By Well it is nearing the end of the Boryeong Mud Festival and I’m wondering if anyone that attended has gotten sick?:
Thousands of holidaymakers have been enjoying the Boryeong Mud Festival on the country’s western coast, shrugging off news that hundreds of children developed skin trouble in pre-opening events.
The regional health agency has yet to determine the exact cause of the skin inflammations suffered by about 230 children after participating in the pre-events between July 4 and 5.
Research is being conducted on samples of mud, water and other substances, with results expected as early as Tuesday.
“For now, we presume it’s because of some contaminated water coming from Daecheon Stream and an unhygienic environment downtown,’’ a festival organizer told The Korea Times Sunday.
The official insisted the mud itself was safe and the festival was going ahead on Daecheon Beach as scheduled. “We are using cleaner water and strengthening all sanitary steps so tourists don’t have to worry about it.’’ [Korea Times via reader tip]
7:13 am on July 17th, 2009 1
I got sick.
One look at those jiggly Western pigs that think they are God's gift to men and I felt like puking.
If I hear one more lumpy, stringy-haired, no-makeup, chain-smoking, cussing, comfortable-shoe-wearing, stuck-on-herself Western sow complain about how all the Western guys "catch yellow fever" or "hop a yellow cab" and chase "skinny" and "girly" Korean women while ignoring God's Precious Gifts, I might be forced to speak the Truth again… in person.
(I was not "welcome" to the Canadian girls' parties for a couple of years when, in a moment of drunken weakness, I spoke the truth in person (as opposed to only doing it semi-anonymously on the Internet).)
Don't get me wrong… Korean women are just as whacko in their own way… but at least they look like girls… as opposed to the dead end mentality of desperately trying to copy men in the hopes it will make them equal (or superior).
8:46 am on July 17th, 2009 2
That picture reminds me of a fat pig wallowing in mud. You also have to be either an idiot or a child, supervised by an idiot, to wallow in that contaminated cesspool filth.
12:26 pm on July 17th, 2009 3
You boys aren't too smooth with the ladies, are you?
1:07 pm on July 17th, 2009 4
Sorry for the self-plug, but I heard about a couple people who got sick:
http://briandeutsch.blogspot.com/2009/07/swine-fl…
The big thing about the article you linked in the post is that news of the rash wasn't printed in English anywhere save on my site (I'm not bragging, just saying). Last year 83,000 foreigners attended the festival, clearly a minority considering 2.26 million people in all attended, but the festival is the largest draw for foreigners in Korea, so by the media not reporting the story in English clearly something was up. It says people "shrugged off" concerns, but what's more likely they didn't know about them in the first place.
http://briandeutsch.blogspot.com/2009/07/boryeong…
1:57 pm on July 17th, 2009 5
This chick isn't fat. Perhaps she is a bit chunkier than I would ever want to be but she is definitely not fat. I'll tell you what's nasty is guys with b*tch t*ts.
4:43 pm on July 17th, 2009 6
Well don't go hating too much.
But I have to say this: South Korea must have the highest hottest chick concentration compared to anywhere in the world.
4:44 pm on July 17th, 2009 7
It's the pollution… imagine that, crawling around in a sludge of urban water pollution!
6:42 pm on July 17th, 2009 8
Mouse, she is fat. So is the white dude with the needle arms and legs and the fat, flabby, weird looking torso. Denial of and, in many other cases, acceptance of obesity is fueling lard assed Americans. Stuffing half of a 24" pizza down your throat and then lounging around on your fat ass is why Americans are so FAT.
It is strange, but a sign of the times that the dude with the BT's is not wearing a shirt. In my society, people would be ashamed of looking like he does, but not now.
Goooooooooooooood Grieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeef!
9:24 pm on July 17th, 2009 9
"You boys aren’t too smooth with the ladies, are you?"
Sure are… but not with the womyn.
When a lady is a lady, my natural admiration shines through. How can one speak badly of that which is not bad?
