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Fascinating satellite image
Topic Started: Oct 13 2006, 08:10 AM (387 Views)
Dewey
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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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They just go to bed earlier in North Korea.
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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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I much prefer this photo to any I've seen of Donald Rumsfeld's wife.
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Wow
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how sad :(
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Oct 13 2006, 12:32 PM
I much prefer this photo to any I've seen of Donald Rumsfeld's wife.


How 'bout his girlfriend?

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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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:veryangry:

Maybe I need to come up with catchier subjects
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Shoot, have you seen my electrical bill lately?

I'm moving to N. Korea.

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Oct 13 2006, 01:21 PM

:lol2:
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TomK
Oct 13 2006, 08:48 AM
jazzyd
Oct 13 2006, 12:32 PM
I much prefer this photo to any I've seen of Donald Rumsfeld's wife.


How 'bout his girlfriend?

YEA MOMMA!!!

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pwned... kudos to ny1911.

"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685.

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"Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011

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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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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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He's certainly making himself an easy target.
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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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Great picture. That's really shocking. No pun intended. :P
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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. :D

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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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