Comments on: Will it take me an hour to get home tonight? http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/ Korea... in Blog Format Wed, 3 Dec 2008 05:38:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43522 sewing Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:22:56 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43522 What's with the wonky page-like break halfway through Michael's comment #9? What’s with the wonky page-like break halfway through Michael’s comment #9?

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43521 sewing Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:22:09 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43521 An hour? Man, you could have <i>walked</i> that distance in an hour! Looking at that second photo, I've never seen so many 이동 파출소 in one place at one time.... An hour? Man, you could have walked that distance in an hour!

Looking at that second photo, I’ve never seen so many 이동 파출소 in one place at one time….

]]> By: snow http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43496 snow Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:51:07 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43496 Don't these demo-ers have better things to do? What a complete waste of time. Let the rest of the population go about their business making money. The fools can waste their own time, just don't waste everyone else's. Don’t these demo-ers have better things to do? What a complete waste of time. Let the rest of the population go about their business making money. The fools can waste their own time, just don’t waste everyone else’s.

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43489 michael Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:50:14 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43489 Well, maybe I won't go walking through protests here anymore: http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200607/200607130017.html Well, maybe I won’t go walking through protests here anymore:
http://english.chosun.com/w21d.....30017.html

]]> By: snow http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43485 snow Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:16:55 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43485 With such demos and seemingly widespread opposition to the FTA (or is it just the usual leftists and those with the loudest voices?), I'm surprised that the Roh-nothings are still pushing forward with it. If the FTA goes through, they'll have accomplished one thing in their 5 years of incompetence in power. With such demos and seemingly widespread opposition to the FTA (or is it just the usual leftists and those with the loudest voices?), I’m surprised that the Roh-nothings are still pushing forward with it. If the FTA goes through, they’ll have accomplished one thing in their 5 years of incompetence in power.

]]> By: Juggertha http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43479 Juggertha Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:29:50 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43479 Michael, I must have ben right by you. From 5:00-6:00 I was wandering in and out of the police lines. What struck me was the numbers. In the paper they claimed anywhere from 20,000 - 50,000. I walked all the way from gwanghamun to City Hall and saw no more than 10,000 total. Either I missed something or the news boys are fudging their numbers. Michael, I must have ben right by you. From 5:00-6:00 I was wandering in and out of the police lines.

What struck me was the numbers. In the paper they claimed anywhere from 20,000 - 50,000. I walked all the way from gwanghamun to City Hall and saw no more than 10,000 total.

Either I missed something or the news boys are fudging their numbers.

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43472 michael Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:50:32 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43472 Mr. Marmot, I feel your pain--Kwanghwamun Station was closed at 5.30 pm so I joined the sodden masses heading down to city hall on foot, trying to get home. City hall was surrounded by police but there was a small opening between police buses and out of curiosity I detoured through city hall plaza--the riot, um, protest had just ended and there was a stunning amount of garbage everywhere, plastic rain covers, umbrellas, hats, fliers, etc. I don't have any opinion about the FTA per se, yet seeing the response to the talks on it it seems the whole ambivalence of Koreans toward Migook is again on display. Mr. Marmot, I feel your pain–Kwanghwamun Station was closed at 5.30 pm so I joined the sodden masses heading down to city hall on foot, trying to get home. City hall was surrounded by police but there was a small opening between police buses and out of curiosity I detoured through city hall plaza–the riot, um, protest had just ended and there was a stunning amount of garbage everywhere, plastic rain covers, umbrellas, hats, fliers, etc.

I don’t have any opinion about the FTA per se, yet seeing the response to the talks on it it seems the whole ambivalence of Koreans toward Migook is again on display.

]]> By: jonnyh http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43439 jonnyh Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:01:02 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43439 Things were a wet mess on the East side too. Dongbu expwy north of the Han was flooded by the Jungnancheon and empty. Don't know where all the cars went that usually fill it up every evening. Things were a wet mess on the East side too. Dongbu expwy north of the Han was flooded by the Jungnancheon and empty. Don’t know where all the cars went that usually fill it up every evening.

]]> By: Max Watson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43423 Max Watson Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:58:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43423 ahhhh... now I better undertstand that broadcast message I got last night on my phone. Would have loved to have been there to get some photos and tell angy inquisitive people that i'm not American, but, perhaps some country they're never heard of, "부가부가 사람 입니다!" ahhhh… now I better undertstand that broadcast message I got last night on my phone. Would have loved to have been there to get some photos and tell angy inquisitive people that i’m not American, but, perhaps some country they’re never heard of, “부가부가 사람 입니다!”

]]> By: MrChips http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43418 MrChips Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:50:08 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/13/will-it-take-me-an-hour-to-get-home-tonight/#comment-43418 Took me all of 30 seconds to get home yesterday to my place in Ilsan. The almost 1 foot of water surrounding my building convinced me not to take the 10 minute trek to 청발산역. I promptly marched right back to the elevator and up to my hooch. Apparently a good decision judging from the news photos of the subway station. Took me all of 30 seconds to get home yesterday to my place in Ilsan. The almost 1 foot of water surrounding my building convinced me not to take the 10 minute trek to 청발산역. I promptly marched right back to the elevator and up to my hooch. Apparently a good decision judging from the news photos of the subway station.

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