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Too often our top security officials claim to know that a certain violent attack is going to take place. The idea is to show the public that they're on the ball. But they can never answer why, if they had prior information, they were unable to prevent the attack.

Perhaps they are too concerned about looking weak in the eyes of the public, and fail to cover all their oversights.

What is a pooyai if they don't know everything?

Just a poo?

are you talking about the prime minister?

Might take you a bit more seriously, Bridget, if it weren't for your rabid racist rants over the past 15 years, the fact that you married one of the French NF leaders doesn't help. I'm vegetarian, but I I still think you need to sort out your hate fuelled thinking before telling the rest of us how to behave.

And what about the sweet little piggy wiggies, the feathery little chickies kept in cages..... they also dont want to die.....oh Bridget, forgot that you have dogs as pets. I hope you dont feed them meat though!

I think there is a Darwinian logic in not banning booze. If motorcyclists get drunk and kill themselves, at least it prevents them from passing on their genes.The problem is drunken car drivers killing motorcyclists, but it would not be impossible to be far more serious about car drivers. Breathalise everybody, and forget about drunken motorcyclists

We can't travel on buses, motorcycles and cars are out over Songkran and now the taxi's are rebelling - anyone for a bicycle?

the natives are revolting

The multiple minds of this creature Thaksin are indeed astounding, he is in no position to ''offer forgiveness'' however he is in a position where he should be asking for or rather groveling for forgiveness.

Now Mr.Thaksin, you think that you are in one of your minds the Saviour the new Messiah that will lead Thailand to worldwide glory , the Thai people to untold wealth and indeed an Asian Utopia. The adoration of the Thai people in your multiple minds indeed outshines the adoration that any person could want.This being the case come back to Thailand.

In your minds you'll receive a heroes welcome as soon as your blessed sacred feet touch the tarmac when you alight from your personal jet, the people will throw themselves at your feet and form a human carpet for you to walk upon.The escort to Parliament where you will take over in an overt fashion from your puppets will indeed be a grand spectacle.

The outpouring of love for you and your ideals will indeed assure you of a personal paradise never before attained by any other human being , that is of course if you consider yourself one of we lesser mortals '' a human being"' of course. The wiping clean of the slate concerning your little mishaps will of course be accomplished by the thought police and the restoration of your ill gotten gains will of course be sponsored by the Thai people, indeed your dreams are manifold in their grandeur. Now let's look at the real world that exists out of your minds.

The truth is you are nothing more than a common criminal a convicted bail jumping felon who if you dared to return to Thailand would have to face the unpalatable truth of a possible very short stay in prison, contempt from a large majority of the population the prospect of a power struggle from within your own paid for sponsored political movements as the paid lackeys would and are indeed reluctant to cede power to you and your family and your brown nosing acolytes.

Those nicely cut suits would have course have to be a little more generous in their cut so as to accommodate the Kelvar underwear you would need to wear every minute of the day, many people despise you and your arrogance and your despotic actions and ideals.

Yes Mr. Thaksin you need to seek forgiveness, you are not in any position to offer forgiveness truth be known, however you have never met Truth head on have you so any such acquaintance with the truth is not part of your multiple mind processes is it ?

You cannot give that which you have not got in your case that gift being ''honesty.''

Stay in Dubai and vegetate and pine for Thailand the country you have tried and still are trying to destroy.

Bathe daily in your crocodile tears as I have heard they are good for rejuvenating ones thick skin, indeed such a nourishing balm would indeed be most useful to you .

or a bullet

He will be fine as long as he brings along his ear medication

there are surely some good nightspots in the south...

we farang living here, have to report every 90 days, go begg each year for another extention

but cars, busses, trucks are never checked ever if they are road worthy or puffing out toxic fumes like those nice old 20 - 30 year or diesel trucks and busses which makes life and breathing very difficult

28.000 deaths per year, i tought any government would be concerned of losing so many of their country men

maybe here it is just a form of ... demographic controles ?

Mainly worthless peasants and farangs die in bus accidents.

Hardly worth getting worked up about it. Phu yai and their kids get driven around in german limos

get a gun

I really hope next years road conversion to 'right side driving' will coincide with Songkran. That will be special to watch.

Actually, after much public argument and debate the dickheads-that-be decided on a compromise. Middle of the road driving.

Will see , so this law is only charged during Songkrang festival !!??

