Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Kim Jong O

Every now and then I browse the North Korean news website just for the sheer weirdness of it - here's a sample from this morning:

Double-Cropping Done by Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang, November 17 (KCNA) -- It was on a Sunday of June, Juche 53 (1964).

An official who visited the residence of General Secretary Kim Jong Il was perplexed by the unimaginable scenery of the garden.

There grew thick trees of economic value in the garden and grain crops, industrial crops, vegetables as well as fodder grass in patches.

Sowing soybean as the second crop after wheat in a patch, Kim Jong Il kindly invited the official to join in sowing with a hoe.

The leader said that as the after-crop beans sprout leaves not so much, the close planting would not have influence on the sunshine over the crops, indicating the plant-interval to him.

When the official said that it was likely to harvest two tons of soybean per hectare, the leader stated with confidence that he anticipated three tons, not two tons and he would reap 6.5 tons altogether in the first and second crops.

The official was full of admiration. The leader told the official that he had fixed various species of crops as double-cropping ones and done experimental cultivation for a few years, stressing that the reserves for increasing the grain production were double-cropping and close-planting.

The official keenly realized that the patches were not simple experimental ones but a breeding farm for the development of agriculture of the country.



Apart from the awkward English, it suddenly dawned on me how much this sounded like the Obama administrations recent recounting of their great deeds in job creation:

Many Jobs Good Saved By Great Leader Obama

Washington D.C., November 12, 001 (First year of Great Leader)

An important official visiting many states under General President Obama was perplexed at many beautiful jobs created and happiness in land.

Many unicorns strutted in beautiful scenery as happy children sang praises of dear leader. The official smiled and told General President that "many millions" of jobs had been "saved or created" in District 15 of Arizona protectorate. The leader said he worked very hard to make people happy and maybe not "many millions" in District 15, but at least several hundred thousands in 42nd Obamamate in protectorate of Connecticut."

The official keenly aware of Great Leaders beautiful genius in economic recovery and full of great admiration like all people under leader.
Coming to a press box near you soon - it's already at MSNBC.





3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I find it hilarious that there are still people who think that somehow the current unemployment situation has anything to do with Obama...

The lunatic fringe spends all sorts of time saying that Obama hasn't saved any jobs (and then in the same sentence complain that he saved GM, of course... guess letting GM die wouldn't affect anybody's job in 'conservative-land'); none of them seem to realize that this mess was started under Clinton, and W's complete lack of engagement about (well, anything at all, really) allowed the economy to fall over the brink.

Obama inherited a house on fire, and whining about how he hasn't yet put that fire out reflects on both the stupidity of his predecessor, and the stupidity of those who are trying to make the currrent situation into something Obama could possibly do more to control.

Complaining is not a solution to anything...

Marty Heflin said...

Good old Sellersburg back again...glad you are still out there bathing in the Kool Aid. Glad too to have the voice of reason labelled the "lunatic fringe," but then when all else fails, resort to the ad hominem attacks.

1. GM has not been saved. All that has happened is that controlling ownership of the company has been transferred to the UAW. It would have been far better to have let it fail and re-create itself, but then O couldn't have rewarded his union thug buddies. What was their reported loss earlier this week? $1.15 BILLION!! They will ultimately fail under O's tutelage, and we will be out a LOT of money.

2. Obama did inherit a house on fire...W should never have authorized the first round of the bailout...but if the house is on fire, to use your analogy, you don't pour gasoline on it by adding still more debt. The deficit has QUADRUPLED...wake up.

3. I'm not complaining - I am laughing at statists who think they know so much, like the imminently qualified Chairman O, when the solutions are painfully obvious.

Jack said...

That's some good Kool-Aid there, anonymous (By the way, take the time to man/woman up and put your name out there).

1) GM. Should have been allowed to fail. Since complaining apparently isn't a solution (and judging by your post, you are well-versed in the effectiveness of complaining)...here's a solution. Let GM fail. No more bailouts. Demand full repayment of the money NOW. Or let the UAW take its natural course and drive it out of business. Some company will fill the void, and if America can't do it efficiently, then it shouldn't be an American company.

2) The roots of "this mess." Well, yes, W takes some blame. As does Clinton. But it goes back to Carter too. And let's really hit one of the prime criminals in this, Barney Frank.

3)Situation that Obama could control. Yeah, he did inherit a mess. A house on fire, if you will. But he's gone and thrown napalm on it.

He ran on a platform of being able to fix things. Control things. Bring things back to normal quickly. Don't stand there and defend him, because, really, in the light of current economic data, it makes you look like a party idiot. (Which, judging by your astute choice of name to post here, you most certainly couldn't be.)

Please reference this graph to answer any other questions you might have.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wjZWSkmW1xY/SvR00p-Zk5I/AAAAAAAAA4w/spnz7WTWuy0/s1600-h/11-09-unemployment.jpg

Not sure if that's fringe enough for you