[Simmy2.5]

Only Youmans appeared unperturbed by the relentless propaganda. North Korean officials called her "Grandma," and when the group was told to line up by age to walk to the edge of the DMZ, she was at the head of the line. Youmans found the North Korean attitude at the border to be fairly casual and said she loved the "orderliness" of Pyongyang. People were "well dressed and healthy," she said, adding that she believed North Korea could become a "real power one day."

Uhhh...yeah. Real power one day. Uh huh.

Anyways, just want I want to do! Getting my thrills...by visiting a whack socialist cesspool!

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Eighty-year-old Joan Youmans"

Senility kills.

[notfornothing]

she loved the "orderliness" of Pyongyang. People were "well dressed and healthy," she said, adding that she believed North Korea could become a "real power one day.

Wow - this one really has drunk deep of the Kool-Aid. I wonder if she ever asked herself why it was necessary to have government minders at her side at all times...

[This Just In]

Bizarre trip of a lifetime?!

Heck, just visit Michael Jackson at his Neverland Ranch.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Totalitarian governments take care of you," said Altaffer"

And how !

[rwh]

Here is an interesting website about a trip to North Korea. There is several websites on the web similar to this one. I think it is sad what the people of North Korea have to go trough because of their government. I really hope it becomes a free nation sometime in my lifetime.

http://weecheng.com/asia/dprk/index2.htm

[Simmy2.5]

Opps! Forgot an e in 'travelers'.

Anyways, if you check out LA Times homepage, the link to this article (which is the BIG article on the homepage. Well, okay, not 'big' maybe, but it does have a picture of the idiots...I mean tourist), the link to this article are "Wish You Were Here" and "N. Korea: It's Their Dream Destination". Yes! I'm sure the LA Times staff wish they were in North Korea!

[wigswest]

there was a call to boortz one day this last week from some kid who was headed to N. Korea...

What a pathetic dupe.

[martin_fierro]

탁 (ping?)

[shaggy eel]

,,, wherever you go... there you are! Extweem.

[philo]

Real power one day

The North Koreans would probably settle for electrical for a complete day

[proud American in Canada]

Whoa, dude! Kewl! North Korea: like, totally awesome!

Okay I'm going to date myself here but let me just say: gag me with a spoon. LOL

Seriously, though, someone posted a picture of NK soldiers recently--something about their rice hats (?)--and the soldiers (presumably given the best food, medical care, etc.) were very thin, skin and bones.

There are reports of cannibalism in NK. "Special meat"--that's what they call it. I'll find a link.

[toddlintown]

From post #26..."I know that, pindos"

"pindos" looks suspiciously similar to a Lithuanian word.

The word? My wife has one and I don't. Sounds like an insult to me.

[Cogadh na Sith]

American leftists travel to North Korea and dig it....
Big F'n Deal--Dog Bites Man.

The first stop on the tour, for example, was the towering statue of Kim that overlooks this city. Every visitor was lined up at the base and was expected to bow in homage. All five Americans bowed.

You swine. You filthy leftist swine.

I'll tell you one place you will never visit: my house.

I've been in North Korea--from our side of the DMZ--y'all ain't nuthin' but a silhouette in a night vision scope on a sniper rifle on a cold night high a top a hill in the Chorwon Valley.