T.I.T. Podcast Episode 55: We Come in Peace!!!

May 22nd, 2010    Posted in anarchy, Asia, Bangkok, chaos, crisis, cults, culture, freaks, looting, Politics, REdShirts, riots, Thailand, tourism

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• Welcome to a very somber episode of the T.I.T. cast
• First of all I’m Safe and a HUGE thanks for all the concern
• Sadly to say….Tom was hugely mistaken
• Thailand’s Darkest hour
• The quite after the storm
• On being speechless in the face of disaster
• Arson and looting depicted on TV not random violence
• Premeditated destruction
• More like a cult than a political movement
• Hundreds of I.D. cards found in sewers below former camp
• Stockholm syndrome/indoctrination of hatred
• Will try to collect some photos and put them up
• So close to home yet so surreal…is this really happening?
• Watching from afar and building paranoia
• My “adventure” in getting back to Bangkok Friday the 21^st
• I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again…Thai police are useless!
• Bangkok owes the soldiers a great debt
• Misrepresentation on CNN and BBC
• Why not hire staff that speak Thai…understand the culture?
• Not a battle between Rich and Poor!
• Excellent blog article from a Thai that explains the situation
• Huge arsenal of weapons found at the Temple next to the camp
• Bad feeling that this is far from over…
• The man behind the chaos
• Spotted last Wed. traveling under different name in Paris!
• Denials in English vs. feeding the flames in Thai
• Leaders spent 2 months preaching hate
• Many videos ordering followers to burn the city to the ground
• Stores and shops in the area robbed and looted before burned
• City still under curfew, but supposed to lift tomorrow evening
• Property damaged extensively in my neighborhood
• The Thai spirit is hard to beat
• Voicemail from Sean that moved Tom to tears
• heart warming encouragement from Facebook
• Rambling closing remarks

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