| Thanks for the rundown. As I've said before, we need to be putting that kind of energy into creating democracy over here. Yeah, we have "freedom" and can speak out on the Internet, but troops are still being moved over to Iraq so it's impotent freedom.
Nicholas Kristof's column on North Korea today talks about its leader's complete lock on public opinion:
The Speaker is like a radio, but permanently on and without a choice of stations. It's the electronic umbilical cord from the Great Leader, waking citizens up each morning and putting them to bed each evening with a mix of heroic songs, denunciations of "the American war-maniacs" and tributes to Kim Jong Il, "the greatest of great men produced by heaven."
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The Speaker is a reminder that North Korea is like no other country in the world today. It was eerie to interview groups of North Koreans and then hear them praise Kim Jong Il in unison, like synchronized robots, a feat of hagiography unmatched except in Washington when White House aides give interviews.
Ha ha. How about, "unmatched except by Congress, the American media, and a pliable public." I don't Kristof goes nearly far enough to show how much we've come to resemble North Korea, post 9/11.
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Nicholas Kristof's column on North Korea today talks about its leader's complete lock on public opinion:
Ha ha. How about, "unmatched except by Congress, the American media, and a pliable public." I don't Kristof goes nearly far enough to show how much we've come to resemble North Korea, post 9/11.
- tom moody 1-07-2003 6:38 pm