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Next Carnival on July 2nd
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Carnival of German-American Relations takes place quarterly. Each
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I hereby submit my article: Masters of Deception: Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, and the 9-11 Conspiracy Industry http://www.orgonelab.org/MastersOfDeception.htm Being new to blogging, I cannot understand your instructions sufficiently to follow-up. But David's Medienkritic did say "long and well-argued comments" could be posted. I am simply afraid, my article (which is still very relevant) is too long to insert into this comment block. After taking a look at the provided URL, if you feel it is not too long, then let me know and I'll submit it here again.
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Tue, 25.03.2008
this is my first time finding out about american german carnival. being a German born in US, its nice to find out there is such a carnival.
Tue, 06.02.2007
Prof. Drezner of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University discusses the assumption of American exceptionalism in his book review "Mind the Gap" for the The National Interest. The first book is Andrew Kohut and Bruce Stokes' A
Wed, 24.01.2007
Of everything the communists in Europe have to deal with these days, the only thing they are concerned about is preventing the Soviet Union from being put on the same level as the Nazis.
Sun, 14.01.2007
The German and American taxpayers finance some amazing stuff:• The blog German Impressions writes about the weird DW World website "Germanizer": "Ever wonder what it’s like to be German? Don’t compromise - Germanize!"
Fri, 12.01.2007
The human rights commissioner of the German government, Guenter Nooke (CDU), said on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of Guantanamo that the prison with its 395 inmates was "not as special as it is portrayed in the public" given the "t
Mon, 01.01.2007
It still hasn not stopped in Berlin, “poor but sexy” as it is. And in a way, the party hasn not really stopped here since the World Cup euphoria got the Berliners and everybody else in the country walking upright again this summer. That’s why this year’s New Year’s Eve motto…
Mon, 11.12.2006
Vor kurzem sah ich mir wieder einmal Inhalte interkultureller Trainingsangebote über europäische Länder an. Die Angebote haben (traurigen) Unterhaltungswert, vor allem wenn - in Amerika sehr beliebt - ganz Europa über einen Kamm geschert wird. So h...
Sun, 10.12.2006
Mark Steyn is, as so often in the last years, claiming yet again that the future belongs to Islam. Point is, demographics aren't quite as decisive as they used to be, and large, uneducted masses are mostly a danger to themselves nowadays. Not to mention the fact that there only are 15 million [...]
Sun, 10.12.2006
In the first part of this two series article we talked about several aspects of life and success in Holland and in the UK. We talked about the economy, taxation, fitness, smoking, social classes and a few other topics of interest that help us compare different aspects of a successful lifestyle from [...]
Sun, 10.12.2006
As I mentioned in a previous post, “NATO More Active on Global Security: From Brussels to Riga”, NATO summit will be held at Riga, the capital of Latvia on November 28th and 29th. This is a landmark of history from the following aspects. At this summit, leaders of Western democracies meet and talk [...]
Sun, 10.12.2006
Germany’s Angela Merkel, eager diplomat, objective conciliator, and ‘honest broker’ between East and West, finds herself in a remarkable ménage a trois over energy policy. Not France and Poland, with whom she holds a December 5 summit: her controversial partners are Russia and Poland, each [...]
Sun, 10.12.2006
The creation of a stable and well-functioning state requires a well-trained police force that is not corrupt, but abides by the law and enforces the law without bias. Afghanistan is not anywhere close to such a police force. According to a Congressional R
Sun, 10.12.2006
While some newspapers and magazines run very critical or even Anti-American opinion pieces, some of them also write very pro-American commentaries: "America: The Misunderstood World Power" is the headline of an article in the travel section of a
Sat, 09.12.2006
If you believe everything you read, and I would never recommend doing this, of course, Germany suddenly finds itself in the wonderful world of economic upswing. Signs of this Aufschwung are being reported everywhere and it appears at times that the country has been “afflicted” by a giant and [...]
Mon, 04.12.2006
America has to catch up on human rights and social welfare or they will never be fully accepted as the lead nation of the free world.The American rightosphere regularly mocks Europe for having high unemployment rates, for social standards too high for a
Sat, 02.12.2006
Die Trennung zwischen Staat und Kirche ist scheinbar nur wichtig, wenn es darum geht, Muslimen auf die Füsse zu treten. Wenn Christen in den USA für sich beanspruchen, dass die USA ein christliches Land ist und dass jeder Abgeordnete deshalb auf die ...
Sun, 26.11.2006
Earlier I wrote a about Martha Dodd, an American woman who saw with her own eyes what was happening in Germany after 1933 and forcefully warned a disbelieving American public. But before Martha, there was Dorothy Thompson, the first American
Sun, 26.11.2006
The more things change, the more they stay the same. On either side of the Atlantic, it seems. GermanyÂ’s grand coalition under Chancellor Angela Merkel has been in power for a year now but other than having applied a band-aid or two on existing social systems here, the coalition partners have [...]
