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what a complete tool! 10 years? anyone this stupid needs to be put away for the rest of his life to keep the rest of us safe. Senator? good grief!

Do you think he will spend any of that 10 years behind bars ??

I would be surprised if he did what with parliamentary privilege and rellies not wanting to press charges.Unbelievable.

He faces a maximum of 10 years imprisonment and a 20,000 baht ($636) fine.

There is a maximum penalty given however no minimum penalty so you know what that means.

ว่าไง means : What's have you got to say ? จ้า is a particle used by female speakers as a softner.

So it can be used in a few situations such as :

Asking a familiar how one is.

What do you think about what the speaker has just said ?

Or. What did that person say about ..... ?

The จ้า part is for chicks, right?

Right!!

Pronounced jow ngai jaa?

Nope. Waa Ngai Jaa.

Except this moment maybe. When he is carrying on like his Mom just took his favorite toy away from him.

Is it even legal for somebody touring the US on a tourist visa to be attending , as the major drawcard, what could be deemed to be politically motivated rallies like the one described in the OP ?

It seems he isn't there to visit the Grand Canyon and Disneyland like a toursit, but is instead there to create a public nuisance and rub certain Thai politicians, businessman and others faces in it. I know of at least one Western democracy closely aligned with the US that would not tolerate such activity by a tourist and would revoke the Toursit Visa and send the individual packing immediately.

To discharge an Uzi a round has to be chambered, firing pin cocked and safety off.

No accident here.

Yes. I smell something more sinister.

Standart dinner situation, nothing to write about

Why the hell carrie a shit gun like a Uzi around? It's as effective as a knife, you can't hit shit with, it unless you stand 2meters from the target, because of the short barrel and high rate of fire...well or of cause, if you fire it, while having dinner with people, you can hit them

It sounds like you don't have any first-hand experience of submachine guns. The UZI has a 10.2 inch barrel, i.e. longer than most pistols. I don't have any personal experience of firing the UZI, but extensive experience of the not dissimilar Swedish 'Carl Gustav M/45' ( http://en.wikipedia....arl_Gustav_M/45 ) which has an 8 inch barrel and the same rate of fire (600 rounds/min). To quote Wikipedia: 'The m/45 is fairly accurate up to 200 meters', which I can attest to.

One more quote from Wikipedia: 'The pistol grip is fitted with a grip safety, making it [i.e. the UZI] difficult to fire accidentally.'

/ Priceless

Designed for personnel conducting close personnal protection[ CPP ] in confined spaces. i.e vehicles and hotel room etc etc. Like most short weapons it is inaccurate but in well trained hands and using an extension stock it can be quite lethal indeed up to distances of 50m. It also seems to be quite lethal when left resting, unattended on a table during a mothers day dinner by Thai politicans.

We may even be looking at another Obama landslide now.

Not with unemployment at 8.3.

You don't get it!

This election isn't about the economy/unemployment now.

It is NOT a referendum on Obama's performance now.

Romney changed that with the Ryan pick because he realized he wasn't winning on that.

Now it is a stark CHOICE election.

Radical right wing, gut the poor vs. the more humanitarian democratic party ideals.

The USA is right wing but not THAT right wing. Obama wins this one.

That is it Jing. Keep on

It seems pretty simple to me. The flaming liberals like the idea of the government taking care of everyone from cradle to grave. In fact I like it too, but I am aware that big government is wasteful as well as inefficient.

The huge problem with big government and the massive welfare schemes is that someone has to pay for them. The problem has been overlooked by several presidents and this one in particular.

Romney and Ryan will be lucky to get elected because if you take all the government employees and the professional welfare clients, the democrats already have about half of the votes. If Romney does get elected, I hope he listens to Ryan, and makes the tough choices to get the country back on the right track.

Forget about raising taxes on the rich, just close the massive loopholes that enable the wealthy people and large companies to pay little or no taxes. Even the liberals have to know that things cannot continue this way. The well is dry and painful sacrifices will have to be made.

Add to those numbers the coloured, same sex couples and the greater gay community votes which I think will tend to gravitate toward Obama more so than Romney and Ryan and you may well have a slam dunk election. But as I stated in a previous post. Time will tell.

Obama and Biden -- very strong experience on foreign policy in a time of war.

Romney and Ryan -- NO experience. None. Zilch. Nada.

These republicans are just too risky.

You've got to be joking, Obama has been the biggest foreign policy disaster since Carter. Now thanks to his endorsement of the so called Arab spring we have Islamist control over much of the middle east, not to mention it's infiltration of the U.S government. We are effectively negotiating terms of our own surrender to the Taliban whilst leaving Iraq torn by sectarian strife and with a pro-Iranian government.

Ryan could do no worse if he actually tried, which worryingly is what Obama seems to have conciously done.

I have no idea whether Ryan would improve or damage the Republicans chances compared to a more centrist candidate, but such is the devastation Obama has left in his wake that middle of the road policies would be akin to rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. A rapid and radical reversal of the last 4 years is the only hope for saving the U.S from collapse.

On the contrary. President Obama repaired a great deal of damage done by the previous Bush administration. He has more influence than Bush ever had and he is genjuinely well regarded by other governments. More importantly, he is perceived as the President that is bringing the troops home. The adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan were two of the major expenditures that pushed the USA to the brink of bankruptcy. The ongoing obligations in Afghanistan are costing the USA billions of $$ it doesn't have. If it wasn't for President Obama, we'd have another war going on in the middle east with Iran firing missiles into the EU and most likely massive destruction in Israel. In fairness to Ryan, he is for restraint as well, although, Romney has a different public stance.

