Communism can be fun

It's Friday, the New Year has begun, Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House, and you're still not inspired. What to do?

Here in the USA, you go out to dinner with friends or family, take in a movie or fire up the computer for a little surfing or blogging.

In North Korea, you can rule out all those options. You're stuck in some cold barracks with nothing to do but stare at the framed photos on the wall of the Great Leader (Kim Il-Sung) and the Dear Leader (Kim Jong-Il).

Okay. That's good. There is meaning in life. But there's still something missing. That little spark, the joie de vivre that would make you wag your tail if you were a dog. And this is where the Dear One has Nancy and Harry beat. He can't raise the minimum wage but he can provide happiness!