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2003-02-19 Korea

North Koreans Give Voice to Deep Anti-U.S. Feelings

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Posted by tu3031 2003-02-19 11:35 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The United States used nuclear bombs to invade other countries"
Twisted view of history, but it doesn't surprise me one bit: they are also taught from a young age that the reason the sun rises in the east is because dear leader wishes it.

Posted by RW 2003-02-19 10:07:03|| 2003-02-19 10:07:03|| Front Page Top

#2 "Kim Chong Duk, a North Korean band manager"

They have brand managers in North Korea! In the West that job description involves figuring out how to get consumers to buy your company's product instead of the dozen or so other options on the shelves.

The NK per capita GDP is something like $400 and they eat grass. Why the hell do they need brand managers?

Posted by JAB 2003-02-19 10:15:21|| 2003-02-19 10:15:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh. Band manager, now it makes sense.

Posted by JAB 2003-02-19 10:16:12|| 2003-02-19 10:16:12|| Front Page Top

#4 The sole obstacle for uniting the two Koreas into a nation of 63 million people was the presence of American troops on the peninsula. "The South must expel that presence," he said. "Only then will it be possible to unify."

Remember they tried to "unify" the country in 1950?

Posted by Fred 2003-02-19 10:48:04|| 2003-02-19 10:48:04|| Front Page Top

#5 A heavy blow to coercion! Razor sharp judgement given to Americans and murderers!

Heh heh, gotta luv the NorKors....I'm gonna miss 'em.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2003-02-19 11:33:38|| 2003-02-19 11:33:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Band manager? Looking for gigs at the Copa, or what?

Posted by Chuck 2003-02-19 12:39:56|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-02-19 12:39:56|| Front Page Top

#7 About a month ago there was a NYTimes interview with a North Korean woman who had defected to South Korea. She said she had believed all that propaganda until she saw the high quality of South Korean pocketbooks. That was her suggestion for bringing down the regime -- flood North Korea with high quality consumer goods! (Also Bibles, apparently an afterthought).

Posted by Sharon 2003-02-19 12:45:19|| 2003-02-19 12:45:19|| Front Page Top

#8 After seeing that picture above, I think we should tone down our rhetoric, we don't want to provoke the N.Koreans. After all, those giant bullets look scary...

Posted by RW 2003-02-19 13:19:27|| 2003-02-19 13:19:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Actually, I think they're giant anti-American sex toys.

Posted by tu3031 2003-02-19 13:34:23|| 2003-02-19 13:34:23|| Front Page Top

#10 Errrr...
actually, the US/UN/ROK pretty much did unify Korea around November 1950. It was the appearence of about a quarter million Chinese 'volunteers' that created the division of Korea as we know today.

Posted by Don 2003-02-19 13:46:24|| 2003-02-19 13:46:24|| Front Page Top

#11 mmmm......Bananas

Posted by dsaucer 2003-02-19 14:01:09|| 2003-02-19 14:01:09|| Front Page Top

#12 RW-- Those cartridges are NKor upsizing of Weatherby rounds. Notice the radiused angles of the cases. These suckers will produce a hell of a kick, especially with wildcat powder loadings. I would give these guys a wide berth and much distance, TIC.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-02-19 14:20:50|| 2003-02-19 14:20:50|| Front Page Top

#13 Actually, they're just .308s. The NKOR soldiers are bred for small size -- all the better to run between the enemy's legs unnoticed.

Posted by jrosevear 2003-02-19 15:46:56|| 2003-02-19 15:46:56|| Front Page Top

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