Posts Tagged ‘germany’

Germany thinks we need to save money

June 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment

Right as Obama is gearing up for another round of stimulus funding, Germany’s Angela Merkel blindsided him some of the craziest advice Obama’s probably heard since the last Tea Party rally: “It’s urgently necessary for monetary stability that public budgets return to balance,” German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle said at a press conference Monday, according [...]

Bertha Lewis loves socialists

April 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Bertha Lewis, CEO of Acorn, is proud to be a socialist. She applauds anyone who calls themself a socialist.  But, that’s not the best part: “Any group that says, ‘I’m young, I’m Democratic, and I’m a socialist,’ is all right with me. You know that’s no light thing to do — to actually say, I’m [...]

A Cowboy named Bud

April 15th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Got this via email, loved it: A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in  California when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust.  The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the [...]

The first anti-smoking campaign

December 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Per my friend, L’Ombre de l’Olivier.  I really never knew this:   The world’s first anti-smoking campaign, Nazi Germany 1933-1945.  Hitler apparently not only hated Jews, those not “pure”, and a laundry list of other issues, he hated smokers and people who drank alcohol as well.  Now, I’m not sure how far he took this.  [...]

Four more years of Bushisms?

May 27th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Barack Obama’s campaign has been all about “change“.  However, one thing seems bound not to change if Obama is elected.  Whereas we’ve had to deal with nucular, internets, and global warmings, now we’ll get muddled facts instead of words: Marking the anniversary of the March 1965 “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Ala., Obama, speaking at a [...]

End of the Cold War?

August 16th, 2004 | No Comments

Bush to move forces from Europe, Asia In early June, a U.S. delegation, led by Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Lawless, said Washington wanted to withdraw some 12,500 U.S. troops by December 2005, according to Kim Sook, head of the South Korean Foreign Ministry’s North American bureau. Pentagon and senior administration officials have told CNN [...]