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I believe the mental and emotional wounds of living in Thailand take longer to heal than the others...

writing that he backs the negotiations even though he distrusts politics in Washington!I

Castro is not the only world leader who distrusts Washington...a majority of Americans do not trust the present US administration either...wonder why?

It does still amaze me at what gets the people in power riled...just the hint...that some political want-a-be has an audience gets these folks all worked up...no room for anyone except the people in power at the moment...

I have my doubts that a true democracy has a chance among all these bottom feeders...

Got to love Thai immigration...their top priority is to make tourists and retires happy with their immigration experience...Welcome to Thailand.

I have not flown since I was packed into a seat like a sardine and they didn't even provide mustard/tomato sauce...

The seats only went back a few inches...my knees where constantly coming into contact with the seat in front of me...I am only 6' tall...

There was no way to get comfortable and one of the most miserable flights I have ever had because of the airlines trying to pack more passengers into cramped seating...

They should do a better job at creature comfort for those longer flights...

Obama's state of the union address...was anything but...his arrogance and humor were designed to kick start his political party's run for the Presidency in 2016...

It's the 18 Republicans for president stirring around and about that need a kick...a good swift frontal kick to each of 'em.

The R party rank and file absolutely don't want another Bush and they have made the awful journey with Mitt and it left them dog tired and beaten down, as if they'd been on a car roof rack cross country.

There wuz one time during the speech the prez stopped the applause which came only from the R party side after he'd said he'd had his last campaign....."And I know cause I won both of 'em."

I suspect rather strongly the Republicans are going to be sucking wind cross country again next election.

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This says it all...doesn't it?

Obama's state of the union address...was anything but...his arrogance and humor were designed to kick start his political party's run for the Presidency in 2016...

This unelected government can do anything it wants to anyone...this has now become the common occurrence...

Actually, Thailand is already no country for old men...but for grumpy old fat retired foreigners...that is another story...ATM machines are still in demand here...

Thai fugitives fleeing politically motivated lese majeste charges have the right to sanctuary abroad...

These lese majeste witch hunts are going to cause a good deal of unsatisfactory reports from civilized countries...

I doubt that any country outside of SE Asia will either support this kind of travesty of justice...or send anyone back to Thailand for a mock trial...

No No No...the US simply does not understand Thai politics...this is all about taking it to the entire family...the message is clear...get out and stay out of Thai government...

What is the point of this posting? Trying to show that farangs do not pay their bills? Trying to show what happens when they do not? Move this to the tabloid section please...

Just another mysterious death of a farang...to add to the scores of others who die of "suicide" each year...disgusting police attitude toward foreigner deaths...

Is this a trick question?

The Airport is this way!

Crime of opportunity...scum bags...glad there are only two of these in all of Thailand...

While sexual violence was considerably less frequent than physical violence in most settings, it was more frequent in provincial Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and urban Thailand. In countries where large cities and provincial settings were both studied, the overall levels of partner violence were consistently higher in the provincial settings, which had more rural populations, than in the urban sites.

http://www.who.int/gender/violence/who_multicountry_study/summary_report/chapter2/en/index2.html

"It may mislead foreign tourists who have never been to Koh Tao to think that Koh Tao is full of mafia who like to kill or exploit foreign tourists,"

No...No...we do not think that of Koh Tao...we think this is true of ALL of Thailand...especially places like Koh Tao, Phuket, and Pattaya...

Watch any TV Thai soap-opera to get a sense of Thai humor...shootings, knifings, slapping women, men beaten to a pulp...corruption and marriage unfaithfulness all on an elementary school child's intellectual level...this is what Thais find funny...

Second watch a farang being cheated out or his baht...or beaten to a pulp for not wanting to pay a bill which is grossly overstated by a Thai...there is your humor...

Is the picture of Thai humor more clear now?

Thai people firmly feel they are right, and nothing you say will change that!

You ARE always right in your own mind...closed to ideas...especially if they emanate from a foreigner...Buddha forbid...

We foreigners do not ask you to change your way of doing business for us...we just ask that you treat us the same...and not rape us financially and berate us publically...

Is that really asking too much?

We love your wife and your dog...the jury is still out about you though...

Lost my dog at 15 years a couple of years ago...just received another the same breed...but different color...helps some...

The Indian leader should know that he can trust Obama just as much as the American people do...he might refer to the election last Nov. to get an indication as to the love American people have for the Obama administration...

What "rule of law"? There is no elected government...whatever the military powers say is the rule...will be enforced...could change daily or from case to case...

There is surly a book deal to be had here...maybe a TV series and a thriller type movie...I can see the title: The Farang rapist who had a fetish for Old Women...