Reply #29: I only talked politics with two Thais, really [View All]

[paulk]

and the extent of it was that all the Americans they had talked to voted for Kerry...

I only talked with one European (Swedish) about politics - I tried to get across how divided the country is - that at least half of the country loathes Bush. He just couldn't understand how we could have elected the idiot.

There was a fascinating editorial in the Bangkok Post (major English language newspaper) while we were there. I guess Thailand is considering going with an electronic voting system - the article cited specific problems in our recent elections and quoted the John Hopkins study that concluded the systems aren't secure. It was very comprehensive. It basically said that our election results couldn't be trusted and advised Thailand to reject electronic voting.

Sanity!

Then I'd turn on the tv and watch some right wing bobbleheads babble about Schiavo and I would need to drink heavily for awhile.