomb and coup plot is an dangerous charade by Mr. Thaksin to win an election scheduled for Oct. 15

Apparently not.

This is a good link, describes the bomb that was too kill the PM

[Link: www.chiangmainews.com...]

And onto another angle here:

HELLO, IRANIANS?!

You see what's possible when the mouse is away . . .

#267 tangonine

Strict Islamic interpretation, and communist dogma have may elements in common. The centerpiece is subjugation and control of human will. This notion is extremely attractive to both parties, despite their theological differences. One feels it may gain a decisive advantage from the other, at the expense of the rest of us. Twists, turns and unexpected intrigue await all of us.