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[media=]But people sneak up on tigers and kill them. The thread is about poachers and tigers.
[/media] Yeah but not only do they sneak up tigers they set wire snares which quite often leads to a lingering death and sometimes loss of a limb and death due to starvation ,if someone is shot he dies quick ,the Tiger has in many cases no such luxury . -
http://www.foxnews.c...great-destroyer Yeah Khoeesti this link says quite a lot about some of the things you mention (and UG too) ,but maybe the "source police" will pooh pooh it ,never the less I think that its a good article and goes a long way into explaining why the US economy is "on the rocks" .
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Newsflash! Todays top news stories.
"The Pope reveals he is a Buddhist"
"Scientific study finds Bears do not sh*t in the woods"
"Reconciliation bills not aimed at getting Thaksin's money back, his lawyer says"
,Nice one!!
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Trawling Eh!,like it ,like it
Of Course Yunla you give the perfect answer which dovetails with my opinion ,I was just "fishing around" as one does from time to timeI wonder why there was never this acute problem when Saddam was ruling the roost?
Because countries sometimes make the leader and not the other way round. In intensely feudal tribal societies the leadership inevitably falls to a "strongman" who keeps order by heavyhanded ruthlessness. The same was true in Europe centuries ago, if you had removed the leadership and air-dropped some democratic voting-booths into the country the people would have used them for firewood and then got busy killing eachother along tribal lines. Democracy arrives slowly and by consensus. Also in Iraqs case there is the geographical factor of competing influences from its neighbours who are using the lawlessness in Iraq today for their own agendas. A lot of people in the ME want democracy but more people want supremacy for their tribe and for their faith group, until the vast majority stop fighting there can never be rule of law and without law no democracy. Saddam knew this, Bush knew this too its just he didn't care and was looking further ahead. Blair didn't know this, but that is no surprise.
So that's trawling rather than trolling?
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Of Course Yunla you give the perfect answer which dovetails with my opinion ,I was just "fishing around" as one does from time to timeI wonder why there was never this acute problem when Saddam was ruling the roost?
Because countries sometimes make the leader and not the other way round. In intensely feudal tribal societies the leadership inevitably falls to a "strongman" who keeps order by heavyhanded ruthlessness. The same was true in Europe centuries ago, if you had removed the leadership and air-dropped some democratic voting-booths into the country the people would have used them for firewood and then got busy killing eachother along tribal lines. Democracy arrives slowly and by consensus. Also in Iraqs case there is the geographical factor of competing influences from its neighbours who are using the lawlessness in Iraq today for their own agendas. A lot of people in the ME want democracy but more people want supremacy for their tribe and for their faith group, until the vast majority stop fighting there can never be rule of law and without law no democracy. Saddam knew this, Bush knew this too its just he didn't care and was looking further ahead. Blair didn't know this, but that is no surprise.
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I am smack bang in the middle of the "rice bowl" ,every one here in my village and surrounding district grows rice including all my wifes family and many relatives , the highest price on offer here was 14,000 a tonne for Homali fragnant rice with one instance of 16,000 baht , I have heard that you could obtain 18,000 but had to wait quite some time to draw your money which is still short of the so called guaranteeing price of 20,000 , unfortunately many farmers do not have the luxury of time as nearly all here are up to their necks in debt ,and that members is the simple truth of the matter ,,in closing I live only 22 kms to the Cambodian border were I heard wagon loads of cheap rice were slipping "through the net" to 2 well known local Thai Chinese rice merchants ,of course I dismissed this out of hand as just "local gossip"
Exactly. An accurate analysis of the winners and losers from this scheme may explain why it was implemented and now continued despite the fact it isn't doing what the government claim was the objective.Somebody is making a Mountain of dough here and I very much doubt its the farmers from what i've personally witnessed in my area (Buri ram).
Un huh. Just imagine the amount to be made in the futures market frontrunning this policy.
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I wonder why there was never this acute problem when Saddam was ruling the roost?
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Only 25 blown to smithereens ,hardly worth a mention these days is it!.
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Somebody is making a Mountain of dough here and I very much doubt its the farmers from what i've personally witnessed in my area (Buri ram).
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Nice one CC, Obviously your finger is well and truly "on the pulse"I find the 'village socieo-dynamics' amusing in that it resembles the western world a bit, but they are so cut off from the 1st world. The keeping up with the Smiths is saving face here, and, shit rolls downhill here to.
Having come from the ussa, where the banks and gov together have run the grand financial ponzi scheme probably to its near end, and leading edge of the mess was the housing bubble collapse, I'd say it's 'game on' in Thailand.
It seem banks are pushing car/truck loans like crazy and real estate prices have gotten totally silly, allowed, fueled, and encourage by banks. In the little shit-hole town I'm in, some raw land is going for millions. There's a 6 rai lot in town next to a car repair shop, the lot is mostly just a pond from water drainage but it's on the main drag. Car shop guy says the owner has declined 45 mil and expects higher offers. Frik'n nuts is what I call it for an undeveloped plot in a 2nd world dirty dusty muddy town populated with bumpkins mostly but one generation from being 3rd world peasants. I am of the opinion that when the next 1st world financial mess hits it will mess up Thailand's export economy and then down goes real estate because it will stop rising. And for the bumpkins with baht signs in their eyes trying to sell farm land for orders of magnitude higher prices that but five years ago, greedy little suckers will get stuck when the tide turns.
There's going to be a very big sum-num-na one of these days.
