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18 minutes ago, stud858 said:

Yes, a good manager will do those things to get the job done. Would you prefer someone who talks politely,  follows all the rules and is honest if it means at the end he is liked but it won't get the job done.  It's a tuff life.  Trump is a tuff S O B. Go get em trump, if at the end of his term his results are crap, then vote him out. Not because he is impolite, though.  Or a liar. Put your hand up.who hasn't lied. 

 i guess the depends upon the definition of what the "job" is.

If by "job" you mean , lower America's standing in the world, make us a laughing stock,make a mess of the illegal and legal immigration issue, hire people for his administration that are either indicted or resign in disgrace, dismantle the Affordable Care Act  and make health insurance too expensive for many. run roughshod over the Emoluments act , allow a foreign  power to interfere in the democratic process, etc.  Then you are right.

12 minutes ago, stud858 said:

Thank God the protestors are a minority and aren't in control of running a country.  being boss needs discipline and not being afraid to upset some

Discipline is one, Honesty , compassion,and dignity are some others

12 minutes ago, stud858 said:

Have your vote then let the man do his job. 

Is his job to Lie. insult  and cheat?

PS: attributing  discipline to a man who suffers from diarrhea of the mouth is delusional to say the least. 

2 minutes ago, cyberfarang said:

Some years ago while waiting for my passport to be stamped for my retirement extension at the old near airport branch, I was sitting down having having a coffee on a table outside the building when one of the immigration officers joined me at the table.

 

We began chatting and during our conversation told me that they receive scores of letters and emails each month from Farangs trying to grass up other Farangs for this or that.

 

He said that immigration just delete the emails and bin the letters, they are not interested. I know many here that are quite paranoid and worry unduly about the most trivial of matters, when in-fact it take something very serious to make the police get off their backsides and actually arrest people. (true).

 I guess from now on I will have to go and complain personally.

"Where are the inland lakes in Thailand? " 

Obviously they are all inland ! 

But seriously. the Ubol Ratana Dam has created a very nice lake  near Khon Kaen in Issan,  on one side there is a very nice park with a nice restaurant on top of a hill overlooking the lake, people like to swim on the rocks at the bottom.

at songkran they have a nice festival there with events , music, vendors and games, we always go there.

on the other side at the bottom of a hill there is a place where they have many bamboo huts by the water where you can sit . eat, have a cold beer and watch the kids play in the water .many vendors will bring food to your hut.

 Back in the US now working on a project, can't wait to get back home  in a few months, Funny when I started considering Thailand home.

2 minutes ago, zydeco said:

I do not expect my president to defer to the queen of some second rate power any more than I would expect him to bow and scrape before the king of Lesotho or the Zulus.

 Wow !! 

only defer to whites but certainly not "second rate power" whites.

5 minutes ago, Rigby40 said:

Real men don't want their families raped or killed by these so called 'refugees'. You couldn't come off any weaker sounding if you tried.

 freaking  refugees coming over to our  countries and taking our jobs 

12 minutes ago, The manic said:

The problem is they seem to be speaking for 99% of people who did not protect and the 70% who support and agree with Trump. Rent a mob big mouths who have demonstrated about real dictators visiting london. These SWP dupes have two main targets.  Israel and America.  They are hypocritical clowns who actually hate their own country 

in what planet 70% support and agree with Trump? Is it planet The manic?

9 minutes ago, CardSenseJimmyBond said:

Actually a little unfortunate- I removed all of the paraphrenalia from inside and dumped it already (it was a right mess), so all that is left is now a (bloody heavy) spirit house and column, with nothing inside the house at all. Would this be a problem or have I culturally s@#% the bed? 

 Put some new paraphernalia in, who would know? if anyone inquiries claim that you respected the tradition so much  you upgraded the spirits to more Deluxe accommodations.

PS: don't rely on my advise , what the heck do I know about these matters.

By the way, wife puts food by ours, and the neighbors chickens  used to (before we build a big wall  bigger than Trump's wall) come and eat it. I would always tell the wife that the Chickens were probably possessed by the spirits. It always got me a spank on the head, in time i learned to like it. LOL 

5 hours ago, Boon Mee said:

But what are they protesting about is the question. 

 the title of this thread should answer your question

Just now, tumama said:

 

Who's more captive is irrelevant. The point is he's being a hypocrite when he says that. 

 

Having said that though, having your energy supply disrupted I would imagine would be far less impactful than seeing your whole economy tank. Eventually it's what will happen. China is just biding its time. 

 I agree on the relevance of the Trump statement, It was an Idiotic statement as most Trump statement are.This statement was directed at his base , he Knows his audience and he speaks their language.

   Unless  China is existentially threaten, China would never dump  US debt.  Such action would devalue the dollar and strengthen the Yuan  making Chinese imports into China's largest export market prohibitivly 

expensive.   It would hurt China just as much as it would hurt the US, the same applies to Germany and Russia. 

My point in this whole exchange was to point out the absurdity of Trump's statement, not to really argue who is more captive, The answer is  that neither is captive 

6 hours ago, bristolboy said:

Let's say China sells all its treasury bonds tomorrow? What do you think would happen?

According to  many experts, worldwide economic depression. 

Now let's say Russia cut of  Germany's   gas , what do you think would happen? Perjapse buy their gas somewhere else, or use less less of it?

Once we determine which would be a worst occurrence we can then also determine who is more "captive" 

1 minute ago, mcambl61 said:

I am not attempting anything dude. you are emotionally charged up and are not using any common sense. It is not trumps "policy" it is the actual law that has been ignored for decades. get over it and stop being so self righteous.

 

 If that's true(which is not) then it is Trump's policy not to ignore that law 

6 hours ago, HooHaa said:

I dont know about being brought together. From what i read here the divisiveness is alive and well,. And the bigots continue to hate as they alwyas have.

 

Tbere are too many bitter people on thaivisa and this story has just served to expose clearly who they are.

 Don't underestimate the value of a shared experience

For a brief time it did bring as together and made the world a litle better and a litle smaller. Bigots and haters will always hate , but now perhaps a litle less.