A photo from April 1992 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on the tarmac at Pyongyang Airport following a visit by then-Chinese President Yang Shangkun.
/ COR/AFP/Getty ImagesDuring his often oppressive reign over North Korea, Kim Jong Il cultivated a personal mythology that included some outlandish claims. Global Post compiled 10 bizarre bits of reported fact and propaganda from the life of "Dear Leader."
1. Divine birth
Legend has it that a double rainbow and a glowing new star appeared in the heavens to herald the birth of Kim Jong Il, in 1942, on North Korea's cherished Baekdu Mountain. Soviet records, however, indicate he was born in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye, in 1941. The people of North Korea, many of whom are reportedly battling famine, are apparently told that Kim's birthday is celebrated throughout the world.
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It's quite plain to see.
Kims own Biography clearly states that he didn't defecate.
Anyone who can live for 69 years and not defecate would unsurprisingly be
Full of ****
He sort of reminds be of Obama with his weird facts and propaganda.
I hope Obama doesn't steal something off of his list of 10.
Commie see, commie do!
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Enough said? Okay, YOU won't say it so I will.
He was full of $**t. (Among other things)
So many, seeing the claim that people in North Korea supposedly "are told that Kim's birthday is celebrated throughout the world" would interpret that as proof of the propaganda nature of North Korean government. How many, though, will remember that the people of North Korea do see a massive anti-Kim emphasis in Western policies, and conclude from that that the North Koreans do not believe Westerners celebrate his birthday? The truth is always there, the crooks in the corporate controlled media, like so many swindlers, provide only a,little and leave it to the "pigeons" to con themselves!
And if raising rabbits would be so important a part of his plans, why would he allow the entire shipment to be consumed at his birthday party?
Especially when his favorite food was reportedly roast donkey?
And how unlikely is it that the claim he "doesn't defecate" is as incorrect as the deliberately mistranslated speedch by Ahmadinejad where he supposedly said Iran would destroy Israel?
It can be instructive, however. Kim's fear of flying seems unreasonable, considering he supposedly "supported 'terrorism'". "Terrorists" wouldn't target the person supporting them! But the corporatist Fascist New World Order fabricating all the major "terrorist" events, including those involving planes, to establish a reign of fear over the public, couldn't be expected not to display a contempt for Kim's welfare!