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Quite right ,jobs /unemployment, the holy grail of nearly all western Democratic Govts , the answer ?,throw money at the problem Socialist style ,nah thats been tried and failed ,maybe the answer is that the Government in power should instill acorns of confidence so the tree can grow ,so far in Europe sadly this has been not the case ,with an incoming US Govt it could be different ,but I can remember (imho) a great US president saying "Do not ask what your Country can do for you but what you can do for your Country" sadly these days it seems many blame their Governments for their demise rather than doing a bit of self analysis and blaming themselvesYou can argue anything you want, but the argument needs to be about jobs/employment.
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Quite true ,but as I do not believe in the EU I am pretty much up to date on its (IMHO) short comings , but in essence apart from a few Countrys the world has got its head well and truly up its economic arse , however as an eternal optimist in the US's case I hardly think they have reached "The grapes of wrath" stage just yetFor a better and current look at the EU employment situation, this thread is running:
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Yeah Chops Quite true ,but the curse of Unemployment is far worse in Europe ,one only has to look at the dreadful figures in Spain alone ,but in the US it would appear for some there are far more important issues at stake than the Economy or indeed the current bleak Unemployment figures , Which is hardly awe inspiring for the Worlds #1 economy is it?I'm glad I'm not there!
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Hey come on now Gand ,its just a coincidence that TS will get his dough back , now be fairWell Rubl the if you have no interest in how we came to this point, then discuss away on face value, if Yingluck says she has never read the bills I believe her, if she insists that the bills are not about Thaksin getting his money back I believe her too
And so should all of you because you have been stating ad nauseum what you percieve the bills are set to achieve and the main aim is not money
So you do agree TS will get his money back as a result of this bill?
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http://en.wikipedia....of_Barack_Obama I was referring to the many articles like this I have read over the years ,yeah got to admit the truth is often very boring , especially when some one has a different opinion.or disagrees with itSame old same old...Yawn...
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Yeah if Obama is deposed, the "race card" may well be played, which of course never happened when he was electedJust another nail in the Obama re-election coffin.....
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Quite true Khoeesti , but to some Americans it would appear that there are far more important Issues at stake here than the Economy3.5 years of over 8% unemployment. That makes for a lot of unhappy voters come November.
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I think I'll just "move on" from this subject as its a bit too "hot " for me, with so many different slants on it , but bear this in mind whatever those in the UK think either those in Govt or religious groups like Jews Quakers or Unitarians it has no bearing on events in the US so in essence IMHO (I take it I am allowed an opinion) it is "off topic"
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http://www.guardian....eo-gay-marriage Endure ,and so are many leading Tories including the PM , ya know those terrible Tories that JT hates so much, ain't that correct JT
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In many peoples expert opinion Joe Louis was the best Heavy weight boxer ever, he was mixed race, Negro/white/and Cherokee Indian ., and I believe a certain leading American politician falls into that category tooOne monster difference between inter-racial marriage and gay marriage I want to point out...
Inter-racial marriage more often than same-race marriage produces great looking offspring. Thank God for inter-racial marriage.
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http://www.haaretz.c...rriage-1.433911 Comments, any one!, as an edition , I just wonder how this ruling affects the large Jewish population in America?
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I personally have nothing against Obama. You voted him in, so, cool.OK, hear you. You don't like Obama. So what about same sex marriage civil rights? Pro or con, and why?
BUT, the word MARRIAGE is used to bond a man and woman together in holy (or not) matrimony. THAT'S IT.
If two guys or two l ladies want to hook up for ''ever'', great, but find a different word. Anything you like, but don't pick the same word that a couple use to possible recreate life for their forefathers.
My view.
http://www.bible-researcher.com/wescoappc.html It would appear that this link dove tails perfectly with your view
I personally have nothing against Obama. You voted him in, so, cool.OK, hear you. You don't like Obama. So what about same sex marriage civil rights? Pro or con, and why?
BUT, the word MARRIAGE is used to bond a man and woman together in holy (or not) matrimony. THAT'S IT.
If two guys or two l ladies want to hook up for ''ever'', great, but find a different word. Anything you like, but don't pick the same word that a couple use to possible recreate life for their forefathers.
My view.
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Gloat? who me? whatever gives you that crazy Notion?Yes. Congratulations. The UK is ahead of the US on this issue. Please don't gloat.
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Don't you mean AMERICAN right wingers ,those dreadful British Tories you wrote about earlier appear OK with the idea!If I remember rightly you even praised them in one of your earlier posts on the Tories stance on the subject
It is not practical. I've explained this numerous times already. You say you don't believe me but can't be bothered to explain how it is practical to achieve that. There is no supreme court tactic for it. You're an American. Unlike some, I'm sure you KNOW a civil union constitutional amendment is a total non-starter. You also know how many redneck states are in the US that would not only never legislate state gay marriage they also will not legislate state civil unions. You also know for the states that do have gay civil unions, a law to give federal powers must pass the house, senate, and president. You know you need 60 votes of 100 in the senate and you know that won't pass. Not to mention who might be president. Again, throwing a bone that's a lump of coal. Really the path is clear -- gay MARRIAGE equality won in the supreme court. That's what is going to happen over time. There is no path for that for civil unions because the marriage argument is about unfair discrimination. You wouldn't argue in the supreme court for separate but equal, you know as an American that is not how it works. If you think there is: speak up. HOW? The right wing clearly doesn't want equal rights for gay people. This changing the definition rhetoric is just a convenient excuse of right wingers to discriminate against gay people.Bottom line, I think most US gays would settle for civil unions in all 50 states, same rights as marriage, with full federal recognition.
Well, most of us seem to agree that is just. The gay lobby needs to concentrate on that goal as changing the traditional definition of marriage is not going to get many votes from the mainstream electorate.
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