Left-wing Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit would love to see Obama hold a speech at the Brandenburg Gate, but at the same time the “Grünflächenamt” (= parks and gardens department) in Berlin refuses to allow the swearing-in ceremony of our Federal Armed Forces to take place in front of Reichstag (= German Parliament) on July 20th.
They [...]
At first I thought it was a joke. But then I had to realize he really means it. Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. The same place where Ronald Reagan said his famous: “Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! “ A sentence I suppose Obama would never [...]
“Happiness is rising around the world: U-M study”, June 30, 2008:
People in most countries around the world are happier these days, according to newly released data from the World Values Survey based at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. (…)
Economic growth, democratization and rising social tolerance have all contributed to rising happiness, with [...]
Die ARD hat ein Flaggen-Problem: Innerhalb von knapp zwei Wochen wurden in den “Tagesthemen” zwei falsche Staatsfahnen eingeblendet. Zunächst war während der Fußball-Europameisterschaft eine rot-schwarz-goldene Deutschland-Fahne im Hintergrund einer Moderation von Tom Buhrow zu sehen.
Am Donnerstagabend nun präsentierte der Sender während der Anmoderation eines Beitrags zur Eröffnung der neuen US-Botschaft in Berlin eine nicht korrekte [...]
Wow! I really admire this man. Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer is still blogging on his website .
I had watched his “Last Lecture” on YouTube and I have also read the book which includes more background information and is absolutely beautiful. There is a [...]
Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from [...]
I have just read Michelle Malkin`s interview/article about musician John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting (”He’s Our Superman - Meet John Ondrasik, a Hollywood patriot”, July 2, 2008).
Very, very true and touching what he says. Excerpts:
Where did his sense of patriotism come from?
“I have no family members who are in the military and not [...]
We did not win the European Football Championships, but according to this article we, Germans, are European Whining Champions:
“Deutsche sind Europameister im Jammern”
Mehr als zwei Drittel der Deutschen (68 Prozent) glauben demnach, dass das Leben in 20 Jahren schlechter sein wird als heute. =
More than two thirds of Germans (68 per cent) believe that life [...]
The real reason why women like watching soccer:
“Celebrating Football`s Shirtless Wonders”, SPON, 06/28/2008