Video: North Koreans Mourn Kim Jong il’s Death

According to the state run media, the people are in deep mourning, weeping hysterically over the Dear Leaders’ death.

By way of contrast, here’s a Korean immigrant in LA reacting to Dear Leader’s death, via Alex Ogle’s Twitter feed:

(Jae C. Hong/AP)

Imagine what it would be like to be so under the government’s thumb, that you feel compelled to cry at a leader’s death.

A helpless and uninformed populous totally dependent on government for their subsistence: That’s the dream of every big government progressive, isn’t it?

CORRECTION!

I totally misunderstood the above video. Keith Koffler explains what the Norks were blubbering about: : North Koreans Grieve Over Obama’s Vacation Delay

Everyone is saddened that President Obama has had to postpone his Hawaii vacation, but perhaps nowhere more so than in North Korea, where news of the delay provoked an outpouring of grief throughout the nation.

Sorry for the confusion.

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