Call me irresponsible

MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013
Call me irresponsible

If the fairytale Thai Rak Thai party of Wikipedia were true and could have harnessed its greed in the laudable projects carried out at that time, the 2004 election would have been even more successful. If the then-prime minister had checked his greed in t

 

That being so, TRT could be in its fourth parliament, with absolute control of the country.
Of course, they are in absolute control now, but having departed from the fairytale, the way forward is more difficult. The “leader” still runs the show but with his unpredictability exposed. The rice price-pledging scheme is impractical. Now we have the mega-projects to put us in debt for the next 50 years. Is it for love of Thailand?
Call me unpredictable, tell me I’m impractical,
Rainbows I’m inclined to pursue,
Call me irresponsible, yes I’m unreliable,
But it’s undeniably true, I’m irresponsibly mad for you.
(Cahn/Van Heusen.)
Richard Bowler
Bangkok