FolkGuitar

A policeman told you this… Thanks for the laughs, guys. Kudos for originality.

I wonder how many people in this thread are having conversations with their sock puppets?

That's because it's not a crackdown. Never has been. It's nothing more than a visual display that the police exist.

Open Letter to those who think Police Helmet Checkpoints are set up mainly for farang: We're in Thailand's Rainy Season. Comparatively few foreigners here right now, but NOW is when they are running their helmet campaign. It's true, they DO catch a lot of foreigners not wearing helmets when the foreigners are here. We notice them more than we notice the Thais lining up to pay the same way we 'notice' signs written in our own language without thinking about it, but have to look and actually pay attention when the sign is in a different language. We 'see' the farangs. We don't 'look' for the Thais.

Obviously, very true. I ride every day, and I'd never ride without one. But is the government's goal to save 'one' life... or reduce total road fatalities and injuries? I don't think that's going to happen by just setting up a table on a street corner to catch the occasional rider without a helmet. That might save the rider's life, but do nothing for the accidents caused by the nutter cutting off other drivers, passing on blind curves, and ignoring traffic lights. Here's an idea: Get out on the roads and stop the insane drivers! Putting a helmet on the head of a tourist might save HIS/HER life, but does nothing for the rest of the community. And isn't THAT who the police should be protecting?

The Helmet Crackdown doesn't save lives. It saves money... ... money that the government has to pay every time someone is sent to the hospital and can't pay the bill! That includes Thais! A LOT MORE Thais than farang. Forcing helmet use reduces that cost. If there were a genuine effort made to reduce road injury/fatality, they would put police on the roads to stop the unsafe, reckless driving we see every single day!

As a Disabled Vet who relies on the Veterans Administration to stay alive, I object strongly to Musk and Kranov's reduction in staff, programs, and funding. I earned my patriotism with blood. I enlisted. I gave my country 110% when it asked me to do so, and nearly paid with my life. So many did pay. So many came back broken. Do you think it's right or moral to take away the life-giving support we Veterans require and were promised? We gave 110% when our country asked! Why is the United States treating Veterans this way? Short answer: Musk and Krasnov.

I'm just curious why people enjoy watching others die slowly? What's the psychology behind it?

It's rain. Just water. And it happens for a few months every year. Do you leave the Kingdom like the Burn-Season folks do?

My first dorm in college (a small rural school) right after high school had this phone on the wall. Turn the crank, tell the operator the 4-digit number you wanted, and she'd connect you. Obviously an old dorm. The new dorms had the new-fangled push-button phones.

If it were just Krasnov I wouldn’t worry. He’s failed at everything he’s done. BUT… I am worried about what those who are controlling him will do next.

A fantastic tool... or a mind-capturing monster. It's your choice. My smartphone stays in my pocket until I need one of its functions. I make less than 3-4 calls a month, but use the phone two dozen times a day for paying bills, looking for traffic jams, checking the weather, looking for an answer to a question (at least 3-4 times a day,) taking a picture, listening to music, or reading a book. It's a tool. Like any tool, it can be misused in the wrong hands.

Have you noticed? They are still using attacks on Harris and Biden as their excuse for all their failures that have resulted from Musk and Krasnov's actions in the first 150 days. Nothing has changed. Blame the other guy.

And to think, he managed to get it done in just 5 months... instead of four years. Of course, by the END of the four years, he'll have bankrupted America just as he die all his other businesses.

I wonder... As he's bankrupted every business he's run, is president Krasnov's goal as a Russian operative to bankrupt America? I don't recall the exact numbers, but aren't we up to over $30,000,000 dollars wasted on his golf outings just in the past 5 months?!? Typical weekend golf trips cost taxpayers approximately $3.4 million each, with longer or more complex trips (such as those involving additional air travel or security arrangements) costing even more—up to $4.2 million for a single extended weekend. How exactly is that NOT pissing away our tax dollars? That's $30,000,000 that could be used to feed and shelter American disabled veterans or provide houses for America's growing homeless population.