2 hours ago, neeray said:

Nicely commented to me. It would be nice if you could teach Trump some of your gentle diplomacy. While I don't disagree with "some" of his policies and ideas, I find his brash ways very distasteful. "When America sneezes, Canada catches a cold". Our economy is suffering a very serious cold" right now. One way or the other, I'll be glad to see his NAFTA hard-on settled. The indecision is murdering our economy (and my business).

LOL,  I only wish I could bend Trump's ear in private for 5 minutes .  I promise I wouldn't show nearly as much "gentle diplomacy" as you mentioned (Thank you for that BTW. ?)  His on-his-knees worship of Adolf Hitler 2.0, aka Benjamin Netanyahoo! (intentional misspelling) makes me want to vomit worrying about all that anti-Iran bloviating might lead to.

 

OTOH I still believe that Trump was sorely needed to shake up the 'status quo' in Washington, DC, which he clearly has.  Like everyone else, I'm eagerly waiting to see how this drama with Kim Jong-un plays out in Singapore on the 12th IIRC. I personally would have 'encouraged' the fat little NK dictator into continuing his nuclear bomb tests.  I believe only 1 or 2 more blasts inside that already fragile mountain would solve the problem. 

 

Cheers and take care neeray!

Edited June 7, 20188 yr by Jimbo in Thailand

"I am what I am...."

 

Wonder if he likes spinach too.

 

 

The headline should have read  Non -elected Pm. blames the media for trying to undermine his illegal premiership

17 minutes ago, Happyman58 said:

The headline should have read  Non -elected Pm. blames the media for trying to undermine his illegal premiership

They have not got the guts to go anywhere close to saying that.

 

What hope for a revolution against tyranny!

7 minutes ago, Eligius said:

They have not got the guts to go anywhere close to saying that.

 

What hope for a revolution against tyranny!

Difficult to say...

1 minute ago, Odysseus123 said:

Difficult to say...

If they cannot even get close to intimating this - by simply refusing in their articles to call him 'Prime Minister' ('Prayut Chan-O-Cha' would  be sufficient) - then there is no hope in hell of the Thais having the fortitude and courage to overthrow a tyranny.

Just now, Eligius said:

If they cannot even get close to intimating this - by simply refusing in their articles to call him 'Prime Minister' ('Prayut Chan-O-Cha' would  be sufficient) - then there is no hope in hell of the Thais having the fortitude and courage to overthrow a tyranny.

Eligius..

 

I don't know.'Impulse' posted today about our ability to "read" Thai politics  and I was mightily impressed..

 

I must confess that I am not able to decipher it-merely give a rueful chuckle from time to time.

 

The Thai concept of 'democracy' is not our Western Liberal one-no Hobbes,Smith,Burke,Paine,Jefferson,Mill..etc...as far as I can make out and the authoritarian tradition is very strong..

6 hours ago, neeray said:

 

Again, sounds much like that infamous President.

Give it a break already. 

1 hour ago, Eligius said:

If they cannot even get close to intimating this - by simply refusing in their articles to call him 'Prime Minister' ('Prayut Chan-O-Cha' would  be sufficient) - then there is no hope in hell of the Thais having the fortitude and courage to overthrow a tyranny.

I usually refer to Fearless Leader P as Prime Minister General since it gives his title that nice Stalinist tone that he deserves.  Other times, depending on his embarrassingly laughable antics, I refer to the narcissistic bumbling dictator as Elmer Fudd Jong-un Jr.  Not really sure which is more appropriate for the clown, but having a choice is always nice. ?

Edited June 7, 20188 yr by Jimbo in Thailand

Oh Dear! Another thin skinned General... My heart bleeds...... Not..

23 hours ago, faraday said:

Imagine if he was interviewed by Paxman...

I can't see "Why is this lying bastard lying to me?” going over very well out here 555 

the Grand Daddy of Grandstanding...

"PM accuses the media of trying to undermine his premiership"

One can only hope.