Hey! We are more alike than you think!

by Dram_man on October 15, 2008

in Korean Economy, ROK-US Issues, South Korea, South Korean Politics

Remember the FTA protests? Or heck, just the recent virulent anti-US protests with the charade of being about food safety? Remember the hoary old farmers they would drag out for sympathy, and the government’s assurances to help them “survive”. Well the charade continues.

It seems that as many as 100 of rice “farmers” who needed protection from the evil Americans were simply Korean bureaucrats lining their pockets.  Remember this the next time they want to trot out poor weather-beaten “aboji” and his straw hat and how the evil American cows want to kill him off.

Not that Korea is alone in this bothersome juxtaposition. The Korean bureaucrats can be secure they are joining the likes of the Rockefeller and Bronfman families, and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Grumble…

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1 user-81 October 15, 2008 at 11:13 am

Hey! We are more a like than you think!

What’s a like? I don’t think I’m a like and I don’t think I’m becoming more of a like.

2 Wedge October 15, 2008 at 12:08 pm

Not fair. It’s too easy to skewer the Dramster’s spelling and grammar.

And don’t forget Ted Turner and your favorite peanut farmer:

http://www.ajc.com/metro/conte.....ton2a.html

3 Dram_man October 15, 2008 at 12:11 pm

Ugh! That is particularly bad, and puts me in a mood fouler than when I finished reading my news this morning. “a like” now corrected.

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