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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 13 2006, 08:10 AM (387 Views) | |
| Dewey | Oct 13 2006, 08:10 AM Post #1 |
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![]() http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1811 North Korea might now have The Bomb, but it doesn't have much electricity Blackout: While South Korea is a blaze of light, there's barely a glimmer in North Korea As the world grapples with how to rein in the "axis of evil" state which this week conducted a nuclear test, this spectacular satellite photo unveiled yesterday by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld shows in stark detail the haves and have-nots of the Korean peninsula. The regime in the north is so short of electricity that the whole country is switched off at 9 p.m. - apart from the capital of Pyongyang where dictator Kim Jong-il and his cohorts live in relative luxury. But even there, lighting is drastically reduced. The result, as shown in this picture taken one night earlier this week, is a startling contrast between the blacked-out north and the south, which is ablaze with light, particularly around major cities and the capital, Seoul, in the north-west of the country. Mr Rumsfeld showed the picture to illustrate how backward the northern regime really is - and how oppressed its people are. Without electricity there can be none of the appliances that make life easy and that we take for granted, he said. "Except for my wife and family, that is my favourite photo," said Mr Rumsfeld. "It says it all. There's the south, the same people as the north, the same resources north and south, and the big difference is in the south it's a free political system and a free economic system. "The people in the north are starving, their growth is stunted. It's a shame, a tragedy." An aide added: "This oppressive regime is too busy trying to make war to make life comfortable for its people." |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| JBryan | Oct 13 2006, 08:15 AM Post #2 |
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They just go to bed earlier in North Korea. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| John Jacob Jingoism Smith | Oct 13 2006, 08:18 AM Post #3 |
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Middle Aged Carp
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Hm, could they market themselves as a vacation destination for amateur astronomers....? Oh wait, too many ground vibrations shaking the telescope mount. |
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Jingoism You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. Anne Lamott | |
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| jazzyd | Oct 13 2006, 08:32 AM Post #4 |
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I much prefer this photo to any I've seen of Donald Rumsfeld's wife. |
| One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards. | |
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| kenny | Oct 13 2006, 08:38 AM Post #5 |
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Wow |
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| justme | Oct 13 2006, 08:44 AM Post #6 |
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how sad
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"Men sway more towards hussies." G-D3 | |
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| TomK | Oct 13 2006, 08:48 AM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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How 'bout his girlfriend? YEA MOMMA!!!
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| The 89th Key | Oct 13 2006, 09:13 AM Post #8 |
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Yeah, I remember seeing this image (below) a couple years ago. They really are on a different planet!
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| ny1911 | Oct 13 2006, 09:21 AM Post #9 |
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Maybe I need to come up with catchier subjects |
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So live your life and live it well. There's not much left of me to tell. I just got back up each time I fell. | |
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| Nobody's Sock | Oct 13 2006, 09:22 AM Post #10 |
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Shoot, have you seen my electrical bill lately? I'm moving to N. Korea.
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| justme | Oct 13 2006, 09:33 AM Post #11 |
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"Men sway more towards hussies." G-D3 | |
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| Kincaid | Oct 13 2006, 10:04 AM Post #12 |
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Well, she is built like a tank. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| Dewey | Oct 13 2006, 10:20 AM Post #13 |
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pwned... kudos to ny1911. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| ivorythumper | Oct 13 2006, 10:35 AM Post #14 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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That satellite intel poses a military challenge: how can we bomb them back into the stone age? |
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| John D'Oh | Oct 13 2006, 11:10 AM Post #15 |
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We force Kim to turn out his night-light, which I'm guessing is the big shiny thing on the left. No more Janet and John books, for you, your Supreme President-for-life-ness! |
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| justme | Oct 13 2006, 11:23 AM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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He's certainly making himself an easy target. |
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"Men sway more towards hussies." G-D3 | |
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| ejs | Oct 13 2006, 12:52 PM Post #17 |
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Has anyone seen any thermal imagery after the lights go out? I looked and can not find any. Just curious. |
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| Ben | Oct 13 2006, 03:21 PM Post #18 |
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Great picture. That's really shocking. No pun intended.
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- Ben "Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing." - Duke Ellington bennieloohoo@gmail.com Or you can just PM me.
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| 1hp | Oct 13 2006, 03:29 PM Post #19 |
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What I wonder is how they managed to light up the border around the country so nicely. Must be using those illuminated ropes I keep seeing.
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