dominique355

every day i thank my lucky stars that this guy and his ilk are not my immediate neighbors

Apart from being legitimized by the USA and the United nations the West could care less.

Next time you meet a tourist ask them who is governing Thailand and what you will get is a shrug of the shoulders.

The only people freaking out are jaded expats. Thais just get on with their lives enjoying the peace

Not to mention Lange & Sohne ..

I fell off my chair laughing when he talk about frugality. Those lavish military spendings and those watches and rings are not exactly frugal spending. Does the military have a different definition of frugality. 
 

I fell off my chair laughing when he talk about frugality. Those lavish military spendings and those watches and rings are not exactly frugal spending. Does the military have a different definition of frugality. 
 

A democracy, first and most, needs an ELECTED government.


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I saw once a statistic the the most rain is measured in the province of Trat.

Nice place, BTW, nice people, no industry, only farming and fishing.

Some tourism on Kho Chang. Avoid.

Even cars assembled locally cost the double compared to e.g. USA.
Take a Toyota Camry full spec. Prize of car built in Thailand with low wages here costs the double of the same car built in the USA by US workers.
What's wrong here?

All western countries have defamation/libel laws, including the UK where the BBC adhere to the letter, but they come to Thailand and think they are above the law.

 

JH is a professional Thai basher... So som nom na!

That is simply not true.

In any civilized country a diffamation charge is dismissed if the defendant con show that what he said is true and based on facts.

Not so in Thailand. The veracity if the defendants publication has no bearing here.

In other words, if you call a crook a crook you go to prison.

This is one big mess, from the legal point of view.

Application of a criminal law retroactively is unheard of in the civilized world

Application of a law before it come into force...?

But no legal remedy against the seizure of all her assets?

All this smells like a whole lot of rats.

But the Military government really doesn't care about the Rule of Law. Shame!

So its just a freeze. not money taken out of the accounts... that is different from taking the money. This is purely a precaution. If she had bolted with the money everyone would have called the army fools. Its quite normal that accounts are frozen until a judgement is made. This happens in other parts of the world too. 

Rule of Law would require a Court order for such decision. But this government doesn't care about the Rule of Law.

4 hours ago, colinneil said:

Another crazy idea, halve the road deaths.

First step, teach people how to drive second educate people about wearing helmets.

Stupid me, it will never happen.

Third: Enforce the existing laws and rules.

No need to make 1000 of new rules and never enforce them.

Remember a few years ago when with a big bang the RTP announced the cameras to catch those who run a red light? Big show for two weeks and some frontline phots of a car caught, then back to normal... no more enforcement of this rule.

It always amazes me how drivers can brake the law in front of a policeman and this policeman could care less.

Ever heard of credit cards?

Who pays hotels or airplane tickets in cash? This is the 21st century, for heaven's sake.

Cars were seized 2 months ago....and yet he still hasn't sent in the documentation...?
Buy a car from wherever...keep the receipt and paperwork to prove car' previous ownership and that the purchase was genuine....?

"Prayut would know what's best for him and when the time comes"
I have no doubts about that.
The question is, however, what is best for Thailand. And there I have some doubts that these interests coincide.

What Thailand needs is a transportation system that gets the trucks off the streets. Passenger car are a minority on intercity highways

There is one from Clie even with the new connector and with 2TB.

I constantly have problems connecting my McBook Pro to another device using Bluetooth. The MB doesn't connect although the other device is in the list of paired devices. I have no cure... just try again and again and don't swear too loud.

I don't understand why so many farangs are so concerned about when the election will be.  Whenever the election is doesn't affect any of us.  And, it appears that many Thais are happy with the status quo wrt the current government.  

To take that Chinese train, first one has to go to the main train station and fight his way through heavily congested street. Takes me at least 2 hours. Then 2 hours by train to Korat.
But what is the driving time? About 4 hours. So ... ?

The question is not why people hate the military, but why the military hate and don't trust people, their people, the people who did not call them but keep paying them.


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Well I gotta admit, I kind of like the guy. He uses force and authority to do things but don't forget one thing: the masses of people are stupid following what everyone is doing. For this reason, I think a "true" democracy is not good for a country. For example, if you want a train rail built, everyone will argue and want shares and try to stall the project - without democracy, the PM can simply say "shut up, we're going ahead with the project now, end of story". It saves millions to taxpayers, get things moving, and improves the country.
 
When watching the NCPO on TV, we clearly see that he doesn't know how to talk like a politician. And this is good. He focuses on getting things done rather than trying to find out which word will sound politically correct and offend as little people as possible. We have to offend people if we want things done, otherwise everything will stall.
 
Look which countries on the planet have a fully democratic system, and make a correlation with birth rates, mass immigration, and loss of culture. Pretty easy to answer.
 
Of course this implies that the leader must know what he is doing - but in this case, I think most of his ideas are good - except the submarine deal.

perhaps someone can share with me why the import tax is 300%

In my experience squeak disappears after putting some copper grease behind the brake pads.

It's not just the importer who might suffer from a bad reputation and even closing their business but also the owners of such supercars.

Even if the owner can prove that the price he paid to the dealer/importer is in fact more than 100% + 328% of the price paid in Europe, the DSI still impounds his car and would not release it despite all the evidence.

I know what I am talking about, believe me.