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For those of you that keep up with international news, or for any expats like myself in Thailand, you probably know those called the “red-shirts” have been protesting in downtown Bangkok. In short, they want the Prime Minister ousted and new elections brought up for the seats in legislature. The red-shirt would like their old PM, Thaksin Shinwatra, back in his seat. He was ousted in a milatary coup in 2006 for abusing his powers for monetary gain. Currently, Thaksin is living outside Thailand to avoid a 2 year jail sentence for this.

To get their message across, the red-shirts are “peacefully” protesting in the streets of Bangkok. They’re causing major problems for road traffic (like it wasn’t bad enough), and thought it would be a good idea to do a large blood drive and splash it on the government’s houses gates while performing an Indian ritual to curse the current government. They’re becoming a bit of a laughing stock, especially to foreigners living here, because we know no one would take this seriously in western culture.

However, Thaksin seems to be a puppet-master in all these red-shirt protestors. The red-shirts, mostly made up of poor people from outside of Bangkok, love him because of his plans to help those with lower incomes (while the current government seats are held by Bangkokian elites and they say this government’s policies favor the rich). He leads these people, probably paying most of the “volunteers” just to show up, and many from Bangkok showed up just to get 500 baht ($15) because that is more than they would make sitting in their office all day.

When you look at what Thaksin has to say here about the current Prime Minister… can you really expect anyone to take the red-shirts seriously anymore?

Thaksin has accused the government of trying to bribe some protestors into leaving the rally and said that someone laced the protestors’ water with poison.

However, the ousted premier thanked his supporters and asked them to remain patient, saying that the current government has a hearing problem.

Thaksin also talked about the yesterday’s blood collection. He said that despite the disapproval of many people, the Red Shirt protesters have done the right thing in sacrificing their blood for democracy.

In his speech to the Red Shirt protesters, the fugitive former prime minister claimed that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has some psychological condition similar to Adolf Hitler’s.

Thaksin added that just like the German schizophrenic dictator, Abhisit does not like to talk alone, has problems controlling his ambitions, and violent tendencies.

Thaksin also said that Abhisit is surrounded by homosexuals with emotional problems.

Toward the end of this call, Thaksin thanked his supporters again and urged them to continue their fight against the government for the sake of the younger generations.

However, he warned the protesters that the government might resort to violence since Abhisit has a mental disorder.

Watch what you say, people. The world is watching you, even online, and can strike down any little bit of reputation you still have. While this is a political example, I can’t remember how many times I’ve seen Internet marketers get them self in a fix. Hell, even I’ve said and done things I shouldn’t have. You have to be careful, because one wrong step, can cause the destruction of your business plan.