The Curse of Obama Continues...Two Days After Obama Leaves Thailand, Police Mass To Fight Off Coup of the Government

Has anyone else noticed that whatever Barack Hussein Obama touches, wherever he visits always turns to shit?  Remember the major first speech he made in Cairo, Egypt shortly after his election?  Well, we all know what ended up happening in Egypt.  Well, the mark of the Beast continues his high batting percentage of fucking up normality as now the government of Thailand is sending tens of thousands of police onto the streets of Bangkok to ward off what they think is a demonstration that is intended to overthrow the government.

Governments of this world are soon going to become like Democratic candidates for Congress who don't want this curse even near them.

The story comes from The Telegraph.

Thailand coup fears as Prime Minister orders security crackdown


Yingluck Shinawatra went on TV to say that Saturday's rally by the opposition Protect Siam group is a threat to Thailand's security and that she would be invoking the Internal Security Act (ISA) in three districts of central Bangkok in response to the perceived threat.

The special law gives the security forces wider powers of arrest and enables them to impose curfews, ban public gatherings and block off areas of the city.

Political analysts said that the use of the ISA was an attempt by Ms Yingluck to ensure the loyalty of the army, who ousted her elder brother and exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup in 2006.

"By invoking the ISA, Yingluck is forcing the army to back her," said Professor of political science Pitch Pongsawat of Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University.

The timing of the rally is significant, coming just one day before the start of a three day censure debate in parliament called by the opposition Democrat Party, in response to what they allege is Ms Yingluck's incompetent handling of government affairs.

Organisers of the rally expect half a million people to gather in Bangkok's Royal Plaza. While police anticipate a turnout of no more than 100,000, the protest will re-expose the deep divisions within Thai society that led to deadly clashes between Thaksin supporters known as red shirts and the conservative, pro-Royalist yellow shirts in Bangkok in 2010.

Tida Tawornseth, the chairwoman of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the red shirt political organisation, told the Daily Telegraph that the UDD were opposed to the demonstration going ahead.

"It's not right in principle because the current government was rightfully-elected by a majority of the people," she said. Mrs Tida said red shirts would stay away from the rally but would be on standby if there was any sign of an attempted coup.

Protect Siam is the latest umbrella grouping of the opponents of Ms Yingluck's government. While its leader retired General Boonlert Kaewprasit has denied calling for a coup, he does want to "freeze" what he says are corrupt politicians from serving in Ms Yingluck's government, which he claims is merely a proxy for the former Thaksin regime.

With a large majority in the Thai Parliament, Ms Yingluck has outmanoeuvred the Democrat Party recently, promoting several former Thaksin loyalists to the cabinet in the last month. Her own personal status has been bolstered by last week's meeting with both Queen Elizabeth and President Obama, who pointedly referred to her as the democratically-elected leader of Thailand.