President Reagan’s diary is about to be published. There are some excerpts in the article, including the following vintage Reagan remark:
A 1981 entry on Cuban leader Fidel Castro said: “Intelligence reports say he Castro is very worried about me. I’m very worried that we can’t come up with something to justify his worrying.”
There will not be another like him!
After missile and nuclear tests and uranium enrichment, the U.S. sanctions North Korean firms while Pyongyang reverses, making overtures. It’s not an accident, it’s a pattern of strategic disengagement.
- #Vanity Fair, of all publications, has a lengthy article on North Korea’s counterfeiting operations, including Office 39. Well worth a read. (h/t NE Asia Matters)
- #The Chosun Ilbo has an article about a new book by Chang Jin-song (formerly affiliated with the North Korean Workers' Party) that details Kim Jong-il private life, including the inside scoop on all his lady friends. According to Chang, one unfortunate young lady to get Kim's attention was, "brutally executed after she spurned Kim's persistent advances and fell in love with another man."
- #Gizmodo has an excellent array of Kim Jong-il photos; In Which We Provoke Kim Jong Il in 77 Offensive and Hilarious Ways. Some are sure to become often used classics.
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May 2nd, 2007 at 1:13 pm
My favorite, him joking to the docs after he was shot, “I hope you’re all Republicans.”
May 4th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Nah, the best was his mic check just before an interview where he said “My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.” He was unaware that he was being broadcasted.
Or better yet, “I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience.” This occurred during the debate with Mondale.
Here’s a whole page of quotes….man, I miss him.
May 4th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
This one is great! “Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
May 9th, 2007 at 11:05 am
LMAO, and you wonder why the so-called Republican candidates are grasping at Reagan’s ghost. Too bad they arent as funny as he was. Guliani and his “Brooklyn Deli” routine is not funny at all.