Womyn who have confused equality with similarity and believe that copying the actions and attitudes of men will make them "equal" do not necessitate any smoothness on my part… especially when the repeated failure of their theory makes them angry, bitter and hateful.
Hmmm. Fat angry womyn on the wrong side of 30… uh… no thanks.
When I was a teenager, I could look a misshapen dawg-titted skank in the eye and make her think she was worth killing or dying for.
Age and experience allows me to not only be more selective but to also be more truthful… possibly an indication of being more principled… but more likely just not giving a funk what they think because, well, there is nothing there for me.
Living in Asia only reinforces this… of course.
I would even go a step further to say that there are a bunch of guys reading this and going, "Gee, that's exactly what I thought. I just didn't know how to say it."
9:27 pm on July 17th, 2009 10
I attended the event and did not get sick. Though some people that I went with did develop a rash on their feet.
9:49 pm on July 17th, 2009 11
Chickenhead I agree with you 100 percent. Thanks for speaking the truth… NO FAT CHICKS. That's my motto. Remember that t-shirt in the 80's? I need to start it back up
12:41 pm on July 18th, 2009 12
Question for all you guys saying hell no to the fat chicks. Are all of you guys muscular and hot looking? As a woman it's not so easy to hide your lack of physical fitness so it's easier for guys to weed any undesirables out. Unfortunately for us girls, a guys body is much more deceptive in clothes. There isn't anything worse than thinking you're going to get naked with a good looking guy then he takes his shirt off and exposes squishy unshapely body. I cannot count how many times a guy with a hot face took off his shirt and made me want to lose my lunch. To me it's equivalent to a guy finding out his chick has a ****.
*** Note: I exclude all ladies who have just had babies or who have a bunch of them and don't have the time to workout because they don't have any personal time to keep in shape.*** Heartier girls need love too. I'm not saying that heavy folks only deserve other heavy folks but unless you are in shape you really can't demand physical perfection from others.
NO SQUISHY DUDES!!! NO UNFIT GUYS!!!
12:49 pm on July 18th, 2009 13
I'm with you on the pizza thing. There is nothing grosser than going to the grocery store and seeing a huge person stuffing their shopping cart with nothing but ice cream, twinkies, and Bubba burgers. Nasty. I just want to tell them, "Hello?! This is why your so fat! Put that back on the shelf and get some veggies and chicken. I too think that obesity is disgusting but I just don't think that girl in the mud qualifies at obese. If she doesn't get a clue then she will be on the next train to o-town but there is still hope with some exercise.
1:00 pm on July 18th, 2009 14
BS-Buster, is this a self-plug? If so, lame. If you are a guy then why do you have a Hello Kitty thing on posting? If you are a lesbian it's all good.
3:25 pm on July 18th, 2009 15
Man + fat= cool
Woman + fat= not cool
Any more questions?
4:09 pm on July 18th, 2009 16
You must be fat.
4:09 pm on July 18th, 2009 17
It's a crime to post a person's picture without consent.And seriously it's big shame on you guys to badly comment about her figure. Please buy a huge, honest mirror and look at yourself every single day.
It's her life, her appearance and her choice which harm nothing on you. They are your precious women that the God produced. Your mother and sister are American Women,too. Respect them. You don't have any right to ignore and insult anybody. It's kind of nasty and funny to look at your comments. Do you want to be an idiot to insult your women???? Other country member would be laugh at you. Pathetic. Respecting your women means respecting yourself. And asian women are interested in only asian men, so don't care about them. To asian women, western guy is not physically attractive. If they seem to like, maybe for money or better rich life. Just care about your women.
Thanks a lot.
4:51 pm on July 18th, 2009 18
Laugh all you want, but pound for pound, the cat is the most deadliest killer of all.
And if you look closely, my Hello Kitty has got an AK-74.
And just try laughing at this kitty!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3akshKMSpyY
4:52 pm on July 18th, 2009 19
BTW woops, yeah I'm a guy.
4:53 pm on July 18th, 2009 20
No I know what you mean.
When I go back to the US now and then now, there just isn't a whole lot to look at.
