Welcome the New Thai Prime Minister!

What a great day to be a Thai! Finally, the day has come!

The Thai parliament has elected the new Thai Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva or Mark, the leader of the opposition party, Democratic party. Obviously, his election drew anger from Thaksin Sinawatra’s supporters.

As an anti-Thaksin supporter, I am very happy that the parliament has seen the light. I hope that the new Thai Prime Minister can help Thai economy and unite Thailand again. Thaksin has damaged Thailand so much to the point where Thai people are no longer united.

Pro-Thaksin suppoters, see the light and get out of the Thaksin’s evil scheme.

Welcome Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva! I wish you the best of luck!

Filed under: Blogging, International Politics, News, Politics, Thailand , Abhisit Vejjajiva, prime minister, Thailand, Thaksin

Thaksin, Be a Man!

Have you seen the following individuals?

Thaksin Shinawatra- the former Prime Minister of Thailand and the current owner of Manchester City football team

Pojaman Shinawatra, Thaksin’s wife.

Don’t be fool by their looks and wealth! They are wanted for corruption. Pojaman was recently convicted on tax evasion and sentenced to three years in prison. However, she was released on a $149,000 bail.

Since the trial, this couple moved to England after attending the Bejing Olympics Opening Ceremony. Thaksin decided not to show up when ordered by the court–he is afraid to face his “crime.” What a jerk….Right now, he and his wife are being wanted in Thailand. The pictures above are their arrest warrants.

Mr. Thaksin, I don’t know how long you are going to hide in England. You can’t be there for long. Remember that you just took out a loan to help fund your football team? Your asserts have been frozen. People are hating your team management!  Former staff of Manchester City are going after you. You are ruining Thailand’s and your team’s reputation– you’re not the king! No one wants you.

Be a man and face the crime! Don’t be a woman…

Filed under: Blogging, International Politics, Politics, Random, Thailand , Corruption, Manchester City, Pojaman, Politics, Thailand, Thaksin

3 Year-Sentence for Thaksin’s Wife Was Nothing

Source: Manager.co.th

Pojaman Shinawatra, the former Thai prime minister’s (Thaksin’s) wife, was found guilty of tax evasion and sentenced to three years in prison. She was released on $ 5 million baht or $149,000 bail. The family is planning to appeal the verdict, according to Thai news sources.

The decision of this case is rather surprising and disappointing. By 2001, Thaksin was acquitted on a similar charge. This time around was different. The pro-thaksin government and the Thai judicial system are under the pressure to “make things right.” Yesterday’s verdict was nothing. The court showed that it has the ability to convict anyone regardless of one’s socioeconomic status. However, Thaksin, his wife and his allies are acting above the law. The fact that Pojaman, Thaksin’s wife, was released on a 5 million baht bail bothers me; it’s too little.

The court should have given her the harshest sentence. Compare to how much the Shinawatra stole the money from Thailand–this verdict was nothing. The Shinawatra family stole more than billions of bath from Thailand. Everyone in that family should be in jail for life, period.

What makes me mad the most is that after the verdict, the judge granted the family to go see the Olympics game in China. He allows them to leave Thailand and what happens if they don’t come back to face the court? Remember, Thaksin’s trial starts a few days after the summer Olympics started. Oh, did I mention that he owns a soccer team in England?

Just think about it.

Filed under: Blogging, International Politics, News, Politics, Thailand, Thoughts , Corruption, Pojaman, Shinawatra, Thai politics, Thailand, Thaksin, Thaksin's wife

Cuba Allows Free Sex-Change Operation

Who would have thought that Cuba would do this?

Moments ago, the government of Cuba just approved free sex-change operation for qualifying Cubans. It is a clear victory for transsexual Cubans. This move part of President Raul Castro’s policy changes. This legislation has been pushed by his own daughter, Mariela Castro. According to BBC reports, she is the head of the National Center for Sex Education and key figure in pushing for this authorization.

