"Reds complete blood ritual"

Well, I may have a degree in political science, but I certainly never read anything about using this tactic to seek power. At least not in The Federalist. I don't think it's in Aristotle. Maybe Sophocles? It is very dramatic.

The opposition party, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (the UDD or "red shirts"), has been staging massive protests in Bangkok. As I drove north to Chiang Mai on Friday, I passed hundreds of pickup trucks and vans headed south to the protests, packed-full and with red flags flying.

With the protests in their fourth day, and man power waning, the red shirts adopted a new tactic. To underscore the seriousness of their demand that the Prime Minister step down, the red shirts have taken to pouring their own blood on the streets of Bangkok.






Read more about it and check out this video of blood collection.

And people thought ACORN was bad.