scyriacus

...The original post was about Thailand's repsonse...but now we're into the Uncle Sam stuff...that could go on and on and on..

you make me smile! thailand's response to what? not to the uncle sam stuff? what is your topic please? mine is why world markets 'nosedive' and why sam, george and ben don't ask the thai finance minister for emergency advice. give the forum your 'thaigenious' explanation for the mess we're in (without uncle sam!). would be interesting (or very funny indeed).......

...side note: the "big mac" of the "Bic Mac Index" is an international food product, a value meal served in same shape and size in new york, london, prague, bucharest, tokyo, pyongyang, brasil, bogota, patpong an so on. the beauty of globalisation. the "big mac" of the "Bic Mac crisis" is a derogative term for the "american way of life" and meant to symbolise the obese, vain and greed. the ugliness of globalisation.

that you call the big mac a value meal gives some insight in your values. and thank you so much to enlighten the forum why pyongyang belongs to gwb's 'axis of evil' = they refuse to eat junk food and to be part of the so-called 'big-mac-crisis'.....

Please ignore the Pepsi versus Coke Party flim-flam of the US elections. .... The financial crisis is real, but its cause is the UNCONTROLLED working of capitalist economics, in particular, the deficit banking scam.....in bonded debt-slavery to a handfull of parasitic, aristocratic mafia banking families.

i couldn't say it better. in germany, uk, france all 'Pepsi versus Coke' democrazy. all plain water with lots of sugar and various colors. all useless and dangerous. in fact a party dictatorship (alternating to replace one evil with another). anyone ever thought why big business donates to all parties? because they don't care what color the president displays. nothing will ever change (or elections would be illegal). ever thought why the biggest scoundrels are pardoned? ever thought why the ceo is paid millions (golden parachute) even after bankruptcy? it's all part of that rotten system where birds of the same feather flock together. ever thought why the law is so complicated nowadays? that only the superrich can employ the superexpensive pettifoggers and cunning shysters to create the loopholes first thru 'lobbying' and tell the scoundrels later how to use them (see tax-sin). do you understand now, why some see no other way than 'terrorism' to defend themselves against these permanent attacks. you and i were never attacked by any 'terrorist' i guess and hope. only our government thru their hysteria, their propaganda and wars against each and everyone terrorize us everyday. and 9/11 too was not an attack against freedom and democracy (capitol & statue of liberty are their symbols) but a retaliation against the military industrial complex (pentagon & wtc were their symbols). we have to stop this madness..............

I have been living this Bush nightmare for 9 years now,

wondering when the other 3 shoes would drop.

I no longer wonder. Just hope he gets jail time as a legacy.

Only Prime Ministers go to jail.

Presidents resign, or get impeached, and then get pardoned.

Review your history.

in america there is a death penalty on war crimes and/or acts of terrorism. give him to 'conan the terminator' in california, he rarely pardons anyone. the required confessions can be achieved thru 'waterboarding' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding. the cia can do this and the justice department had authorized this procedure. this will be the perfect legacy. "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"......because he is so very much christian. perhaps he will find a mild judge who allows him on bail to visit the olympic games and play football with other bail jumpers. glad if all his assets are frozen by the government, so he cannot loose anything in market turmoils but can demand the return of the last satang after..........

Thank god the home and wife are paid for

Are wives every fully paid for??

hours ago i reported this off-topic troll but the bs (=BULLSHIT) is still here. sorry, but i had to shout out loud in CAPITAL LETTERS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_projection. when i read this i get an out-of-body experience........

Big Mac Crisis ... LOL! When we had this kind of Crisis, we called it Tom Yum Kung Crisis. In Italy, should be Pasta Crisis.

you are in fact a 'realgoodgirl'. only after your reasonable post was edited it perfectly conforms to the forum rules. no trolling! perfect on topic! there is no crisis on thai visa......you can be rest assured that all is in total control, no need to panic, just close your eyes and dream on.....the good uncles ben & sam will watch over your sleep

As expected

but made worse because of Bush's incompetence leading up to it.

He values people LOYAL to him in ALL jobs around him,

more than he values COMPETENT people in positions around him.

He's really screwed the pooch this time. World wide cluster <deleted>.

And this from a registered republican,

unsuccessfully voting for common sense in the GOP during primaries.

I have been living this Bush nightmare for 9 years now,

wondering when the other 3 shoes would drop.

I no longer wonder. Just hope he gets jail time as a legacy.

Blaming Bush for everything is BS.

I suppose you blame him for the track hurricane Katrina took also?

The US Congress controls the finance system with various laws, rules and oversight.

