Carnival of German-American Relations

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 picked the submissions they liked best and present them on their blogs:

Davids Medienkritik has written an English carnival post introducing both English and German articles about transatlantic relations.

Extrablog has written a German carnival post (English translation by Google) introducing both English and German articles about transatlantic relations. Currently offline. Sorry.

Please read both carnival posts. To give you an idea about what to expect, here's a teaser of the submitted posts. E means the article is written in English, while G stands for German. "DMK" means the article is introduced at Davids Medienkritik. "Xblog" stands for Extrablog. And "Carni-Sub" means you will find an abstract only in the right column on this page. ======>>>>

Radio Free Mike discusses Hot Dogs in Berlin in one submission (E: Carni-Sub) and compares the proposed US-Mexican fence with the Berlin Wall (E: Xblog).
Red Hot Cuppa Politics writes about Germans returning to old Prisoner of War Camps in Texas (E: Carni-Sub).
Pigilito wrote about "German pride that surprises" (E: DMK) and Liblog (E: Carni-Sub) about "allowed patriotism".
GeistesWelt praises what America stands for (G: DMK, Xblog).
GM's Corner reminds us of the anniversary of the Berlin Airlift (E: Xblog).
Plomlompom writes about the TV series West Wing (G: Xblog).
USA Erklärt is a much needed, new (and perhaps the only) German language blog written by an American, who submitted his post on Hispanics (G: Xblog).
Too much Cookies writes about Patriotic Muslims (G: Xblog).
Prose Before Hos analyzes Germany's peacekeeping contributions and calls for a new Role (E: DMK, Xblog).
James DeMeo discusses Noam Chomsky and Michael Moore (E: Carni-Sub).
Thomas Matterne writes briefly about "pro-American Blogs" in Germany (G: DMK, Xblog).
Dialog International explains why Chancellor Merkel should reach out to US Democrats (E: DMK, Xblog).
Sendungsbewusstsein informs us about the latest PEW Global Attitudes poll (G: Xblog).
Observing Hermann writes about immigrants in one post (E: Carni-Sub) and discusses the changes the World Cup brought to Germany in another one (E.: Carni-Sub).
My Newz'n'Ideas writes about the World Cup (E: Carni-Sub).
At the Zoo submitted once again a couple of posts on Anti-Americanism (E Xblog).
One of the Misunderestimated Germans, who's also a new American citizen, writes about the questions he is asked by Americans (E: Carni-Sub).
Politically Incorrect covers the SWIFT banking scandal and asks if there is nothing else bad happening right now (G: DMK).
Davids Medienkritik covered the Spiegel's announcement of the end of stereotypes (E: DMK).
Extrablog wrote about the Star Trek utopia, which both Germans and Americans appreciate (G: Xblog).
You can use Google's tool for translating any article into English or German.
As the organizer of the carnival, the Atlantic Review would like to thank all bloggers for participating in our carnival and thank Davids Medienkritik and Extrablog for hosting and presenting the carnival. You are improving transatlantic dialogue!

Any blogger who is reading this, please link to Davids Medienkritik and Extrablog.
Feel free to display the carnival logo. HTML code for big logo. HTML Code for small logo.

The next Carnival of U.S.-German Relations will take place on September 17th. You can already submit relevant articles now. Just send a trackback to this post and your submissions will be listed in the right column. More info in our previous post.

The Carnival of German-American Relations takes place quarterly. Each carnival is hosted by two blogs from both sides of the Atlantic. One in English and one in German.

The goal is to promote dialogue between Americans and Germans and everybody else who cares about transatlantic relations. Liberal, conservative and other bloggers from both sides of the Atlantic are invited to discuss German-American relations by submitting their best blog posts in English or in German. You don't have to mince words. You may submit very critical posts, but they have to be well argued and written respectfully.
If you don't have a blog, you can create one in three minutes at Blogger or write a long and well argued comment here.

Check out the submissions in the right column. => => =>

If you have any problem, question or concern, please just write a comment or send an email to Jorg.

The hosts of the upcoming carnival will pick the best submissions and introduce them in their blogs on July 2nd, 2006. You have to link to that carnival post.

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Please mention this carnival on your blog. To display the logo, please use the HTML code of the big carnival logo or of the small carnival logo.

UPDATE: James DeMeo wrote:

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.

Thanks, James. It is not too long. In-depth articles are good. I know that all this trackback stuff is new to many people. I am trying to improve the instructions. Please let me know if this is a better instruction:

Put a link to this website at the end of your piece, something small and unobtrusive is sufficient, like Submitted to Carnival of German-American Relations The link is just necessary to prevent this site from getting so-called "trackback spam." We have been flooded by trackbacks from all kinds of advertisers. That's why our software only admits trackbacks from sites that link to this page. Sorry.

Now go to Wizbang Standalone Trackback Pinger Now do the following on that page:
1.In the first line you enter: http://america-germany.atlanticreview.org/comment.php?type=trackback&entry_id=11
2. In the second line you enter the _URL of your post, i.e.: http://www.orgonelab.org/MastersOfDeception.htm
3. Now enter the name of your blog. You can enter whatever you want: Your name or Orgonelab.
4. The Title of you piece, i.e. "Master of Deception"
5. In the fifth and last line you enter an excerpt of your piece, i.e. the first 2-3 sentences.
6. Just press "Submit Trackback." Now the trackback should appear immediately in the right column on this website and everybody can click on the link to your piece and read it.

Please let me know if it does not work or if you have any question.

Bloggers, if your software sends trackbacks, you don't have to follow this procedure.

More than forty blog posts were submitted for the second edition of our carnival. The three carnival hosts present selected submissions in their blogs:

American Future wrote English introductions from a U.S. perspective.

Atlantic Review wrote English introductions from a German perspective.

And Statler & Waldorf wrote German introductions from a German perspective. Deutsche Einleitung für Karnevalsbeiträge. (Non-German speakers could try Google's English translation of Statler & Waldorf's introductions.)

The three carnival hosts have selected slightly different posts and have a significantly different take on all of them. Therefore it is definitely worth it to read the introductions from all three carnival hosts.

If you are a Blogger, please consider linking to the carnival hosts. If you have participated in the carnival, you are expected to link to the carnival hosts.

This Carnival Submissions Blog is permanent and accepts submissions for the next carnival on July 2, 2006. Just send a trackback and your post will be listed in the right sidebar on this blog. The next two hosts will introduce the best posts on their blogs.

Thanks to the many blogs who display the carnival logo in their sidebar and link to the Carnival Submissions Blog, the previous submissions have been read by many readers prior to this carnival. Please keep the Carnival logo on your blogs so that there is a constant stream of visitors checking out the latest posts on transatlantic relations. To display the logo, please use the HTML code for big carnival logo and for the small carnival logo.

If you have any question, please write a comment or send an email to Jorg.

More info about this carnival in English and auf Deutsch.

President Reagan giving a speech at the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Federal Republic of Germany on June 12th, 1987. Source: Ronald Reagan Library.

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With more than 2,000 troops Germany is by far the largest contributor to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Photo Source: Bundeswehr

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