Thread: Thaksin : Building a Better Future Foundation

The Toxin PR team will go too any lengths to bandaid his flagging reputation.

I really do not understand why he just doesn't come back to Thailand and front his detractors head on.

Everybody knows he will not serve any time for past offences and or convictions.

This whole thing goes deeper than what we understand.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I really do not understand why he just doesn't come back to Thailand and front his detractors head on.

He will once a certain person is gone, you can be sure of it.

Likely he'll be accepting "donations" for his save the world foundation...

Let's see, 3 for me, 1 for the foundation, 3 for me,............

Its a plot to undermine the financial authority of the ruling class who don't actually produce anything. Raising a new generation of entrepreneurial go-getters could produce thousands of Thaksin-like, new-money challengers competing for the wealth of the country currently in the hands of the old school.
Its a long term strategy aimed directly at the heart of the old semi-feudal system. The elites have good reason to fear Thaksin and his ideas.

^ a bit naive ? Thaksin is old school, his management is old school, his only problem is challenging a certain authority to become the new hero of Thailand

Thaksin's foundation - November 18, 2008 Thaksin's Building a Better Future Foundation has gone online.

There is practically no content except a letter from Thaksin and news that four projects are being considered. The domain was registered just 13 days ago. That was the same week during which Thaksin's UK visas were revoked (confirmed by UK authorities on November 8). Rolling out the site quickly with little content also indicates a desire to get in front of negative news about the visa revocations, the divorce news and Thaksin being "on the run" and "looking for a country."

Building a Better Future Foundation appears seems to be run by Hong Kong marketing company Upstream Asia and registered by Alex Trup (Alex's blog with an interesting note about possible Marlboro sponsorship of school uniforms in China).

The Whois:
Domain ID:D154628268-LROR
Domain Name:BUILDINGBETTERFUTURE.ORG
Created On:06-Nov-2008 14:31:14 UTC
Expiration Date:06-Nov-2009 14:31:14 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Omnis Network LLC (R101-LROR)
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:OMNIS-1225981865
Registrant Name:Alex Trup
Registrant Organization:BuildingBetterFuture.org
Registrant Street1:26/F, 46 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Hong Kong
Registrant State/Province:HK
Registrant Postal Code:HK
Registrant Country:HK
Registrant Phone:+1.3103169600
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:+1.3103474075
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:alex.trup[at]upstreamasia.com

http://www.2bangkok.com/08/thaksins-foundation.shtml

Khun Thaksin was a pretty good PM by the (admittedly abysmal) standards of those that preceded and followed him, but he ain't gonna be winning any Thai elections from Dubai. If anything, he might cost PT the next elections.

Originally Posted by sabang

If anything, he might cost PT the next elections.

it's not like PT current leaders are any better than Thaksin

This government needs to get going with a serious socialist agenda, it won't last long otherwise

It's a shame he was such a thief. A successful businessman as Prime Minister could have really done a lot for this Country.
I never could understand that; you would think someone as wealthy as he was would not be capable of being corrupted, he certainly did not need the money. It's just a really sad, the strife of the last few years has cost Thailand so much.

Originally Posted by BobR

It's a shame he was such a thief. A successful businessman as Prime Minister could have really done a lot for this Country.

that was actually the very argument used by the Bangkok middle class in the 2001 election

"he is so rich, he will never rob us, unlike the other politicians"

right

Originally Posted by Butterfly

he is so rich, he will never rob us

Always a naive argument. But it was his nepotism and the perceived threat of his mass popularity that really toppled him, rather than his corruption.

Originally Posted by sabang

But it was his nepotism and the perceived threat of his mass popularity that really toppled him, rather than his corruption.

not sure you can discount the corruption side, after all, he was taking money away from the usual gang