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NORTH KOREA UNVEILS NEW AIRPORT, EXECUTES ARCHITECT
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| 07/07/2015
| Daniel Greenfield
Posted on 07/07/2015 11:13:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Liberals often wish we had the same infrastructure expansion as Communist China. The Commies are of course famous for getting things done, even if the things are broken, don't work and aren't actually useful. The USSR got a lot of things done that didn't need doing. The end result were actual environmental catastrophes that liberals don't like talking about.
Meanwhile here their infrastructure projects are unworkable and can't get done because of their own senseless environmental reviews in which you have to spend years and millions of dollars on consultants just to repair a bridge.
Meanwhile North Korea is getting lots of things done. Like a gleaming new airport that hardly anyone will actually use.
North Korea's propaganda machine has spent days promoting a new airport in Pyongyang, showcasing the building's sleek glass walls and espresso stations. But the images, which feature Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, fail to mention that the building's principal designer was likely executed last year because Kim was unhappy with the design.
Well that's a minor issue. Stalin executed lots of architects. Never stopped liberals from admiring how he got things done. And North Korea probably killed fewer people building this airport than the average Stalinist construction project.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency published a 30-photo slide show Thursday of Kim Jong Un and his wife touring a two story international terminal in Pyongyang's airport. It's the latest appeal to potential tourists since Kim ascended to power in North Korea three years ago, featuring a jewelry store, coffee bar, a pharmacy, a chocolate fountain and other luxury amenities.
That's in a country where people are starving to death.
But this is where Socialism ends up, with an elite ruling class, a mass of terrified peasants and desperate attempts to attract wealthy tourists with luxuries. Compare North Korea to South Korea. And remember that if the left wins completely here, this is what we'll eventually end up looking like.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airport; communism; execution; northkorea
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To: SeekAndFind
We need to be more like the norks so we could execute the architects of giant goverment boondoggles too.....
Grueber would not be long for this world...
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posted on
07/07/2015 11:34:56 AM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: SeekAndFind; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna
Kimmy to Architect: “There are no people! Where is people? Show me people!”
To: SeekAndFind
It's the latest appeal to potential tourists since Kim ascended to power in North Korea three years ago, featuring a jewelry store, coffee bar, a pharmacy, a chocolate fountain and other luxury amenities. What, Syria is booked??
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posted on
07/07/2015 11:36:24 AM PDT
by
BerniesFriend
(Sarah Palin-"Lord knows she's attractive" says bitter Andrea Mitchell and the rest of the MSM)
To: SeekAndFind
So is the new Korean International airport code “KIL”?
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posted on
07/07/2015 11:36:45 AM PDT
by
tophat9000
(SCOTUS=Newspeak)
To: SeekAndFind
What?
All of his toadies carry racing books?
“Put me down for a hundred on Old Glue in the fifth at Santa Anita.”
Credit where credit is due. He picked himself a good looking wife.
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posted on
07/07/2015 11:37:46 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: SeekAndFind
WHAT's WRONG WITH THE DESIGN THAT IS WORTH EXECUTING THE ARCHITECT FOR? The signs are in Engrish!!!!
Oh and Kim hates Baby Brue!!!! Baby Brue reminds him of U.N. inspectors!!! Dark Brue onry!!!!
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posted on
07/07/2015 11:38:11 AM PDT
by
commish
(The takers rule. Time to implement the triple G plan - GOD, GUNS, & GOLD)
To: Larry Lucido
I noticed, only Departure gates, no Arrival. LOL
To: PATRIOT1876
There must be a few Kukuruzniks still around.
To: SeekAndFind
Since this is in north Korea, why does the second picture have “Parking Clearance” in English?
To: SeekAndFind
...and in the last picture there’s “DEPARTURE”......weird
To: cicero2k
Fewer than Orange County, CA airport.John Wayne Int'l?
I love flying through there. I get to visit the Lyon Air Museum. Always a blast.
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posted on
07/07/2015 11:43:42 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: George from New England
I noticed, only Departure gates, no Arrival. LOL Na, they have an Arrival gate
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posted on
07/07/2015 11:45:35 AM PDT
by
tophat9000
(SCOTUS=Newspeak)
To: SES1066
The first picture, which appears to be an artist’s impression, also shows this terminal to be directly on the coast. I think this is supposed to be a new international terminal added to the existing airport, which is actually 15 miles from the coast. If you’re standing on the runway at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, it’s very unlikely that you could even see the coastline from there, even though the first picture makes it look like the runway ends 100’ from the water’s edge.
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posted on
07/07/2015 11:45:38 AM PDT
by
Milton Miteybad
(I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
To: SeekAndFind
” And remember that if the left wins completely here, this is what we’ll eventually end up looking like.”
They ARE winning, and we don’t have any nice new things, just Detroits from coast to coast. We’ll be lucky to look like Calcutta.
To: blueunicorn6
They are required to write down his wise sayings. It makes him look like a sage. Kim Jong Il thought of it I think.
Flattery of the Leader is a NK trait.
To: AppyPappy
And the only chewing gum on sale in the kiosks is Juche Fruit.
To: SeekAndFind
He spelled Departure in English?
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posted on
07/07/2015 11:57:18 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: SeekAndFind
Looks like Hotel California: ‘You can get out, but you can never leave.’
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posted on
07/07/2015 11:57:46 AM PDT
by
Quality_Not_Quantity
(Liars use facts when the truth doesn't suit their purposes.)
To: Uncle Miltie
Okay, if wishes were horses, they'd actually would be almost as busy as Fargo's.
Well, that, and somebody would be dining on basashi more often.
To: AppyPappy
I enlarged the photo to see what they were writing.
“Shama lama ding dong”
“Pick up fresh tree bark for supper.”
“I wonder if Suzie likes me? I like her.”
“Here’s the crap I write to look busy.”
“How can one guy talk for five hours about corned beef?”
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posted on
07/07/2015 11:59:21 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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