SimondB said...

SimondB at 02:59 PM JST - 20th January

this similar to how I have travelled many parts of the world for many years.......................let's turn right here and see where it goes. Had some great times doing this. Reccomended.

Posted in 'Unexplored' train stations get more visits from adventurous travelers at 02:59 PM JST - 20th January
SimondB at 04:08 PM JST - 19th January

I was a regular business and tourist visitor to Thailand over the last 15 years. Under no circumstances do you insult the King. He is seen as a demi-God. Be in a wild bar in a seedy area of Thailand and at 6 PM the national athem comes on with…

Posted in Australian gets 3 years in jail for insulting Thai monarchy at 04:08 PM JST - 19th January
SimondB at 05:11 PM JST - 16th January

Bush made tough decisions. Tough decisins made by a soft pliable brain. Thw man was and is a fool and a reflection on the people who elected him once (not twice). GWB says history will judge him.....about the only thinhg he has got right.

Posted in Bush, in farewell address, says he acted in nation's best interest at 05:11 PM JST - 16th January
SimondB at 05:01 PM JST - 16th January

kudos to the pilot. Saw on the news tonight that he checked the plane twice that there were no more passengers before he left. And landing in a river in a city of skyscrapers. The pilot, I take my hat of to you. May my next flight be under your…

Posted in U.S. Airways plane goes down into Hudson River after being hit by birds at 05:01 PM JST - 16th January
SimondB at 12:24 PM JST - 13th January

I'm certainly with smithinjapan on this one and have no room in my feelings to try to say some nice things about him because he is leaving. We are not talking about the office terror who is finally retiring. We are talking about a man who through ego and ignorance…

Posted in Bush defends his presidential record at 12:24 PM JST - 13th January
SimondB at 12:41 PM JST - 9th January

First of all, almost every other major country in the world used torture during times of war on POW's (or captured), why does the US have to stand out?

Uhmmm, Shining Beacon on the Hill? Humanities last chance? Yearly round up of Human rights abuses around the world?

So what…

Posted in Cheney: CIA did nothing illegal in interrogations at 12:41 PM JST - 9th January
SimondB at 11:26 AM JST - 9th January

Several points:

On the economic disaster the us now faces Cheney, in defending Bush says...."“I don’t think anybody saw it coming,”

Wrong. Many wiser minds then Bush (and I mean MANY) warned of major, major economic tsunamis on the way. Bush normally responded with dribble about the worlds strongest economy…

Posted in Cheney: CIA did nothing illegal in interrogations at 11:26 AM JST - 9th January
SimondB at 02:46 PM JST - 29th December

I do not come from a background that is anti - Israel. But I cannot in any way or manner find it in my heart to support these killers in any way. take this:

Israel widened its deadliest-ever air offensive against Gaza’s Hamas rulers Sunday, pounding smuggling tunnels and a…

Posted in Israeli troops mobilize as Gaza assault widens at 02:46 PM JST - 29th December
SimondB at 11:53 AM JST - 28th December

I won't use it. It would just go straight to my head.

Posted in Beer shampoo at 11:53 AM JST - 28th December
SimondB at 08:08 AM JST - 25th December

If he had oil he would be long gone.

Posted in Tutu urges international community to threaten Mugabe with force at 08:08 AM JST - 25th December