5:23 pm on July 18th, 2009 21
In Korea, Woman+some fat = vuluptuous
7:41 pm on July 18th, 2009 22
Funny that a Korean Woman would be giving advice on respecting Women. I hate to break it to you lady but… korean men treat their Women like dogs, it is part of your culture. Also, Korean Women may use American men for money but American men use Korean Women for meat so… I guess we are even, huh?
9:10 pm on July 18th, 2009 23
You totally misunderstood Korean Culture.Korean men respect women no matter they are fat or skinny. They sacrifice their whole life for their family including wife.And a wife do so,too. We respect, love and take good care of each other.
By the way, you use a woman for meat? How classy..
You deserve a gold digger.
Remember. In Korea, there's a rumor that 3rd class girls are chasing for western guy that Korean men never interested in. Good luck!
9:28 pm on July 18th, 2009 24
That is truly BS.
Korean men don't treat their wives very well and the ones that do are often just pansies. It's hard to find some guy who is nice to his woman but is actually a real guy. At least it's not bad like 30 odd years ago when household violence was practically normal.
There's a rumor that "3rd class" girls in Korea go for Western men but considering how attractive some of these guys girlfriends are, I'd say either
a) Koreans have strange taste in women where the ugly is the new pretty
b) It really depends on the girl and although there are some "3rd class" girls who go for Western men, there are some "1st class" girls that go for Western men as well.
Korean men take charge of the household as per what is expected of them, not because they have respect for their women. Again, this varies on an individual basis but if you need to paint a general picture, this would be it. If they don't get a good job, provide for their family etc., their peers will see them as losers and they won't be able to face them. That is the REAL reason behind the "sacrifice." You know what happens later? They get old, they regret all the sacrifices they made, they get angry at the fact that the wife and the kids don't appreciate it as much as they hoped all the while trying to get their kid to become an A+++++ student and go to some top notch school so that they can show people how successful they are.
If Korean men loved their wives so much, they would NOT allow their mothers to do the whole Shijip Sari thing on them. No, instead when the wife has a problem with her mother in law, the husband often gangs up with his own mom against the wife. And his wife finds herself in a very lonely place.
As for the "whore" thing that GIs keep getting a bad rep for, guess who are the most frequent customers that keep these businesses well out of the red and very much in the black? Married, Korean, Male, Businessmen. That's who.
If you want to spread your BS, go do it somewhere else.
10:13 pm on July 18th, 2009 25
Very strange misconception and prejudice.
I have no idea who made you have such an impression and opinion on Korean men. Maybe around you, there's none a good standard life model.
There's lot of good fathers who are manly and also respectful for their wives.
And about Sijibsari, that's because of parent respecting and caring culture's result. And now sijibsari is not common in Korea.
And the reason why most parents are trying to have children go to top notch university is that the graduation of that kind of university helps the children have a better job and live a wealthier life.
In Korea, if you don't graduate a good university, you can't get a good job. That's the real fact.
And what makes you think that old fathers regret their sacrifice? I heard they regret they couldn't share more time with their family for a lot of work.
It's kind of dilemma 'cause they need to make money for family but still want to share their time for them.
And girls..I don't blame any Korean girl who go for western guy.It's their choice. But I hope they don't be treated as meat. That's all.
10:40 pm on July 18th, 2009 26
Did Korea change recently? Doesn't the son of the family inherit everything. Aren't Women 2nd class citezens? Don't Korean men rape Women only to have a court of law throw out the case becuase the Woman didn't fight enough? I know a lot of Korean men and just about all of them openly cheat on their wives. You are either trying to convince people Koreans are better than others or just plain stupid… either way I don't think you will convince anyone on this post that Women in Korea are treated better by their men than Women in America. American men come to Korea and date Korean Women regularly, Korean men go to the States and no American Woman wants to date them… Stop trying to convince people Koreans are superior…because you are not even close…
11:06 pm on July 18th, 2009 27
I didn't even try to convince that Koreans are superior. I don't even think Koreans are superior, do you think so????? I just want to let you know the real fact of Korean, is that wrong?
