http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8998220/dennis-rodman-friend-life-north-korea-leader-kim-jong-un It looks like the O'bama administration is opening back channels of communication with the North Koreans through Basketball diplomacy. Rogue player meets Rogue state.
Rodman tells Kim Jong Un he has 'friend for life' What a tool! Doesn't Mr. Rodman know if he moved to RNK that fat kid would seize every penny he owns and keep it? If he's anything like his Dad, and I think he is, Rodman's fortune would be spent on Fine Cognac, Cuban Cigars and movie DVD's while the people starve in the streets. Rodman would end up in an apartment the size of most folks bathroom. Why are some rich people just so enamored with collectivism. I can't figure out if they think it's some kind of glorious to live in abject poverty with little to eat or that their wealth would put them in the ruling class.
Perhaps Obama should have instead sent in suicide-assassin Mike Tyson to meet with the North Korean dictator
I imagine it allows them to relieve the guilt they have for being rich while still keeping their money. Either that or copious amounts of mind altering drugs.
Rodman is an idiot...What the hell is he thinking honestly????? Him and Kim Jong Un are BFFs now? (*)(*)(*)(*)ing moron.
Why not? It's not like getting a Nobel Peace Prize means anything anymore since Obama got one. Even he thought it was a joke.
i think this dictator is a bit wet behind the ears but i dont believe he is bad as his father was.Jong Un likes to party and isnt as close to as serious as Jung-Ill. but i do like the part where Rodman describes North Koreans citizens love for their leader when he doesnt probably realize that those people better cheer and smile when he is around or they will be shot for not liking him enough lol.
Next Rodman should go and visit some N. Korean refugees for their take on the matter. They'd probably spit in his face. I used to be a Rodman fan but now I wouldn't (*)(*)(*)(*) on him if he was on fire. It's despicable that some rich bastard would praise a tyrant that keeps millions of people living in fear and poverty and then hop on a jet back to his home in a relatively free country.
I always liked Rodman, and although I may not agree with his latest stunt, I do believe that is all it was. Rodman could not give two s**** about Kim. I'm confident he was generously compensated for his little appearance, although it may not shed a favorable light on his credibility, it is/was classic Rodman. ...The consummate showman. That aside, I still laugh when recalling a game once, where he pinched Karl Malone on the butt, then ran like hell. ...the "mailman," didn't play that sh*t. lol Good times..........
I wish Rodman would have broke into the Harlem Shake while attending the game! I'm actually kinda surprised he didn't.
It is possible (if not probable) that Rodman has run through the money he made playing basketball and needed a paying gig. He wouldn't get many in the US.
Hmmm. Rodman has some issues, to say the least, but I don't think he is getting the Nobel Peace Prize. I could be wrong, but the article in the OP doesn't even mention it.
Granny says, "Dat's right - dat's ol' Dennis showin' his butt - as usual... Leaving NKorea, Rodman calls Kims 'great leaders' Mar 1,`13 -- Ending his unexpected round of basketball diplomacy in North Korea on Friday, ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman called leader Kim Jong Un an "awesome guy" and said his father and grandfather were "great leaders" - an assessment that got short shrift from the U.S. government. See also: ANALYSIS: Rodman trip draws mixed reactions in US Sun, Mar 03, 2013 - Reclusive North Korea in the past month refused to hear foreign entreaties not to test a nuclear bomb, but its leader found time to entertain the mercurial basketball hall-of-famer Dennis Rodman. The latest private trip by a high-profile American to North Korea has triggered scorn in much of Washington, which fears undercutting the message to the totalitarian state that it is isolated and must change behavior.
Call me maybe... Rodman says N. Korea's Kim wants call from Obama 3 Mar.`13 WASHINGTON Flamboyant retired NBA star Dennis Rodman Sunday defended his trip to North Korea, saying leader Kim Jong-Un does not seek war but does want one thing -- a call from US President Barack Obama.
Say what you want, but Dennis Rodman makes John Kerry look like an idiot, although that's not hard to do! I'd like to think Obama sent the worm to N. Korea, but Obama isn't that smart. "There is nobody at the CIA who could tell you more personally about Kim Jong Un than Dennis Rodman, and that in itself is scary." -- Col. Stephen Ganyard, USMC (ret.)
