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Reply #15 - 25th Oct, 2010 at 1:59am
 
Longhang, your lack of paragraphs and capitalization in your posts make them very annoying to read.

Marijuana makes most people who smoke it lazier, dumber, and poorer. Increased tax revenue is not worth a population of addicts. I applaud the Lao government for their anti-smoking campaigns. There is a good reason why most of the world outlaws it.

Obama's health bill will not reduce healthcare's cost. Forcing unhealthy people to buy government subsidized insurance will raise your taxes. You will pay, Surprise! Perhaps you can't see past his politcal rhetoric, but Obama is the closest thing to communism the US has ever seen.

That of which has nothing to do with vehicle insurance. The system in place in Laos is not much different from a liability-only policy you can purchase in the US. If you wreck somebody, you will have to pay either way.

To open a McDonalds franchise is not the role of a government. It is based on whether or not an investor believes there is a profit to be made.

As for sending troops to into war zones to kill terrorists, that is the most idiotic statement I've heard in a long time. I don't even know what to say to that.
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Reply #16 - 25th Oct, 2010 at 8:55am
 
BlastSweep wrote on 25th Oct, 2010 at 1:59am:
Longhang, your lack of paragraphs and capitalization in your posts make them very annoying to read.

Marijuana makes most people who smoke it lazier, dumber, and poorer. Increased tax revenue is not worth a population of addicts. I applaud the Lao government for their anti-smoking campaigns. There is a good reason why most of the world outlaws it.

Obama's health bill will not reduce healthcare's cost. Forcing unhealthy people to buy government subsidized insurance will raise your taxes. You will pay, Surprise! Perhaps you can't see past his politcal rhetoric, but Obama is the closest thing to communism the US has ever seen.

That of which has nothing to do with vehicle insurance. The system in place in Laos is not much different from a liability-only policy you can purchase in the US. If you wreck somebody, you will have to pay either way.

To open a McDonalds franchise is not the role of a government. It is based on whether or not an investor believes there is a profit to be made.

As for sending troops to into war zones to kill terrorists, that is the most idiotic statement I've heard in a long time. I don't even know what to say to that.
well accordingly to Encyclopedia of the Nations there are no kfc or mcdonalds in laos so rather or not a mcdonals business would succeed or not is determined by communist laos and not base on rather it would be successful or not,

laos needs to get involve in world crisis, what i mean is a democratic laos would need to go out there and help others. right now communist laos care for nothing but its own a$$, its military has little to no experience in modern warfare,

if 80 percent of the population has insurance and 20 percent dont how does the 20 percent pay to fix someone up that they killed or injured? how would they be liable for deaths or harm to others if those 20 percent do not have any form of insurance? therefore to protect a democratic lao citizen from accidents i think its mandatory everyone has at least liability insurance and the ones who are caught without it go to jail or pay stiff fines because we're talking about safety, a democratic lao government exist to protect its people.

before obamas health bill what did we have? yes we had health-care that bankrupt families, pre obama health reform nearly 50 million americans did not have health-care because the price was unaffordable in many cases they just couldn't get it because of this or that etc, like i mentioned early it costed me 1,000 bucks just to get my hand stitch and my grandpa paid 90k for an over night stay for an operation. i've seen enough of Michael moores documentary on americas past health care system to know enough that without health care reform many people are going to suffer and will continue to suffer. my question is do you speak from compassion or do you speak with money in mind? obviously its the latter. of course this health reform that obama pass cost billions but guess what it doesn't matter what you or i think, its the vote that counts. people voted for abama and this health care reform is what they want. that's democracy for you.

and finally alcohol can also make you lazier, dumber and poorer too, really there's no argument that weed or marijuana is worse than alcohol. statistically alcohol is worse. you can choose to believe whats most logical to you but the facts speaks for it self.

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Reply #17 - 26th Oct, 2010 at 11:15am
 
Admin Saovaluck wrote on 24th Oct, 2010 at 8:53am:
I don't think that alcohol is worse. You can't die from drinking alcohol, but smoking marijuana can harm your heart and lung just like smoking tobacco.

Young people can't drink, but they can't go to jail for drinking alcohol. People, regardless of their age, will go to jail for possessing weed/pot. That's the difference.

There are legal and illegal drugs in Laos. Weed happens to be illegal.

