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February 10, 2005

Titles for Kim Jong-Il

Leafing through the February 2005 issue of Harper's Magazine, I found a list of titles that North Korean state television claims are given to Kim Jong-Il, the president and supreme dictator by "prominent leaders from 160 nations around the world."

Normally, I don't copy lists verbatim from publications. I had to make an exception for this one. Curious?

  • Supreme Commander at the Forefront of the Struggle Against Imperialism and the United States
  • Greatest Saint Who Rules With Extensive Magnanimity
  • Lode Star of the Twenty-First Century
  • Best Leader Who Realized Human Wisdom
  • Leader with Extraordinary Personality (Yeah, just watch Team America: World Police. -- V.)
  • Eternal Bosom of Hot Love (Putting the dick in dictator? --V.)
  • Master of Literature, Arts and Architecture
  • World's Best Leader with Versatile Talents
  • Humankind's Greatest Musical Genius (Beethoven's Ninth? Kim Jong-Il's Tenth? --V.)
  • Master of the Computer Who Surprised the World (What next? Ilux? --V.)
  • Man with Encyclopedic Knowledge
  • Guardian Deity of the Planet
  • Heaven-Sent Hero (Peace Be Upon Him --V.)
  • Power Incarnate With Endless Creativity (Yeah, endlessly creating nucular weapons --V.)
  • Greatest Man Who Ever Lived
  • Present-day God
  • World's Greatest Writer

Posted by Vishy at February 10, 2005 11:03 PM

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