Comments on: Pictures from Reuters http://homeward.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/pictures-from-reuters/ Every stranger's face I see reminds me that I want to be... Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:28:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: norajean http://homeward.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/pictures-from-reuters/#comment-724 norajean Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:57:00 +0000 http://homeward.wordpress.com/?p=735#comment-724 Hey, thanks for the advertisement opportunity. Thai politics in brief : They had a prime minister who won by a landslide in 2003 The military kicked him out in 2006 (This is when i just got to Bkk) The military ruled until 2007 They dissolved the old PMs party They wrote a new constitution The old PMs party regrouped (red shirted folk?) They had new elections The old PMs party won (though the old PM is exiled. A puppet candidate) The other major party was pissed, protesters protested for months and then shut down the airport The new PM was on a cooking show and got kicked out More elections The yellowshirt/airport shutdown party won The old PMs supporters (redshirts) are pissed PICTURES: They shut down the ASEAN summit (Southeast Asian G-8), get violent, military steps in, reuters snaps pictures. GENERALLY Yellow shirts include: more educated rich military loyalists urban Red Shirts: less educated police officers love Thaksin (old PM) rural Hey, thanks for the advertisement opportunity.

Thai politics in brief :

They had a prime minister who won by a landslide in 2003
The military kicked him out in 2006 (This is when i just got to Bkk)
The military ruled until 2007
They dissolved the old PMs party
They wrote a new constitution
The old PMs party regrouped (red shirted folk?)
They had new elections
The old PMs party won (though the old PM is exiled. A puppet candidate)
The other major party was pissed, protesters protested for months and then shut down the airport
The new PM was on a cooking show and got kicked out
More elections
The yellowshirt/airport shutdown party won
The old PMs supporters (redshirts) are pissed
PICTURES: They shut down the ASEAN summit (Southeast Asian G-8), get violent, military steps in, reuters snaps pictures.

GENERALLY
Yellow shirts include: more educated rich military loyalists urban
Red Shirts: less educated police officers love Thaksin (old PM) rural

]]> By: uninvoked http://homeward.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/pictures-from-reuters/#comment-723 uninvoked Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:39:21 +0000 http://homeward.wordpress.com/?p=735#comment-723 oh, if you don't want to track back, linky is here: http://uninvoked.proboards.com/ oh, if you don’t want to track back, linky is here: http://uninvoked.proboards.com/

]]> By: uninvoked http://homeward.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/pictures-from-reuters/#comment-722 uninvoked Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:38:11 +0000 http://homeward.wordpress.com/?p=735#comment-722 What were they protesting? I feel kinda tossed in, I like the pictures but don't really know what I'm looking at. Also, if you want free advertisement for your blog, my book now has its own forums, and there's an advertising section! ^^ Just drop on in and leave a note and a link back to your blog. No return link necessary. What were they protesting? I feel kinda tossed in, I like the pictures but don’t really know what I’m looking at.

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