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Kim Named “2nd Worst Dictator Alive”
The Dong-A Ilbo ^ | 01-08-07

Posted on 01/08/2007 3:35:28 PM PST by mfnorman

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was named as the second worst dictator among all living leaders worldwide in “Breaking Old News: Brian Ross and the Foley Story,” the internet edition of ABC News on January 6. The webcast introduced the five worst dictators alive since the execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, quoting the remarks of David Wallechinsky, the scholar on dictatorship and author of the book, “Tyranny: World’s 20 Worst Dictators.”

Wallechinsky explained why he chose Kim by saying he was an “intriguing person” well known by last year’s nuclear test and controls the North to such an extreme that its residents could not access outside information at all.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.donga.com ...


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he's just going to have to try harder next time
1 posted on 01/08/2007 3:35:29 PM PST by mfnorman
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To: mfnorman

It's ronery at the top


2 posted on 01/08/2007 3:37:27 PM PST by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: mfnorman

where is Bush on this list?


3 posted on 01/08/2007 3:39:29 PM PST by martinidon
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Never #1, awways the bwides maid... *sniff*


4 posted on 01/08/2007 3:41:58 PM PST by chartnah (If you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra)
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To: mfnorman
The author picked as the worst dictator Sudanese President Umar Al-Bashir, who took power by military coup 18 years ago and left hundreds of thousands dead in the recent crisis in Darfur.

I don't think this guy beats Kim Jong, who has starved a couple of million of his own people. Why did he limit himself to the living? Maybe he thought that Stalin and Chairman Mao have already gotten enough attention.

5 posted on 01/08/2007 3:42:19 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: mfnorman

Darn. And he thought that those platform shoes, nifty new hairdo and cool sunglasses, coupled with a spectacular atomic bomb detonation would have made him #1 for sure this year.

Someone is going to face the firing squad for this.


6 posted on 01/08/2007 3:43:48 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: martinidon

I'm sure Bush is #1 on the DUmmies list.


7 posted on 01/08/2007 3:44:34 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: mfnorman
Kim Named 2nd Worst Dictator Alive

I thought he moved into first a week or so ago.

8 posted on 01/08/2007 3:46:37 PM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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Saddam Hussein is worse.

Oh ... Never mind.

9 posted on 01/08/2007 3:46:48 PM PST by IronJack (=)
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To: IronJack

Hah! Beat you to it!


10 posted on 01/08/2007 3:47:32 PM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Nathan Zachary

blame it on your handlers


11 posted on 01/08/2007 3:47:54 PM PST by mfnorman
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To: martinidon

"where is Bush on this list?"

Ten spots below Hillary.


12 posted on 01/08/2007 3:48:31 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Excuse, the pun in this is Kim is seeking attention all the time. By making him number two it would piss him off.


13 posted on 01/08/2007 3:50:08 PM PST by Petey139
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To: Petey139

"Ah, but of course!"


14 posted on 01/08/2007 3:53:04 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: mfnorman

#1 Pelosi


15 posted on 01/08/2007 3:53:52 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: PetroniusMaximus

Pelosi is Democracy's Dominatrix...or is that Hillary....


16 posted on 01/08/2007 3:57:48 PM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, thats how you sell clothing.)
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To: JRios1968
"Its so ronery at the top."


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That's what they say...

17 posted on 01/08/2007 4:12:41 PM PST by Clifford The Big Red Dog (Woof!)
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To: mfnorman

Well, don't let Bush hang him.


18 posted on 01/08/2007 4:13:11 PM PST by BARLF
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To: BARLF

Sorry, forgot the sarcasm /s/ tag.


19 posted on 01/08/2007 4:14:45 PM PST by BARLF
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To: mfnorman; TigerLikesRooster; Jet Jaguar; monkapotamus; All

OH so roaney be second to first LOL!


20 posted on 01/08/2007 4:25:07 PM PST by SevenofNine ("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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