mikebike

9 minutes ago, riclag said:

And other Admin's have done a better job on civil right's?

Yes. Demonstrably.

14 minutes ago, binjalin said:

 

I have to agree it was very, very unwise but he's a megalomaniac so everything is about HIM! I still would prefer entertainers (which includes all sports) stick to what they are being paid to do. In their own time I fully support any activity they might seek to highlight and that includes, of course, using their fame but spare us during performances. Don't have the anthem is the obvious solution.

One more time for those who are unaware:

Prior to 2008-09 the players came on the field AFTER the playing of the national anthem. The Department of Defense PAID the NFL to change their Operations Manual to require the players to be on the field to boost their sign-up-to-fight efforts. The whole political controversy is a construct of DoD propaganda and a total misunderstanding of why Kaepernick started taking a knee (hint: it is NOT disrespect to the troops, the flag or the US in general).

22 minutes ago, LannaGuy said:

Who pointed it out?  it's part of the RULES  have some HONOUR when posting please.  No one pointed it out after that rant by the uninformed. I pointed it out.

3 hours ago, LannaGuy said:

 

 Pages A62-63 of the NFL League Rulebook

 

1 hour ago, attrayant said:

Analysis: The NFL rulebook makes no mention of the national anthem. But the game operations manual does.

Nothing to do with honour, just facts.

4 minutes ago, LannaGuy said:

 

I beg your pardon? The NFL 'game operations handbook' contains the rules for this. The quote is from that manual.

 

APOLOGIZE immediately 

 

The Official NFL Rulebook which is different from the Game Operations Manual. The Rulebook handles the rules of the game. The Game Operations Manual handles how teams and players should conduct themselves.

 

You are a nasty, uniformed  ****** 

You called it the "Rulebook" until more informed posters pointed out it was the "Operations Manual". 

This section of the Operations manual was drafted circa 2008-2009 as a result of PAID sponsorship from the DoD to the NFL. Prior to this teams stayed in the dressing room until AFTER the national anthem was played.

On 10/9/2017 at 8:08 AM, Boon Mee said:

These multi-millionaire morons don't really know what they are 'protesting'

Unfortunately the moron(s) seem to be behind the keyboard, and like to pretend they don't know what is being protested.

41 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

 

A wee bit of research would have told them only that there was a public holiday the week of the cremation, not that the entire month was closed down.

I bet NONE of the hotels waived the requirement to stay for many days or higher room rates if any for the party. I also bet NONE of the hotels warned that the party was banned when taking bookings.

Who's the dumbass?

 

Given that this will be all over facebook and social media by now I expect that every place that caters for the youth set will be getting cancellations for all of October now. What young person will come if it means getting raided by the army for trying to enjoy themselves on "holiday"?

Won't be just Hat Rin either, as the crackdown is everywhere. Expect Khao San Rd to be short of customers too.

A wee bit of research would have told them how much the King was revered and a wee bit more would have revealed that October would be a sketchy month for Full Moon style partying.

You see it as someone else's responsibility to make sure your vaycay goes well. I see it as a personal responsibility. I'll stick with my dumbass assessment.

1 hour ago, londonthai said:

there were only foreigners, not thai. It was a private party in an open space.

Cancellation of full moon party came at the last few days, rather unexpected order. Many booked accommodation and air tickets months before. So they were duped

"Unexpected"? Huh?

"Many booked... months before". Well, a wee bit-o-research would have let them know a YEAR ago this was gonna happen.

Dumbasses.

31 minutes ago, Thaidream said:

Mr MikeBike and his followers need to get a grip on reality- WWII is what led to both the partition of Korea as well as Germany- and ALL the permanent members of the current  United Nations had a hand in setting the peace at the end of WWII. That also includes the UK and France.  Shall we also blame Winston Churchill and Charles De Gaulle. You want to show your dislike for all things American -go ahead but at least get your facts and history correct instead of spewing nonsense on a very serious current issue simply because you don't like America.

Its really off topic but the world's former colonial powers mentioned were effectually powerless post WWII. No need to blame them.

11 minutes ago, Thaidream said:

The facts on the creation of North Korea are much more than blaming the US for this.  All of Korea was under the control of Japan during WW2.  Therefore Korea was a part of the Axis. When Japan surrendered, the  Allied Powers to include the US, Soviet Union, UK and Republic of China (now Taiwan) agreed to a  temporary split of Korea at around the 38th Parallel. In 1948 the Us wanted to restore Korea to a united country under a democratic trusteeship and move to fair elections. The Soviet Union refused and thus the split became more permanent.

 

The Korean War started in 1950 when the North attacked the South and eventually the  Mainland Chinese intervened as North Korea was losing the war and the Americans and allies (Including UK, Turkey, Thailand and others) had pushed the all the way to the Yalu River separating NKorea from China. The armistice was eventually agreed after the demarcation line was adjusted back to the 38th Parallel. 

 

Any poster who believes that America is responsible for Korea the way it is now simply does not know the history or how it all went down. The Us has always wanted from the beginning to have a united Korea. If one wants to find ultimate fault- one can go back to the days of prior to World War 2 when the Japanese enslaved the Koreans and then the Soviet Union- who wanted to keep its portion Communist. Neither the Soviet Union nor Imperialist Japan now exist but the History is fact.

