Thai PM 'overthrown in army coup'

[mazdamazda]

any liar/corrupt leader should expect a coup if they don't step down from their post. that's true in many countries based on history and the philippines is not an exemption from that. there will always be idealistic people in the military who would dare to lost their career/life to support the cause that would liberate their country from their corrupt leaders.

Ahh... trial by publicity again... it seems that we Asians have something in common.

A "liar / corrupt leader" should be proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

military takeover of a democratic government is never a good thing.

basically, the guys with the guns are declaring to the nation and the world that they consider themselves above due process of law. that's scary.

I agree with this.

Who will police the "liberators" at the end of the day?

[Alpha_One]

Ahh... trial by publicity again... it seems that we Asians have something in common.

A "liar / corrupt leader" should be proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

Uso nga satin yang "patalsikin si {x | where x is the highest position held in government } anoh?! Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan...

[silhouette]

Bantayan ang mga oportunistang politiko dyan sa tabi-tabi.

[Helios]

Our economy must be the laughing stock of the world, in order to compete some catastrophe must happen to our neighbouring country.

Pathetic if we do so. Thai economy precedes us by a huge margin even it's under duress. Even if the Thais face the same number of corruption we have in all levels of govt, they don't have our sophisticated kind of Cleptocracy.

Uso nga satin yang "patalsikin si {x | where x is the highest position held in government } anoh?! Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan...

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military takeover of a democratic government is never a good thing.
basically, the guys with the guns are declaring to the nation and the world that they consider themselves above due process of law. that's scary.

Democracy is as much a result of factors that create good government as it is a cause of good government.
We pinoys have come to realization that popular overthrows of governments does not lead to less corrupt successors. Meet the new boss- same as the old boss. We have currently exhausted our People power capacity. Our people now don't see it as a viable way to improve governance which explains the numerous failed coup attempts by a few soldiers and politicos. I hope the rest of Asia or the world for that matter would see it as an example. We started it, and hopefully we end it.

Bantayan ang mga oportunistang politiko dyan sa tabi-tabi.

The problem is we and the Thais don't have someone like Lee Kwan Yew of Singapore who remains to be as the most influential anti-corruption politician in Asia. Although what we have here are far more flashier than any Singaporean or Thailander candidates could ever be, rest assured that we will always upstage them in terms of "pogi" points.
Meet your new, up and coming President Pacquao "all the" Money and his ever humble Vice Pres Efren "Magic" Reyes if ever we attempt a Thai coup.


I could almost hear the jingle (...para sayo, ang laban na'to) OT NAH!

[GasJunkie]

Pathetic if we do so. Thai economy precedes us by a huge margin even it's under duress. Even if the Thais face the same number of corruption we have in all levels of govt, they don't have our sophisticated kind of Cleptocracy.



I could almost hear the jingle (...para sayo, ang laban na'to) OT NAH!

Pathetic if we wish ill of our neighbour or pathetic if we don't?





:fly:



pics makes me want to :cry:

[taptap]

Naku! kaylangan bantayan ang AFP....malamang yung mga tao nila na mahilig sa "adventure" eh nag-iisip na naman ng panibagong "activity"....

[van_wilder]

the philippines have the best economy in the world right now, our stock market have been the top gainer for the past few days until it corrected and consolidated today, the peso-dollar exchange would breach 49-50 soon... if this coup would happen here, i would be the first one to put a bullet on the coup starter just to save this country from destroying itself...

[oldblue]

the philippines have the best economy in the world right now, our stock market have been the top gainer for the past few days until it corrected and consolidated today, the peso-dollar exchange would breach 49-50 soon... if this coup would happen here, i would be the first one to put a bullet on the coup starter just to save this country from destroying itself...

ano na nga ba development noon news na nahuli na mga magdalo. turned out Erap "donated" financial support for their families since jobless sila, as quoted by a Lawyer of Erap.

