Sooo Upto Me Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Looks like the Merc payments are taken care of for a few months Excellent mate but I would prob say a Honda an the rest on Leo beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smew Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 this guy needs a frontal lobotomy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo2014 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 He could have spent it in the bars down in Sukhumvit and it would have ended up at the same place, and he would have had a whale of a time making his donation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamkyong Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 well i guess better than a soi dog charity just Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesterm Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Strategic use of personal funds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew65 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Yes, can't understand why one would publicize it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSF Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 He's either a bloody fool or he's getting something in return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 i respect his donation but it would have been better executed if done quietly. this publicity may expose the family to security hazards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Sounds to me like he is doing a good deed and helping out some up-country cops who get paid peanuts to do their jobs, many of which find themselves in serious financial hardship (especially the ones trying to do an honest job without taking kickbacks. Yes, its true, some do not take bribes). If it was a payoff for protection, it wouldn't be a public donation like this. Come on TV'ers, put your cynicism away for one day. Not all cops in Thailand are bad. Believe it or not, you may rely on them to save your skin one day. think any cop that was not taking bribes would be reprimanded by his superiors. bribes are how the police fund themselves as the government salaries are barely liveable. is expensive to buy a job as a cop, that money is often borrowed and has to be repayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 He was a soldier in the US Air Force Ah, as the girls would say 'Oh you naughty airforce soldier' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljd1308 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I'm astounded. I can't even comprehend what goes through someones mind to do something like this. It's not even like the Thai police have a good reputation for doing a quality job. The weird thing is, they mentioned other good cause that were actually good....could they not think of any other causes better than giving to the police? And that isn't even to try to understand how a police force renowned for corruption agrees to accept this(so publicly no less). Do they have no sense of self awareness? Or shame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Maybe we should just give Mr Gebhard the benefit of the doubt here. I just did a bit of googling and found that he is a retired US Air Force colonel with a long history of generosity and community service, and prior to this one, donations to schools, clinics and orphanages in Udon. Before doing good stuff for Udon, things like this: http://www.mvariety.com/cnmi/cnmi-news/local/58882-more-donations-for-the-manamko-from-pacific-amusement I say good for you, Jim. Keep making a positive difference in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familyaffairs Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Hahahaha,what an insane person.....unbelievable idiot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apalink_thailand Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Bribing police, advertising it as "benevolent"...TIT. You obviously didnt read the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljd1308 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Maybe we should just give Mr Gebhard the benefit of the doubt here. I just did a bit of googling and found that he is a retired US Air Force colonel with a long history of generosity and community service, and prior to this one, donations to schools, clinics and orphanages in Udon. Before doing good stuff for Udon, things like this: http://www.mvariety.com/cnmi/cnmi-news/local/58882-more-donations-for-the-manamko-from-pacific-amusement I say good for you, Jim. Keep making a positive difference in the world. I will probably cop a bit of flack for this........but, given the fact he was an air force colonel he gets less benefit of the doubt from me, that isn't an honourable profession at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 (edited) You'd think you've heard it all and then this. Someone should ask investigative journalist Andrew Drummond to dig up into his past . Clearly he is buying protection from the local police here. Who want to stop him now if he breaks the law ? Edited July 5, 2016 by balo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomyummer Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Although probably under guise of a good deed, I sure he realizes he just bought all future troubles away from himself and his wife. Great way for legal bribery. I would also love to see the business model arranged to help the needy police and who decides who gets a piece of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midasthailand Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Well the usual mixed bag of bull#### from the usual crowd. Personally I find it refreshing that this couple recognise the onerous task of the lowly paid police officers of Thailand and donate to a fund that allows the officers to take a 10,000 interest free loan for six months. Should be more of it! Unfortunately I can only afford to donate @ 200 THB per time, usually when I get pulled over to blow in a bag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zikomat Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 An elegant bribe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyarddog Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Aliens have been among us for centries. There isnt anything they dont know about our species including all of our cultures and various mindsets around the world.Right now an Alien is filling out the paperwork to file a report on their home planet 50,000 light years away that they have located the dumbest <deleted>er on planet Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wow64 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 just got a few get out of goal free cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMagician Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Bribing police, advertising it as "benevolent"...TIT.You obviously didnt read the article. Fact: He paid money to the po-lease. ...hence...got it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepinthailand Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Well done good move.will oil lots of wheels for hin a shroud buisness man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twizzian Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Dear oh dear oh dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdavies99 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 This just encourages "graft"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman20 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Someone should check on that "fund" in the future and do an audit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman20 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 WORDS FAIL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moti24 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Handing over 500,000 Baht is one thing, but handing over his wife as well, seems like a nice guy all round. Isn't English grammar just wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
off road pat Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 If the Udon police get too hard up, they can always flog the Van Gogh on the wall behind benevolent Jim. It's not a Van Gogh............it only only looks slightly like the sunflowers of Van Gogh !!! with the real one he could buy the whole RTP.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Lots of jealous people on TV who probably couldn't cobble together Baht 500,000 if their lives or over-stay banishment depended on it. Probably some of the same people who complain bitterly when 7-Eleven rounds their utility bills up to the nearest 25 satang. It's his money. If he has had the business savvy to make the money, he's not as clueless as some of those bitter old dears who still can't figure out the difference between a visa and an extension of stay or who can't manage to arrange an extension of stay without paying someone to do it for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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