 

Fast Forward- to present- NKorea is still in a state of War with those nations under the United Nations Command who intervened after the North invaded the South.  What stopped the fighting was an armistice that still is in play right now. Let's stop the blame game -because it sure as hell wasn't the US that wanted a divided Korea nor did the US invade Korea.

So USA wanted a united Korea under democracy. USSR wanted a united Korea under communism. They both share blame for playing their stupid Cold War games through innocent proxies.

Nope. Still having the best times of my life! Love the nostalgic tunes, love the new tunes!

Just now, rijb said:

This survey is not a history test.  What is this obsession with trying to place the blame on previous generations?  They're dead!  

 

Let's focus on the live people.  Before they get dead, too.

Simple response to a poster who does not seem to understand history. Would it be better to let historical inaccuracies go unchecked? Lack of said understanding is a common cause of mistakes in current policy decisions.

6 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

I understand.  Conflict started centuries before.  But who fired the first shot that STARTED the war.  Jeez....there is conflict all over the world.  Not all of it ends up in war.

Not all conflicts are/were backed by two unique world powers trying to exercise dominance over each other using surrogate actors. The “war” was not started by a single shot but by the events leading up to that shot.

Just now, stevenl said:

Yes, and Pyongyang is still under threat from US artillery. The buck stops somewhere.

 

As said, it has to come from both sides,

I don’t think the current occupant has this on his desk:

6 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

100% understand.  But who fired the first shot?  Who initiated the fighting?  Hint? It wasn't the South.

 

And who backed them?  From my link:

And who's refusing to fully comply with the UN sanctions now?  Hint?  See above.

I do not think you 100% understand that the CONFLICT started BEFORE the war and that both sides were  complicit.

4 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

Nice deflection.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

Place the blame properly.  Please.

But why would you stop there? It’s almost like you don’t want

to explain that the north and south were surrogate actors for the world powers and their post WWII games.

3 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

The Americans have produced videos of foreign cities being nuked and played them during national celebrations?  Ones showing heads of states in flames?  Really?  Please show me them.

 

Steal Syrian oil?  You're trolling.

Never mind...

The Korean Peninsula is not 1939 Europe in any measure.

2 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

Funny way to try and not be bombed.  Ramp up your nuclear weapons testing in violation of UN resolutions.  Produce videos showing NYC being nuked.  Threaten to sink Japan.  And bomb Seoul.  I would think NOT doing those things would deter the global community from bombing NK. LOL.

Kinda like the MAD Doctrine...

On 2017-09-21 at 1:54 PM, Baerboxer said:

 

Terrorists and criminals tend not to worry about laws, morals and such things.

 

Or do you think making crime and terrorism illegal has actually worked?

Is this post supposed to be a justification for or against increasing arms exports? Confused.

18 hours ago, fasteddie said:

Brave man, methinks he'll be looking for another job soon.

I don’t think so. Views are changing quickly. Thailand got the war on drugs through treaties with the USA, it was not in the national or cultural dna (compare with Laos - no post Vietnam war money for Laos, no war on drugs).

20 hours ago, acenase said:

 

What are you smoking? You do infact NEED to go back to your home country to apply for a new METV after it expires. Moving somewhere means you can permanently stay there, not just being there for 9 months before going back to your home country. 

 

I'm talking out the people who claim to live in Thailand who are Under 50, Not working/going to school and Single. There's no Visa to serve its purpose for that except Tourist visa.

Get a clue.

Work permit... just because you have a work permit DOES NOT mean you have to work hard... 15 mins a day was good for me!

Thailand Elite.

Two simple solutions to your issue. Your rigid outlook limits your creative options. My wife and I upped and moved here 11 yrs ago (ages 41 and 42) and have never gone home for immigration reasons, deaths and births and weddings only.

12 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

Right. And a video like this wouldn't upset any country.

 

Probs about as much as having the greatest military force the world has ever seen playing war games outside you bedroom.

5 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

Stop. Japan is considering increasing it's military due to missiles flying over their sovereign territory!!!!  Easy to research that.

 

North Korea has been destabilizing this area long before Trump came along.  Can't blame everything on him.

Dude, get a grip. WHY are NK missiles flying over Japan now and not for the last 50-ish years... Hint: what has changed? Easy to research that!!

HK has been boxed into its own little playground, only fracking up its own people until 45 grabbed the wooden spoon.

14 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

You are aware the international community had been going after NK for decades.  The entire UN Security council approved sanctions.  Yet, you single out the US.  We are part of a global community after all.

YOU asked who... only one answer... Not even SK has felt it necessary to bombastically threaten a country who is clearly barely capable of wiping their own assets... (can't say the other word!!).

Sanctions, diplomacy, negotiation - all good. Those strategies have kept the peace in the region for over half a century. Along comes 45 and whoa... gotta stir that pot - how can he go wrong bullying a nation which no one cares for; a "rogue nation"; great distraction.

13 minutes ago, transam said:

So why didn't the USA use a nuke on NK and/or Vietnam all those years back...?

Truman/MacArthur maybe?