Kind of felt like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day reading about that.

And this guy, Kim Seung Youn, sounds like a real slimeball. When news of this story originally broke, the media reported one of this guy’s earlier exploits.

Seems that at a nightclub a couple years ago, dissatisfied with the service, he demanded that a female employee get on her knees. He then smashed a whiskey bottle over her head, splitting her head open and knocking her unconscious. She was in the hospital for a month. No charges were filed. A real fucking class act.

The only thing worse then the fact that these guys think they’re untouchable is fact that, in most cases, they are.

wjk, I don’t get it. Are you citing the Nawaz Sharif matter from Pakistan in order to excuse the Seoul Court of Appeals’ light sentence of Chung Mong-koo, on the thesis that “Everybody does it”? Or that because Pakistan kicked out a challenger to Pervez Musharraf it means Chung was unfairly accused in a political proseuction? I suspect that’s what you’re doing, because you have a habit of that kind of thing.

Yes, Mr. Carr. Pakistan is 3rd world. Unfortunately some aspects of Korea are still 3rd world. I am excusing the Seoul Court, in the context of the country which it operates in. Blame Chung Wa Dae. Seoul Court takes marching orders. And yes, Chung was unfairly accused in a political prosecution. Yes, what you’re suspecting is pretty much right on. Yes, I have a habit of that kind of thing.

It’s like you’re reading my mind… Just kidding

May Hyundai prosper.

May Korea have truly independent executive, legislative, and judical branches of government.

Pakistan is a third-world shithole with a deeply dysfunctional governance system and a shaky grasp on rule of law. Pakistan is not someplace for Korea to be benchmarking.

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been deported within hours of returning from exile.

After arriving at Islamabad airport he was charged with money laundering and put on a plane to Saudi Arabia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6986584.stm

Exhibit A. Pay attention to it.

This goes on a lot in many countries. Executive branch’s charge is corruption.

There is no contest.

In the above case, he would preferred to jail him or kill him, but Father Bush is looking down and breathing behind his neck, so…

Wasn’t planning to convert a Democrat into a Republican anyway.

Fact One. This may change.

Fact Two.

US Supreme Court simply called a recount illegal based on law that existed prior to Bush and Gore. USSC didn’t help Bush out. They just interpreted the law. If I’m not mistaken the vote was 7-2. That’s hardly along Republican and Democrat lines. And you should discount whatever justices said after the vote. I mean, if they felt that way, the should have voted otherwise, no?

In a numerical nutshell, what it is, is the Korea Discount. The P/E ratio that serves as our best indicator of what the company’s shareholders (owners) really think about the big picture. That hasn’t changed much, has it?

I’m in no lather, but then, I don’t hold any Hyundai shares.