Da Wizard was sitting in a watering hole in a Patpong watering hole last night drinking his ration of three beers that he has enforced upon himself enaging in general chat about the joys (of which there are many) and the dangersof living here in Asia when again The Corvy case came into the conversation and so Da Wizard repeated his rant of yesterday to the small audience that had gathered. I still couldn’t grasp why our governments are telling us that we must respect the Mickey Mouse legal system of Indonesia…..
Then Da Wizard had an epiphany….the Bali nine were arrested not because of the whit of the Indonesian customs service (imagine the word whit and Indonesian being in the same sentence even!). Rather they were tipped off by the Australian Federal Police and as such face the death penalty in Indonesia…… Now I understand…of course the Aussies couldn’t expose the Indo courts for what they know they truelly are because they had done then imagine the lawsuits they would be facing from the Bali 9???????
The Aussie government is in a mess now isn’t it? They must publicly support the Indo judicial system which they know is nonesense ( Da Wizard personally knows the Aussie Consul in Bali) otherwise imagine the outcry from the public when the Bali 9 get the death sentence….
Again its not about whether or not any of them are guilty its about that they get the benefit of due process.
Expat word on the street in Bali is that Corby was gulity and was bringing the weed in for her sister who is an expat in Bali….but Bali is awash with drugs so why would you bother….hey there are even Aussies with Plantations on the Island so wake up world!!!!
Its a shame that governments are not representatives of the people rather they are just big corporations that make money together….
Latest in from the feeds is that the cabinet minister Abdul Rahman Saleh said that Schapelle Corby should have received life in prison instead of just 20 years for trying to smuggle marijuana into his country and supports a prosecution appeal to have her sentence increased.
He didnt however have fuck all to say about the Bali bombers being photographed in Starbucks and their leader just getting 2 years did he?
The feed then went onto say that local defence lawyer Erwin Siregar questioned the value of Australian barristers in the case.
This Erwin Siregar is the most dangerous lawayer in Bali. He sets up problems if you are his client so that he can fix them for you buy paying the authorities. He is really scared Aussie Barristers will come over as they will expose the truth about this legal system that John Howard says we all should respect!!!
Please world listen these Indonesians are stealing your IMF tax money, your charity donations to Tsunami victims and now we are being told to respect their legal system? Write to your MP or your congressman and stop them all laughing at us as they destroy people’s lives with their greed.
When will the world wake up to what a dispicable country Indonesia is?
This is supposed to be an amusing Blog about Thailand but my god sometimes the reasons I left Indonesia for Thailand give me the muse to rant!
As those of you that know us already are aware things are a bit tough financially for us right now. We had to delist all our listings from our store as we now launch again it will take a few days at least before we have any prospect of getting any money out to do anything.
Now yes we could go and ask any number of friends but that isn’t our way of doing things so I thought why don’t I write a list of things that you can do in Bangkok with little or not very much money…. If I think of any that really are good then I might go and do one of them myself.
Sex:
This is obviously one of my favourites and is readily available here in Bangkok as I am sure that you are all aware.
Now how readily available is free sex? I mean really free not a few lagers and a rat on a stick satay cos that constitutes a date! I mean real free….get on the fone and ‘whilst yer on ya way over love bring us a few can of Beer Chang?? ‘
Well its possible. We have all got numbers that we can call to friendly goats that will come over. Howvere its the end of the month and the straight goats all got paid. This means that tonight they will be dancing the light fantastic in Soi 4 (Silom or Ratchada), RCA or any of the other neon filled zones that litter this great fun palace.
So could we make calls to the working non straight goats? Well its Saturday night and they will all be wanting to get customers so thats not really an option unless of course we blagged them and then you either get the Thai Psycho Goat (which nobody loves) or just plain old bad Karma. I reckon sex is off the menu but hey there is always Bangkokchat.
Drinking:
Ya you can buy cans of Chang for 25bht here so yes that always an option but Da Wizard is watching his weight right now so Chang perhaps is not the answer either. Bottles of Whisky can be bought for 250bht but Da Wizard is watching his liver too so alcohol is not an option. Homer is being Tea Total at the moment but thats ok…we all deal with the cards we are dealt in differing ways. Meditation I reckon is better than raging tea totalitarianism.
