It could have been bliss causing the North Korean masses to chant as they watched their country’s rocket launch the other night (one supposes every single one of the four Nork television stations brought it to them live), but it could also have been their diet of acorns and ferns triggering all the “jubilation.” Whatever it was, sad to say Dear Leader Kim Jong-Il himself apparently was not able to share their joy. As the ruling communist party paper Rodong Sinmun noted, he was “choked with sobs” by “regret for not being able to spend more money on the people’s livelihoods.” He may even have been forced to cut short one of his Dear Lobster dinners, being so overcome with empathy for his people and all.
