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2005-06-03 China-Japan-Koreas

Rice Transplantation at Full Swing in DPRK

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Posted by Steve 2005-06-03 08:51|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 IMHO the solution to North Korea's problems woule be the transplantation of Consolezza Rice in lieu of Kim il Dement.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-06-03 09:37|| 2005-06-03 09:37|| Front Page Top

#2 JFM, that's exactly what I thought when I read the headline. Figured the "full swing" was into dementia of Dicktator Ill, as he's been running his mouth a lil' too much lately (especially in light of his connections to the Iranians' nuke program and the Norks' dealings w/ Syria-see the story below about the Syrian's lightin' off a few scud's). With him, it's always "Look at me, look at me" whenever another member of the Axis of Evil(tm) gets press attention!

Posted by BA">BA 2005-06-03 09:41|| 2005-06-03 09:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes, now DPRK will have no difficulty meeting their goal of feeding a full 15% of their citizenry for 60% of the year.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-06-03 09:46|| 2005-06-03 09:46|| Front Page Top

#4 The fields of the country are turning green day by day thanks to the devoted efforts of the peasants and helpers.

They must be painting them.

Posted by tu3031 2005-06-03 09:54|| 2005-06-03 09:54|| Front Page Top

#5 "You want to plant the seeds, or fertilize them?"

Posted by BH 2005-06-03 10:12|| 2005-06-03 10:12|| Front Page Top

#6 I read this as a sign of some catastrophic problems in NK land. How bad must things be in the countryside for them to have to send city clerks out to help plant. Transplanting rice is a labor intensive process, but most functioning countries that grow rice have no problems with the labor supply necessary for the planting. I could see any country, which lacked machinery and fuel resources, having trouble with the harvest, but planting? Are significant numbers of peasants sick or dead? Only the Dear Leader really knows...

Posted by DO 2005-06-03 13:02|| 2005-06-03 13:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Doesn't China do the same -- send out the Army to help with planting and harvesting? Rice is terribly labour intensive at those points, I believe, as it all has to be done manually.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-06-03 13:17|| 2005-06-03 13:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Servicepersons are taking the lead in helping the rural communities. Soldiers of the Kim Song Dok unit and other units of the Korean People's Army have been doing labor-consuming work in Yoltusamchonri field and other fields, thus making it possible to carry out the rice-transplanting at an early date.

Hard work from behind a gun barrel: "plant or die!"

And if the army is busy ~~guns pointed in the wrong direction~~ in the fields, now would be a good time engage a military solution.

Posted by john">john 2005-06-03 14:49|| 2005-06-03 14:49|| Front Page Top

#9 There are machines to transplant the rice. The small Japanses farmers even use a walk behind machine that looks like a roto-tiller.

Posted by ed 2005-06-03 15:13|| 2005-06-03 15:13|| Front Page Top

#10 Commie societies are often described as being stratified between the old and very young - the "old" folks are the ones with the knowledge, desire, and experience to farm or plant, the "young" generally want jobs and wealth in the developed cities. Once the "old" generations are gone, regardless of the reasons, society is left with few or no one to farm and engage in base, vital agriculture, i.e. to feed the masses. Even for regulation-, slave/tribute-, and government-happy Commies, national modernization and industrial dev doesn't mean anything when everyone is starving and eating grass andor other human beings. Once the Army begins eating "long pigs/cows", i.e. forced to engage in cannibalism, Kimmie and the Party is histoire' - Pyongyang will either implode or the Chicoms will invade to save it. Commies being Commies - you know, Clintonian "Good Nazis/Fascists" - before these events happen they want the USA under Socialism and OWG, ala 2015-2020. IFF THE CLINTONS FAIL, BE READY - NO MORE LIMITED WARS BUT ALL-OUT GLOBAL NUKE WAR TO DESTROY AMERICA!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-06-03 22:21|| 2005-06-03 22:21|| Front Page Top

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