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RS. Calls for Implementing This Year's Tasks under Uplifted Banner of Songun
2005-01-04
Happy New Year from Kimmie and the boys!
Rodong Sinmun Sunday editorially calls on all the party members and servicepersons of the Korean People's Army and people to enshrine the pride and honor of being the first generation who uphold the Songun politics of fearless leader Kim Jong Il, peerless statesman who pursues Songun politics, and continue making a long journey of the revolution under the great Songun banner.
"Rah! Rah! Siss-boom-bah! Boomalakka boomalakka! Yay, team! Cheat!"
It is a noble obligation and duty we should fulfill for the times, history and the future generation to bring into fuller bloom the true picture of the Songun politics, the powerful socialist political mode in our times, the editorial notes, and goes on:
As it invariably does...
We should always enshrine the truth that the country and socialism remain strong and the victory of the cause of Juche is guaranteed thanks to Kim Jong Il who ushered in the new history of Songun politics and become human bombs and bullets who protect him at the cost of their lives.
"I mean, if a bunch of A-rabs can get out there and explode, why not us? We have less to live for than they do, even!"
We should fully repose the absolute trust in the headquarters of the revolution and manifest stronger sense of revolutionary obligation towards it and protect the unity and cohesion of the revolutionary ranks based on the Juche-oriented Songun idea and line as our own eyeballs.
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"Surely it is due to the foresight and Songun munificence of Fearless Leader that we have eyeballs in our heads. Without them, we would be the country of the blind, susceptible to the Deep Laid Plots™ and Nefarious Schemes™ of the one-eyed!"
We should glorify for all ages the revolutionary exploits, the tradition and treasures achieved by Kim Jong Il under the great banner of Songun as the eternal cornerstone of our revolution and the most precious treasure of the nation.
"... like that time he visited the chicken farm."
The servicepersons of the Korean People's Army should always preserve the admirable fighting trait with which they devotedly defended the headquarters of the revolution during the "Arduous March" and bore the brunt of the struggle to glorify Korean-style socialism. We should increase in every way the might of self-reliant defence industry we have built up from scratch in the spirit of fortitude.
Ah, yes... the "Arduous March".
"Long March" was already taken. And March 17th is St. Paddy's Day. All that left was the Arduous March.
All the party members and other working people should make the spirit of attaching importance to the army and military affairs prevail throughout the society and bring the traditional trait of army-people unity into fuller bloom. The editorial calls on the entire party and army and all the people to turn out as one to thoroughly implement the militant tasks set forth in the joint New Year editorial under the uplifted banner of Songun and glorify the 60th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea and the 60th anniversary of national liberation as grand festivals of proud victors.
Bon appetit!
Posted by:tu3031

#6  "Songun" is the "Army First" policy. "Juche" is either a tasty breakfast drink or the "self-sufficiency" policy.
Posted by: Fred   2005-01-04 6:28:35 PM  

#5  Army policy first Doc.

It what's good for the Army is good for the Norks policy. Do not confuse with Juche.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-01-04 6:26:20 PM  

#4  I won't even rate this. It's not a diatribe, just a loopy "rally the troops and tighten our belts (again)". I think they've really lost the touch due to calorie deprivation.
Posted by: Spot   2005-01-04 6:07:07 PM  

#3  Okay, I feel kinda stooopid, but what exactly is, "Songun Politics"?
Posted by: Steve White   2005-01-04 6:02:26 PM  

#2  Sing, sing a Songun
Sing out loud, sing out strong
Sing of Juche things, not bad
Sing of happy, not sad . . .
Posted by: Mike   2005-01-04 5:59:10 PM  

#1  Okay, this is nutz, but is it possible that the insane asylum at KCNA is backing off a little for a reason?

2.5 and looking for pictures.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-01-04 5:16:53 PM  

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