About vehicle insurance, it's up to the owner of the vehicle if they want to have it, and it should remain that way. If you get injured in an accident and you are not at fault, the other driver will still have to pay for your medical expenses and the cost of fixing your vehicle.

There are businesses in Laos that sell burgers and fries, they are just not called McDonald's and Burger King.

Laos is a small country, so we don't have enough military personnel and capabilities to be sending troops to war zones overseas. We need to look after our own backyard.


You can't die from drinking alcohol????....I'm willing to bet that more people die from alcohol and alcohol related issues in the world than from weed...for one, just look at all the liver diseases associated with alcohol abuse....and please...don't classify marijuana as a drug because its not...Drugs, are items processed in laboratories...synthetics!....weed is a plant....Look, as with anything you indulge in, there needs to be a complete understanding about what you are taking...ABUSE is the key componant...People everyday abuse PERSCRIPTION drugs...drugs that are legal!!!...and we turn a blind eye to that...but thats ok right??....Education my friend...education...Yes it's illegal now and the laws need to be adhered to....but get ready dear editor..the world of legalized (and controlled) pot is just around the corner
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Reply #18 - 26th Oct, 2010 at 11:17am
 
...and yes, please keep the fast food places out of here!!
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Reply #19 - 26th Oct, 2010 at 11:48am
 
That guy wearing Quantanamo uniform must be either a drug pusher or junk food agent, oh, possibly an insurance broker too.
I suppose horse or chariott insurance was widely accepted in US 300 years ago, also Gucci and Tiffany shops were everywhere too (300 years ago).
We're talking about a nation which is effected by war (caused  by the Yanks) and is one of the poorest, there are millions issues to make life easier for the population than insurance and junk food. As economy advances and those things will follow.
Laos never have a strong army and I hope it continue because all the countries which tries to built up their army, at the end it creates conflicts and people get hurt.
Rely on VN to help, better look at their history, how they treat the Cham and the southern Vietnamese, you Laos even rank below those two.
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Reply #20 - 26th Oct, 2010 at 4:19pm
 
macro wrote on 26th Oct, 2010 at 11:48am:
That guy wearing Quantanamo uniform must be either a drug pusher or junk food agent, oh, possibly an insurance broker too.
I suppose horse or chariott insurance was widely accepted in US 300 years ago, also Gucci and Tiffany shops were everywhere too (300 years ago).
We're talking about a nation which is effected by war (caused  by the Yanks) and is one of the poorest, there are millions issues to make life easier for the population than insurance and junk food. As economy advances and those things will follow.
Laos never have a strong army and I hope it continue because all the countries which tries to built up their army, at the end it creates conflicts and people get hurt.
Rely on VN to help, better look at their history, how they treat the Cham and the southern Vietnamese, you Laos even rank below those two.
who him? LOLZ, no actually he is chai vang, a hmong hunter who killed nearly 7 white hunters in wisconsin, if you want to learn more about him just wiki chai vang, anyway its not just about junk food that mcdonalds or kfc can offer laos, a democratic laos would benefit from it financially. mandatory insurance laws is there to protect the people and hold people accountable for their actions, PLUS it create jobs and open up markets that the government can bank on as well as individuals. before the pathet laos took over the royal lao government worked with the french, yes early colonialism back then was horrible and i understand, but look at the infrastructure and technology that france colonialism brought to laos. on the other hand the pathet lao wanted to reverse that, they wanted to go backwards and live a backwards society. a democratic laos would open up relations with the world. a democratic laos would need a strong army, one that continues to advance its military power. imagine if aliens attacked laos, the country be squished like a bug. america on the other hand has nuclear power to fight back, in this world of eternal struggle a developing country like laos need to take what it can and do what it should with force if necessary to secure a respectable place in this world.

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Reply #21 - 26th Oct, 2010 at 10:02pm
 
Drfeelgood, The reason why many people don't die from weed is because it is illegal in most parts of the world. Therefore the average Joe don't have access to weed, to prevent more people from dying. Only a minority of drug addicts associated with a drug ring find ways to buy them on the black market.

Marijuana is classified as a "drug" under the Controlled Substances Act.

Yes, some people abuse prescription drugs but they come with instructions/recommendations on the packet. If people follow the advice, they should be fine.
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Reply #22 - 25th Dec, 2010 at 5:52am
 
longhang wrote on 25th Oct, 2010 at 1:18am:
Admin Saovaluck wrote on 24th Oct, 2010 at 9:51pm:
I'm sure the Lao military are testing their equipment on home soil. Most of these equipments are second hand from Russia so we can't be involved in real battles when we lack modern military equipment. We only have enough resources to look after our own backyard.