Movies:
Well Star Wars is on and its only 100bht to go and watch but Ralph is not a Star Wars fan and on the last Saturday of the month I reckon there will be too many people out and about for Da Wizard’s liking.
Walking and Goating:
Well this is a possibilty as getting on Shank’s Pony armed with nothing but your pick up cards and ya trouser snake will work here but again our standards are always too high…we like iced cocktails at State Tower or one of the other places so basically I reckon:-
We gotta learn to be happy with less than we are used to!!!!
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Ralph as you know is an Indonesian and Da Wizard’s long suffering HGIC (Head Goat in Charge). Just a few moments ago I went back to bed to spend a few mins with her and talk about life, the world and everything as we always do before we start our day.
Anyway the Corby case came up…Now Ralph being the busy little soul that she is doesn’t get to follow the news all that much but because of Da Wizard’s addiction to news its hard to avoid sometimes. She asked about the Corby case and what had happened. Her viewpoint is quite interesting:-
“Why da fuck does the world not know Indonesia for what it is? The court gave Bashir 2 years for killing 300 people and blowing up many sites in Indonesia but for a girl who brings ganja (it was hash but Ralph don’t know the difference) gets 20 years?
Who has ever been killed by ganja? In Indonesia we have ganja a lot and when trucks of it get stopped the people only get 3-5 years so why this girl get so long?”
Well it seems a tragedy to be sure but please Johnnie Howard don’t be telling us to respect the Indonesian Justice System. If they had punished people for the thousand of Chinese girls that were raped in 98 , the murderous rampage of Timor or had punished those for all the Tsunami money that has gone then fine!! But until that happpens I am sorry they get no respect from me.
Oh ya just to touch on the Tsunami money….Aceh was the worst hit area with 250 000 people plus perished and many more lost their homes. The charities refunded money to the great publics of the world as enough donations were taken to do all the work and more.
Guess what? The Indo’s stopped all foreign NGO’s from being in Aceh and yes AGAIN THEY HAVE STOLEN ALL THE MONEY!!! No works, no roads no bridges for the Acehnese, Just more mercedes for the rich and more foreign education and property for their children.
In my next life Da Wizard wants to come back as an Asia Politician in the this time zone……
Well there have been many posts regarding Thai Girls and the problems that Westerners have here in maintaining their girls’ fidelity. I find it impossible to be faithful to anyone so I sympathise with da Goats. Too many lovely smiles and flashing eyes and more cute bits of ass than anywhere else I know. Its an uphilll struggle if you don’t just slide down the hill of immorality like Da Wizard and Homer. They say its a slippery slope but I find the ride somewhat comforting and recommend it to any of you farm boys in Ohio or other god forsaken places on this planet.
Anyway if you are worried that your Thai goat is playing around then there is a new invention out there for you. They are called GPS knickers (underwear).
Yes not only can you follow your goat wherever she may trot on your laptop or PC but you can now also monitor her heart beat and temperature…..all key indicators of whether she is really a nice girl or still likes to take up The Gary Glitter from the US 7th Fleet!
Anyway for more information about theses latest must haves please click here.
If anyone does use them then please let me know….
Peace!
Pretty amazing really this story particularly when you find out at the end they probably won’t even lose their posts. Imagine 9 Supreme court judges investigating people for dodgy funds and the actual judges themselves are bent? No wonder corruption in Asia is such a way of life. Will it ever end…………? Na not in my lifetime anyway!!!
Thailand’s nine anti-corruption commissioners were found guilty on Thursday of awarding themselves extra payments illegally, a court said.
A panel of nine Supreme Court judges voted six to three to uphold an earlier finding against the nine commissioners of the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC), the country’s top anti-graft watchdog.
“They were guilty of misusing their authority to benefit their own interest, which has caused damage to the National Counter Corruption Commission,” a judge said in reading the hour-long verdict.