No siree! Didn't you know that the laws are always strictly enforced..... This is part of the ministry's plan to help mom and pop stores!

The really rural stores will survive old stock on the floor and all, the ones nearer city areas haven't got a chance unless they become franchised as for buying bulk from Makro i can go in them and purchase which i do very limited items otherwise it's Big C or Tesco's for singular item's cheaper that the Makro bulk price.

I do go to them quite often for alcohol on non-allowed days or restricted times - oops... illegal

and cigarettes sold by the stick - oops.... illegal.

There is nothing wrong with selective enforcement of the laws, after all, it is a "cultural tradition" in Thailand (quote Mr. Earache)

Finally, Lam Lukka is on the map and something to boast about apart from high speed crashes and robberies.

Would anybody ever have heard of Pisa if they had knocked down the leaning tower. I think they should build it higher, with the rest of the building leaning the opposite way, and maybe use it as a local government building.

Must be that "Thai-ness" thing that farang will never understand. The longer I stay in Thailand, the more I am asking myself why?

Thai men are a bit like elephants in some ways. When they are in musth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musth), they go haywaire, and if you damage their rather sensitive face, then you are asking for trouble

I am still alive, Thaksin tweets

Thats really is unfortunate.

I am pretty sure he keeps himself busy shorting rice futures.....

I propose hovercraft! just as reliable and just as probable as this ridiculous suggestion. Instead of fixing the REAL bloody problem lets waste money on creating a new one

Why not a space shuttle: Phuket will become a hub for space launches.

A local technical college could become a training center for space cadets, and the provincial administration could replace monkeys in low gravity research (not sure about the IQ though, conditions apply!)

Space is even less crowded than the sea.

A bullet train would be good too.....Maybe all three solutions, all together.

In the development phase a road solution could also be tried...... No That is impossible, it would require a functioning brain and a fight with the taxi mafia

And how are they stealing Thai's jobs..... Are there any Thais living and working on Phuket who speak fluent Russian????????????????????????????????????

Get rid of all the Russians, and see how many Thais lose their jobs. Thousands I should think.

But Thai peasants don't matter, as we all know......

What matters is a few Thai business owners who will make a bit more profit, as they can clean up with no competition. Almost certainly they have friends in the provincial administration,

When o when will thai police enforce bus safety . They drinve like crazy fools , outside lane wont let anybody pass, if you speak about slowing down, driving safer ,you get abuse, student r.i.p. driver you bloody clown.

They drive worst with a police escort when in a convoy....

How about an improvement of services before Thailand thinks of increasing high end tourists. I should think that wealthy tourists aren't interested in dealing with the neanderthals lurking in/outside Suvarnabhumi for a start.

? Peking man is already established here.

Homo erectus pattyensis is also here....

Wow, all that over a DUI, you should have offered the judge 100.000 baht. After all you shelled out 80.000 for 2 bail bonds. Maybe don't drink and drive even? But better yet who are you kidding?

Troll

May be you should have been polite to the first policeman and shown some money and contrition on the spot. .200 is more than a skulled beer, my friend. I think you are too deep in this one to fix it with cash now. Get a good lawyer....

Is it doomed to fail, or is it doomed to not be completed on time?

------ but GUARRANTEED to be funded on time!

The best seafood restaaurants are not in Pattaya.

Go to Ban Amphur or Bang Sare, and they're not airconditioned.

I would go for Preecha, in Baan Amphur, or Rim Haad in Bang Sarae. The style in Preecha is more chinese (full of tours now) and Rim Haad has a more Thai (richer, sweeter) style, and fewer tours. No airconditioning, but nice breezes from the sea.

Makro does good fish fingers and frozen prawns, which you can cook in the time it takes to leave your aircon appartment.

Phuket - the "hub" of brake failures.

I once hired a jeep in Phuket....... The brakes failed on the way down from that hill, Fortunately, I was in low gear from the top so handbrake was good enough to change down, and 1st gear was slow enough for safe descent.

I nearly killed the guy who rented me the jeep: my parents wife and one year old in there. He thought it was funny, and didn't want to return my deposit. I was a bit more muscular then so he agreed in the end. He immediately parked the jeep on his forecourt with a "for rent" sign.

That was 20 years ago..... lesson number one in thai tourism business ethics. I have had a few more lessons since then. Do you wonder why tourism operators in Thailand want their own people on the ground here?

I actually feel sorry for the driver of this bus; no one ever told him about low gears downhill