By GI Korea on April 17th, 2011 at 7:03 am

ROK Drop Open Thread – April 17, 2011

• Dave
  2:21 am on April 17th, 2011 1

  What more needs to be said than what was reported in the article?

  "Republican Party of Orange County Chairman Scott Baugh told The Associated Press on Saturday that he wants an ethics investigation into the incident.

  "It's just highly inappropriate, it's a despicable message, it drips with racism and I think she should step down from the committee," said Baugh"

• ChickenHead
  3:42 am on April 17th, 2011 2

  I found this racist comparison for those who want to see it. It is much worse than expected. This is shameful… and it is shocking that people are not outraged over it.

  http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E8BpJEni77I/SZmbTvpe8ZI…

  Oh. Wait.

• kangaji
  5:36 am on April 17th, 2011 3

  Chinese aircraft carrier will launch for some trial runs soon.

  Combine this with DF 21 'carrier killer missiles' covering the yellow/West Sea, Sea of Japan/East Sea if deployed to the Chinese coast.

  Also, Worrying about relations with Russia over ABM requirements in Europe seems to be neglecting something.

  Maybe Korea and Japan should become ABM experts independently to help maintain the naval security umbrella?

• Jeff Fisher
  6:33 am on April 17th, 2011 4

  Chickenhead Cmt #2: Perhaps the decent Americans that love

  and appreciate our exceptional greatness are desensitized

  toward the leftist Americans that believe socialism,

  communism is better. Their outrageous antics are now mundane.

  Note to "MATT"(Camp Kyle): send me an email so I we can

  plan to get together when I go to Korea at the end of the

  month. jfisher1946@gmail.com Thanks

• GI Korea
  7:34 am on April 17th, 2011 5

  Chickenhead, that was exactly what I was thinking when I read this article, did AP ever write an article about all the people who called Bush a chimp?

• archieb
  7:58 am on April 17th, 2011 6

  S. Korea confirms additional FMD case
  http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2011/04/…

  So, who got bribed to claim that there were no FMD cases for 45 days?

• JoeC
  8:00 am on April 17th, 2011 7

  … but she was a party official, not some anonymous blogger.

• archieb
  8:07 am on April 17th, 2011 8

  #6, do you know how many people can claim to be "party officials"? Thousands in each state if you count precinct, county, and state political committees.

• archieb
  8:08 am on April 17th, 2011 9

  For the few posters actually in Korea, the biggest story of the week was the NH Bank shutdown.
  http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?a…

• Glans
  8:14 am on April 17th, 2011 10

  ChickenHead 2 and GI Korea 4, did Democratic party officials distribute the pictures of Bush and a chimpanzee?

  kangaji 3, if the Chinese aircraft carrier attacks South Korea or Japan, it can be sunk pretty easily.

• Glans
  8:28 am on April 17th, 2011 11

  The marmot links to a Yonhap story about a serious loss of financial data in South Korea.

• Teadrinker
  9:17 am on April 17th, 2011 12

  #2,4,

  Are you suggesting that calling Bush a chimp was done so in order to justify violence against him because he's a member of an oppressed class?

  http://scienceblog.com/cms/americans-still-linkin…

• kangaji
  12:53 pm on April 17th, 2011 13

  Glans: I'm thinking of the ABMs as more of a way to provide defensive support about 10 years in the future. ABMs as defensive weapons seem like they would serve to prevent conventional wars, even though they hurt the MAD principle. Also, if you're a non-nuclear nation ABMs make sense for Japan dealing with missile threats from North Korea. As a nuclear power, it doesn't make sense for the US, but I really think independent theater missile defense is probably a good idea if ballistic missiles become an asymetrical threat to shipping lanes.

• kangaji
  12:56 pm on April 17th, 2011 14

  Doctor Zaius just wants you guys to know that he is shocked and appalled that humans are being photo-shopped to look like superior apes. He also suggests you don't go into the forbidden zone. You might find out what savage creatures humans really are.

• ChickenHead
  2:56 pm on April 17th, 2011 15

  Glans,

  "did Democratic party officials distribute the pictures of Bush and a chimpanzee?"

  No. It is a strange situation that has baffled statisticians and social scientists for some time now. Even though it was a running joke for 8 years and there are hundreds of variations on the theme easily found on the internet, not one Democratic party official ever emailed a single copy to anyone. Very odd, actually.

  http://www.smirkingchimp.com/

  Teadrinker,

  "Are you suggesting that calling Bush a chimp was done so in order to justify violence against him because he’s a member of an oppressed class?"