In addition, Mariela is also pushing the state to legalize same sex marriage/union. If this approved, according to BBC reporter Michael Voss, Cuba would be the “most liberal gay rights in Latin America.”

Cuba is a communist state. At the same time, since Raul took over the country, he has been implementing liberal policies. In addition, Cuba has free health care and provided free education for medical students. This news shows Americans that Cuba is moving towards a progressive movement. If Cuba recognized same sex unions, the U.S would be in great shame, don’t you think so?

For the story, click here

Tags: Cuba, free sex change, transsexuals, transgender, Castro, Raul Castro

Filed under: Blogging, International Politics, News

Leave the Beijing Olympics Alone!

 

The Olympic is an international multi-competitive sport event which happens every four years. It is the time that people from all over the world come together in one place, cheer, and compete for their respective countries. Many people like myself are excited about this year’s Olympics. However, because of political complications and issues surrounding this event, I feel this year’s Olympics will be the least exciting one. 

China, one of the fastest growing nation and one of the severe human right violators, is the host of the 2008 summer Olympics. Activists from all over the world are pressuring world leaders and athletes to boycott the Olympics because of China’s wrongdoings. At the same time, they want China to take action on various issues such as the situation in Darfur and most importantly, the liberation of Tibet. While I agree that China needs to do something about these issues, however, activists must be able to separate politics and sports. They should not use this event as a tool to further their causes.

As an activist myself, sports are the way to unite the people from all over the world. Together, they use sports as icebreakers to discuss more serious and complicated matters. Some radical activists and protestors who decided to distract the Olympic torch relay are out of their minds. Their actions are inappropriate. These individuals have ruined the spirit of the sports. Instead of uniting the people, they instead are dividing the people. In U.S, for example, Americans are debating whether or not the government should boycott the Olympics! Are you crazy?

If activists want China and other countries to take actions on issues like genocide, they have to find a different way, a diplomatic approach. What they are doing right now is ridiculous and annoying. The media are starting to lose interest in covering these distracted torch relays and other kinds distraction. As a young woman who loves sports and cares about human rights, for this one, I am going to ask the radical activists to leave the Beijing Olympics alone! This is not the way to get the message across. Let the athletes compete while pushing these human right issues through diplomatic approaches.  

 

Filed under: Blogging, International Politics, Politics, Thoughts , 2008 summer olympics, activism, Beijing Olympics, China, Darfur, human rights violation, olympics, Politics, Sports, tibet

Brazil, A 15 year-old girl forced to have sex in jail!

This story is an insult to all the women in the world. I don’t care if the government claims that it does have enough jail cells for women. Regardless, this young girl should not have gone through this horrible experience.

According to CNN, a 15 year old, Brazilian girl arrested on a robbery charge. She was put into jail along with 21 men for weeks in an Amazon jail. Being the only female in the jail, she was forced to have sex with at least two men a day in exchange for food. The jail officials did not take action or even bother to punish the men.

The girl was in the jail for a month. To read the story, click here.

How could this happened? Does Brazil have a separate jail for girls and women?

Clearly, the government has no respect for females. How can a girl was put into a male cell?

answer me.

Filed under: Blogging, International Politics, News, Thoughts , 15 year old girl forced to have sex, brazil, rape

Free Aung San Suu Kyi Now!

Pro-Democracy and Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi met with military junta leader today according to the New York Times.

The meeting is a symbolic gesture in response to the international community about the violence in late September. Burmese military junta is still in power and continues to use violence against people who want democracy in the country. Clearly, the junta is not going to step down anytime soon. Suu Kyi will always remain in the house arrest as long as the military junta is in power.

Today’s meeting doesn’t mean anything. Overall, it’s a staged meeting in which to show the soft side of the Burmese military junta.

Aung San Suu Kyi won the election in 1990 and has never served as Burmese Prime Minister. The junta placed her under house arrest because the junta leaders are afraid of losing power to a woman who has great visions for her beloved country, Burma.

It is time for the international community to come together and pressure the military junta to free Suu Kyi. She will be the first step towards democracy in Burma if she is freed.

