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5) Multiple enquiries to embassies overseas seeking the closest pub televising State of Origin games

This looks to me like a reasonable request??

Theother night watching Australia+ network, which was the Australian overseas network, I was saddened to see the screen go blank at the conclusion of "Big Ideas". Cost cutting at its most pathetic as this service is now no more.

You must love and adore dear leader or else. The slightest drop in admiration or lust for him will be bad for you. He must be obeyed and worshipped 24/7 as he demands total respect.[/quot

The term "dear leader"used to describe the nth korean despot is hardly appropriate here. I note that you use it repeatedly in the vein of the true propagandist in the hope that it will catch on. Not much luck so far. Most posters, even the pro taksin brigade, would not accept any likenesses between these two.

l would really like you to point out any similarities in methods or honest goals the two may have with regards to the betterment of their people. Facts not words please.

You make little observational sense.

The leaders in both countries censor the media

The leaders in both countries enjoy power without harsh criticism which is illegal

Their power is not installed by democratic means.

Both claim to be wildly popular in the 90% range plus

Both make protests illegal

Both have rewritten history

And finally for this very short list both talk about attitude adjustments and reeducation of the slightest criticism.

Fear is indeed very much the mantra of both.

""dear leader "' dare we address him as anything else ?

Enjoys his own TV show weekly - where he enlightens the masses .

Some might call this propaganda -

Others something else

But make no mistake the writer who compares the leaders of both Nations is not far fetched local ABC radio did so two days ago.

You can pretend all you want here won't change truth

You missed the point of the comment. I am not denying that a coup has taken place or that there are some unsavory results that stem from it.

You could have listed both have dark hair and both are Asian. I asked about goals for the betterment of their people which you carefully avoid. I raised the point of an unfair comprison between the two because it is just that. Uncles and close family murdered because of political threat, the supression of a nation to the point of starvation, despotic use of nuclear threat. You know the point I was making and yet deliberately attempt to circumvent it. Who is pretending to whom. ABC indeed. Which one?

"The minister said Thailand agreed with Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to increase the natural rubber price to Bt60 per kilogram in 18 months."

Silly me ... I always thought price was set by the market ... supply and demand ...

I smell another mess or they are just talking nice to appease the rubber farmers

How about telling them to grow a more lucrative crop? one that is actually in more demand

You mean like OPEC, diamonds and several other commodities where supply is controlled to enable the price to be artificially controlled.

You must love and adore dear leader or else. The slightest drop in admiration or lust for him will be bad for you. He must be obeyed and worshipped 24/7 as he demands total respect.[/quote)

The term "dear leader"used to describe the nth korean despot is hardly appropriate here. I note that you use it repeatedly in the vein of the true propagandist in the hope that it will catch on. Not much luck so far. Most posters, even the pro taksin brigade, would not accept any likenesses between these two.

l would really like you to point out any similarities in methods or honest goals the two may have with regards to the betterment of their people. Facts not words please.

The problem here is classmates; all employed to cover each other's arse.

I remember a prob in the junior playground... when we were at war. We all made machine-gun noises that went, "D-na na na, D-na na na, D-na na na."

One day a new boy came, and he went, "K-chow, K-chow, K-chow", and just as we were getting into serious battle, the dinner lady all dressed in pink said, "Come on boys, inside, it's spittin'. It's spittin'. It's that rain that gets you wet through."

So we never got to the end of that war game, to see if he was on our side or not, but when summer came he had a bazooka sound, "K-boom, Kboom" and we all had to pretend to die.......

And the moral of that was....... I have no <deleted> idea.

A terrific example of the quality of 90% of poster comments on Thai Visa

Oh dear. Hoist by your own petard thrilla. You seem to have missed something.

Not all Nigerians are drug dealers.

Remember the Nigerian soccer star who was lured to Thailand on a tourist visa? He said when the visa finish, many have to become gigolos for older Thai women. And these women want to have sex all the time.

Actual quote, 555

And not all drug dealers are Nigerian. Some are Mexican. But they don't make very good gigolos.

Not all Nigerians are drug dealers.

Remember the Nigerian soccer star who was lured to Thailand on a tourist visa? He said when the visa finish, many have to become gigolos for older Thai women. And these women want to have sex all the time.

Actual quote, 555

And not all drug dealers are Nigerian. Some are Mexican.

Seems an innocent and friendly gesture to me. The reporter whose head Gen Prayuth touched has had no word of complaint to my knowledge and this is surely the yardstick by which the gesture should be measured. I.e. if no offense taken no offense committed.

l certainly believe no offense was intended. The anti NCPO are out in force over this incident which to me shows an attention to trivia in the absence of matters of substance on which to hang their hats. General Prayuth still seems the best chance Thailand has had to a proper democracy. Lets hope the new charter is quickly and properly written and the path to democracy hastened.

if he complained then it would be off to the attitude adjustment factory. People know complaints and opinions are not acceptable under dear leaders rule.