However, the court suspended their two-year jail terms, saying their convictions should not overshadow the good work they had done in the past.
The commissioners were found guilty of boosting their monthly allowances by 42,500-45,500 baht (580-621 pounds) without parliamentary approval.
It was not clear if the commissioners, who had denied the charges, would lose their jobs.
“I won’t resign since this verdict won’t disqualify me,” NCCC commissioner Vichien Viriyaprasit told reporters after the court ruling.
So the Indonesians do it in style again. Trial without jury, using the inquisition method as opposed to the adverserial method that is normal in a demcocracy. The sham court with the hypocritical corrupt judges, prosecutors , defence lawyers and police sent her to jail for 20 years.
However the Osama of Asia Abu Bakar Basyir was just given 2 years for plotting and sending those boys out to blow up the Sari Club.
Lets also put this in perspective….the police in Bali sell all the drugs that are seized anyway. Normally its less than a few hours and the pigs have been paid by the criminal and the pigs let him go minus his drugs and about 20 000$…. thats how it works in Bali.
John Howard says we should all respect the Indonesian Justice system? Why? Its a corrup shit system that supports terrorism.
Wake up fuck Bali and come live in Thailand………whoops I forgot Da Wizard still has a business in Bali….ya fuck her she shouln’t have been carrying pot!! Bali is great and you will love the people!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take a look at this page. This is an interactive guide to torture and the chain of command that allows people on the ground to commit such heinous crimes. Well worth the look but make sure that you come back to Da Blog!
Today is the Schapelle Corby verdict in Bali. Why oh why is the world not exposing the Indonesian legal system for what it is? Its a farce. There is only one way she will walk and that is if she has paid the three monkey judges sufficient money, the Jaksa Agung (Prosecutor) and of course the ever so greedy police. I didn’t use a capital letter for Police as they don’t deserve it over there.
Lets watch the newsfeeds and see what happens. She in all likelihood will already know her fate as the Consul etc will have assisted in sorting out who to pay etc. Good luck to her anyway.
Now Da Wizard is no lover of Islam but I does believe in Due Process. Thailand it is claimed now has secret CIA detention centres as Utapao Airfield near Pattaya.
Seems a logical place to me to put them and the Thai’s will have no interest in what goes on down there thats for sure. There has always been a US military prescence down the eastern seaboard and joint manouvres between the Thai military and the US are common place. I suppose that assisting the US in its illegal interrogations means that Thailands PM doesnt get a hard time about the approximately 3000 people thats his Police murdered ex judicially last year. How quick the world forgets what the world doesn’t want to remember.
Ok another scoop for this blog. Da Wizard had a pal in town who is CQP specialist (close quarter protection) working in Iraq currently and has been for the last few years. They earn a few bob do these boys but fuck me risking their lives everyday like they do I shouldn’t wonder that they do! Again I digress however my mate claims that they are hearing that the Irish terrorist group the IRA is helping the insurgents by training them in the evil arts of being a rebel. Now if that were true this news would change the whole peace process in Northern Ireland. In fact I believe it would probably destroy it all together.
I have searched the news feeds for more info and can’t as yet see anything that substantiates the claim but please if any of you do trawl across something do let me know.
Then They Came for Me
by
Stephen F. Rohde, Esq.
First they came for the Muslims, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Muslim.
Then they came to detain immigrants indefinitely solely upon the certification of the Attorney General, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t an immigrant.
Then they came to eavesdrop on suspects consulting with their attorneys, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a suspect.
Then they came to prosecute non-citizens before secret military commissions, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a non-citizen.
Then they came to enter homes and offices for unannounced “sneak and peek” searches, and I didn’t speak up because I had nothing to hide.
Then they came to reinstate Cointelpro and resume the infiltration and surveillance of domestic religious and political groups, and I didn’t speak up because I had stopped participating in any groups.
Then they came for anyone who objected to government policy because it aided the terrorists and gave ammunition to America’s enemies, and I didn’t speak up because…… I didn’t speak up.
Then they came for me……. and by that time no one was left to speak up.