If a vehicle hits you, the driver/rider will need to pay for your medical bills regardless if they have insurance. The police will work it out if there is an accident.

People can't just open a McDonald's restaurant. It's a franchising company, so you would need to qualify and have permission to open one. You need to invest alot of money and everything must meet the standards of McDonald's, if there are drunks drinking beerlao in McDonald's, that will give the company a bad name.

I don't much about marijuana, so didn't know that it can be turned into paper.
yea it probably will cost a lot to open a mcdonalds, i believe it cost around US $250,000 to open one but i think it would be cheaper to have one in laos where U.S money would go a long way. the trick to a successful democracy if laos were to have one is to give the people what they want, in turn they work hard for it and become productive over time. poor people sometimes stay poor because there's nothing they want to work for especially in developing nations that's why you have to give them some form of incentive. so what laos need to do i think is to change its government or all will die trying. when you quit fighting you dont deserve to live right haha jk and yes theres many uses for marijuana starting with being able to be turned into paper or transformed into fabric. now i dont know about the health cost in communist laos but it cost thousands even hundreds of thousands to operate on someone in american hospitals like this one time when i went in and got a stitch it cost me a thousand dollars, one night stay with operation cost my grandpa $90,000 but right now its better with president obama's health bill which will reduce cost i think that why i say its important for everyone to have motor insurance.

It's not viable to open Macdonald in Vientiane yet, Most people are making just around 100-200 per month. how can these people can afford to buy them.but up north near the Chinese Boarder and have lot of Chinese tourist and the casino maybe it's good place to start.
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Reply #23 - 25th Dec, 2010 at 7:55am
 
The price of the burgers will need to be affordable.

None of us will see a McDonalds restaurant in Laos in our lifetime.
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The price of the burgers will need to be affordable.

None of us will see a McDonalds restaurant in Laos in our lifetime.


That's ok if Laos don't have McDonald yet. I like Lao food better. In the U.S I eat McDonald, Pizza about one a month. It's cost about $5 for a meal. They also has $1 menu. Most Lao people can afford it if they open one plus million of tourist would like it too.
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Reply #25 - 25th Dec, 2010 at 9:14am
 
I heard that in the US, you get value for your money for a meal. Burgers are big.
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Reply #26 - 25th Dec, 2010 at 5:28pm
 
Food is cheap and affordable in the U.S. They have many of fast food restaurant. You have lot of choice and GDP is high. American GDP is $42,000 a year. They have .50€, $1 burger, taco, $5 Pizza  or $1,000 burger in Las Vegas for super rich.

If they open fast restaruant. Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Burger King in Laos they also need to hired a lot of Lao worker. A win win situation for Laos. I think.
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Reply #27 - 25th Dec, 2010 at 9:11pm
 
Yes, I'm sure there's plenty of variety in the US when it comes to food.
$1,000 for a burger? That's amazing.

Rice and noodle dishes are eaten more than dough in Laos, so it's better to have restaurants that is more profitable to the owners and also what the locals enjoy eating.
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Yes, I'm sure there's plenty of variety in the US when it comes to food.
$1,000 for a burger? That's amazing.

Rice and noodle dishes are eaten more than dough in Laos, so it's better to have restaurants that is more profitable to the owners and also what the locals enjoy eating.


Yes most Lao people prefer Asian food Lao, Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese. Supply and demand if few people eat McDonald they'll be out of business. But I think they be fine if it open in good location. Where there is a lot of tourist. What I notices is little kids like to eat them. In the U.S many high school student work there after school to earn extra cash. I like the jobs creating idea. If there are 100 McDonald open all over Laos it will create jobs. Fast food restaurant are franchise so anybody can own the business if they have money to invested.
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Reply #29 - 26th Dec, 2010 at 6:39pm
 
If there are lots of tourists in the area, I'd rather open a club. That will be more profitable and jobs will also be created.

People go to Laos to eat Lao and Asian foods. Western foods like McDonald's is risky, that's why you don't see one in Laos today. Business people are smart, they've already thought of every idea that is best for them and opening a McDonald's in Laos is not high on their agenda.
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