Monday, January 2, 2012

The Cult of the Kims

With the death of the "Dear Leader", Kim Jong Il, the propaganda machine is hard at work creating a new mythology around Kim Jong Un. Not much is known about "The Great Successor". The good folks at the Korean Central News Agency are, at present, still memorializing Kim Jong Il. They never gave up on Kim Il Sung, calling him the "Eternal President". Unless there is a zombie apocalypse, I don't really see him returning to take the reins anytime soon. The Kims may have been brutal dictators, but they were full of entertainment value for the outside world.
Just to name a few..

1. They constructed a fake city right across the border from South Korea, known as Kijong-Dong. It is considered by the North Koreans to be a collective farm, serviced by a childcare center, kindergarten, primary and secondary schools, and a hospital. However, the buildings are observed to be mere shells of concrete..A fake Propaganda city, complete with loudspeakers constantly lambasting the South.

2. Kim Jong Il once kidnapped a South Korean filmmaker known as Shin Sang-ok, in order to make a commie version of Godzilla. The filmmaker escaped, thankfully.

3. In 1994, K.C.N.A reported that the "Dear Leader" shot 38 under par on a regulation 18-hole golf course..Not to mention 5 holes in one! Too bad he doesn't live in the U.S.. The PGA could really use a guy like that.

4. The entire outside world loves and is greatly inspired by the "Dear Leader". Wreaths are constantly arriving on his birthday and committees to study "the Juche Idea" are popping up all over the world..Even in the U.S. The whole world is now mourning his death.

5. Kim Jong Il was born on the sacred mountain, Mt. Paekdu. A new bright star lit the sky and winter suddenly became spring. Rainbows painted the sky soon afterward.

6. "Dear Leader" wears 4 inch platform shoes to conceal his height. Also, the hypocrite that he is, moved disabled residents from Pyongyang, along with short people, to prepare for the World Festival of Youth and Students. The second, in a most nefarious way. He had pamphlets advertising a new height boosting pill sent out among the populace..Those that replied were sent away.

7. Every resident in the D.P.R.K. must have hanging portraits of the two Kims in the home. They must be dusted or arrests could be made.

8. It was reported by Hennessy, in the 90's that Kim Jong Il spent about $600,000 to $850,000 annually on the cognac.

9. Kim Jong Il invented the hamburger.

10. Kim Il Sung restarted the calender starting with the day of his birth..Known as the beginning of the Juche era.

11. In a press conference held in Seoul, President Jimmy Carter highly praised him, saying that President Kim Il Sung was
a pre-eminent man who was as great as George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, the most illustrious early US
Presidents, all combined. (I know..He may have said it, but i would like to think he didn't!)

12. The "Dear Leader" has inspired the fashionistas of the world with his his zipped up khaki tunics. I wonder if he dubs his singing over American pop songs too. He could also be the only rock star in the D.P.R.K.

The D.P.R.K, as it is today still lives in the dark..Both figuratively and literally. China doesn't need the refugees should they fall apart, soviet style, and the Western world worries what might become of those nukes.. and that is nothing to joke about. The so-called "Great Successor" has a lot on his plate with which to deal, if he is, in fact the one in charge.