Tue, 21.11.2006
Introduction I have been teaching adult Sunday School off-and-on for 25 years now, first as a Lutheran, then as a Covenanter (for my German guests, that is an evangelical offshoot of the Swedish Lutherans). I learned early that if people are given the textbooks for free, attendance drops off and [...]
Sun, 19.11.2006
While thousands of Germans gathered just south of Berlin yesterday to protest a provocative neo-Nazi demonstration held to glorify fallen Wehrmacht soldiers of the Battle of Halbe, Chancellor Merkel and other government and diplomatic corps officials will be taking part in ceremonies in Berlin today [...]
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Atlantic Review lädt am 2. Juli '06 wieder zu einem Blog Carnival über die deutsch-amerikanischen und transatlantischen Beziehungen ein. Diesmal haben David's Medienkritik für die englischsprachigen Blogs und Extrablog für die deutschsprachigen das Vergnügen, die Rollen als Gastgeber zu übernehmen. David's Medienkritik wird allen teilnehmenden Bloggern ein sehr grosses, internationales
Tracked: May 23, 14:57
This is a great honor for our site. On July 2, 2006, Davids Medienkritik will host the Carnival of German American relations! This outstanding event will allow us to showcase top articles on German-American relations and serve as a central
Tracked: May 24, 16:06
The Austrian psychiatrist and 1930s anti-fascist author Wilhelm Reich once noted (I paraphrase) "The Big Lie gets lots of public attention and is carried forward as in a big parade, with many hungry listeners, while the truth must come limping behind on crutches, struggling to catch up, panting with it tongue hanging out." So it appears a similar situation has developed internationally, with respect to historical events during and after World War II, and most especially after the 9-11 terror attacks against the USA. While the reader may be accustomed to believing that Big Lies only originate within "the establishment" or "mainstream", history shows us many examples where little lies which begin far outside the mainstream, over time slowly grow and gain acceptance to become a new "Truth" which at least within a certain variable percentage of the population can hardly be questioned. Both Stalinism and Hitlerism in the 20th Century had such modest origins, eventually leading to the greatest social destructions and genocidal slaughters of recent history. So it seems the first years of the 21st Century offer us yet another set of tempting falsehoods, with large numbers of "hungry listeners". Several articles in mainstream newspapers have recently highlighted one facet of the matter, in the uncritical and eager acceptance of 9-11 conspiracy theories: "Anti-US books find an eager audience among German youth" (Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2003), "9/11 Conspiracy Theory Books Dominate Debate at Frankfurt Book Fair" (Deutsch Welt, 10 Oct. 2003), "Conspiracy Theories about Sept.11 get Hearings in Germany" (Wall Street Journal, 29 Sept. 2003).(1) While it would be an error to think the problem is only in Germany -- it is not -- the growing acceptance of this particular "non-mainstream" Big Lie is clearly more widespread in Europe and the Middle East than the USA.
Tracked: May 26, 22:17
The Minutemen think a 2000-mile wall from San Diego, California, to Brownsville, Texas, buried ten feet into the earth, guarded by a Border Patrol with guns, will be just the thing to save America's traditions and institutions. Charles Krauthammer, a neo-conservative who isn't a Minuteman but fears both terrorist infiltration and a second civil war between Mushy-Hearted Liberals and the Patriotic Foes of Immigration, agrees...
Tracked: Jun 02, 12:24
People are still talking about a wall or a fence along the Mexican-American border, because it seems both bills cruising through Congress call for some kind of barrier. The House bill calls for a full-scale Berlin Wall; the Senate version wants 370 miles of a triple-layer "fence."
Tracked: Jun 02, 12:32
1. Celebrating German-American Friendship!The Berlin chapter of the Fulbright Alumni e.V. invites everybody to a German-American Soccer World Cup Game Watching Party for the match USA vs. Italy. The party will start on Saturday, June 17th, 8:00 pm at Rock
Tracked: Jun 07, 19:37
Where do Europeans get off saying they aren't just as nationalistic as they ever were? And, conversely, where do they get off saying that Americans are nationalistic?
Tracked: Jun 08, 11:22
The ongoing mystery of why Berliners seem so keen on American-style hot dogs, when they have their own venerable Bratwurst-in-Broetchen, has led me to this page ... (It's not a carnival without hot dogs.)
Tracked: Jun 10, 13:21
Something strange is happening in Germany in connection with the football world cup. Caused by our history patriotism and national sentiments aren´t very popular and are hardly seen on the public surface. But during night, in an eruptive manner, german...
Tracked: Jun 11, 13:27
Amerika ist für mich ein Symbol, dass woanders vieles möglich und normal sein kann, was in seinem eigenen kulturellen Umkreis absolut undenkbar wäre [...]
