Truly Thailand will become a case study as a land of many contradictions – there is a political grouping that calls itself “People’s Alliance for Democracy” professing to be staunchly pro-monarchy and calling for a reduction in the voting rights of the people. The very organs of the states, i.e. the courts, police, military stand by the side as the country is taken hostage by a mob, and the democratically-elected government forced into a state of paralysis.

The people who had essentially staged a coup are calling this a victory for democracry, and the latest prime minister is from a party that did not win the last general election.

It is an odd situation indeed.

Didn’t that culture just end, by default, by his getting shoehorned in? Tho I’m sure that impunity certainly won’t apply to any attempts to form a government through democratic means.

So we will have a nice head (“U.K. born and Oxford educated”) as PM, and then ugly gangsters, old bosses, behind, at important positions.

How such a government could bring innovative policies?

Abhisit is going to play his Obama for a few weeks, we should get a few spectacular (but symbolic) announcements … then … business as usual … after 2 or 3 months, the first scandals will appear, the energy will be lost.

Economy at that time will be seriously down …

People will start to be angry … We will see some protests … The Reds will wake up. The Yellows too …

I mean, the scenario is already written, unescapable.

But until then, let’s celebrate a la Obama style. Let’s celebrate the new PM and his Frankenstein coalition, love, peace and the newly found unity in the universe …

Like in the U.S., the people in Thailand will quickly learn that Messiahs are found only in holy books.