spidermike007

I really have no idea what you're going on about, I've been living in Thailand for 20 years now, so you seem to have some strange issues that you're dealing with.

It's a perspective thing it sometimes helps to give me perspective on how inexpensive something truly is here. We all have different devices that we use on a daily basis and just think of how boring the world would be if we were all thought the same.

That is simply untrue, when I visited Pattaya 20 or 30 years ago it was chock full of young, thin, gorgeous gals but then again the same could be said about Samui and Phuket, but man, oh man have things changed.

Hopefully they will be peaceful, and hopefully millions upon millions of Americans will turn out and show their total disapproval of the goon, who is leading the country down a very wrong path.

He is deeply despised by far more than half the country as his current poll numbers suggest. Alot of his policies are falling flat, and he's acting like a bit of an extremist street thug. He cannot even find it within himself to answer a reporter's question politely, and without sarcasm or without venom and nastiness. He is deeply lacking I elegance, grace or decency. Trump is unappealing, unattractive, idiotic, incompetent, hateful, hurtful, abrasive, rude, a blowhard, a liar, a cheater, a thief, infantile, a failure, loser, fraud, sexual abuser, incestuous, tax cheat, insurrectionist, un-American, dictator-loving despot wannabe, out of control, a sociopathic, convicted felon, toxic narcissist & brutish A-hole. Everything about the con-man referred to as Trump is unlikeable. He's everything wrong with the human animal, all stuffed into one specimen. But then again that's just who he is, and that's just who you guys elected.

I think a lot of ex-pats come here and they start counting in Thai baht. I find it helpful sometimes to count in dollars, if the condo was charging me $6 to replace a light bulb, I would consider that a bargain. Especially considering the fact that more than half of that cost is the bulb itself.

I think that could be said about a lot of his actions, he's obviously flailing at this point, his poll numbers are dropping alot, and a lot of his policies are falling flat, so he's desperately trying to create some distractions.

Very very true. As is indicated by the number of negative emojis people are obviously offended by this idea, but medical malpractice is widespread, not to mention the fact that you have doctors subscribing opioids that kill people all the time. A lot of doctors are either incompetent or they just don't seem to care about their patient's health and put profits first.

Well let us be glad you are not the president, sounds like you would be even more extreme than the Goon.

Regardless of where you stand on the political spectrum it's difficult to argue with public sentiment, and the public seems to be disagreeing with Trump's handling of recent events, and his poll numbers seem to be reflecting that.

Regardless of where you stand on the political spectrum it's difficult to argue with public sentiment, and the public seems to be disagreeing with Trump's handling of recent events, and his poll numbers seem to be reflecting that.

My cousin is an immigration attorney in Miami, and he tells me that top MIT graduates who finish their programs in nuclear physics, can't get a visa to work for an American company within the US. So they either need to go work for that American company overseas, or they need to work for another company overseas. Either way it's a huge brain drain away from the US. He also tells me that the quota system is 70 years old and is in drastic need of updating, especially for the higher qualified people with great expertise. The less educated amongst us and the ones who gorge on podcasts and engage in memes, do not want to look into this and do not want to educate themselves on what is a very serious issue in regard to immigration. Let's have an honest discussion here. Trump convinced members of Congress and the Senate to veto an immigration bill last term, as he did not want Biden to get credit for the passage of this bill. You could not only make an argument that it was a huge disservice to his nation, but you could also make an argument that it was entirely selfish motives that compelled him to act in such an unpatriotic manner.

Well if you want to be reasonable let's discuss right wing mental illness, let's discuss Trump's mental illness, and Miller's mental illness, and the mental illness of so many of his cabinet members and members of Congress and the Senate are engaging in complete and total fealty to the new king.

That is blatantly incorrect, just look at Thailand there are many classes of work in Thailand that most Thai people are unwilling to perform, and therefore Cambodians and Burmese are required to perform these tasks. It is the same in America, the vast majority of Americans are unwilling to do menial landscaping, pick fruit, work in slaughterhouses, wash dishes, and perform so many other jobs, the list goes on. We are talking about dozens and dozens of different types of jobs that Americans have no interest in or wouldn't do for under $25 an hour. To argue differently is simply to ignore the facts on the ground, and the desperate need that the US has for immigrant labor. I'm not arguing in favor of illegal immigration, but I am arguing in favor of drastic immigration reform which allows more immigrant labor to work in the US legally. This is something that neither party seems to have an interest in discussing or solving.

