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2003-11-04 Europe

Head of Germanyâs special forces axed in Jewish row

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Posted by Bulldog 2003-11-04 10:00:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's those darn Jooos again.

If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be making these idiotic comments.

Posted by Daniel King 2003-11-4 10:03:24 AM|| 2003-11-4 10:03:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 So an MP makes some outrageously anti-Semitic statements, an idiot general backs him up and the general is fired, but the MP is still and MP?

How very... German.

Posted by Emperor Misha I 2003-11-4 11:43:56 AM|| [http://nicedoggie.net/] 2003-11-4 11:43:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Somebody will draw a parallel between Boykin and this guy. I know it will happen; I can feel my gag reflex starting...

Posted by Super Hose 2003-11-4 12:01:48 PM|| 2003-11-4 12:01:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Misha - the government can fire generals quite easily - RE Wesley Clark as NATO chief. MP's have to be voted out of office by their constituancy. Bit harder, especially in Germany.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-4 1:17:06 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-4 1:17:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 The good general apparently read too many books from the German "history war" of a decade or so ago.

Posted by Hiryu 2003-11-4 1:37:04 PM|| 2003-11-4 1:37:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 MP's have to be voted out of office by their constituancy.

I believe Germany has proportional representation. My understanding is that MP's in Germany aren't selected by a specific area's voters - seats are apportioned based on party seniority and the total number of seats assigned to a given party depends on the percentage of votes that party receives. The MP in question could be ousted by his party's honchos, but not by voters.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-11-4 1:39:27 PM|| 2003-11-4 1:39:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Zhang Fei> I believe Germany has proportional representation.

http://www.germany-info.org/relaunch/info/facts/facts/questions_en/poldevelopment/parties4.html

"The German election system combines majority and proportional representation. Each voter has two votes. The first vote is cast for a specific candidate running in the voter's electoral district. The winner of a plurality of these votes represents that electoral district in the Bundestag. The second vote is cast for a party. A list of candidates for this vote is drawn up by each party in each of the federal states. "

Either way, I don't think that an MP could be ousted by his party once elected, regardless of whether he was elected through the proportional or the majority system.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2003-11-4 6:09:21 PM|| 2003-11-4 6:09:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Let a man hold his tongue, and he will pass for a sage. But some of us are smarter than that - and we will see he has spit on his fingers. Yucky, but effective. Only The Shadow knows what stupidity lurks in the hearts of men. Besides their mistresses, of course. And prolly their bartenders.

Posted by .com 2003-11-4 6:15:04 PM|| 2003-11-4 6:15:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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