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2010-05-02 China-Japan-Koreas

UN official praises N. Korea health system

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Posted by lotp 2010-05-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 And absolutely none of the obesity problems that are all too common in the developed world.

Posted by gorb 2010-05-02 00:59|| 2010-05-02 00:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Margaret Chan will be interviewed on Oprah next week.

Posted by Ralphs son Johnnie 2010-05-02 03:07|| 2010-05-02 03:07|| Front Page Top

Dr. Chan found the new Potemkin Memorial Hospital to be most impressive.

Posted by DMFD 2010-05-02 03:46|| 2010-05-02 03:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Ugly thing, likely it will draw unhealthy interest from the Atares Beta 3 arrowhead collection club.

Posted by Shipman 2010-05-02 09:53|| 2010-05-02 09:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Huh. Wonder if it's just one hell of a bribe, or whether some NKor agent really earned his counterfeit Franklins last month & found a particularly nasty skeleton in Dr. Chan's closet.

Posted by Mitch H. 2010-05-02 09:58|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2010-05-02 09:58|| Front Page Top

#6 It's far from the first stupid thing she's ever said. Check out her wikipedia bio entry for more of her choice gems. I especially like the first half of the last line: Chan's moral integrity has been publicly challenged

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-05-02 10:56|| 2010-05-02 10:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Look at it from her viewpoint. As a health professional, she sees no one in the hospital, so she thinks the population is healthy. All of the equipment is old, so they must not need any new, high-tech replacements. No one is fat, except Kim Il Daddy-o, so there are no obesity-related diseases. Everyone walks, so they are well-exercised. There are no sprawling cemeteries, so it means they all live long time (sorry, I couldn't resist). No one gets hurt in car crashes and there is no drunk driving.

So, as a clueless bureaucrat with an undergraduate in Home Economics and an equally bureaucratic degree in "public health" she is just reacting to sensory input, not logic.

And yes, I'm sure she go to go anywhere she wanted to go. Riiiiiiiight.

Posted by Dash Riprocket 2010-05-02 15:16|| 2010-05-02 15:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Nice summary, Dash Riprocket.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-05-02 23:21|| 2010-05-02 23:21|| Front Page Top

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