Nukleer Norks

Apparently this story is being largely downplayed by the Feds, the Japanese, and the South Koreans. What do you think?

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- North Korea apparently tested a short-range missile Sunday, the Bush administration said, the latest in a string of recent incidents to refocus international attention on the Korean Peninsula's nuclear standoff.

"It appears that there was a test of a short-range missile by the North Koreans and it landed in the Sea of Japan," White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card said on CNN's "Late Edition."

The day before the apparent test, North Korea called President Bush a "hooligan" and said it expected no solution of the international standoff over its nuclear program during the current U.S. administration.

The comments by North Korea's Foreign Ministry spokesman followed a White House news conference Thursday at which Bush described North Korean leader Kim Jong Il as a "tyrant" and a "dangerous person."

I heard a fascinating description of Kim Jong Il on the Jim Bohannon show t'other night. Apparently the "champion of the proletariat" is quite the gourmand, and has chefs flown in from around the world to cook for him. I think there was a mention of a penchant for women, as well. So much for workers' rights, eh?