Redhawk

Why not, there are worse than him! Being on the run for years, getting old, almost all want to come home! 

How to expect moral of people lead by a self-elected dictator who put down and elected gov and where all gov agencies are corrupt and army and police misuse their power for personal enrichment! A country where rich have rights and poor are free to be murdered cannot expect to be recognizedf as civilized community with ethics and moral!

Being raped, having my head sacked and hacked I personally give a shit on a wristband, I have a Glock and a sharp knive and I am very proficent in use due to my job and willing to use, I think these idiots sometimes even do not know what they are talking about and they could only be happy that not all of this shit make its way to the EU. Definitely a BANANA Republic like 25 years before when coming the first time....

No learning curve here and by the way is not everything better than before?! No corruption now, only over 60 Mio. trustworthy and honest people led by the most intelligent and intellectual man the country has ever seen. I always thought military men were to defend?! As long I see new Toyatos in front of new homes and daily cigarette and liquor consum is still high it can't that much bad! The people still do not see the wolf in the herd of the sheeps! :-)

Competition of the dealers. Everytime something gets seized at least the double amount will find it way through!

 

The blame the western world for indoctrination, on the same the junta takes every chance and advabtage to spoil more money in to the hands of the already rich, no one realize what really is behind this coup, everybody still believes that it is the pathway to democracy, dream on!
 

Nonsense, get educated.

 

 

Feel free to come by and get the education right at hand bro!

Strange that a lot of others no. went down, media is as stretchable as the law, rubberband like, where is confidence if people are forced to buy things of daily consum at higher prices!

Thai citizens or foreigners?

 

The blame the western world for indoctrination, on the same the junta takes every chance and advabtage to spoil more money in to the hands of the already rich, no one realize what really is behind this coup, everybody still believes that it is the pathway to democracy, dream on!

 

Welcome to the first step to real democracy, what a bad joke! In any so called democracy it is usually ruled that no one neither the state or an individual has the right to take once life. When one looses his his life it is already bad enough but no one will be alive again taking another one's for venegance by the law of death penalty. It is proven that penalties like this or especially harsh punishment for other crimes like for instance three times conviction for the same offense will have the opposite effects and often leads to killings to not get cought, see for instance state of California/US, when you get convicted for car theft for three times for example, you will get lifetime so the criminals do not hesitate to kill witnesses and if you get death penalties for rape as bad it is it will be a promotion to kill the victims too, the above is pure populism by someone running out of attraction, the arrogancy speaks by itself that this is the will of the most people! Taking one's  life by a final shot by special forces for instance in a rescue situation of a hostage is a complete different kind of matter and fully supported by me as it saves the life of the current hostage or victim. And how many innocent people have been executed due to misjudging!!!

...and since when, their was no corruption in their own lines ...it is just the times of the army nowas it has been for years of the police, interchangable...

This is much more serious then people realise. It is absolutely not just 2.4% as some people think.

 

The reality is that GSP (General system of preference) being taken away from Thailand is an indication that it is no longer considered a "poorer" country. The EU have made the first initial decision but the US is and will be following and so will India (India has already announced some "significant" changes will be made)

 

For the Asean region that is different because it will be free trade. The other thing to consider is the 0% duty into China for many products, it is possible that this could follow as well. What generally happens is once the import privileges start to fall they all fall.

 

The real problem I see is that I am not sure that Thailand is able to compete without GSP. I work for a Thai manufacturer and although there have been huge improvements over the last few years they are still behind the Chinese factories in terms of expertise and cost management.

 

When China lost its privileges it was already dominant in manufacturing at low cost for global exports. Thailand is not in that place.

 

The nett result of this will be that companies will move, simple as that. It won't just be Thai manufacturers that move either, foreign companies will start to weigh up the odds on why they should continue in Thailand when its cheaper next door, and they have better language skill..

 

in summary

difficult visa requirements

difficult to invest

No duty benefits anymore

higher salaries then neighbouring Asean countries (also with GSP)

Political instability

Tourism visa clamp down

loss of English teachers coming

 

All looking very challenging, it's going to get very difficult for the Thai economy next year.

 

 

 

Very well said and a realistic assessment! Tanks!
 

It happens that you run out of spare parts and end in overhelming maintenance costs when you buy all the things others throw on the market for the same reason above,or give away for free and you want to present to have the only aircraft carrier in the region, misunderstood pride, to appear more than you can hold!