Seriously Chooka, you know your bit was in the second paragraph and you skipped it. You know, the mountains out of molehills bit.

Perhaps, just perhaps adeep breath and a moments thought might get the conspiracy theorists to a logical rather than a sinister conclusion. Consider possible loss of face due to his removal from office. Consider the possibility of death by his own hand. A speedy and quiet cremation because of death by his own hand, attended by family and close friends. Logical?

Seems an innocent and friendly gesture to me. The reporter whose head Gen Prayuth touched has had no word of complaint to my knowledge and this is surely the yardstick by which the gesture should be measured. I.e. if no offense taken no offense committed.

l certainly believe no offense was intended. The anti NCPO are out in force over this incident which to me shows an attention to trivia in the absence of matters of substance on which to hang their hats. General Prayuth still seems the best chance Thailand has had to a proper democracy. Lets hope the new charter is quickly and properly written and the path to democracy hastened.

At last some positive action. The poor downtrodden jet ski operators have long been victim to untrained renters from the sub-continent. Scamming them into believing they operate jet skis on the Ganges all the time. I'm sure the instructions would have been clearly given and once again ignored. NOT!!!

I don't see any winners in a broken home.

The only win from a broken home is the peace and harmony, and all that that entails, in the escape from the acrimony that comes from staying in a malevolent environment. Please don't be too judgemental on the personal breakdowns that are common in human relationships.

The queues at the police stations of motorists lined up to pay fines and reclaim their licences may force the introduction of an on -the-spot fine system. One that will leave the motorist with his/her licence and 28 days to pay, thus removing the need to pay a bribe which is usually a bribe of convenience anyway.

Only Three on one, looks Thai standards are slipping. However they did manage to find the obligatory weapon. Well done the under staffed Thai team.

the maths involved in plotting a position with the aid of a sextant can, I'm told, be quite testing. The maths involved in ratios is much simpler. 1 adult:3children = 3:1. 2adults to 3 children=3:2 and children at that!

Perhaps your maths is better at navigation.

Muhammed (Jock) Ashgar. Got a nice ring to it. He is the life of the party down at the Thistle Inn darts night every Friday.

The problem with proposals of punishment to help stop this ongoing murderous attitude displayed by some tech students is that, just like little children, these youths fail to understand any concept of probable consequences. Poor things are happy to live with a murder or two in their past.

It is difficult to see this scandalous set of statistics as anything else but SEDITION. While ever teachers and schools are rated by the good results they produce for all students, especially the slow witted, seeds for this sedition will continue to be sown.

Sounds good to me. Street walkers and thieves off the streets and in to the bars!

what happened to them? jail, fine, run out of town, or just let go?

200 baht fine and back on street

Why even bother !

It's all about statistics and set targets to prove efficiency.

The bib should be careful to round up those guilty of crime and not just ladyboys because they are ladyboys. They do after all add a bit of colour to the whole tourist experience that is Pattaya regardless of ones sexual proclivities.

Thai Constitution 2007

Section 30. All persons are equal before the law and shall enjoy equal protection under the law.

Men and women shall enjoy equal rights.

Unjust discrimination against a person on the grounds of the difference in origin, race, language, sex, age, disability, physical or health condition, personal status, economic or social standing, religious belief, education or constitutionally political view, shall not be permitted.

please now define "Unjust discrimination".

No doubt Ms. Panadda would be quite happy to either witness or pull the trigger on the first 2 or 3 executions should her petition be successful. Nothing less than total committmentwhen espousing such philosophy is acceptable in my view.

Never heard such catterwalling. Idont carry my passport but a copy is always with me with current visa, I dont bother with certification. I also carry my wallet everywhere I go, as do most people, and in it is my photo ID acceptable Australian drivers license. Here ends the requirement and it has ever been to the best of my knowledge.

They just keep on selling tickets but dont worry about the number of seats available.

How does one go about identifying other TV members. One couldn't say, for example, "Is there a Rimmer in the bar."

Perhaps a new occupation of "driver shaker" on buses and officially listing purse and gold chain snatchers as employed could help lower the rate and counter the tourism downturn.

Airlines around the world are struggling in a highly competitive industry, major cultural changes are needed to save the airlines of some countries. Qantas are going through this now and needed to as they were /are a sht product loosing money and hoping / expecting the Australian government to bail them out. Thankfully that didn't happen, I think the public is tired of private profits and public losses, from poorly managed corporations.

Thai will need to bite the bullet with austerity measures like Qantas and if an effective CEO cannot be found locally then they have to look elsewhere.

This is the post of the day. Please bite the bullit like QANTAS. The best way to do that is with little Irish leprechaun. Please come and get the one running QANTAS. No none here will miss him.