[driven]

some say that the Philippine economy might one way or the other, benefit from the current situation in Thailand... sounds weird

[nugundam93]

it would be best if our politicians would just get to work, not talangka each other, and capitalize on the situation in thailand to get more jobs here.

omg my post sounded so corny...conyotic. :lol:

[van_wilder]

philippines do benefit from the war in israel, iraq, afganistan, etc... why?

here is why...

more chaos = weak dollar
weak dollar = people buy gold instead of dollar

since Philippines have one of the biggest mineral reserves in the world and it was still untapped and undeveloped because of the very long mining ban, we would benefit from high gold prices...

fyi: from 2006 to 2010, around $100B daw ang mamine sa pinas... imagine 2010 onwards... we still have more than $1-2trillion undeveloped mines...

that is why we are strong over the dollar, we have budget surplus, etc... i cant imagine phil 2010, if everything goes well... we might be promoted to 'developed country'

[oldblue]

hmmm ... convincing point.

ok din Pilipins 'no, basta may nangyayari masama sa iba, umookey tayo.

what a predicament ...

[the_wildthing]

We're not alone, at least.

Mausisa ninyo Hungary ganyan na rin.

[GasJunkie]

philippines do benefit from the war in israel, iraq, afganistan, etc... why?

here is why...

more chaos = weak dollar
weak dollar = people buy gold instead of dollar

since Philippines have one of the biggest mineral reserves in the world and it was still untapped and undeveloped because of the very long mining ban, we would benefit from high gold prices...

fyi: from 2006 to 2010, around $100B daw ang mamine sa pinas... imagine 2010 onwards... we still have more than $1-2trillion undeveloped mines...

that is why we are strong over the dollar, we have budget surplus, etc... i cant imagine phil 2010, if everything goes well... we might be promoted to 'developed country'

I'd be happier if the gold is actually already above ground.










Edit wishing for rain and actual rain are two different things.

[empy]

I'd be happier if the gold is actually already above ground.










Edit wishing for rain and actual rain are two different things.

yep, mining might be the most capital intensive industry after space exploration. is the philippine mining industry well funded?

[van_wilder]

I'd be happier if the gold is actually already above ground.










Edit wishing for rain and actual rain are two different things.

yeah... but speculation hype up our economy very much... look at what it did kanina... PSE market is top gainer nanaman!

[CVT]

philippines do benefit from the war in israel, iraq, afganistan, etc... why?

here is why...

more chaos = weak dollar
weak dollar = people buy gold instead of dollar

since Philippines have one of the biggest mineral reserves in the world and it was still untapped and undeveloped because of the very long mining ban, we would benefit from high gold prices...

fyi: from 2006 to 2010, around $100B daw ang mamine sa pinas... imagine 2010 onwards... we still have more than $1-2trillion undeveloped mines...

that is why we are strong over the dollar, we have budget surplus, etc... i cant imagine phil 2010, if everything goes well... we might be promoted to 'developed country'

Sana tama ka riyan sa iyong pananaw van_wilder. Bigyan naman sana ng magandang break ang Pilipinas!

Mas mahalaga,- sana walang ng dupang sa mga pinuno natin. Gamitin nila ang likas na yaman para sa ikauunlad ng ating bansa at ng bawat Pilipino.

[GasJunkie]

Sana tama ka riyan sa iyong pananaw van_wilder. Bigyan naman sana ng magandang break ang Pilipinas!

Mas mahalaga,- sana walang ng dupang sa mga pinuno natin. Gamitin nila ang likas na yaman para sa ikauunlad ng ating bansa at ng bawat Pilipino.

He could be one of the yaps'





:fly:

[van_wilder]

Sana tama ka riyan sa iyong pananaw van_wilder. Bigyan naman sana ng magandang break ang Pilipinas!

Mas mahalaga,- sana walang ng dupang sa mga pinuno natin. Gamitin nila ang likas na yaman para sa ikauunlad ng ating bansa at ng bawat Pilipino.

we dont need a good leader... we need good citizens...

[chua_riwap]

Di ba itong si Thaksin ang nagsabing, nandaraya tayo noong SEAG kaya tayo ang naging 1st placer sa medal standings?