Thanks alot for clearing and verifying the truth on the theme, much appreciated!

Nothing new, no public interest and the BIB have more important to do, like keep their assets in these hard times, I even would not call them police! May the girl rest in peace! Another tragic end in the so called land of smiles!

Since when bulletproof vest falls under the gun law and citizens are not free to posses? Owners and in possession of registered guns and ammo? What is about the people at all possess illegal weapons especailly citizens in holding of weapons who fall under the act of weapons of war?

I agree with this article. Not about the regret part, because if SEA ceased to exist

it would make little difference to America or Europe. From an outside perspective,

a coup looks bad. Probably conjuring up images of some tin pot dictator taking

over a country and immediately ordering a private jet. But that is far from what

has happened here. Through vote buying, it was fairly easy to simply take control

of Thailand and start looting it .Prayuth has brought that to a halt. So what he has

now is a communication issue. He needs to fully expose the cancer of Thaksin

to the public eye, prosecute those involved ,and show the western world the

enemy he is fighting. Then and only then will the western world understand what

is going on here.

My friend, you are deeply naive if you truly believe that Thaksin is the issue here. The entirety of Thai politics is built openly on a patronage system that feeds on and creates corruption.

You really think this corruption issue is new or even made much worse by Thaksin?

People in Thailand will largely vote for their 'teams' whoever they are beholden to. It has little to do with creating a platform and resolving issues in the country. When have you heard of any well defined core of ideas from either side of the political divide? Never.

Thailand was never ready for Democracy. They are a fully and plainly feudal society. The democracy was a surface coat of paint on their feudal system. That coat of paint has since cracked and we get to see how the system really works here.

I can't comment negatively on the military coups (by law), so I will not, but you need only to look at some of the other 18 coups to see many similarities to this coup.

Could not have said it better, !

..... I got several bahts in exchange 2 years ago, in the value of 100....,.€ up now my piece suffers a loss of 6 to seven Baht if I would exchange again, is this making my life cheaper, as all the prices raised too from gasoline to food, the inflation makes it even worse!

Let me be the first to say bull.

I say the second half ..it!

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In Phitsanulok Province, a heavy rainstorm and gusty winds have destroyed roofs of several homes in a local village. Damages were estimated to be at around 50,000 baht. Local authorities are set to deliver remedial measures to help residents affected by the storm.""

Local authorities, puu...and so , yes that is where the corruption starts at the bottom and painfully harm the poor!

...and who are the biggest gamblers in town...... because their is nothing more important to do and the rich play by bookmaker over the net outside the nation.... again the tail wiggles the dog! Cut the fun for the poor and you raise your badest enemies!

..and step by step you can see what is really behind the curtain, that won't be the only burden as if there are not already enough burden on the so called middle and lower class of income! Bureaucrats have officail cars, better income and other benefits but bring almost nothing to the GNP.

Now the typical manhunt started, that will have a backlash soon...

Do you really wonder why the rice scheme was so demonized by Yinglucks opposition. Mostly it was how much money the "rice wholesalers" were to lose.

Back in the 90's I checked the jasmin rice wholesale selling price in america and then I asked my ex-wife how much her family sold the rice for that they produced. After proposing I was willing to buy all the rice that their village could produce at a higher price they were selling it for, the answer I got was "it would never make it out of Issian". All rice trucks are stopped and checked at various check points. Seemed getting a rice export permit would have made no difference. The profit I could have made would have been tremendous.

I later got the "talk" that a small group in bangkok control all the rice and set the price. Some years the price was set so low they did not want to sell as it was far to low. They could see how much a Kilo of rice was selling for in stores and how low they were paid for the same rice was often devastating to them.

Yes they have farm cooperatives but they often don't agree or trust them. Until Yinglucks scheme to "cut the wholesaler out" there was no other alternative, it seems many TV's posters want the "old ways" and "old guard" in control.

Glad to see some still see the wall behind the curtain. One could take any government of Thailand, none was not of failures and the next will not be better, it is only which is the best under this circumstances. Democracy is what? People dream of something that there not exist here to that definition. They will see that next is maybe their worst nightmare. It is a fight here of patriarchy to keep their assets. Thanks for the clearing words!

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