Tracked: Jun 11, 15:38
It’s no secret that the Germans are concerned about immigration. Integration courses and citizenship tests were recently big news items that made a lot of noise in the national media. An “integration summit” is being planned at the highest government levels in the coming weeks. Leading Muslim representatives will be invited to a German Islam Conference in Bonn later in the fall. All of this mirrors the common perception that Germany seems to be standing before an ever-increasing and overwhelming wave of immigrants demanding entry into the country.
Tracked: Jun 13, 08:51
Was sind Hispanics? Bei unserer Diskussion über die Einwanderungsgesetze tauchte der Begriff zwar auf, aber wir haben ihn nie erklärt. Jetzt, wo der Senat seinen Gesetzentwurf fertig hat und wir wohl monatelang auf den Vermittlungsausschuss warten mÃ...
Tracked: Jun 13, 21:07
Over the last two years, I have ran a marathon, enjoyed Bumbershoot, Folklife and the Seattle International Film Festival, gone to museums founded by local billionaires and salvaged some really cheap stuff from the salvation army store. I have bought scho
Tracked: Jun 18, 10:07
Somebody call the cops. Or just tap the shoulder of one or two of the people standing next to you at one of those World Cup public viewing areas if you prefer, he or she is bound to be one (they’re everywhere these days because of security, you see). This has to be reported immediately. The Germans are beginning to discard their post-war reluctance about thinking, feeling or even, gulp, displaying anything positive about their country. What, you say? The cop standing next to you is waving a damned flag, too? I mean jeez, what is that? Let’s study this phenomenon. Is all of this simply due to the World Cup and Germany’s “obligation” to wave flags along with everybody else? Has a soccer tournament managed to settle an issue overnight what generations of Germans haven’t been willing to openly and honestly address? Yes. And no.
Tracked: Jun 18, 10:16
Am 13.6.2006 wurden die Resultate der neuesten Umfrage online gestellt. Einiges davon bestätigt bekannte Trends, das andere ist aus meiner Sicht eine positive Überraschung. Die wichtigsten Fragmente darf ich wohl hier zitieren: Das Ansehen der USA-Politik sinkt weiter, in Deutschland schneller als woanders - von 78 % im Jahr 2000 auf 37% im Jahr 2006:
Tracked: Jun 18, 14:28
Noch immer werden Muslime sowohl in Europa als auch in den USA als Fremde gesehen. Der Status der Migrantenreligion haftet dem Islam etwa in Deutschland an, wo die Mehrheit der Muslime türkischer Herkunft sind, aber eben nicht unbedingt im Ausland geboren und aufgewachsen sind. Erst letztens hat die hannoversche Landesbischöfin Frau Margot Käßmann im FR -Interview folgenden markanten Satz gebracht: Wir sagen immer, bei uns ist Christus zu Hause und Allah zu Gast.
Tracked: Jun 20, 00:52
I came upon this independent newspaper in Germany (which also is available in English for those of us who do not speak German), and found it quite charming. The name of it is Der Spiegel. It is a bit interesting how I found it. I was searching for "science" or "global warming" or "dissent" while using Google. (It is amazing how many sites I have found on a search while not looking for them.)
Tracked: Jun 20, 06:34
Europe's chief export to the world -- anti-Americanism: Via Luc Van Braekel's LVB.net, here's a billboard in South Africa . . . The Company? Daimler Chrysler. How's that for gall? See that, United Auto Workers?
Tracked: Jun 20, 19:52
Syria and Iran have already strengthened ties, and now Russia is entering fray. The USSR used to use the Tartus naval base in the harbor. This was a strategic port for them against the USA. They are now back, and they are bringing weapons and men with them.
Tracked: Jun 24, 11:56
Help me, I'm German. Or at least that's the feeling I got after having read "Keine Zeit und immer im Plan" by Susanne Gaschke in Die Zeit. She has painted a picture of her countrymen that is not only right on the money (for my money), she has also opened up my eyes as to why it is that they and I so frequently, no, practically always rub each other the wrong way: We are way much too alike. Relationships like that just can't work.
Tracked: Jun 25, 08:50
The national conscious of the Nazi atrocities in German memory has led to cautiousness towards conflict in the German public and government. While this position is a natural reaction and in many respects noble, it has unfortunately decreased Germany's ability and consequent role to be an international peacekeeper and decision maker. Indeed, Germany's relations with traditional powers such as the United States and Great Britain have undoubtedly been affected by the apprehension associated with German worldwide involvement. In order to sufficiently repair important diplomatic relationships and raise its role as a purveyor of social democracy, Germany must engage in a plan to increase militarization with the appropriate adjustment of political stance to encourage public opinion towards proactive international contributions.
