President Roh Moo-hyun’s visit to Washington Friday bought some “breathing room” for negotations to get going, according to South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon in the JoonAng Daily
“[The summit] has wiped out concerns presented by some regarding the alliance, and set the direction in which the South Korea-U.S. alliance will move,” said Mr. Ban, who quoted U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as calling it an “excellent meeting.” White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.
But wait, there’s more!
Officials from both countries asserted that the ball was in Pyongyang’s court. Mr. Ban said, “I think the time has come for North Korea, as a responsible member of the international community, to answer by giving up its nuclear program and making a wise decision that can be respected.” Mr. McClellan said, “It is time for North Korea to come back and be prepared to move forward in a serious way on that proposal.”
The Chosun Ilbo has a story that makes us think of a disco song:
Observers interpret this as Washington giving Pyongyang ???one last chance,???? in the words of Prof. Je Seong-ho of Chung-ang University. Prof. Hyeon In-taek of Korea University said things could get difficult if North Korea rejects even these signals. Former foreign minister Hong Soon-young called the summit ???a grave moment in resolving the nuclear issue???? but warned, ???From now on, our government must prepare for all eventualities.????
Talk like that always makes us feel better.
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Tough crowd, man. Tough crowd.
Some young sucklings may have not weaned yet to understand the disco song Marmot is referring to.
( “Last Dance” - Donna Summer )
How about just half a change?
Tonight…
Hey can’t you see?
This is my last chance…romance
That’s right
I need you by me
Beside me to guide me
To hold me, to scold me (NK needs a lot of this)
‘Cause when I’m bad
I’m so, so bad (NK has been BAD!)
So let’s dance the last dance
Let’s dance the last dance
Let’s dance this last dance
Tonight
Whoa, I need you by me (But KJI needs friends!)
Beside me to guide me
And to hold me, to scold me
‘Cause when I’m bad
I’m so, so, so, so bad, so
Come on baby do the last dance
Come on baby one more last chance
Come on baby last dance tonight
(But, this is the LAST chance, KJI!)
I think I am going to withdraw previous statesments towards certain person(s) posting here.
The Chosun Ilbo has a story that makes us think of a disco song:I want analysis, you give me inanity.
Actually, that gentle dig aside, the reason I’m writing here is that I am channeling Oranckay to find out what is going on with his blog (and the stand-off between him and his service provider).
Maybe I should do this: Oranckay! Oranckay! Oranckay!
Oranckay! Oranckay! Oranckay! Oranckay! Oranckay! Oranckay! Oranckay!
Point taken.
I will give you more “analysis,” less “inanity.”
I will give you more ?€œanalysis,?€? less ?€œinanity.?€?Since inanityis a lack of substance or sense, or an emptiness, then giving less inanity is actually giving more substance.
It’s all good. My advice at this point would be try harder to inform or provoke thought, and don’t try so hard to entertain and bedazzle.
Maybe then you can find the Marmojo.
Just when you think you’ve got Baduk all figured out, he breaks out with a Donna Summers number! It’s all groovy, baby!
Baduk does indeed amazes me with his versatility
Mr. Baduk, that was brilliant–pass it on to Park Jin Young and see if he can get Baby VOX to resord it.
could it really be bill gates trying to pass himself off as baduk?
Hmmm, looks like the Marmot’s temporary bandwidth crisis is over. A bit early in the month for that, isn’t it? Must be too many comments on Shelton’s prolific contributions that crashed it!
President Roh Moo-hyun?€™s visit to Washington Friday bought some ?€œbreathing room?€? for negotations to get going, according to South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon
Actually, it bought some breathing room for the current ROKGOV finally to demonstrate that they can be a genuine ally and play a useful role in resolving the NORK situation. I predict that they will fail miserably once again on both counts, with the outcome being that Uncle Sam will be taking both the NORKS and the SORKS to the woodshed for some well-deserved discipline.