the ruling Democrat party [sent] SMS texts to almost all the estimated 53 million mobile phone owners, asking them to help the new government restore the country.
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The messages apparently went to all subscribers to the big three mobile phone companies – AIS, DTAC and True Move – who claim a total subscriber base of 53 million.
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Interested callers are asked to send back their postal codes, costing them three baht.
After a user sends the postal code, he or she receives a message saying, “I am Abhisit Vejjajiva. Thank you very much, and I will get back to you.”
Democrat staff said Mr Abhisit wanted to assess responses from people who received the SMS messages.
The postal code reply would give the government a clearer idea about which parts of the country wanted to take part in the government’s attempt to solve the crisis.</blockquote>
One of the interesting things I’ve learned about high season is that it’s also a time when bar girls start disappearing because their overseas boyfriends come pick them up and take them back to farangland.
If this describes you, then this post if written especially for you. The rest of you should wait until the next blog, as this one will have nothing of interest for you.
I know two girls who are being taken overseas by their western boyfriends this month.
To me, he’s been the god of Thailand blog commenters.
Wittier and more well-written than nearly everyone else, with clear thinking and the ability to communicate ideas with just the right level of subtlety (or otherwise) I have, for the past year or more, fairly well worshiped the prolific commenter, Pants Elk.
Last night I had the chance to meet him in person for the first time.
There is a very illuminating blog at that shows more of the clownish and thuggish tactics of the PAD.
In most other countries in the world the leaders of this group would already be in jail and the balance of the members laughed at by the general public.
Here they are effectively molding government policy.
My favorite go go dancer (mfggd) and I went on a three-day-weekend trip to Kanchanaburi Province over the King’s Birthday weekend. I described the first day of that trip in Part 1.
One thing I didn’t mention about Friday was that we spent some time with the lady at the Felix Resort Hotel who arranges tours.
