Germany's president celebrated the country's new-found national pride but also stressed that more needs to be done to integrate Muslim and other immigrants as he marked the 20th anniversary of reunification on Sunday. Muslims hate beer.
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| Germany celebrates 20 years of reunification |
| 2010-10-04 |
| Germany's president celebrated the country's new-found national pride but also stressed that more needs to be done to integrate Muslim and other immigrants as he marked the 20th anniversary of reunification on Sunday. Muslims hate beer. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Its been 20 years already? Damn I'm getting way too old |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-10-04 21:02 |
| #12 "With the destruction of the Prussian element, and its hundreds of years of militarism, within the German body, the modern unification and federation we have witnessed is closer to what was intended in 1848." And yet, they have sitzpinklers. Oy. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-10-04 20:01 |
| #11 ..and there is one school of thought that Germany wasn't so much unified in the 19th Century, but was gradually annexed by Prussia through the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars. The Kaiser was offered the crown of a federated Germany during the revolution of 1848, but declined to take it under the conditions, holding out to get it from the mouth of a gun with far less restraints upon his dynasty. With the destruction of the Prussian element, and its hundreds of years of militarism, within the German body, the modern unification and federation we have witnessed is closer to what was intended in 1848. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-10-04 13:06 |
| #10 Yes, Sarge they did, recognizing that both territories had been successfully ethnically cleansed since 1945 and there would be no 'right of return'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-10-04 12:54 |
| #9 Gotta love a girl who can carry that much beer. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-10-04 12:28 |
| #8 I like that picture it has my two favorite things: Beer and err more beer! ;-) If I remember correctly under the unification charter the new unified Germany gave up territorial claims in Poland and Russia. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2010-10-04 11:55 |
| #7 I must have missed Russia handing back East Prussia. or Poland the former German Silesia. Note well how the State Department seems to miss that little aspect of history and losing wars when dealing with the 'Palestinian' issue [which really wasn't an issue till after the 67 War when Israel took territory formally owned and operated by Jordan and Egypt.] |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-10-04 11:14 |
| #6 Basil Fawlty: Is something wrong? German Guest: Will you please stop talking about the war? Basil Fawlty: Me? You started it. German Guest: We did not! Basil Fawlty: Yes, you did, you invaded Poland. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2010-10-04 08:32 |
| #5 Unfortunately some still hold that cultural and territorial aggrandizement is an ordained law of nature and the obligation of our betters. The belief, however mistaken, appears to know no boundries but prefers the tents of Europe. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-10-04 08:11 |
| #4 I must have missed Russia handing back East Prussia. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2010-10-04 07:01 |
| #3 When the wall came down I had hoped it was the beginning of the end for collectivism. Instead the collectivists ramped up their Gramscian strategy in the West and took over the education and entertainment industries, and now control the governments of most Western countries including our own. It's depressing and disappointing. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2010-10-04 06:09 |
| #2 Twenty years ago, I remember thinking that after WWII "Germany" (both of them) should have been dismantled as functional states, and the people scattered to the distant four corners of the world. Sigh. I have no doubt that its cursed, evil, population will bring misfortune upon the world again, sometime in the not-too-distant-future. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2010-10-04 03:16 |
| #1 Not to mention celebrating its 55th anniversary of failure the unify the world. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2010-10-04 02:14 |