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2009-01-24 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Blue Sky 2009-01-24 02:30|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 If he/she ever decides to defect, DailyKos/HuffPo/insert yer favorite moonbat site will have some stiff competition.

Bravo!!! I would have given it a 10 if Lil' Kimmie would have been invoked, but it is a definite 9. The juche is strong in this one.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-01-24 10:54|| 2009-01-24 10:54|| Front Page Top

#2 meh - they used "philistine" twice. Once would've been sublime. The second indicates thesaurus failure

Posted by Frank G 2009-01-24 11:43|| 2009-01-24 11:43|| Front Page Top

#3 It has the full feel of "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"

Posted by Darrell 2009-01-24 11:50|| 2009-01-24 11:50|| Front Page Top

#4 political pigmy was a very nice touch. Good, derisive phrase, with self-contained imagery.

There is no mention of juich, or other well worn phrases. This little rant is a ray of hope, the rising of the Phoenix for KCNA. It is more thoughtful and imaginative than the famous KCNA rants of yore.

With a balanced diet and nutritional supplements, this writer will go far. Definitely a 9.072.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-01-24 13:36|| 2009-01-24 13:36|| Front Page Top

#5 While lacking in a superior signature (Sea of Fire) it does hold together well, and dast I say it... flows.

9.178

Posted by .5MT 2009-01-24 16:17|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2009-01-24 16:17|| Front Page Top

#6 No one knows that Ishihara may go the lengths of calling for annexing Japan to the U.S. in the future.

I give it an 8, but only because they contradicted themselves. A "crazy ultra-nationalist" wouldn't call for annexation of Japan to the US. especially if one reads Ishara's previous stuff.

Posted by Pappy 2009-01-24 19:35|| 2009-01-24 19:35|| Front Page Top

#7 such bad guys as Ishihara who is steeped in the hysteric Samurai spirit

Bad guys? One hopes that is merely a translation error. That childish phrase resonates out of phase with the rest of the rant.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2009-01-24 20:01|| 2009-01-24 20:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Not a bad rant. The "steeped in the hysteric Samurai spirit" is getting there but needs more alliteration. And I miss the Sea of Fire. Just ain't the same without it.

Posted by SteveS 2009-01-24 21:19|| 2009-01-24 21:19|| Front Page Top

#9 *holds up card* 2.4

An obvious cribbing of western polemic: merely replace Governor Ishihara with President Bush, Japan with America, and samurai with cowboy, and you get what has been written tens of thousands of times on the Internet and world press.

We have been so long without a worthy performance from any KCNA writer that it is patently obvious that proper judging standards have slipped down the memory hole. As the originator of the Rantburg KCNA scoring system, it falls to me to remind everyone not to be swayed by the presence of terms such as "juche" or "sea of fire" or even the lack thereof. Terms, words, and phraseology are merely tools. They are the nuts and bolts of a performance whose main goal is the glorification of Dear Leader, DPRK, and the Army. A fine KCNA performance is one of superlative A$$KI$$ING, with the vocabluary a measure of the vigor ofapplication thereto. At the same time, there is artistry as well: just as a world-class athelete strives hard to make his performance look effortless and easy, so a KCNA performance should present the writer as being the most sincere person in all of North Korea, with not the slightest clue, hint, or indication that his job, his housing, family, health, and very life are dependent on him vigorously pandering to a world-class egomaniac. In this, "Army first" was superlative. If there ever is a class on "corporate ladder climbing" offered in any of the big 10 business schools, his columns will be case studies.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2009-01-24 22:08|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2009-01-24 22:08|| Front Page Top

#10 *happy sigh* Ptah, that was glorious.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2009-01-24 22:24|| 2009-01-24 22:24|| Front Page Top

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