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“Clobbered” was the headline in this morning Seattle Times, referring to Sandy, the “Super Storm,” that’s pounding the northeast. I just saw images and read a figure that there may well be 20-90 billion in damages as well as continued loss of life. What a crusher. Wanted everyone who is affected over there – including your families and friends – to know that our hearts and thoughts are with you. We hope that the death toll rises no more and that any of the missing or needing rescue find help arrive speedily.
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Huge debt of gratitude to those journalists and news organizations who are brave enough to be capturing thse images in NYC, Washington and surroundings and sharing them with the world. Thank you to the photographers who are out there enduring the risk and for raising our awareness. Your photos, video and stories are keeping us connected as the event unfolds. Without your courage and commitment the rest of us would have but the faintest of notions as to Sandy’s destructive power.
Thanks and keep holding on.
Rank outsiders New Zealand pulled off one of the largest World Cup shocks of recent tournaments by holding defending champions Italy to a
memorable attract Nelspruit
Despaigne leads off the ninth with a deep fly
within the hole between left and heart fielder, but Kalian Sams will
get there pretty simply to make the out.
Gourriel turns into the potential tying run when he hits safely
to right. The evening african football qualification for world cup is over
for Sulbaran and veteran proper hander David Bergman takes the mound.
Bergman will get immediately the second out on a fly ball to middle by Abreu but Cuba’s captain Michel Enriquez pushes the potential tying run to
second with a base hit to left.
There is a question of culpability when asking what someone did to someone else. It is not a matter of being so elevated that one is removed from moral and ethical responsibility, but of remaining aloof and permitting (perhaps through concerns for personal safety) things one does not agree with. When it comes to culpability, no one can excuse anyone from genuine involvement in wrongdoing. In law, perhaps, but not in moral human convention.There is a supposition that those around the monarchy are acting in its best interests, in the best interests of the country and of the people. That supposition is being forced on everyone by hook and crook, and by gun when those don’t work.Moral and ethical culpability are often not raised as a public issue until the restraints that keep them off are removed through revolt, through change of heart, through guilt. Thailand has tried to ignore this reality all along, and surrendered sense to nonsense, altruism to greed, love to hate and independence to conformity.
What if someone from the lower classeswas to slap the Khun Ying. Would the said assailant receive the same 500 baht fine? I fear not I’d see a jail term would be forthcoming.The article in itself spells out all that is wrong with how class and status allows the upper classes in Thailand to act with impunity.W ether its corruption, vehicle accidents which cause death, assault and murder, these untouchables seem to always be above the law.Its no wonder accountability for ones actions is almost non existent across Thai society, when highly decorated citizens show no respect to their fellow Thais, only contempt as they are view everyone below them as peasants!!!
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23 June 2008To illustrate A little while ago on ASTV Veera was on about Giles Ungpakorn making a quip to the effect that he was proud of his Chinese and English bloodlines. Veera, who had earlier hear Giles say ask whether the economy was gong to get any better by the PAD protesting Khao Preah Viharn. Disgruntled, Veera said “If Giles is so proud of being Chinese and English, why doesn’t he get the hell out of Thailand!”I immediately called ASTV, though it won’t help much, and asked them to pass on a complaint that they keep making racist nationalist remarks and they will begin making a lot more enemies all over Thailand.Let’s see, but this is one of those reasons I caution my wife and anyone else who will listen not to fall for anything 100%. Everyone leading a cause has an agenda.