Bush has nothing to do with the way the finance system functions

may i add for the esteemed audience: bush has absolutely nothing do do with iraq, afghanistan, nothing with oil, blood, weapons or money and definitely nothing with crisis, politics & lies. HE IS INNOCENT! and our hero of new orleans and 9/11 and guantanamo, where freedom is defended by all means. he stops at nothing...........

....its an interesting exercise in seeing paper money (not gold) trails and where they end up....gold is real - and backs up the paper money promise notes - looks like the banks got caught out lending more paper than they had gold to support it.....surely theres a law against that but hey they are banks and a law unto themselves

sorry to correct you, but there is no gold back up since nixon declared 'bankruptcy' in 1971 (vietnam!) history you find here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard

I am no Bushie ... but what about the leftie Muslim aspirant ?

i am no bushie either ... and what do you aspire to say? a leftie muslim? maybe a nazi-communist who eats little innocent children?? how interesting! will he be the next thai prime minister? or is he the one responsible for the 'nosedive' in the topic? questions over questions.... you owe the forum an answer or two (perhaps a name?)

ask uncomfortable questions to the vote buyers, power brokers and their corrupt clique. ask the toxin-appointed would-be pm, if he does not know the thai constitution or if he simply wants to neglect it? deafening silence?

Pure polemics. is this your evasive answer? does somchai not know or neglect the constitution he has sworn to defend?

The government has every right to amend the constitution, if they can get (or buy?) a majority for it. Amending constitution is part of the democratic process. ...

And of course, i will continue to get evasive answers on my question over Sondhi L.'s ideas of going to war against Cambodia, or deafening silence. To be honest, i didn't expect any else. This is just part of cult like groups to behave that way.

which cult do you belong too? i clearly state here, that no war is justified anymore, no reason, no excuses, no enemies, no lies, no weapons, no dead, no more justifications. clear enough?

By the way - Sondhi and other PAD leaders face charges for treason, arrest warrants are still valid, and they still have refused to surrender to the court.

they are not on the run, their whereabouts are well known, they don't hide, i see them everyday on tv, no one can be legally charged for not surrendering himself (but nice idea: would all drug users, wrong doers, speeding drivers please surrender themselves! problem solved.

These charges are far more serious than anything Somchai are charged with. Actually, so far he hasn't been charged for anything, he is under investigation. Hmmm...

there are murders, thieves and crooks a lot, but most of them don't want to be prime minister or minister of justice

but they are obviously helpless in the 'war against corruption'.

What are you on about?

Quoting from "en.wikipedia.org" has very little relevance how things are done in Thailand, sad enough and needs to be discussed especially when your link on the Tak Bai incident failed to come up with any article

sorry, the text editor included the ) in the link, please delete the ) in wiki and voila!

The drug war killings were deplorable, unfortunately though we will never see any investigation into these. The Surayudh government installed committee has made sure to close that chapter for ever, and you can't honestly expect that this government here will do much about it. ....(hint - research who said what about these killings and therefore gave legitimacy to this). toxin

This will go to the dustbox of history like every other previous massacre in Thai history (6th October and aftermath, Vietnamese boatpeople, Black may, etc. - none ever investigated), and without doubt where future massacres will go into as well.

2004 is recent and only a cynic can put 85 dead in a dustbox, the optimist tries to prevent this for the future.

Tak Bai? Nobody has shown any interest in bringing the guilty parties to court, and also not the Surayudh government. Ironically, the commanding officer received the only punishment under Thaksin's rule - a whopping transfer to a desk job. .... it ain't just Thaksin that is wrong with this place.

no, it is not toxin alone - it is what thai people call Thaksinocracy (Thai: ระบอบทักษิณ Rabob Thaksin). he changes names (pm, parties, politics) more often than some their underwear. let's fight corruption together. it's not easy, but it took a hercules to clean augean stables.......

What are your views on Preah Vihaer? Do you agree with Sondhi Limthongkul's postion that it is worth going to war against Cambodia over this issue? Or do i get the same deafening silence whenever i ask PAD supporters a uncomfortable question?

it is not sondhi who faces investigation here as a war criminal, but 'pm' somchai for violating the constitution which he has sworn to defend (and not 'amend'). 'hows it goin' will get less deafening silence when he stays on topic. ask uncomfortable questions to the vote buyers, power brokers and their corrupt clique. ask the toxin-appointed would-be pm, if he does not know the thai constitution or if he simply wants to neglect it? deafening silence?

you may note that police and courts are not the same?

