Archive for the 'Survey / Poll' Category
Say You’re In Charge: (Poll)
Abhisit is kicked from all sides. He could have acted faster, other governments would never have waited that long. The other night red paramilitary even attacked the Dusit Thani with an RPG (source: ThaiTV). That’s a serious war weapon. A big hole in one of the upper floors, CNN’s Sara Sidner reported. Under international law
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Red Serendipity (Poll)
Fascinating to see how multiple-sided the current sea of red emotion is. You can read into the movement whatever you want. Even if you’re there yourself, if you’re a fervent red, you’ll be able to find all kinds of justifications covering the whole spectrum from radicals to pro to diehard anti. Just pick your truth.
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Dr. Saul: Thailand & The Desire Economy
Dr. Saul Kruggerand, the renowned Ph.D. economist and native of South Africa, whom we last heard from in his article titled Thailand to Tackle World’s Desire Deficit in which he outlined the present economic structure of Thailand’s Desire Sector (DS) along with an insightful and detailed estimate of the Desire Sector’s current contribution to Thailand’s
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Poll: Suvarnabhumi, Round Two
Argh the red devils are back. It’s a cunning game the red shirts are playing these days. They got all the media attention. Without much effort. First they increase the heat on previously untouchable privy councillors. They dare to hold the first rally ever in front of the office of the privy council. Unthinkable not
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Machiavelli Personality Test: Are We A Better Thai Politician?
Boring politics? Boring Thai politics? There is no such thing. Thailand politics by now have become a textbook for modern-day machinations and intrigue. Any dethroned leader anywhere in the world longing for a comeback should just have a look at Thailand. Thaksin’s the past you’d think. Emailed a reader: “In any other place on earth
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Of Rankings, Mediocrity & Quality Of Life
Well, there’s always an exception that proves the rule. According to a recent poll Bangkok was voted the no. 1 most attractive city in Asia. Thai media hailed the headline. But the poll was conducted in Bangkok, among 500 foreign tourists. As if 500 interviewed tourists in Tokyo would have chosen Bangkok. That’s not what
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Scientifically Proven: The Good Farang
She’s a fast worker. The results of Thammasat University’s Khun Nat’s survey – if Farang is an F-Word – are in already. If you haven’t read her outlining paper do so here. You’re a Westerner and hate to be called “farang”? But what, as we’re about to find out, if “a vast majority of the
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F-Farang
Farang an f-word? The first time you were in Thailand and kids called you “farang!” you were smiling. How sweet they are! After a while you wondered why every foreigner is a farang. Or do you call all Asians back home “Chinese”? Or even worse by the name of a fruit? Today I couldn’t care
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Thailand Crashing? Poll
You have this nice and this ugly face of Thailand. You do not only have the first Thai head of government in living memory who’s presentable and speaks some proper English. You also have events pushing Thailand back to the Dark Ages and the high-profile fugitive who laughs of Thailand’s justice system as a joke.
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Poll: The Teflon Premier
HTC has a new Android mobile phone, the Hero, with Teflon coating. Goodbye you oily fingerprints. Same goes for the Hero’s and the iPhone 3GS’ new screens. Oleophobic coatings. Fingerprint resistant. Same goes for our prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva. Kind of Teflon coated, as Reagan back then. Criticism just does not seem to stick. No
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