Here’s my question:
Does Pearle Vision have some sort of discount for tinhorn third world dictators? They must get the same catalog in the mail. Take a look:
![](http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/korea/story/leader/kim.dae.jung/link.kim.jong.il.jpg)
![](http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/WORLD/meast/03/20/sprj.irq.war.saddam/story.saddam.jpg)
Maybe they have the same HMO.
[UPDATE]
Fidel, too?
![](http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/gallery/2001/05/01/castro.jpg)
Is there some sort of International Socialist Optometrist Society I’m unaware of?
[UPDATE]
Papa Kim gets in on the action:
![](http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/korea/story/southview/link.kim.il.sung.jpg)
Thankfully, Fidel dumped his older ones:
![](http://www.sandiego.edu/~landeros/KGBCIA/Castro.jpg)
There must be some Image Solidarity Movement amongst “Socialist” dictators.
Or maybe they’re all trying to look like Kissinger.
[UPDATE]
Of course, President Jiang was a trend-setter too:
![](http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/nov/china_congress/jiang_zemin.jpg)
And Wen Jibao is looking to continue the trend:
![](http://www.worldbank.org/president/images/image068.jpg)