Comments on: LMB’s First 100 Days

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:14:35 +0000

#24,

I think some of Roh’s supporters came up with that one. They didn’t like the fact that one of his nicknames, a play of words on his name, meant ‘absence of a brain’.

By: roboseyo

roboseyo — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:17:23 +0000

I also enjoyed the read. Thanks, RJK.

By: soondae

soondae — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:56:12 +0000

‘Instead, he was dead set on meeting with US President Bush at the soonest possible moment, and equally committed to resolving the beef issue before the meeting.’

This meeting has controversy written all over it.

By: Mizar5

Mizar5 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:32:09 +0000

Well it’s not as if we didn’t all predict it. Long time Korea watchers know how long the history of this left-right split goes back. It turned a large nation into a peninsula and then divided the peninsula. Korea is actually 3 countries, corresponding with the 3 kingdoms of old. Who said Korea embraces change?

By: gbnhj

gbnhj — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:42:05 +0000

For some reason, whenever I see 2MB, I always think of CH2M HILL.

By: Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog)

Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:23:25 +0000

Well, duh, Robert — the question here is why that play on his name is being made. My colleagues said it was because he wasn’t a modern thinker. Perhaps there’s another explanation.

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:52:45 +0000

Actually, it’s a play on his name “이” 명박.

By: Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog)

Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:27:16 +0000

I think the “2MB” moniker implies he’s a bit dim — try to run software in 2MB these days.

By: templar

templar — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:56 +0000

Oh, and the article was a good read. Thankyou

By: templar

templar — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:52:00 +0000

Thanks for the link to the Rhee info. He had quite a few opposition candidates “suddenly die” durring election campaigns didn’t he?