I am not talking about the Los Angeles protests. I'm talking about the hundreds of protests that are planned for this weekend, let us see if Trump can control his impulses and behave himself for a change.

What is the difference between the Walton family earning billions legitimately through a large chain of stores, and our president earning billions illegitimately through grifting and the corrupt use of the presidency? Are you just against very rich people in general and if so why doesn't that apply to your political master and most of his Cabinet members?

That's totally false, multiple studies have shown that illegal immigrants are net positive to the US economy. Most of them pay taxes and contribute to Social Security and they'll never see any return or any benefits on that money. Conservatives don't like to hear that, and they don't like to discuss it but it's absolutely true. And it's the same reason why conservatives, and especially the goon himself, very rarely ever like to debate immigration reform.

His supporters that are in the hotel and leisure business are saying why have you denied us the ability to make a living? Our bookings are down 50%, and very few want to visit America anymore. Why have you done that to us, big Don? We voted for you, hoping for a better life.

I spend a lot of time in Los Angeles and the hardest working, most honest people I know are immigrants, and they often do work for considerably less than Americans would be willing to do that work for, and they often do work that Americans have no interest in doing. Many highly intolerant guys on this forum don't want to hear that, many here have an extreme level of intolerance toward any type of immigration, and barely allow for any difference distinguishing between legal and illegal immigration. That is a sad thing to witness. Rhetoric is horrific, when it is not well thought out.

I think the protests are justifiable, but I think violence is not, these protests need to be peaceful and if the goon wants to invade peaceful protests with law enforcement, the army or the National Guard, then the people can see with their own eyes the blatant overreach, and the astonishing disregard for Law and Order. Protest the wannabe king! Power to the people and democratic expression.

The people need to say no to the wannabe despot king. This is not the 16th century, and he is not King Henry VIIIth. Trump has been misbehaving and ICE is out of control. His desire to be an authoritarian ruler is just starting to manifest itself, and the people need to stand up and make sure that America is able to continue as a democracy. And he is likely the most corrupt president in history, has enriched himself by billions of dollars already just this year, and needs to be stopped.

Wonderful news, anything that the rebels can do to punish the Junta, to kill as many officers as possible, and to put these dogs down is an amazing thing and a blessing for humanity. These guys need to be eliminated once and for all.

I really have no idea what's going on with this conflict, but I do know that Hun Sen is in no position to lecture Thailand He is a serial killer, he is a thief who has stolen huge amounts of land from his people, he is a thieving multi-billionaire, and the man has erased any semblance of a democracy from his nation for decades. They regularly kill political opponents and his family is continuing the tradition. He and his corrupt family are a pox on Cambodia.

Public skepticism towards these measures stems partly from historical grievances against traffic law enforcement. Unclear regulations, inconsistent enforcement, and perceptions of being unfairly targeted by officers compound distrust. This is the big issue you either enforce the laws or you don't, but you don't enforce them selectively and you don't enforce them once in a while, that does not resonate with the public. I would never get on a motorcycle without a very good helmet, and I think you should wear as good a helmet as you can afford, but I also think that the selective enforcement of the law is very confusing to people. If they enforce it consistently it's a good thing, let us hope that the RTP can learn to do their job properly. If driving on a motorbike, treat the activity as an act of war, in a sense that you may be mowed down or killed at any moment. Maintain eyes in the back of your head. Watch everyone. Expect craziness, insanity, lack of reason, and a complete lack of courtesy and respect on the roads, at all times. Expect cars and trucks to be coming at you in the wrong lane. Expect people to overtake you with the slimmest of margins. And expect people to treat you with an exceptional lack of respect because your vehicle is smaller than theirs. And we really don't need any replies from old men on this forum who are bitter and lacking in compassion, about how everyone deserves what they get if they don't wear a helmet.