And you may note that police can only work when ordered so by the courts.

sorry, but this is nonsense. e.g. traffic control or crime prevention need no court orders.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police

the courts decide and issued warrants in the above mentioned case.

so why did you scold the court? for your democratic information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers.

police & army are part of the 'executive' which is the government.

did you want to criticize this government? then you are not alone indeed.

royal thai police & army used to 'execute' merciless without court orders in their 'war against drugs'

(in 3 month 2,500 dead, 56% with no relation to drugs!) and in the 'war against terrorism'

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra#Anti-drug_policies, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_Bai_Incident).

but they are obviously helpless in the 'war against corruption'.

Why if all countries are affected is it that the pound keeps falling against the Baht?

The Pound/Baht exchange rate is influenced by the USD/Pound exchange rate since there is no real trade per se in GBP/THB. Over recent days GBP has dropped about 4 cents against USD hence GBP has dropped against THB.

In recent months I've seen times when the pound climbs against the dollar and the pound drops against the baht at the same time, leaving me scratching my head

Edit add: I'm always scratching my head. Like seeing the pound with the looming crisis rise to $1.84. Then with the possibility of a bailout the pound promptly drops to $1.80 and then the bill fails to be passed (i.e. - bigger crisis) and the rate doesn't move.

ever heard the name 'george soros' or the word 'speculation'? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros

...America has been hollowed out from within and will now turn inwards for at least a decade. That is Bush's legacy.

if that is really true, i will praise bush as the best president ever. this world has enough of the american dream. i fear, that bush may take his time until january (still 4 month) and bomb some 'rogue states' in the 'axis of evil'. the world would forget the so-called financial crisis immediately. let's hope that someone can prevent that.

Anybody wanna bet a drink at the Soi Cowboy bar of your choice that OPEC starts mumbling about pricing oil in Euros within the next 60 days?

i bet 2 drinks against you. the arabs dare to angry their friends, protectors, big brothers. selling oil for anything else but $ is a sacrilege and punishable by death (see saddam who did exactly that and broke his neck). if $ would not be needed by everyone for oil, the greenback would loose much more and america could not tax the rest of the world for their huge deficits anymore. the arabs don't care much about the value of the cheaply printed green papers. if $ goes down, oil prices go up, that simple! does anyone have a clue, where this gigantic surplus is dug in?

love & education is not to tell others what to think & what to do! it is to enable others to find their own way of thinking & doing.....

OK, New York is closed and the results are as follows:

Dow 10,532.39 -610.74 (-5.48%)

Nasdaq 1,983.73 -199.61 (-9.14%)

S&P 500 1,124.22 -88.79 (-7.32%) In a few hours the SUN will rise in the Far East...LaoPo

you are a liar or an optimist.....which title do you choose?

i don't tell the name of that certain member*. i am not a snitch. but i guess when he/she reads my post, he/she knows it's about him/her. * hint: if others got banned, he is gloating.

i still don't understand! without a name it's just rumor & gossip. if you are not a 'snitch', what are you talking about?

It is six months, not 180 days, during which you are allowed a maximum of 90 days on visa-exempt stay in Thailand. Maestro

one simple question, master: when do these six month start, end & restart? by law? after visa? after how many days abroad? please clarify!

Hi, am a potao lover, without trying to push our product, our mashed potatoes go down a treat, most people don't know how to cook potatoes - drowining them in a huge amount of water and boiling them rapidly as many have done for generations. John Potaoes are supposed to be cooked very slow in limited water.

i always 'steam' them. lotus from 29 to 45 baht/kg depending on season are usually good. (in the market too many cockroaches). after steaming i love salad, roasted and mashed (depending on consistency)

Well guys I will not answer because I just got warned I talk to lot (different thread ) the mods have different oppinions If I ever anoyed you I am sorry

don't worry, be happy.....you are not alone. just ask what 'rule' you have violated......

the more degrees the better. a degree too much doesn't hurt nobody (if not too much time wasted). but what counts in the very end are just two things: 1. are you happy? 2. are others happy with you? if you want knowledge: study. if you want money: work! de gustibus non est disputandum...............(but your disputs enjoyed me!)

.....A grey area is when two people with similar political leanings share a ROUTER, with 2 computers. Both with different versions of english as a second language, one relaxed the the other a trifle hyper sometimes. One gets banned, and the other gets permanently black balled for APPEARING potentially to be them also based on router IP address and political leanings solely...That ALSO seems to be a banning offence. Since this HAS happened.....

exactly that happened to my friend 'emelie' (the 'relaxed'). and one more question about the 'sacred' rules: does a family of five need five accounts or can they post under one account only? couldn't find an answer in the 'rules'................

although or because your choosen name implies "permanent disorder" i don't understand what you are talking about. could you please be so kind and name 'horse & horseman'?