Filed under: Blogging, International Politics, Random, Thoughts , Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, freedom, Junta military

To Deal with Myanmar, Sanctions don’t work

The violence in Myanmar does not seem to stop anytime soon.The military junta has been using excessive force and killing it people including monks.

Earlier this week, President Bush imposed economic sanction on 14 identified senior Myanmar government officials, NY Times reported. With this announcement, the international pressure to take action in Myanmar is on. However, the economic sanctions alone don’t work.

So fat, the Myanmar military junta is blocking the internet access so reporters can’t send images out to the world. Also, the Chinese government has blocked the U.S and Europeans countries to have the Security Council “condemn the violent crackdown,” NY Times reported.

Demonstrations asking for justice and actions in Myanmar are everywhere. Yet, no one seems to take any further action besides economic sanctions.

The point is this, economic sanctions don’t work to deal with dangerous military junta which senselessly killed innocent people and monks who are demanding for Democracy. To me, killing a monk is a most sinful action that you could do as a Buddhist. It is time for international to realize that economic sanctions don’t work when it comes to this kind of situation. Therefore, the use of force is a must.

Filed under: Blogging, International Politics, News, Politics, Thoughts , Burma, Myanmar, sanctions, U.S, violence

Ahmadinejad Welcome to U.S.A

From Washington Post.

What is wrong with Ahmadinejad coming to the U.S. and visiting Columbia University?

The United States of America seems to be very afraid of Ahmandinejad coming to the United States. First, he can’t visit the ground zero because he is an Iranian President. Second, Americans don’t like with the idea of the Iranian President to speak to Columbia University students and professors on Monday September 24th.

Some news critics and bloggers are comparing Ahmadinejad’s visit to the ground zero as Hitler’s visit to the U.S. which is a ridiculous comparison.

Ahmadinejad is entitled to visit the Ground Zero. However, he feels about it, it’s his opinion. He may feel as the “winner” or feel “proud” in seeing the Twin Towers collapse, but that is his opinion. What the United States government ant the NYC Police Department did by denying him the admission to the Ground Zero is not right. The U.S. government is treating Ahmadinejad like he is a terrorist. There are significant evidence that he may have funded and supported terrorists groups, according the various news reports and U.S agencies. However, if he actually is a terrorist, why not arrest him? He is going to be in NYC in a few days.

In regards to Ahmadinejad’s coming to Columbia University, there is nothing wrong with it whatsoever. The Americans, Fox news and a whole bunch of conservatives are afraid of him talking to American students on his views such as Holocaust and nuclear weapons. C’mon, it’s not like Ahmadinejad carries a personal remote in the U.S soil.

Rather, the President of Columbia university has made the right decision for inviting Ahmadinejad to speak. This is a great opportunity for students who are interested in international politics to ask him questions on his views, and his government.

So, Ahmadinejad welcome to the United States.

Filed under: Blogging, International Politics, Iran, News, Politics, Thoughts , Ahmadinejad, blog, Columbia univeristy, Current Event, Dear, Iran, Openforum, U.S.A

The New Bin Laden tape Is Out…

We don’t have to wait until September 11th anymore.

The tape is out. What Bin Laden said on the video was pretty much close to what I predict last night. Basically, he invited the Americans to convert to Muslims which is unlikely to happen because there are churches in every corner of the U.S. Bin Laden talked about the war in Iraq that it is part of the war against extremists. At the same time, he said the war in Iraq was unjust. That sentence alone has made Bush look bad, right? Even Bin Laden doesn’t even support for the war in Iraq. This means, this guy knows Bush went on the war in the wrong place and should not have attacked in Iraq.

Clearly, this tape has prove the fail of President Bush’s policy. Bin Laden is still alive and yet we are going onto war in Iraq in which Bin Laden doesn’t hide there. Perhaps, it is time for the President to focus on the war in Afghanistan not Iraq.

Filed under: American Politics, Blogging, International Politics, Iraq, News, Politics, Terorrism