So last night, as I was finishing up some data work where I could have the news on without being too distracted I head about that apparently the Prime Minister was ousted peacefully. The NY Times has this:
"The protesters decided to end the airport blockades and halt six months of daily street demonstrations on Tuesday, after a court banned Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from politics and ordered his political party and two partner parties dissolved. The protests, aimed at bringing down the government, began in May and led to the takeover of the prime minister’s office in August and the airport seizures last week."
The Bloomberg correspondent (I only get Bloomberg news on my Bloomberg Terminal, funny how that works, right?) was really quite snarky about the whole thing. This whole: "Oh, and now we'll get the next guy, wonder how long he'll last, if they could just get their act together." And then he flirted with the Thai lady they had on the ground in Bangkok. It felt a bit like a weirdo parallel newscast. Really? This is hwo they do news after business hours? Anyways, he sorta does have a point b/c I think the next prime minister is just going to be the next in line guy. And that, I think, is again an idiological replica of Thaksin. The party, likewise, is just going to reconstitute under a different name, I imagine, so I'm not sure how much has changed. Well, I guess I just wanted to follow up since somehow Thailand got itself onto here.
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