Where do you live? Maybe around the camp.
You know what? The area is just very small specifie country-country town in Korea.
What you saw is not all about Korea. You cannot generalize it. If you go and live in Han-nam dong or Sung-buk dong in Seoul-definitely you can't afford the money for rent, you will see totally different world in Korea.
This is such a country side. I was very surprised when I got here first time.
And I heard that Korean students in Harvard go out with American lady.You know there's some Korean students in Ivy universities. But still they tend to marry to Korean students.Because most of them are offsprings of owner of corporation. In Korea, sons and daughters of the owner of corporation tend to marry each other and make their company stronger by strong cooperation.
I just want to let you know what you see is not all that Korea.
12:55 am on July 19th, 2009 28
Its not illegal to post some ones picture if it was taken in a public place. If it was illegal all the newspapers would be out of business by now. Case in point this picture is from the Korea Times.
1:35 am on July 19th, 2009 29
I didn't read your entire posting, because it hurt me to have to read it. But you write exactly what Americans tend to stereotype Korean's as. Selfish, cheating, thieves that make their fortune stepping on the backs of their own countrymen. I can tell you that I am sick of hearing about one Korean cheating another out of W20,000,000. I don't care about it anymore. A traffic accident resulting in a dented mudflap results in a 6 week hospital stay. Corruption runs rampant to the point where it is accepted and understood.
Korean society makes little sense to begin with, but when you try to justify it's idiosyncrasies you look foolish.
If you want to confuse a Korean, give them a choice
A Korean can cheat, lie, and steal because it is wholly accepted in Korean society and to some degree expected.
I (and probably many others) will continue to look down on Korea as a Cleptocracy.
It's your home and it's not America, bla, bla, bla I don't care. At least America puts liars, cheaters, and thieves in jail. Yea, Korea does too, until a family members jumps off a cliff that is.
Take an apple box of cash, here you go……
2:01 am on July 19th, 2009 30
"I cannot count how many times a guy with a hot face took off his shirt and made me want to lose my lunch."
Hmmm… nothing like a slut with a weak stomach.
2:34 am on July 19th, 2009 31
If I hurt you, sorry about that. I didn't mean it.
Kleptocracy.. yeah.. sadly I hate it and try to be against it, but reality is..very hard to fight against it.
They have huge political and economic power which could try to impeach a former president with a words related to his party. But actually he tried to implement the policy to get down the price of real estate for the poor. A former president, he didn't know his wife accepted the money in presidency and the prosecutor could not show evidence that the person who gave the money got any privilege or favor for his company.
Do you know why he commit suicide? The new corrupt governmnent for the rich kept harrassing his co-wokers, friends and at last the family politically and with their press even though he was retired. You never know the whold story. Because he had good basis and supporters of the poor. They are afraid of him to have another power again.
They used some conservative press which are very rich company and prosecutors, servants of rich power.
The only way to protect his family from harrassing by government might be a death of him for an weak individual. Legally, if suspect dies, prosecution should be quit.
You never have any idea what he went through. I can't tell you everything, it's such a long story, but you need to know there are some Koreans who fight for and hate it.
I don't like some American's arrogant attitude looking down on other country. There are hiding behind story that you would never know.
And we don't have any reason to receive your contempt.
We are working on it, and someday going to have a better society.
We are on progress.
3:52 am on July 19th, 2009 32
Do you work for Arirang TV? Because that's what you sound like.
And here are my credentials. I grew up mostly abroad, but I am a South Korean citizen, male and served in the military (and not in some REMF BS either). I was going to go career here but my wife got fed up with this country and so we decided to leave.
It's not like I don't understand what's going on. The problem is that I do.
Shijipsari is not rare like you say it is. Some of my relatives tried to pull that on my wife only to get their butts kicked by none other than myself. Personally, I can count the number of Korean guys who have done that for their wives with my own fingers. Not hard because it's only one, ME.
