"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Rodmania in North Korea
Submitted by Don Stacy on Mon, 2013-03-11 23:00
"Sometimes the common man—or not so common man, such as basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman—can teach elite media, politicians, and diplomats a thing or two. The media largely billed Rodman’s visit to North Korea to see its young leader as “bizarre,” or “the weirdest encounter.” They also deemed “disastrous” his interview on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” after he got home. Apparently, Rodman’s agents agreed with the latter characterization and cancelled further television interviews after the appearance with Stephanopoulos."
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