I have just discovered a great blog called: “Waging a War on Anti-Americanism”. You bet I like that title!
The blog is run by an American and so I am waiting for the first stupid anti-American to tell me : We knew it, Karin, Americans ARE warmongers! ;-)
Excerpts from the “About me” section:
In my blog, I [...]
Reading this article “Afghanistan: TV Stations Ordered To Stop Broadcasting ‘Un-Islamic’ Content” by Farangis Najibullah
on the RFE/RL website one might think the Taliban are back:
The Afghan government has ordered independent television stations in Kabul to stop broadcasting programs deemed “un-Islamic” or that “undermine Afghan culture.” (…)
And the so-called Committee on the Fight Against Drugs and [...]
The Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin e.V. announces the international conference “Business as usual? The Iranian regime, the holy war against Israel and the West and the German reaction”. The conference will take place in Berlin on the 2nd and 3rd of May.
Speakers amongst others will be: Benny Morris, Matthias Küntzel, Nasrin Amirsedghi, Thomas von der [...]
I do not always agree to the winner-looser column of BILD-Zeitung, but today (you bet!) I do: In a recent opinion poll John McCain is ahead of Clinton and Obama.
Where two are fighting, the third one has the last laugh …
Congratulations!
I am Protestant, but I really like the Pope, “our” Pope ;-) and I hope he has a great birthday today.
President Bush Welcomes His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to White House:
PRESIDENT BUSH: Holy Father, Laura and I are privileged to have you here at the White House. We welcome you with the ancient words commended [...]
No photo-montage this time! Angela Merkel`s breath-taking decollete is being discussed in all radio shows and magazines in Germany today. According to her spokesman she is surprised that her decollete gets so much media attention. And she hopes that the Norwegian royal family will not be too disappointed that her outfit got more attention this [...]
I have just been listening to a discussion panel on Radio FFH about the protests against China. (whether they were likely to have an impact on China, whether the Olympic Games should be boycotted etc.)
One of the listeners stated something like:
The Americans are behind the protests. They want to destabilize the whole region by [...]
I want to come back to these SPON articles on “collective xenophobia” in Germany. It all started with a piece written by David Crossland „Germany’s Homegrown Intolerance”, SPON, 01/18/2008.
A piece full of anti-German prejudices. Excerpts:
(…) Maybe it’s the Germans’ romantic yearning for purity and cleanliness, for a “Heile Welt,” a “Perfect World,” [...]
My dream immigrant to Germany has read some of these SPON articles about the experiences of foreigners living in Germany and is now scared of coming here. Thank you SPON!
Now, I do not want to lure anyone into this country without admitting that, yes, there is a lot of discrimination going on in Germany.
Take [...]
Ten weeks after the Hessian elections Roland Koch is more popular than Andrea Ypsilanti. And if there were new elections CDU and FDP would win a majority.
„Koch beliebter als Ypsilanti“ von ANGELIKA HELLEMANN und BERNHARD KELLNER, BAMS, 06.04.2008:
(…) Bei den Bürgern Hessens nimmt seine Beliebtheit sogar wieder zu! 41 Prozent der Hessen würden heute in [...]