Don't even get me started on that sad excuse for a President Noh Moo-hyun. Either he or his family took bribes (yeah, they say it was his family but his family may have taken the fall for him because if the money went directly to Noh Moo-hyun, his entire movement could die), got investigated, were found guilty and he figured the only way he could save anyone from his mess was to jump off a cliff.
And what's this BS about the current President pressing him to suicide? Noh Moo-hyun was actually talking a LOT of smack about the current President while enjoying his status as an ex-President. Naturally if you do that, you're asking for an investigation. He never was the smartest guy in the world anyway.
And apparently you don't know the first thing about economics either. A lot of folks worked really hard to buy property and for many, that is actually a good portion of their life savings. By lowering the price of property, you are deliberately taking their hard earned money away from them. How would you like it if you went to the bank and suddenly half your money was missing? It's basically the same deal.
Oh and remember in 2002 with the 2nd naval engagement off Yeonpyeongdo? Where was the President for the funeral? OH I remember. Kim Dae-jung went off to watch a soccer game.
I have a lot of friends still serving (career) in the military and the way you guys look at them and treat them is a disgrace. They are great folks who work day and night for a country who think they are losers.
In Korea, parents even steal money from their kids. Not making it up, this one's out of personal experience. Not my parents but still. I mean… wow. I'm not talking about one case either.
"In Korea, sons and daughters of the owner of corporation tend to marry each other and make their company stronger by strong cooperation."
Reminds me of those Chinese kingdoms. Do you know how miserable their lives are? I lived stuck between two systems and I assure you, Confucianism is a system of oppression.
12:15 pm on July 19th, 2009 33
It's not proper you use the word "bribe" 'cause the prosecutors were investigating to find out whether it was a bribe or not.But they couldn't show any other evidence except the words the man gave them. Legally the condition of bribe is that the money should be given for privilege or any forms of favor to benefit his corporation.
But they couldn't find evidence about it,and also never search out he knew the receipt in his presidency. So former president was not guilty yet legally.
But the press and government drove him seem to be guilty in public before conclusion by investigation.
And current president, he used the media to oppress him to disgrace him such as the rumor they spread by media like he had a castle and tried to get public and supporters again against the government and assertted he got official papers from blue house but, you know what?
His house was a country side home in cheap place actually and he couldn't browse the official historic record in blue house that allowed every ex-president.
And so many other pick on him after retire. Prosecutor started to chase for about every friends of him. He must be sorry for that.
And about the house price,do you know how much the building in Gang-nam?
Or just an apartment? Most of them are over billion.
Rich people use the house to get wealthier. Most of them have multiple houses not for living just for property.But the poor, no house..
Or they have cheap houses in cheap place of bad environment and surroundings.
Real serious problem is the ratio. Ratio of the rich and the poor is like 5:95 or 10:90???
Mr.Roh tried to implement policy for people of 90%. But he couldn't.
And,I didn't treat military personnel as losers. I appreciate and respect your hard work and service both Korean and American.
But,some American have very bad and arrogant attitude towards Korean, how you expect us to respect even though you guys don't?????????
I know some of you think Korea smells, undeveloped, lots of easy kimchi girls that you treat as meat, theives, barbarians and what else?
And about marriage of the offsprings of owners, those driven by the money not confucianism. Confucianism has nothing to do with the marriage for money. Some of them can be very frustrated in their life made by, driven by parent and money.
A daughter of huge owner commit suicide before.And they have sometimes several moms very sadly.Not all the owners. Don't get me wrong.
And again about Mr.Roh, when he was young, he quit the judge job which could provide wealthy and comfortable life 'cause at that time they were servants of the powerful and corrupt government still they are now, and he became an advocate for the poor. That's why he went to jail at that time by working and fighting for the right of poor factory workers.
It's just part of his hard life story.
He kept fighting against the corruption during his whole life.
You can't tell about him badly without his whole background story and life.
Many Koreans mourned for his death and hard fight 'cause we couldn't help him even though he did have hard life for us.
Individual was very weak in front of huge power.
We saw it and mourned.
