nzthai

Pressure on independent media intensified this year as the Kremlin sought to unify the country behind the annexation of Crimea and Russia's involvement in eastern Ukraine.

Tolley..."As for stooges the US media is pretty good at pulling the wool over the eyes of the average American imho.

In fact I would to say that your average Russian is a lot more political savvy than your average American"

..obviously folks who are predisposed to be anti American ...will find any excuse

Tolley..."Putin has had some effect with the Ukrainian crisis that created embargos but that is supported by the average Russian so you can hardly blame Putin."

.....ahhmm..no..thats not really correct...what is supported by the average Russian...is what Putin and the Kremlin want them to know...but remember they are like mushrooms...kept in the dark..that is why Putin controls what Russians can do on the internet..he seeks to control what they know...they just get Putins version...if he had told them that the currency was going to drop 50% and had a referendum the result may have been different..but Putin seeks to control everyone and everything in Russia..just like a good egotistic dictator should..the Russian people are only cannon fodder..but ya gotta hand it to him ..he is an expert manipulator and actor:-)

well Luk..as I said.. and if you read all of my post you would have seen

"I guess ..other nationalities are also guilty of this behaviour, but generally it is Russians who I have seen doing it with monotonous regularity"

When I have seen some of the exchanges between the Russians and Thai people..I have felt that the Russians are treating the Thais as 2nd class citizens and the Russians are superior..perhaps Putins manner is spreading to the masses.. I get the impression that .from the Russian perspective its......"all about me"...nobody else matters

I have often witnessed Russian (men mainly) being very arrogant, loud and intimidating towards Thai people when negotiating..I see it as very disrespectful..just my opinion....I guess ..other nationalities are also guilty of this behaviour, but generally it is Russians who I have seen doing it with monotonous regularity

but hopefully not as hard as the rusty rouble

Wonder if the businesses will change some signs back to english now...excellent

ahhh..Thailand can go back on the "holiday destination" list

If you are married to a Thai lady in Thailand ..is it acceptable to have a girlfriend sometimes?

Tassie Norm....I totally agree

and tell me..what do Tassies"s think about their new senator..Lambie is it?

I see some controversy but what do they think about it all?

starkey...no not trolling...I only do that from a boat

No ..I am just interested in trying to understand the situation and generally I find the best way is to ask questions.

simple1...I agree

I have been in Thailand for just over 1 month when I arrived i think I was getting around 29BHT / $..yesterday in Chiang Mai I got 26.6BHT/$

I have heard of Russians cancelling their trip because of the big change in their currency..the Thais will no doubt miss the money...but not the manner

thanks...and nzthai is in lower case..as you were

Starre..."If sheepland is so good, why did you leave? Plenty of flights going back "

..I got head hunted by an Australian employer who could not find any good aussie workers ..so he went to NZ to find some..

Starre..."Whatever you do, don't mention bowling under arm at cricket"

ok..and I wont mention who is on top in Rugby Union and Rugby League either ..not bad for a country of 4.5 million being superior to a country of over 20million

its only the aussie shielas who are performing at present..they are like the the thai ladies..they do most of the work while the blokes laze around

haha...but kiwis cant get the dole in oz

...but they do know how to work..thats why aussie employers try and get kiwi employee and not aussie battlers

Starky...yeah..it starting with me asking you this simple question..

......"and now we have this governments relentless attack on the maritime, mining and construction industry."

I was just trying to understand what exactly you mean..so what do you mean exactly?

starre.."Yeah nzthai, maybe you're right. We could start saving by sending back all the bloody kiwis that flooded in over the ditch in the recent decade "

...but..who would do THE WORK??.....

starky..."As a Kiwi why would you give a poo. Oh unless your fifo or are you drumming up some of the old ANZAC pride"

..I have lived there 25 years!...just about a local

..and the answer to the question..any ideas..or is it to hard??:-)

I think Thailand will very happy to have all the cheap charlies they can get....there is going to be a big drop in the number Ruskies coming due to the collapse of the rouble..and I for one wont miss them:-)

starky..."and now we have this governments relentless attack on the maritime, mining and construction industry."

...can you please explain what you mean by this "attack"...I must be missing something... you you are talking poos

starre....

Nah , you are wrong..Rudd and Gillard wasted alot of money and now Shorten wont even let the savings past the senate that they themselves announced before the election..Labour is not letting the coalition get savings through the senate for their own political gain at the countries expense...every economist in Australia says that the budget needs to be corrected or Oz will be in trouble soon , labour has stopped all the savings going through and has not given any alternatives...they are just suffing the country...little old NZ is performing alot better ..with no raw material riches that Australia has..just through good economic management...and they dont have a senate that opposes all savings...in NZ the elected govt has the power to govern