Town Hall Meeting for Americans in BKK

[Guest RichLB]

I received the following email from the US Embassy? If anyone goes, I'm sure many of us would appreciate a report on what was discussed.

 

Message to the Americans in Thailand

 

Town Hall meeting: Monday, April 26, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the J.W.

Marriott, 4 Sukhumvit Road, Soi 2, Bangkok, in the large ballroom.

 

You are invited to attend a Town Hall meeting on Monday. Ambassador

Eric G. John, along with other officials from the Embassy, will be

present to discuss the current situation in Bangkok.

 

The Town Hall meeting for American citizens only will be held on Monday,

April 26, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the J.W. Marriott, 4 Sukhumvit Road, Soi

2, Bangkok, in the large ballroom. The J.W. Marriott can be reached at

66-2-656-7700.

 

Bring your passport or other form of U.S. citizenship! You must present

proof of U.S. citizenship at the door in order to be allowed in to the

Town Hall meeting. You will not be admitted without proof of U.S.

citizenship.

 

Acceptable forms of U.S. citizenship are:

--U.S. passport,

--U.S. birth certificate plus photo identification,

--Consular Report of Birth Abroad plus photo identification, or

--Naturalization Certificate.

 

This is opportunity is intended for American citizens and is an

off-the-record meeting intended to inform American citizens about the

latest developments in Bangkok.

 

The American Citizen Services Unit of the U.S. Embassy can be reached by

phone at 66-2-205-4049 and by e-mail at ACSBKK@State.gov.

[Guest RichLB]

Damn, just noticed my fingers were on the wrong keys when i typed the subject title and I can't figure out how to edit that and fix it. Sorry.

[Guest lvdkeyes]

Your mistyping got my attention.

[Gaybutton]

If you edit your post using the full editor, you should be able to correct the title. Of course, there's always proofreading before hitting the post button . . .

 

Anyway, that meeting seems like it will be interesting. If anyone attends, please let us know what is said.

 

I'm really not sure what the embassy can tell us that most of us wouldn't already know from keeping up with the news, but maybe they know something we don't.

[Guest jomtien]

Damn, just noticed my fingers were on the wrong keys when i typed the subject title and I can't figure out how to edit that and fix it. Sorry.

 

 

For a minute I thought Marlee Matlin was posting.....

[Guest]

Well, I did correct the title of the article. I forgot to change the fir and replace it with for. Why? I grew up with family from Tallahassee, Tennessee to Tyler, Texas and my family always used fir.

 

Are you voting fir Obama?

 

How fir are you driving today?

[Guest lvdkeyes]

For a minute I thought Marlee Matlin was posting.....

Marlee Matlin is deaf, not blind.

[Gaybutton]

Well, I did correct the title of the article.

"Anerucans"

 

That's a correction?

[Guest]

"Anerucans"

 

That's a correction?

 

Damn it. Why so picky?

[Guest jomtien]

Marlee Matlin is deaf, not blind.

 

 

Well duhhhhhhhh.....I KNOW that.

 

It was a politically incorrect comment on the way she sounds when she talks.

 

 

 

"Never mind.", Emily Litella, Saturday Night Live

[Guest RichLB]

Did anyone here attend this town hall meeting? If so, what of importance was said?

[Guest RichLB]

This arrived in my email inbox just now:

 

On April 26, 2010, United States Ambassador Eric G. John convened a Town

Hall meeting for American citizens in Bangkok. Joining him were other

Embassy officials to answer questions from the audience. During the

more than hour-long meeting, the Ambassador emphasized the need for

Thailand to solve its political differences peacefully and without

bloodshed. He also added that the Embassy was in frequent contact with

all parties in the current political situation and that the United

States Government has emphasized the importance of earnest negotiation

to resolve differences. "We are stressing this message to key people

who need to hear it," he said. More than 600 Americans joined the

event.

 

American citizens were urged to exercise caution and good judgment while

travelling in Bangkok and should be aware of the possibility of

disturbances elsewhere. Americans were also encouraged to:

 

* defer non-essential travel to Bangkok, but must also determine

for themselves what is essential and what is not;

 

* be prepared for the possibility of more violence;

 

* register with the U.S. Embassy website

<http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/embassy/acsregform.htm> and receive the

latest Warden Messages;

 

* refer to the Department of State's travel website

<http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/emergencies/emergencies_4254.html>

, which includes information on the Department of State's role in a

crisis abroad and on crisis preparedness;

 

* and monitor local media for the latest information.

[Guest tdperhs]

Well, I did correct the title of the article. I forgot to change the fir and replace it with for. Why? I grew up with family from Tallahassee, Tennessee to Tyler, Texas and my family always used fir.

 

Are you voting fir Obama?

 

How fir are you driving today?

If you are from Tyler, Texas, you should be asking, "Are you voting fir Obamar?"