It was President Obama's prudent approach that kept the USA from a political disaster in North Africa and under the Obama administration the likelihood of another international conflict was reduced. Both Obama and Biden understand the complex dynamics of poverty in the USA, while neither Romney nor Ryan do.

The budget crisis could be fixed if the GOP would allow some of the massive defence expenditures to be cut. All they have to do is accept some of the Pentagon's recommendations. Unfortunately, that doesn't sit well with GOP contributors that make their living from ongoing market turmoil and the military industrial complex. It's not the regular American that is speculating in the market and that has access to inside trading information or that has access to the stock brokerage trading software. The average American can't take advantage of the tax loopholes that the GOP has rabidly guarded.

My biggest fear now is interference from outsiders. Another terrorist attack or worse, a stupid decision on the part of Netanyahu. In the meantime, the Chinese and Russians will sit back and laugh as Americans spend more time attacking each other than on working together.

WoW !! I find myself in total agreeance with the Kid. The last paragragh particularly. After Mr Romneys remarks whilst touring the Middle East recently, all looking for the big Israeli donations for his campaign, has brought bad, unneccesary attention to the US from those he insulted . He is a diplomatic nightmare waiting to happen.

Not much of a development actually. Romney has little chance of winning the election. He has shown during his recent O/S tour that he is nothing but a bumbling idiot and has little or no understanding of what it is that the everyday American wants and needs. Even choosing Ryan as his running mate won't save him.

Obama by a proverbial mile.

You have mis-calculated. There is very little chance of Obama getting re-elected. Just look at the Rasmussen polls. They are the only ones that are not bought and paid for. They consistently show Romney 5 points up. With Ryan he may add to that. Fortunately, the incompetent empty suit "Blumdering Barry" will not be re-elected. That is the only chance the economy has of recovering, as this fool has sabotaged the recovery so far.

FOX NEWS poll (the right wing propaganda organ of the republican party) poll most recently had Obama UP by NINE points. Yeah, sure, Fox News is paid for.

I don't think Ryan is good for much of a bump. The convention probably is. I reckon right after the convention it will be about even, and then right after the democratic convention Obama will be back up about FIVE points.

I personally don't go much on polls. When it comes to politics and elections the proof is in the pudding. And there will be no pudding until November. However Jing is right about fox news. If they are not a pro republican outfit then who or what is ?? If one thinks otherwise then they would be playing with themselves.

what a complete tool! 10 years? anyone this stupid needs to be put away for the rest of his life to keep the rest of us safe. Senator? good grief!

Do you think he will spend any of that 10 years behind bars ??

Standart dinner situation, nothing to write about

Why the hell carrie a shit gun like a Uzi around? It's as effective as a knife, you can't hit shit with, it unless you stand 2meters from the target, because of the short barrel and high rate of fire...well or of cause, if you fire it, while having dinner with people, you can hit them

It seems to have been effective enough in this instance by finding its target without any problems.

We should be relieved to see that 10 Thai's from the audience didn't join in and give the Chinese guy a kicking I suppose.

Right on !!

Obama will not be that hard to beat after the worst recovery in U.S. history, 42 consecutive months of 8-plus percent unemployment, declining economic growth and all achieved at a price of an additional $5 trillion of accumulated debt. After Romney and Ryan give him the boot Palin will have both of them to contend with.

If Obama does survive somehow, Hillary Clinton has a much better chance of being the first woman to be elected president than Palin.

Yes. I read this post almost word for word in the Mitt Romney running mate thread. Hahaha . A little repetitive don't you think ? zzzzzz

I think her decision not to run in the primary's and her relative silence now is all part of a grand political master plan to wait another 4 years , knowing that Obama will be hard to defeat, then throw her hat in the ring as the republican nomination. One term presidents are few and far between in modern day politics and she knows it. Eight years after the first African American was elected President of the USA it may well be prime time for the first female president to move into the White House.

I would be to terrified to go to an islamic country and to afraid to speak in case I offended someone unintentionally. I will stay in the safety zone of the west and S/E asia.

With regards to these laws. Living in an Islamic country is really not that different to Thailand as a matter of fact. Speak out about the wrong people and there a laws in place that can and will put you in jail.

Good to see the Bahrain version of the Arab spring had a positive affect on the country. Although he has form, seems to have bent over backwards to get his message across and would have been well aware of the consequences of his actions if caught. But in his defence it is a fairly ordinary decision to jail this guy. He is a teenager and was probabley right with what he said.

Not much of a development actually. Romney has little chance of winning the election. He has shown during his recent O/S tour that he is nothing but a bumbling idiot and has little or no understanding of what it is that the everyday American wants and needs. Even choosing Ryan as his running mate won't save him.

Obama by a proverbial mile.

Dude got robbed, but I hate to say that judging was better than closing ceremony. Just something about British humor and British entertainment. I guess you got to be

British to get it.

Spice Girls ?? <deleted> ???

I have been extremely disappointed with the magnitude of " sore loser " antics displayed by the Thais after Kaew was beaten by the Chinese guy. Some of it has been down right disgusting. Definatley not in the spirit of the Olympic games.

Their " sore loser " complaints should be aimed at the judging of the bouts, which has been questionable not just in this case, but has been controversial at Olympic level for as long as I remember.