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If you want an illustration

TimDanahey — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 23:06:37 +0000

In reply to Mr. Rodman Goes To Pyongyang

If you want an illustration of wacky North Korean ambassadors, here's one. Former North Korean ambassador, Christopher Hill, is now the Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver. In about three hours, he is presenting George W. Bush an award at a dinner in Bush's honor at the Denver Hyatt Regency. The award is named in "Honor of Improving the Global Human Condition".

Who's wacky now? Rodman is looking pretty good.

This was actually part of a

Orion — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 23:01:06 +0000

In reply to Yes, the press loves it

This was actually part of a big special by Vice Magazine about entertainers as diplomats. Vice Magazine is a pretty serious magazine - they have done coverage of the Mexican drug wars and had their coverage redistributed through CNN. They are antagonists and this, along with alot of things they do, was likely driven by the full knowledge that it would piss some people off.

Entertainers are the forefront of our mind because they entertain - one of them even became President.

Rodman is off the wall and

Orion — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 22:54:07 +0000

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Rodman is off the wall and stuff but he is a very successful b-ball player. He was perfectly up there with Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson. It was Vice Magazine though and it probably seems significantly wackier to have Rodman, what with his dyed hair, piercing and dressing in drag, take a trip than the more conservative Jordan or Johnson.

Yes, the press loves it

ocean-kat — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 21:48:13 +0000

In reply to Exactly. But the press loves

Yes, the press loves it because too many people love it. I wouldn't mind if it was just in the entertainment pages for those who like to follow the daily activities of their favorite famous person. You know, Rodman goes to Disneyworld, Rodman watches Annie in New York, pictures of Rodman on the beaches of Hawaii, Rodman visits North Korea.

I just hate when it gets political coverage. The only reason it might have some marginal political significance is because political pundits write about it.

Exactly. But the press loves

Ramona — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 20:35:30 +0000

In reply to If that's the criterion for

Exactly. But the press loves this sort of thing and has never been known to let something like this lie.

If that's the criterion for

ocean-kat — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 20:08:09 +0000

In reply to Mr. Rodman Goes To Pyongyang

If that's the criterion for becoming an ambassador its not saying much. Even you could probably go to Syria and hang out with Assad if you were willing to ignore his gas attacks and call Obama an asshole. It wouldn't make you an American ambassador.

I'll never understand why people seem to think someone's political views have some special and news worthy value just because they are famous sports, movie, or rock stars. I don't care any more about what Rodman thinks about North Korea than I care about Miley Cyrus's view on the gas attacks in Syria

Richardson is a diplomat at

Ramona — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:11:36 +0000

In reply to Mr. Rodman Goes To Pyongyang

Richardson is a diplomat at heart and probably wants to be invited back to North Korea, so what else could he say about Rodman's visit? On the other hand, you have to wonder about a leader of a country who seeks advice about the U.S from an off-the-wall former basketball player.

It could be that Kim Jong Un rather enjoys the fact that Rodman is announcing to the world that Clinton and Obama are a-holes. It's the kind of thing that, say, the Tea Party might see as the diplomacy of the future.