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3 minutes ago, Catoni said:

Mind quoting me where I said all non Republicans are Communists? 

    I’ll wait right here. Hurry back okay?

   Thanks ????  555

Your quote was: uneducated people, the easily fooled, and Socialists/Marxist-Leninists into a tizzy. 

Were you not referring to the billions who disagree with you on climate change or Global warming?

1 minute ago, Catoni said:

Communist flags are now starting to show up at Extinction Rebellion and other demonstrations in Europe, and the flags have been seen in Portland, Oregon Extinction Rebellion and ANTIFA demos. 

   I’m sure I can find some of them in videos on YouTube to bring here. 

   I hate the label “Climate Denier” which makes a connection to the memory of Holocaust Denier. 

    They’re beginning to not bother pretending they are something else now. 

    I call a spade a spade. 

     

There you go again. Guess your nonsense cannot be stopped. You saw a Russian flag at a rally and now all non Republicans are communists. Tremendous logic. Such a stable genius. 

6 minutes ago, Catoni said:

       Warming 0.85 degree between 1880 - 2012 following the L.I.A. (yes, it was world wide. There was no wall blocking Europe off for 550 years like some claim) throws uneducated people, the easily fooled, and Socialists/Marxist-Leninists into a tizzy. 

     Funny.

There are alot of intellectually lazy people these days, who love using these inane socialist/communist labels, for anyone who is not in lockstep with them, and their political masters. 

I remember when dialogue was the preferred means of communication, between decent, respectful people. Now, it appears to be malicious slander and juvenile name calling. Wonder where that influence came from?

800,000 year old ice core samples show the same. A tremendous spike in heat. 

Yet, the bought and paid for politicians and millions of their devotees, insist it has nothing to do with man. The planet is so large! How could we possibly affect the atmosphere? It has nothing to do with me! Don't ask me to take responsibility for the environment! Keeping my head in the sand is so much better!

2 hours ago, Pravda said:

Probably a smart decision by Thailand as they are inept at handling a common flu.

 

However, what kind of world we live in when a ship full of humans is not allowed to dock, even if there is a full on outbreak.

 

Shameful.

I tend to disagree. At least in regard to the private hospitals. 80,000 people died last year in the US from the flu. But, then again America is only ranked about #46 in health care. I would much rather be in a hospital here, than in the US. And since I do not have health care there, my estimate of hospitalization and treatment for a Corona infection in the US, would be about 8 million baht. Without any complications. 

With the exception of highly specialized treatment, Thailand blows away the US. 

The military already has way more money than it needs. Time to start with forensic accountings of all military contracts. Perhaps a hundred billion or more could be saved, and applied toward more compassionate applications. Also, all government employees should only be allowed to travel economy class, and all heads of departments should travel commercial, where they can hear directly from the masses, about how they are doing on a daily basis. Lastly, Trump's trips to Florida should be limited to once or twice a month. 

This was an incredible movie. It was a bit of a satire on anarchy. Perhaps a topic some of us find entertaining, in this day and age of governments posing as democracies, which are more fascist, and authoritarian by the day. Phoenix gave a blazing and searing performance, and represents the lower and lower middle class in America today. Very disenfranchised, bitter, angry, and disappointed people. Will they rise up at some point? I loved his speech too. A lot of truth in what he said, though I am sure the massed do not want to hear it, from their lazy boys. 

How can they be surprised. Did they expect more from him? After nearly 6 years, you would think they know who he is by now, and what he is made of. He is an army general. He does not have compassion, or sympathy. It is simply too much to ask of him.

Thailand was making a fortune from tourism. Asking tourists to pay to keep up Thailand's their own attractions is repulsive, offensive, inane, arrogant, ignorant, and just plain dumb. Why do they think we come here? Do they know no limits when it comes to turning off the tourism markets? 

One would think by now, that they are starting to get the idea that Thailand is no longer the center of the universe, and that tourists are seeking alternatives, to avoid dealing with such nonsense. Yet, where the humility that comes with lessons learned? 

Many of us really like the Thai people, but very few of us like the army or the hapless government. Personally, I despise them, and I think at this point, most Thais do too. 

With this virus going around, it is no wonder the bar trade is down. Fluids from a stranger are the last thing in the world one wants at this time. 

The bar scene was decling anyway. Has been for some time. Corona is simply putting the nail in the coffin of tourism and affecting countless industries and aspects of the economy. 

That mask would have been a major turnoff. 

More brilliant strategy from Pipat, and the group which has no experience in tourism and promotion. Let us try to put another roadblock in the way of progress. Thailand seems to have gone out of their way to make themselves repulsive to alot of people, as a nation. Not the people. I love the people here. It is the stupendous degree of arrogance, hubris, ignorance, racism, hatred of foreigners, and the stunning lack of vision, on the part of the fabulously incompetent leaders and ministers here. It is really turning off the planet to Thailand. If they could only see how they are perceived. Such ignoramus fools. 

Now, after years and years of fake nationalist ranting, and insufferable arrogance, they are really starting to pay the price, and they are getting exactly what they so wholeheartedly deserve, which is to be shunned by the planet. Oh well. 

We sow what we reap. We make the bed, and then we have to lie within it. 

If only we could say to these fools: don't be arrogant, because arrogance kills curiosity and passion. Arrogance is knowledge minus wisdom. Arrogance is blind to the stumbling block. Arrogance is a roadblock on the highway of wisdom.

56 minutes ago, sambum said:

I remember a (little Oud) comment of a couple of weeks back as if it were yesterday:-

 

"Be nice to the tourists, we need their money"

 

 

Is it possible someone had a "conversation" with him already? I tend to think so. He sure changed his attitude. Nothing like the threat of dismissal to make a man behave more reasonably and rationally.

1 hour ago, sambum said:

"The same probably applies to the army." They ARE Army without the uniforms! And the same applies to the police! A friend of my Thai wife has a son who wanted to join the police. She was told "Oh, it costs a lot of money to join the police"!

 

 

Of course it does. You are buying a franchise, much the same as a 7/11, Taco Bell, etc., but without the hassle or expense of a storefront.

1 hour ago, madmen said:

That is some serious hate. Nothing wrong with expressing your opinion but what is bizarre is considering the above, why would you want to live here? 

I have a few dozen reasons. All of that dislike is directed at the government, the army, and the ministers. I love most Thai people. It is the leaders that are the real problem here.