CHIEFOFFICER

to me like "someone" is trying to tell Thaivisa something, like, hey, mind your own business, you have no business intefering with anything that concerns Thailand or it's policies.. keep it up George, we love you...

DITTO, KEEP IT UP GEORGE CO

Confirmed. Khon Kaen office up and running full service. Extensions, re-entry permits and 90 day reporting. I extended this afternoon. Be advised. For marriage extensions 6 photos of the wedding required and a hand drawn map showing where you live.

I"m married, but we don't have any photoes of the wedding, we just got the papers in bkk. and the

local amphure? So then what do I do,got all the other papers!VISA EXP. 111009 ? CO.

Goodness, leave the south and beaches? you are in for a shock. Can you speak thai? can you speak Lao? Isaan is a different planet from the south. I started in the south 7 years ago and have lived in Isaan for 4 years. Visit first for a month and try it out. I like it but even my Thai wife remarks it is very different!

If you love THAILAND you love isan, its where you find the real thais, not the one who try to be farang, and it cheap too and real good thai food! Been living here for 20 years .Best regards chiefofficer chaiyaphum

Personally, I find it a joke that a petition that has taken several months to conduct, and gather 4 million signatures (pro Thaksin pardon), can be lessened by a '5 million signature petition' that only seemingly started a few days ago. To be honest, it's an insult to the intelligence of the Thai public (or maybe that's what they are depending upon).

Without wanting to resurrect old topics, let's just remind ourselves what Thaksin was actually convicted of. Conflict of interest, namely signing approval of his (at the time) wife's purchase of a publicised and controlled auction of land. The land in question was being auctioned by the FIDF, a non-governmental body. The auction itself, and the subsequent bids were publicised, and nothing appeared to have been amiss. The charges against Thaksin are centred around whether the FIDF is part of the government (a previous Senate ruling judged that it wasn't). The irony in this 'conspiracy' is that his wife was found 'not guilty', but he was (by a 4 to 3 majority). The whole case against him was so blatently politically biased, anyone in their right mind would have done what he did, i.e. leave the country.

I am not a Thaksin supporter. However, he obviously has significant support in this country, so let him return and be heard, and let the people decide. The hysteria generated by the media of his (every supposed) movements is becoming so predictable, screaming for his extradition from Dubai/Cambodia/Malaysia etc (with the irony of Thailand recently rejecting a request from the US for an international arms dealer, known to have had dealings with terrorist factions). To be frank, the politics of the nation at the moment do not resemble democracy, it's a team poker game, with the various factions/teams bluffing themselves towards greater benefits (i.e. budget allocations/collective/personal wealth), which unfortunately don't involve the Thai people.

What about all his much more serious crimes?

All of his "other crimes" have still not been proven. BTW I am not a Thaksin supporter either although I have to give him credit for getting "some things done" which I can't say for any other Thai politicians. But that doesn't excuse him for all the horrible things he has done either (violations of human rights/tax evasion, etc)!

What I do not get, is why you need a petition to say that something is illegal. Why not just point out the law that it is breaking. This article doesn't even attempt to explain "why/how" it is illegal. Just more nonsense on both sides. In a perfect world everyone that has anything to do with any other these coloured political groups should be banned from politics permanently. Oh ya, and the ban should actually be enforced for once. Both of these parties/gangs sacrifice the well-being of the country without thinking twice if they think they can personally benefit.

Agree with this. It all depends how the Govt really wants to perceive itself; a tourist economy or start to be focused on their manufacturing.

I trust you realize that even in the "boom" years that tourism has never accounted for more than 6-7% of Thai GDP. Feel free to google it.

I love Thailand without all the tourists- the "low season" deals this year are amazing!

I too love thailand,been here for 20years,have a nice fam.(wife,2 sons,2 girls) and I never have

had any problems. I'm not blind or deaf, nothing is perfect, but life is good in thailand, when

you live like a thai and don't try to change things to be like in 'YOUR OLD COUNTRY'

best regards

chiefofficer

We will be in CM next week and would like to try a German restaurant. Any recommendations?

you realy travel to CM to eat at a german rest. stay home

chiefofficer,lived here for 20 years

What just a month ago everyone was going on about how it was looking up that British born Abhisit was to be PM. Now, everyone is slagging him off - is it soemthing to do with the fact that he doesn't like College girls earning extra income by selling their bodies on the internet?

I don't think we can expect him to be puking out new policies left, right and centre as Obama is, Obama has a h3ck of a lot more money behind him - another post here was stating that he was handed a reserve less than a month's worth of civil servant wages! Not a lot to build on. Thaksin made no end of promises, predictions and policy statements - mostly to fool the rural vote into thinking he was a savior that loved the struggling underclasses. Many promises and predictions turn out as hot air, and many of the policies he did put in '30 baht medical' etc sounded good, but never worked - many of the others helped him and his family and companies, but not many others - and certainly not the working classes and below.

I think we need to give him more time before we make a judgement and give him enough rope - this country really doesn't need more change that's for sure.

hear,hear, wolf5370,you got it right

What just a month ago everyone was going on about how it was looking up that British born Abhisit was to be PM. Now, everyone is slagging him off - is it soemthing to do with the fact that he doesn't like College girls earning extra income by selling their bodies on the internet?

I don't think we can expect him to be puking out new policies left, right and centre as Obama is, Obama has a h3ck of a lot more money behind him - another post here was stating that he was handed a reserve less than a month's worth of civil servant wages! Not a lot to build on. Thaksin made no end of promises, predictions and policy statements - mostly to fool the rural vote into thinking he was a savior that loved the struggling underclasses. Many promises and predictions turn out as hot air, and many of the policies he did put in '30 baht medical' etc sounded good, but never worked - many of the others helped him and his family and companies, but not many others - and certainly not the working classes and below.

I think we need to give him more time before we make a judgement and give him enough rope - this country really doesn't need more change that's for sure.

No war is good.

CH.

we will bee there C.H.+ wife

long live Thailand's mob rule. and if PAD's wish will come true, thailand will soon be the Democratic People's Republic of Thailand.

When do people understand that these people are Chinese. They have overstayed their welcome and should go back to China where they have all the rights to demonstrate and storm TV stations.

Do you have any idea who wrecker is talking about when he says 'these people'?

The Chinese, Chinese/Thai in Thailand don't demonstrate, they would pay someone else to do it for them. They are way too busy making money.

I love your user-name.

Most of the PAD leaders are 2. genr.chinese or 3.,(I been in thailand 30 years) I know a few of them!

I got my non-o at KAP CHONG SURIN, showed all papers, told to come back 14 days before exp. date to get my ret.-visa

regards c.o.

I have an acc. in bangkok bank, I got it on a tourist visa, no problem at all there

TIT,as a retierd sailor,been living here 20 years, Thailand has its problems, but for me thailand is good.

SEMPER FI MARINE

like it or not BANGKOK is not bad but it could be better like ISAN