Monthly Archives: June 2007

Ocean One Pattaya Zombie Condo

June 5, 2007 – 11:00 pm

The Ocean One Tower planned for Pattaya, Thailand will not just be the tallest building in Thailand, it will also be eco-friendly. The Wall Street Journal recently ran a piece on environmentally-friendly architecture in Asia and highlighted this project, a 91-story beachfront condo development. OCean One in Jomtien is a project which just won’t quit. […]

By Peter | Posted in Environment, News | Comments (0)

Life After Death for Thai Rak Thai

June 5, 2007 – 10:43 pm

On Judgment Day the Thai Rak Thai Party discovered that the coup-appointed Constituition Tribunal did not love the previous ruling party for subverting the April 2006 elections. 111 members have been banned from any political activity for five years. This edict hasn’t prevented the top echelon from vowing to carry on the fight to restore the Party’s good […]

By Peter | Posted in politics | Comments (0)

Impeach GW BUSH

June 4, 2007 – 12:53 am

Dennis Kucinech has said it. “Impeach the president.” No one in Congress has the balls to echo his statement, yet the GOP howled for Clinton to get out of office, because he lied under oath about fellatio.  Not really lying, because Slick Willie claimed fellatio was not really sex. You could have fooled me. GW’s […]

By Peter | Posted in News | Comments (0)

GHOST VISA II

June 3, 2007 – 10:00 pm

Back in 1982 I worked at a Paris nightclub without a carte de travail. That’s a work permit for those who failed French. At the time Paris had one color photocopier on which I forged a friend’s permit in my name. A terrible job, however the nightclub owner was satisfied with the documentation. Taxes were […]

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SAD TALE

June 1, 2007 – 11:41 pm

This story comes from the newspaper. The man is 56. One year older than me. His fate could happen to anyone who sees the world through his heart. South Wales man’s Thai kidnap ordeal May 31 2007 by Abby Alford, South Wales Echo A MAN’S dream of an idyllic retirement in the sun has been […]

By Peter | Posted in Crime, Thailand, Travel | Comments (0)