6:54 pm on July 19th, 2009 34
I have no idea what this has to do with the sewage festival, but I'll respond: Running for president, President Roh stood on a platform of a "straight shooter" and "no corruption/bribes". That is undisputed. The Supreme Prosecutors Office was about to file corruption charges against President Roh when he committed suicide. Again this is undisputed. His wife had been under investigation for five weeks (the newspapers reported this) prior to him killing himself (unidsputed), Roh's brother was in jail charged with accepting bribes when Roh killed himself (Undisputed). Through the natural course of the investigation, Roh was next. Like so many others faced with disgrace or long jail sentences, Roh took the easy way out. Roh's family owned a townhouse in Manhattan (undisputed). Roh looked like a fool when Kim, Jeong-Il asked him to stay until friday and Roh said he had to ask his advisors. (undisputed)
8:56 pm on July 19th, 2009 35
Heh Heh! Touche. Seriously though, there aren't enough guys that look good physique wise. A pretty face just isn't enough. Most guys don't even have that.
10:07 pm on July 19th, 2009 36
The problem for "HI" is that her (I'm assuming you are female?) whole argument rests soley on BS. And although that might lend you ears in Korea where the truth doesn't matter, it doesn't fly very well for people with a proper Western education where they teach you to actually think.
Let me tackle the stuff you said case by case:
There's a system in Japan where an adult male can go on a "date" with a underaged female and then pay her some "gift money" at the end of the "date." According to that logic, he is not paying anyone for prostitution, but we know that in the actual spirit of things, it is indeed paying for underaged prostitution.
That's the sort of logic that the Noh camp was going on when they were trying so hard to fight the fact that it was a bribe. "Hey, it's not a bribe if he did no favors in return!" Sure… As for the rest of it LEMMY summed it up pretty well.
House Price in Gangnam. Yes actually I do know becuase I live here. Sadly for you, I am actually not very rich at all. Actually my land lady isn't exactly one of those fat, rich Chaebol people you like to paint the land owners as either. It takes a chunk out of my money to actually live here (thought about moving out because it is expensive) but I think the quality of services and its location are worth it. I worked really hard to actually find this place and I had to compete with a lot of people to get it because its location is just awesome and the price isn't as bad as most people would actually think. I worked for it and I got it. If you have less money, you have to try harder to get it. That's just a fact of life. And as for my land lady, I don't want any premature Communist BS to ruin her livelihood.
As for military appreciation. Do you know where both myself and the RoK military folks I knew well here got their "thank you for your service"? They got it from Americans when they visited places like Sea World. I got mine from an American guy who sat next to me on a flight just after I got out.
Confucianism and marriage. Filial piety is a very Confucian concept isn't it? So for what other reason would kids give up their hopes, dreams and love to fulfill their parents ambition? It's Confucianism and the idea that by not adhering to its values, you are a horrible person who lacks any respect. Parents use this to use their children to fulfill their ambition. I told you not to BS me. I actually know how this sort of thing works. Your Arirang TV propaganda actually doesn't make a very strong case to people who actually know.
Did you check out my screen name? You should have considered yourself warned.
12:01 am on July 20th, 2009 37
The object and purpose of that investigation was Mr. Roh from the beginning absolutely, and after her wife's investigation, the daughter was supposed to the next(the prosecutor appointed her), at that time just before the daughter's investigation,he commited suicide. Not for him, but for familiy, it sounds very weird and stupid,but maybe it might be easy solution for exhausted and weak father.I'm not telling you he made good decision but still I can understand him.
His wife took money for her grown-up kids. No doubt.
That was critical mistake..It became a strong leg iron to him. That's why he left the article that "you need to abandon me." to his supporters.
12:38 am on July 20th, 2009 38
You missed the big point, buddy.
Well-founded reason why it could not be a bribe, is that he did not know the receipt at that time when he could offer privilege. That means the person who gave money didn't receive any favors for his corporation.
He was an old friend and also one of supporters for Mr.Roh. I know it can't be good excuse to cover the big mistake by wife, but at least he tried to be clean, I believe.
