Monday, October 13, 2008

Subterfuge for Dummies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081013/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_kim_photos;_ylt=AgLErFPmZuObnXtBGZU5Ueus0NUE

I'm starting to think that there's some sort of Axis of Evil Supervillain Handbook. So that anyone can be considered at threat to US security and get it right the first time. Chapter One - Issue questionable photos as proof of life. Obviously, the Beloved Leader has been reading up.

Didn't we just go through this with Castro? And before that with bin Laden? They issue photographs to "prove" that they're alive and kicking, thank you for your concern, but there are weird little inconsistencies. No time signature, no reference to current events, hair darker than the last time we saw them, anonymous background. Of course, since Kim Jong Il has been rocking the same look for years (Roy Orbison's glasses, Gomer Pyle's uniform, Bob's Big Boy's hair), it's hard to pin a date based on his appearance.

So, any way, Kim Jong Il, we wish you a speedy recovery after not having brain surgery. And we certainly wouldn't want to imply you needed brain surgery because of not feeding your people, or making them or allowing them basic human rights. Anyway, kisses! Don't feel better - wink wink!

3 comments:

WashingtonGardener said...

I don't know why - but I just don't care about this story - if Kim is dead or alive - seems to be same old crap in N Korea and the people's lives are not improving.

FirePhrase said...

Is he the last of the Kim family? Not that they wouldn't have another paranoid despot completely unrelated to the Kims to replace him, but new blood might be a good sign. Maybe? Possibly?

victory4angela said...

Sadly, there will probably be another crazy loon leader waiting in the wings.

Can we ask to see photos of him picking apples or sipping apple cider since it's Autumn there? Maybe in a couple of months, he could be skiing or throwing a snowball. Ehh, photshop can do anything so those pics could be forged too.

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