AhFarangJa Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 15 hours ago, snoop1130 said: “I want stable government with good governance. Just as long as I am in charge, and have my cronies beneath me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 15 hours ago, snoop1130 said: He also told students to take case studies from foreign countries, where there are “more rapid and violent changes” than in Thailand. Yep, no doubt other countries - and governments - are somewhat swifter in getting their acts together. But to which particular violent changes is he referring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe666 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 This little stunt shows his arrogance toward the Thai people especially those common people he looks down on from his loffty throne in government house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossy Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Proof, if it were ever needed, that this twerp's powers of judgement and sense of responsibility, the ability to differentiate right from wrong simply do not exist. He's heading for the knacker's yard . . . at high-speed, too. I hope Trump has seen this display from the man to whom he accorded statesmanlike qualities, last October. Better make that 2 tickets for the knacker's yard, methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Media1 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 This guy won't get elected. 4 years of talking and it's been amusing to say the least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lawrence Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 17 hours ago, snoop1130 said: “Laws are meant to keep society at peace, not to destroy anyone. I don’t use laws to harm anyone,” Prayut said yesterday. “Everyone has to be cautious with their practices already because everything is conducted by laws.” So he got rid of all the bad red seeds, by using laws. Once he wins a election, section 44 stops and he becomes fair game with the use of his laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryasimight Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 When I was a young boy I dreamed of running away and joining a circus. Seems my childhood wish has finally come to fruition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 4 hours ago, Eric Loh said: This piece of news was reported on few oversea TV channels and was unflattering. It makes Thailand looks like a banana state like those we often see in Africa. The news include his other shenanigans like shooting reporters that criticize him. If I was Thai, I cringed and ask myself how I deserved such a low intelligence and mental unstable leader. Yep reported the ear pulling, banana skin throwing and the threats to execute reporters and now this cardbord cut out on Australian news. He was being laughed at and ridiculed but he brings it on himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossy Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 4 hours ago, worgeordie said: How do you tell which is the cardboard one . regards worgeordie The prick test . . . it never fails! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvend Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) I can't believe nobody posted the video, it's awesome :) here it is: Edited January 9, 2018 by xvend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossy Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I've only just watched the video, showing Prayut waiting for the cardboard dummy to be brought 'on-stage'. As he is made to wait longer than planned - looking first to his left, then right, then left again - the pained-cum-angry-cum-cry-baby-cum-I'm gonna kill someone expressions on his face are priceless. This man is sick and the good thing about it, he's doing the self-destruct job everyone's been praying for. And he's scheduled to visit his fortune teller-cum-shrink, tonight . . . oh, to be a fly on the wall for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 5 hours ago, Pilotman said: I will say this for the man. he is on the TV each night, talking to the people and engaging with them. What he says is often true and sensible and at least he is there every day to put his point of view. Actions speak louder than words and he and his government have achieved more since the coup than the previous governments ever did. How many UK PMs would do the same, none is the answer. Do steve and jamie have a third TV- account? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Trump Trick.... They both have lost it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxcorrigan Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I thought he said a couple of days ago he was a politician, and had left the army two years ago, if so why is he done up in his army outfit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyF Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Just saw this on the BBC website. Great to see him showing the strength and maturity of his leadership to the world, the Thai people must be so proud. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42616817 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retiredandhappyhere Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 6 hours ago, Pilotman said: I will say this for the man. he is on the TV each night, talking to the people and engaging with them. What he says is often true and sensible and at least he is there every day to put his point of view. Actions speak louder than words and he and his government have achieved more since the coup than the previous governments ever did. How many UK PMs would do the same, none is the answer. Yes of course he is able to put his point of view whenever he wishes, but nobody else is allowed to. As a supposed EX-army man and "new" politician, he can appear regularly on TV and travel around the country meeting hundreds of potential voters, making speeches and delivering gifts, whereas his potential competitors are not allowed to meet in groups of more than five, without breaking his law. One day, they might even be allowed to form a political party in time for the much-heralded but non-appearing election. As for your comparison with the UK PM, her Government was in fact ELECTED and she is obliged to appear once a week in Parliament to answer questions put to her by any of the 600 or so ELECTED Members of Parliament, all of which can then be seen on television by the ELECTORS. The UK media (TV and Newspapers) can also be as brutal as they like in asking questions and in investigating any possible wrong-doing, without any of the nonsense of being "invited" in for attitude adjustment, so your attempted comparison with the UK system is absolutely ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srchino Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Most Americans are jealous of the Prayut cutout’s superior mastery of communication over their president’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Retiredandhappyhere said: Yes of course he is able to put his point of view whenever he wishes, but nobody else is allowed to. As a supposed EX-army man and "new" politician, he can appear regularly on TV and travel around the country meeting hundreds of potential voters, making speeches and delivering gifts, whereas his potential competitors are not allowed to meet in groups of more than five, without breaking his law. One day, they might even be allowed to form a political party in time for the much-heralded but non-appearing election. As for your comparison with the UK PM, her Government was in fact ELECTED and she is obliged to appear once a week in Parliament to answer questions put to her by any of the 600 or so ELECTED Members of Parliament, all of which can then be seen on television by the ELECTORS. The UK media (TV and Newspapers) can also be as brutal as they like in asking questions and in investigating any possible wrong-doing, without any of the nonsense of being "invited" in for attitude adjustment, so your attempted comparison with the UK system is absolutely ridiculous. I wasn't comparing, I was contrasting. Democracy, as practised in the west, doesn't work in Thailand, it never has. there is just too much disparity between the lives of the rural poor and the urban elite. No so called 'elected' politician has ever tackled corruption, they were always part of the problem. The UK has a discredited, ineffective democracy that breads inactivity and stagnation., or worse, as the recent BREXIT referendum has shown us, discord and division. A strong central government is Thailand's only hope of progress. The PM, whatever else his faults may be, is providing just that. As a final comment, elected democracy produced Trump, so that worked out well didn't it? Its horses for courses in ruling, and Thailand has what it needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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