We spent 10 hrs today driving from Bangkok to the family home in the North. About halfway there, about the time we crossed over into Northern Thailand, I had some freeing ideas.

It occurred to me that probably none of the hard working people here in the North would be impacted in any way by the actions of the crazy US politicians. These people just continue with their productive lives every day, just as they have been doing for decades/centuries.

One of the Thai people’s greatest sources of pride is the fact that Siam/Thailand was never ever colonized by any European power. They are the only people in Southeast Asia with that distinction! I admire them.