And Chae-bol does not mean Kang-nam land owner.
She's just one of rich people maybe.
Chae-bol is Sam-sung, Hyun-dai something like that.
I didn't complain 'cause I couldn't get a house in good place(Actually I have two, one in other area, the other is here where I live)but the system that the poor have very hardly opportunity to get one.
I think we need to have better policy for them to have at least a comfortable house.
And parent hopes their children live wealthier life. And the children started to realize the fact that they need to study and work hard for better life.
Not forced by parent. Yeah, when they are young, absolutely they are forced. But all the parents don't expect them to fulfill their ambition.
I talked about Chabol's offsprings before, not other people.
I have no idea why you think me related to arirang TV, I don't even have that channel at home.
By the way, what BS stands for? British standards?
I absolutely know what buster means, so the word you used "warn" is kind of scary. WOW.. BAM@@..Yeah~~~
I'm very happy and feel lucky talking on-line.
1:10 am on July 20th, 2009 39
Man+fat = ugly person
1:38 am on July 20th, 2009 40
Chickenhead, while I do agree that some western women have that attitude, not all of them do. Although it is something when American women find out that those Korean women are quite exotic to some of us males.
2:27 am on July 20th, 2009 41
HI sounds like she'd vote for Obama given the chance. Wealth envy.
BS Buster deserves a beer!
You get what you work for, you are not entitled to live in luxury you did not earn. So the 'poor' can't live in Kangnam…so what?
This is why Obama will have a sh*tty legacy, he and the Democrats are creating a wealth evy which will then create a government dependent class of new voters. Spread the wealth my a$$, If you earn it you should keep it; how about the instant millionaires that sold land that's been in their family for generations like around the UJB area? It's been said before : "farmers in suits".. I love that analogy.
I don't want a penny of my military retirement to go to some dirtbag under achiever's food stamps and government housing.
BS Buster for president!
3:10 am on July 20th, 2009 42
BS = so-ddong
I'd write it in hangul, but hangul comes out all garbled at this site, so the only way I can do it is to transliterate into English script.
4:10 am on July 20th, 2009 43
You should learn English.
Nowhere did I actually say that Chaebol meant wealthy land owner in Gangnam. I was giving an example of who might own land or property there. I believe Chaebol family members do hold some considerable property in Gangnam.
As for Noh's bribe, you mean he allgedly didn't know. He claimed that he didn't know. That's very different from him having actually not knowing. So if evidence mounts against Noh Moo-hyun, it's suddenly loop hole finding time and any half baked and far fetched theory involving Lee Myung-bak is a clear fact? Just saying, if Noh stood trial or was properly investigated without killing himself and he was cleared, I would have given him the benefit of the doubt.
And as for "consider yourself warned," I am not claiming that I will beat you up. I meant that your BS doesn't fly with me and I'll call you every time you try to lie and expect people like myself to believe it.
Actually I'll pass most of this stuff for your English, which is pretty good considering everything.
4:24 am on July 20th, 2009 44
Well, I don't mind Obama much at all actually and I think he's trying to do a lot of right things though whether or not he'll be successful is of course the trillion dollar question.
I do think the US health insurance system needs to be overhauled. Most military folks are pretty well covered in this case but for a lot of civilians, it's wallet bleeding time and the coverage usually sucks anyway. How the reshuffling will turn out, no one knows but I'm a bit disappointed that no apparent study of non-US healthcare systems took place before the reorganization.
However, what I believe is dangerous is actually trying to make the price of property adjusted to make it equal. Property is the life savings of lots of people. It's their investment. You simply cannot devalue property and expect justice to be done because by "helping" some of the poor, you have just screwed over some very hard working people who managed to find success.
I understand taxation to keep the country running and to provide universal education, healthcare (subsidized in some ways, not totally free), military, police etc., but you can't just go around punishing hard working and successful people out of spite and emotional pity for the poor. You just can't do that. By taxing by percentages, the rich are getting taxed enough and further taking from the rich will only discourage people from working hard.
It's a friggin' no brainer!
