Expat Tom

These clowns could not organize a barbecue for 20 people. This was to have been expected as soon as announced. 

The incompetent leading the ill-informed to try to accomplish the impossible.   

Give information but NEVER hand over your passport unless absolutely compelled to do so. If you mess with these people over trivialities it could bite you in the butt later.  Smile, be pleasant, put up with the non-sense. It is their country and you are a guest. Refusing to cooperate with the local 'poo-bah' might buy you more misery down the road. Be the nice smiling cooperative farang and not the <deleted> farang.

If you can't bear the situation, leave Thailand when you can. 

Only Brits and the like omit articles in front of words like school, hospital, university and bank. An American or Canadian would say that I go to "a university" or "the university" and not simply "university".

The Brits suffer from the delusion that they are still an important dominant nation in the world, something that they have not been in the last 150 years. Most of the world today wants to learn North American English and not "marbles in the mouth" <deleted> English, a.k.a. "the Queens English"

Castration would be appropriate to prevent the "stupid gene" being propagated.

I know that sounds harsh but how f#*king stupid can you be!!! 

I suggest that you switch to pot. it is widely available throughout Isan and is probably better that tobacco and might take your mind off the current situation 

A detox off of booze for a few weeks would do the whole country good and I say that as a moderate drinker. Alcohol also lowers the body's natural resistance. A huge percentage of the deaths in Italy , over 90%, were among those with pre-existing health problems. So, you puss gutted rummies with florid faces should look in the mirror and consider a few weeks of sobriety. If you don't, you might contribute to nature's culling of the herd.

The "Peter Principle" in action. This man has clearly attained a position for which he in neither professionally, intellectually or temperamentally qualified to hold.  

China's advantage was that they are an absolute communists dictatorship and quite use to obeying orders. 

Not so much so in other countries. God's way of culling the herd?  

My saw the poor fools waiting under the tent in the parking lot at the "Pattaya Immigrations" which is not in Pattaya.  I use an agent who handles EVERYTHING and have use her for 3 years....Non-O , 90 reporting everything.   I don't want to sound cruel but if you can't afford to use a good agent, maybe you should go home.

Thailand, be careful of what you wish for. You are rapidly becoming a Chinese colony if not a vassal state. The Chinese will pay off the stupid military leaders with worthless toys and Thailand will be sold to the highest bidder...the f#*king Chinese. 

Anyone who haas taught in any Thai school or university, as I have, is quite aware of the generally low level of educational attainment in Thailand. This minister is obviously a product of the Thai educational system. That is certainly not meant to imply ALL Thais are stupid but it does appear to be a requirement for high political office.

Thailand wanted to put their eggs in the Chinese basket and drive out farang. Well, be careful what you wish for. The government is a dictatorship and the economy is tanking!!

Does anyone actually believe that? He is setting himself up as the target of the next coup/

<deleted> you. If the Thais washed their hands regularly it would make a much bigger difference than wearing a mask which is little more than an affection....of limited use...ignorance abounds!

The Junta caught flack from the Western World during and after the coup. The leaders (AKA Mr. P, ) tried to cozy up the the Chinese and it bit them (him) in the ass. The Chinese are like a plague of locust. They will devour Thailand if given 1/2 the chance. BYW, in case of a real war those subs that Thailand bought from China would last about 30 minutes if Thailand sided with China and about 2 days outside of the Gulf of Siam if they sided with the West. Thailand needs subs like like a ladyboy needs a ,,,,,,? Fill in the blank. 

In case of a war, I would not want Thailand as an ally. They would either shoot themselves in the foot or accidentally shoot you in the back.

Don't cry for me....I live in Vietnam now.

Pattaya. I was attacked there.

Just an observation/ question; if it's not a military government why is the PM wearing a uniform? Most generals who ascent to civilian power hang up their uniforms. If nothing else, the optics are bad. It makes one wonder if the old adage is true, "if it walks like a duck, quacks like and duck and looks like aa duck....then it might just be a duck".

Well Thailand, your PM wants to suck up to China and have millions of Chinese tourists? Better be careful of what you ask for. Your tourism industry will ruin Thailand and not be its salvation. 

You do not factor in the number of secondary jobs created by the primary influx of expat money nor do you address the long term affects. Dubious at best...