  1. There was no suggestion of violence.

  2. Are you speaking of an oppressed class that got free rides at top schools, was given high-paying make-work jobs, and was easily elected president with no demonstrated skill or ability at anything? My heart bleeds at the oppression. Set my people free.

  3. The biggest flaw in the excuse-for-failure of racism is that is is easily provable to be mostly false.

  While there are some people who are truly prejudiced against skin color regardless of the situation, most people base their opinions on behavior.

  Exhibit A is: A non-white president from a poor background with a funny name was elected president over a "privileged" white guy.

  How can that happen if there are so many racists running around hating non-whites.

  Non-whites who act "white" (much to the derision of many broken minority cultures) are accepted just fine in "white" America… where skin color becomes no more important than eye or hair color.

  4. Face it. Bush DID kinda look like chimp. Obama also looks kinda like a chimp… his wife DEFINITELY looks rather simian. That's reality. Making a joke about it is little different than comparing fat people with pigs or calling Palin a pit bull with lipstick…

  …except those oppressed groups don't have the crutch of racism to excuse their failures.

• Glans
  3:13 pm on April 17th, 2011 16

  ChickenHead 14, I accept your clever way of admitting that Democratic party officials did not distribute the pictures of Bush and the chimpanzee. In your reply to Teadrinker, point 2 describes Bush. As to point 4, everybody resembles chimpanzees. To a chimpanzee or to a bonobo, a human is a closer relative than a gorilla is.

  Since you're not unduly sensitive, I'll be completely frank with you in a way that I wouldn't be with any other commenter. ChickenHead, you are an ape!

• ChickenHead
  3:34 pm on April 17th, 2011 17

  "ChickenHead, you are an ape!"

  Call me that again and I will fling my poo at you.

• Glans
  4:00 pm on April 17th, 2011 18

  ChickenHead 16, the trouble is, I know you mean it.

• Glans
  7:29 am on April 18th, 2011 19

  Thais are shocked, shocked by topless dancers. This NY Times story has a link to a tasteful image of three fairylike women wearing only sarongs. It should be safe for work, but of course that depends on your workplace.

• Glans
  9:32 am on April 18th, 2011 20

  For Tom: the marmot links to reports of economic problems in China and Korea.

• setnaffa
  12:38 pm on April 18th, 2011 21

  CH 15, Bush didn't get a free ride. He had to pay to go to school. Sure his family was well-to-do; but so are many others that send their children to Harvard and Yale.

  Tell us about Obama's military service. Did he learn to fly jets or just shoot off his mouth? What about his executive experience? Did he ever actually manage a budget?

  If Obama is so much smarter than the Shrub, why not release his university transcripts? Or did he lie about that, too?

  Gitmo tribumnals for KSM… More troops for Afghanistan… Still troops in Iraq and talk of extending them…

  What has Obama done that he promised? Dis he say anything about raising the price of energy and increasing our dependency on foreign oil?

  Oh yeah, he made all of us who have health insurance pay more for less coverage…

• ChickenHead
  11:56 pm on April 18th, 2011 22

  Retired GI,

  Here is a gift for you.

  http://www.politically-incorrect-humor.com/wp-con…

• Glans
  8:58 am on April 19th, 2011 23

  The Arab American Institute is has named consertive Republican Mitch Danliels winner of the Najeeb Halaby Award. I didn't know that Mitch's dad's parents came from Syria.

• Glans
  9:13 pm on April 23rd, 2011 24

  Popular Chewing Gem

  "Pyongyang, April 22 (KCNA) — Unbangul-trademarked chewing gem is popular among Korean people.

  It, produced by the Pyongyang Chewing Gum Factory, divides into scores of varieties, including peppermint, grape and strawberry gems.

  Ho Yon Hui, a teacher of the Changgwang Kindergarten in Pyongyang, told KCNA that the gem makes the gums and fangs strong, removes the tartar and halitosis, and prevents caries of the teeth.

  Hong Jong Suk, a 48-year-old woman living in Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang, said that it activates cerebration and promotes digestion and absorption of food."

  I did not make this up. It looks like they've outsourced their product announcements to GI Korea.

• ChickenHead
  9:55 pm on April 23rd, 2011 25

  Strong fangs?

  I guess that's why it's not available in garlic flavor.

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