Like I said, I am not rich. I'm lucky to be living in a rich neighborhood. But it's not the rich people's fault that I'm not rich. It's my own damned fault.
But certain politicians like to lie to me and try to tell me that the rich are keeping me poor (when they themselves seem to be doing very well indeed!). This is true in certain countries but it is not true in South Korea.
You know what those politicians are doing? They're just trying to use the poor people's situation as their weapon. They appeal to the sentiments of the poor with promises and plans that everyone knows will never work, get their support and use it to get rich, powerful and in many cases, attain absolute power (though Noh Moo-hyun was not such a person I believe).
9:14 am on July 20th, 2009 45
Wasn't this about chemical and fecal matter laden mud?
11:01 am on July 20th, 2009 46
"Chickenhead, while I do agree that some western women have that attitude, not all of them do."
Absolutely. It would be unfair to say otherwise. There are also some overweight women who are such great girls their appearance becomes unnoticeable except in pictures.
My thinking here revolves around many of the Western women I meet in Korea.
Many are overweight. Many wear VERY casual clothes and comfortable shoes. Many don't put much attention into hair, make-up or nails. Many have masculine characteristics… everything from slouching around with their legs spread to smoking and burping.
Yet they can't grasp why Western men are chasing after "skinny" Korean girls in their "too-short skirts" and "too much makeup" with "too-high heels".
Like junkies and drunks, you can't reason with these women either. Any sincere explanation is inevitably angrily answered with "you can't judge a book by its cover".
Maybe not. But the cover contains valuable information.
Looks frumpy, is frumpy.
11:04 pm on July 20th, 2009 47
[...] Speaking of the idiots who, in our silence, we allow to represent us… ROK Drop had this displ… [...]
12:08 am on July 21st, 2009 48
Actually, it IS illegal, just that enforcement is, shall we say, selective.
The law in question is Law No. 8059, the “Punishment of Sexual Assault and Victim-Protection Act (????????????????????)”
12:09 am on July 21st, 2009 49
Sorry about that. Hanguel doesn't come through here very well.
1:06 am on July 21st, 2009 50
In some ways they really don't have to take care of themselves because they have a captive audiance. Some males won't touch any of the locals and only want US females. I however, am not one of those folks, good looking is good looking no matter what country you come from.
Besides, why deal with the western attitude of some of these women, sometimes the locals treat you far better than the US women. I do believe that is one issue some of these women just don't understand.
1:36 am on July 21st, 2009 51
Guys,I'm already wealthy enough. And always content with my life including finacial part.
Wealth envy? That's your mere conjecture.
And I guess some of you have to understand the system of politics and economy which affects everyone' life of all of you guys very seriously.
The system of a society what they made works for the classes and they are trying to keep the system for their offsprings and themselves.
Simply in Korea, no money, no education, no good job or business except extraordinary case.
Yeah, I am kind of exaggerating just a little bit, still it's true and powerful fact in Korea.
I'm a kind of tired of this dispute.
Please consider I didn't mean to hurt or insult anybody.
I respect every western guy same as Korean.
And I tolerate and respect that everybody has other opinion and stand.
I had good and interesting time to have constructive debate. Thank you.
Hope everybody have real good luck.
10:27 am on July 21st, 2009 52
It's because in Korea the competition is too tough for most people. It's a small territory, there's a lot of very well educated people and there's not enough job slots for everyone. It's almost like you need a degree in astrophysics to even sweep a sidewalk (I exagerrate but I'm sure you know what I mean).
That's the problem.
Lee Myung-bak's idea of integrating more English into schools to give Koreans more opportunities to go abroad was a great idea.
Too bad everyone had to take a dump all over it due to nationalism, afraid that English would completely replace Korean. Anyone has to look at the Dutch to know that this would actually not happen. Their English is excellent and yet Dutch is their first language. I understand Dutch is closer to English but still it's doable.
Thanks to nationalism, another great opportunity passed and Koreans for generations will suffer from being stuck in a small piece of territory where the competition is too tough.