Well of course the answer is, both are the subject of our podcast, indeed, both are the subject of episode 109 of our podcast.

We started out by talking about Barack Obama, the American President-Elect.  We, like most Canadians, are very excited about the prospect of our neighbours to the south having a smart, funny and hopeful president, rather than someone that says ‘Nookyoulerr”.  We are not unrealistic about what he can do, but we are hopeful that he will do some good, he is pragmatic, not ideological, and that is important.

We then spoke of Thailand.  Of course it was known as Siam for a long time, and it was a country that for a time fought off British and French colonialism by playing the Brits and the French off against each other.  This strategy worked until WWII when they threw their hat into the ring with the bad guys.

More recently Thailand has had some troubles because their ex PM hosts a cooking show.  Seriously....  Anything that mocks the government and the king is taboo, and hosting a cooking show was apparently fit the bill.

Next time it is off to Samoa!