Tracked: Jun 25, 12:50
... muss seinen Feinden nicht noch selbst Material bieten. Die USA hatten es schon immer schwer, fuer die Linke waren sie stets Feindbild Nummer 1 und seit George W. Bush im Weissen Haus sitzt, hat sich dieses Bild scheinbar auf die ueberwiegende Mehrheit der Deutschen uebertragen. Eine objektive Diskussion ist laengst nicht mehr moeglich, zu festgefahren sind die Positionen. Auch die deutschen Medien scheinen sich in einer kritisch bis anti-amerikanischen Stimmung zu befinden, kaum jemand zierte in den letzten Jahren in einer clowneskenhafteren Form Titelbild von Spiegel & Co. als ein George W. Busch - hochstilisiert zum neuen Feindbild schlechthin. Doch wo wenn nicht im Internet bildete sich eine Gegenfront zu der als einseitig empfundenen Berichterstattung.
Tracked: Jun 25, 20:41
You usually think of reunions as pretty happy occaisions with picnic lunches, baseball games and perhaps a dip in the nearest lake, attended by folks who are friends, neighbors, maybe co-workers, sometimes. But there's a twist on some reunions here in Texas -- because periodically, German POW's from WW2 travel across the Atlantic to get together in Mexia, Bryan, and other small Texas towns to have brats, barbecued brisket and beer, and reminisence ...
Tracked: Jun 27, 23:03
Since becoming Chancellor, Angela Merkel has pursued an aggressive travel itinerary and has met with many of her peers on the international stage. But often she has also met with leaders of the opposition parties and groups in an effort
Tracked: Jun 28, 19:26
In January, 1948 England and America decided to combine their two sectors in Berlin creating a business zone called Bizonia. The purpose was to assist the Germans in reconstruction, and it was decided that if the German's had a bigger hand in the process, the process would proceed faster. The Soviets however, were staunchly against the merger, seeing the embryo of a new German state, which they both feared, and which would, given the freedom of the west, soon outclass the Russian efforts in the east. Russian opposition however may have created the German state sooner than anticipated. France, England and America decided in June of '48 that a new German Federal Republic would be established by 1949 at the latest. Stalin was incensed. On June 23rd, a Train headed from the western sectors to Berlin was halted and a rail removed from in front of the train. The Berlin Blockade had begun.
Tracked: Jun 29, 00:14
What's with the nice guys who think they're not anti-American just because they admit that some of the accusations go too far? They completely don't get it. The very IDEA that we Americans must conform to European specifications is offensive, insufferably arrogant, and overdosed with hubris.
Tracked: Jun 29, 03:06
Having read the coverage of the EU-US summit in several US and German papers, I got the impression that the German papers focus on the lack of concrete results, while pointing out that President Bush wants to close Gitmo, is more supportive of EU policies
Tracked: Jun 30, 11:39
The title of a recent IHT opinion piece says it all. Germans always took pride in the quality of their craftmanship, but it was a rare German who would admit to national pride. And that pride was always about some aspect of Germany, not its flag or p...
Tracked: Jun 30, 13:38
Es gibt ein Konsortium zahlreicher Banken und technischen Einrichtungen in etlichen Laendern, auch den USA, namens Swift ('Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication') mit Sitz in Belgien. Die Gesellschaft unterliegt europaeischem ebenso wie US-Recht. Zur Identifizierung von Terroristen werden Swift-Daten ueber Ueberweisungen und
Tracked: Jul 01, 19:22
How could Germany have possibly felt any better about itself than after Friday's breathtaking victory against Argentina? I wouldn't know. But strangely, on that very day, Chancellor Merkel's government managed to receive its lowest ratings yet. Nobody is satisfied with the way things are developing here, it seems - or failing to develop, I should say. The health reform is about as convincing as the tax reform is. And that's not very convincing at all.
Tracked: Jul 02, 06:38
(By Ray D.) Germany is loving the World Cup and the usually pessimistic German media can't help but succumb to the euphoria. SPIEGEL ONLINE is no exception. The magazine was so overwhelmed by the positive fussball-vibes that it recently ran
Tracked: Jul 02, 07:05
We received 31 submissions from 22 Bloggers. You can find all of them in the right column. ==>>The articles about many different aspects of German-American relations are very interesting, original and well written. The two carnival hosts have pi
Tracked: Jul 02, 09:11
Noch immer werden Muslime sowohl in Europa als auch in den USA als Fremde gesehen. Der Status der Migrantenreligion haftet dem Islam etwa in Deutschland an, wo die Mehrheit der Muslime türkischer Herkunft sind, aber eben nicht unbedingt im Ausland geb...
Tracked: Jul 26, 13:17
The next Carnival of German-American Relations will be hosted by Dialog International (in English) and Liberale Stimme (in German). To participate in this carnival, all you have to do is write a new blog post about US-German relations or pick a very goo
Tracked: Jul 29, 01:02