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	<title>Comments on: Former Democrat Leader: &#8220;I Would Give This Government 5 out of 10.&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: StanG</title>
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		<dc:creator>StanG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Re. negotiation with Thaksin - why would a government negotiate sentence terms with a convict?

Should this practice apply to all criminals, in the name of war on double standards?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re. negotiation with Thaksin &#8211; why would a government negotiate sentence terms with a convict?</p>
<p>Should this practice apply to all criminals, in the name of war on double standards?</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] (Abhisit hopes earthquake survivors will feel “more confident” with lighter, more radiant skin) TUMBLER BLOG &#8211; Former Democrat Leader: &#8220;I&#8217;d Give This Govt 5 out of 10&#8243; THE NATION &#8211; Red Shirts Demand Resignation of Prem, Surayud BANGKOK PUNDIT/AC &#8211; Who [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] (Abhisit hopes earthquake survivors will feel “more confident” with lighter, more radiant skin) TUMBLER BLOG &#8211; Former Democrat Leader: &#8220;I&#8217;d Give This Govt 5 out of 10&#8243; THE NATION &#8211; Red Shirts Demand Resignation of Prem, Surayud BANGKOK PUNDIT/AC &#8211; Who [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Steve</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tumbler, thanks for this. No doubt some will dismiss it out of hand as the passe ramblings of an 84-year old has-been (though that never seems to apply to the likes of Prem) - not to mention because of the vehicle for the interview. I liked his assessment of Abhisit; while no &quot;stubborn kid&quot;, he does seem handcuffed to a small set of principles both as protection and as excuses for sticking to guns that he can&#039;t fire. One suspects that Khun Bhichai would want to see an approach more between flexibility and pragmatism to break the logjam - something that Abhisit&#039;s self-painted corner won&#039;t allow him. The maxims that &quot;Politics is the art of the possible&quot; (Bismarck) and &quot;A week is a long time in politics&quot; (one-time UK PM Harold Wilson) must be anathema to Abhisit - though maybe not to that Democrat talent whose advice Bhichai says Abhisit has denied himself.

 I&#039;d be interested to know more of Bhichai&#039;s suggestion of a reconciliation committee with representatives from both sides. It seems to imply something publicly acknowledged and officially sanctioned....... very hard to see Abhisit being able to go that far as it would surely appear to legitimise the very thing that he has said from the start is not legitimate or even justifiable. I have no doubt that at least soundings and probably more have been going on behind the scenes - all plausibly deniable, of course. If Abhisit was obliged by those behind/above him to backtrack from accepting the idea of anything that could be labeled &quot;autonomy&quot; for the southern provinces, then what hope that he would be allowed by those same people to engage in official negotiations with the Evil One? They need you to use a MUCH longer spoon than that.......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tumbler, thanks for this. No doubt some will dismiss it out of hand as the passe ramblings of an 84-year old has-been (though that never seems to apply to the likes of Prem) &#8211; not to mention because of the vehicle for the interview. I liked his assessment of Abhisit; while no &#8220;stubborn kid&#8221;, he does seem handcuffed to a small set of principles both as protection and as excuses for sticking to guns that he can&#8217;t fire. One suspects that Khun Bhichai would want to see an approach more between flexibility and pragmatism to break the logjam &#8211; something that Abhisit&#8217;s self-painted corner won&#8217;t allow him. The maxims that &#8220;Politics is the art of the possible&#8221; (Bismarck) and &#8220;A week is a long time in politics&#8221; (one-time UK PM Harold Wilson) must be anathema to Abhisit &#8211; though maybe not to that Democrat talent whose advice Bhichai says Abhisit has denied himself.</p>
<p> I&#8217;d be interested to know more of Bhichai&#8217;s suggestion of a reconciliation committee with representatives from both sides. It seems to imply something publicly acknowledged and officially sanctioned&#8230;&#8230;. very hard to see Abhisit being able to go that far as it would surely appear to legitimise the very thing that he has said from the start is not legitimate or even justifiable. I have no doubt that at least soundings and probably more have been going on behind the scenes &#8211; all plausibly deniable, of course. If Abhisit was obliged by those behind/above him to backtrack from accepting the idea of anything that could be labeled &#8220;autonomy&#8221; for the southern provinces, then what hope that he would be allowed by those same people to engage in official negotiations with the Evil One? They need you to use a MUCH longer spoon than that&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Chunkton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chunkton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Democrats came from losing the election with military support to, after the military financial intervention and PAD puppet demonstrations, being the ruling party. I mean, really, how do you get more successful than that? Total defeat to obscene wealth.

The snouts have been in the trough, but perhaps not sucking the nation dry enough for an old Pro? Ah for the good old days when they really knew how to get filthy rich...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Democrats came from losing the election with military support to, after the military financial intervention and PAD puppet demonstrations, being the ruling party. I mean, really, how do you get more successful than that? Total defeat to obscene wealth.</p>
<p>The snouts have been in the trough, but perhaps not sucking the nation dry enough for an old Pro? Ah for the good old days when they really knew how to get filthy rich&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Tweets that mention » Former Democrat Leader: “I Would Give This Government 5 out of 10.” TumblerBlog.com – A Thai political and current affairs blog -- Topsy.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tweets that mention » Former Democrat Leader: “I Would Give This Government 5 out of 10.” TumblerBlog.com – A Thai political and current affairs blog -- Topsy.com</dc:creator>
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		<description>[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Saksith Saiyasombut, Panuwat. Panuwat said: BLOG: Former Democrat Leader: &quot;I Would Give This Government 5 out of 10.&quot; http://bit.ly/88cLOQ [...]</description>
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