eliotness

The wheels on the wagon are starting to wobble, better be careful Mr PM in case they start falling off.

They had ample time during the "drought" to sort out the drainage system !  So what happened ?

As Wandasloan states, the stated cost was only related to the flight   -  so what sort of noodles were they eating to create such a huge catering bill ? !   From the news report it seems this was just a weekend trip, but there was no mention of how many nights they spent in Hawaii, also no real meat on the bones regarding the big issues discussed at the meetings,  if any.  I doubt if any of them went to the local KFC or MacDonalds, fine dining would have been the order of the day(s).

I saw him on the morning news.  Is it only me that thinks a little fat man in his 70s wearing a uniform looks ridiculous and trying to defend his expensive jaunt makes him look doubly ridiculous.  Robert Burns had a saying along the lines of "oh would some power god give us, to see ourselves as others see us".

A "high level of expertise and great analytical skills" requires a good education system, which for 99% of the population is not available now or even in the foreseeable future.  Sometimes the BS is so overwhelmingly absurd that I can't even laugh anymore ?

It appears that the politicians who wanted to accept the immigrants told their supporters not to vote.  A risky gamble, but it worked.  If they had voted then the turnout would have been, say 60%, 70% at best, but the NO vote would still have won.  The EU elite are experts at playing with democracy for their own ends.  So now they claim the vote was invalid, Oooh ! how much BS can the ordinary people take ?

Will it happen ?  I have serious doubts.  I think in the next 4 or 5 months the "elite" will finds ways of delaying things further.  IMO nothing will really happen until after the next general election and then only if UKIP win a significant number of seats.

An interesting choice of words "travelling through the airport".  So how many are actually holidaying in Thailand and how many are going on to other destinations ?

Yep, that's about right, Coke Cola helping sugar growers.  Next McDonald's will be helping palm oil growers.  Heaven help us all !

Tempted to say "NIMBY".  Everyone wants electricity, so maybe fill the coastline with windmills, but oops that would spoil the natural views.  OK maybe have several hundred rai covered in solar panels, but oops that would ruin the scenery.  Solution !  build a nuclear power station, but oooops !!!

So they had the grenades to sell to groups in Burma.  OK, but does that mean they obtained them in Thailand.  Not just a few grenades, this was a serious amount so I would suggest this is not just a one-off and the army needs to carry out  an investigation of their stores as someone could have become unusually wealthy.

Very trendy for the Bangkok elite, but for the ordinary people it's not something that is even considered.  Not only in Thailand, but everywhere in the world what you eat depends on available income.

I would have thought only women who are pregnant need be concerned.  So from the hoards of Chinese who come to LOS, how many are likely to be expecting ?  I would guess very few, so of course there will be little effect in the short term, however long term could be a very different matter.

Still saying "not as bad as 2011", boy are they tempting fate.  More heavy rains forecast for this month, fingers crossed is the order of the day !!!

Oh dear, 

If Thailand had risen 2 places they would have been shouting it from the rooftops, but a fall of 2 places "mai pen rai".  Thainess !

I bought a bottle of Talisker, my absolute favourite, from a market in Cambodia.  Got home, opened it, fake, yuck fake for sure, but the Thai family loved it ?

Obviously a misprint here, "freedom of expression" is more likely to lead to prosecution rather than an award.

We've just had the DPM saying the floods won't be as bad as 2011, well maybe he could have to eat his words.  Mother Nature has a way of making pompous people look very silly.

I thought the government had sorted that problem and had been cleared by the EU ?  Anyone got the latest on the EU and the possible red card ?

14 organisations, 3 entrepreneurs and 76 people, holy Moses !!!  Who are those 76 people who emit so much CO2 -  not government spokesmen surely !   Sometimes BS is funny and we can all laugh and make jokes, but this one is so so absurd it is way beyond funny.  

OK my previous posts prove I'm a global warming sceptic but I do believe that we need to reduce pollution to survive on this little planet.  The pollution in Bangkok, the sugar burning, rubbish burning by the side of the roads and all the other problems in Thailand do nothing to even remotely justify this outrageous claim.

Reminds me a bit of Oliver Cromwell, except the killing the King bit, he removed a corrupt parliament, installed a group of "righteous people" to run the country.  Didn't last long so I guess the 20 year plan is a bit shaky.

Would love to see the EIA if, and that's a huge "if" , one was written.  Also what were the qualifications and experience of the authors.  I know "this is Thailand", but having direct experience of the effects of a badly written EIA and a town council with vested interests, leading to flooding of houses, I suspect this is not going to be a good outcome.  

More big boys toys for the military !

They've been watching too much telly.  CSI is an entertaining programme but not really real life in America however if Thailand wants to attain similar then a massive impossible culture change has to happen, total reform of the whole justice system, an elected government that people can trust, etc etc etc -  unfortunately it just ain't going to happen any time soon