If North Korea is saber-rattling on the part of their dear leader, here we are titillating. But you can call what is happening in the Philippines as also saber-rattling. Well, on the Korean side they’re also titillating. Pero mas maganda ’yung ating expression.—Fidel V. Ramos
Former President Fidel V. Ramos refuses to go away. Before he left for a conference in Mumbai, he advised Gloria Arroyo to fess up and reveal her plans post-2010. Upon his return, he suggested to Arroyo that she try to resolve the impasse over North Korea’s nuclear- weapons program.
“Our efforts should be on the diplomatic side because we have diplomatic relations with North Korea.”
He said it would be worth her while to mediate the conflict because, if the situation deteriorates into a nuclear face-off, trade among Asian nations will suffer.
“That is the biggest damage that could happen in the Philippines.”
He also reminded Arroyo that there were 50,000 Filipinos who live and work in South Korea.
Arroyo should listen to Ramos. He is not making light talk. He has seen her attend all sorts of international conferences, dishing out unsolicited advice to world leaders on matters ranging from the global financial crisis to global warming. He believes she can talk some sense into Kim Jong-Il.
She could be the right person to do it. My research showed that Kim and Gloria are soul mates.
A backgrounder on Kim, prepared by Global Security Org., shows that Kim, like Gloria, is a micromanager.
“Kim Jong-Il micromanages every detail of government business. Kim Jong-Il created a system of summarizing an account of events from all over North Korea into a daily report format during consolidation of his power within the party. Even county or municipal parties are to report directly to the party center if the event is deemed significant enough to warrant its attention. (Party center is the term North Koreans use to refer to Kim.)
And they have similar personalities.
“Kim Jong-Il’s impatience and extemporaneous behavior contrasts markedly with Kim Il-Sung’s magnanimity and charisma. The elder Kim was mindful of advice from others, while Kim Jong-Il is arrogant and self-centered in policy decision. In addition, the junior Kim does not take kindly to criticism or opinions different from his own. Kim Jong-Il’s personality can be characterized by suspicion, and is extremely emotional in his expression of his likes and dislikes, which borders on double personality.”
Further investigation uncovered more parallels.
They both majored in economics, he in Marxist political economy, she in capitalism, and neither one of them has anything to show for it other than a “military-first” policy to maintain power amid economic decay.
Both have dealt head-on with their countries’ hunger problems. Kim heard about rabbits the size of dogs, so he decided that breeding giant rabbits was the solution to North Korea’s famine. Gloria’s husband saw that many of the nation’s hungry were toothless, so he decided to donate free dentures to those with nothing to eat.
Kim spends his country’s resources on nuclear-power development. Gloria spends it on political power enhancement.
Both appreciate a good drink. He gets drunk on Hennessy, she on power.
Both are avid golfers. His propaganda bureau claims he routinely shoots three or four holes-in-one each time he plays a round. She does not publicize her scores but, like Kim, she has a propaganda bureau that will tell you anything she wants you to hear.
Kim is retiring for health reasons. She is not retiring, also for health reasons.
The list of similarities is far from complete.
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lol, soulmates..
Kim Jong Il is a President who starves his people. Pursues Nuclear Bomb. With his country’s food supply dependent from the outside worlds like China, Japan,U.S., etc… North Koreans are starving. They are voting with their feet. Trying to get out of their country, thru the Chinese border.
If Kim Jong Il is not mad. He may be some evil UFO alien out from this world .
Gloria Arroyo was born with a silver spoon on her mouth. She capitalized with her family name. She is good in duplicity. I know
she will not listen to anybody. She is just a power hungry politician. Husband, Mike Arroyo, Sr. seems like a docile house husband. It a classic matriachial society situation, common in our
country.
Interesting, I had guessed that the Mr. might be influencing the Mrs. in significant ways.
Joe
From what I’ve heard they are equal partners.
Hi. MB.
You quite a eascal (wink).
Tulog pa yung newfound ‘groupies’ mo (wink again).
Will reserve my comments for later, Kuya. :)
Pyonyang is a typo – shouldn’t that be Pyongyang?
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please include, both have a population that behaves like feudal subjects, a crucial component if you need to run things with impunity.
North Koreans people behave like Robots. Look at their political
shows. Everybody moves in the same way. Government propaganda is
the only source of news. The North Koreans people are disconnected
from the rest of world and from our present civilization. Not feudal society, but Communist Stalinist Society. Typical of the Old Soviet Union, China, present day Cuba, etc…
The Soviet Union (Russia), China and Vietnam have gotten out of that
kind of communist ideology. Because it was not working.
There’s a big difference.
Kim Jong Il runs a nation that is relevant to the world.
Gloria Arroyo runs a nation that wouldn’t make headline news even if it were swallowed up by the sea tomorrow.
Pinoy nga naman talaga.
Parang aso.
Matangkad lang kapag naka-upo.
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Gloria Arroyo is actually only good as a bureaucrat — a petty, mousy, fussy one. And also, a teacher — yung masungit.
Ay, that was not a reply to you Benigno. Just a regular comment on ManuelB’s post.
At ang Pinoy tulas ng koreano kumakain ng aso
This one really belongs in a rubber room.
Referring to the Son of Heaven in a Confucian Hermit Kingdon and his number one fan bO…
His frequent rantings about his wish for unilateral assured destruction is so similarly delusional with GMA’s pronouncements about her first world economy accomplishments.
The Son of Heaven should ask GMA who her poster man is.
Together with bO they believe that they are MENSA chapters in their minds.
Hermit Kingdom meets Enchanted Kingdom
hmmm. you seem to miss another similarities between the two leader – the height. or maybe this is Manolo quezon thing not yours.
But I strongly disagree though that similarities translate to being soul mate.