Welcome to the new edition of the Carnival of German-American Relations.
GM's Corner and the Too Much Cookies Network are presenting the twenty submissions ranging from three different takes on the German economy, to the future of NATO and to Merkel's foreign policy. They also include a brief bio of a fearless US correspondent, who informed Americans about Nazi Germany. A German blogger writes about his father, who probably owes his life to a Jewish US soldier, and adds his own thoughts about America. US military recruiting slogans are analyzed as well as the so-called Islamist threat to European societies.

Please visit the blogs by the two hosts for their excellent carnival posts. Omar and George have done a superb job in hosting this carnival edition.
George has written an English introduction to all submissions in his blog GM's Corner.
And Omar has written a German introduction to all submission in his blog Too Much Cookies Network.

We are proud to announce that the next Carnival of German-American Relations will be hosted by GM's Corner (in English) and Too Much Cookies (in German).

Everybody is invited to participate in this carnival to promote transatlantic dialogue!

All you have to do is write a new blog post about US-German relations or pick a very good older post that is still relevant and submit this post by inserting the following text and link: "Submitted to Carnival of German-American Relations" You have to link to this website. Otherwise our software will treat your trackback as spam.If your blog software sends automatic trackbacks, then your submission will immediately be listed in the top-right corner of this page. In some cases the trackback needs to be approved, if the imperfect software thinks it is spam.
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You can also submit your blogpost by writing a comment. Omar at Too Much Cookies and George at GM's Corner will select the best post in the right column and present them on their blogs on December 11, 2006.

For more information about the carnival and trouble shooting trackbacks, please read our previous carnival announcement.
The best way to understand what a blog carnival is, is to check out the last carnival editions, which was hosted by Dialog International(in English) and Liberale Stimme (in German) on September 25, 2006.
If you have any questions, please contact Joerg.

Welcome to the latest carnival edition!

Thank you! to all participants who submitted very interesting blog posts on German-American relations. You find all submissions in the right column: ====>>>     ====>>>     ====>>>    ====>>>

This carnival edition is hosted by the American Blog Dialog International and the German Blog Liberale Stimme. They present and introduce what they consider the best submissions:

Dialog International has written an English carnival post introducing both English and German articles about transatlantic relations.

And Liberale Stimme has written a German carnival post (English translation by Google) introducing both English and German articles about transatlantic relations.

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 good older post that is still relevant and submit this post by inserting the following text and link: "Submitted to Carnival of German-American Relations"

You have to link to this website. Otherwise our software will treat your trackback as spam.If your blog software sends automatic trackbacks, then your submission will immediately be listed in the top-right corner of this page.
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For more information about the carnival and how to participate, please read our previous carnival announcement.

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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.

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Deutsche Blogger klicken bitte auf die deutsche Version mit zusätzlichen Infos. (Link for German version)

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. => => =>

Participate:
To participate in this carnival, all you have to do is write a new blog post about US-German relations or pick a very good older post that is still relevant and submit this post by inserting the following text and link: "Submitted to Carnival of German-American Relations" You have to link to this website. Otherwise our software will treat your trackback as spam.If your blog software sends automatic trackbacks, then your submission will immediately be listed in the top-right corner of this page.
If your blog software does not do that, please send a manual trackback with your blog software or by using the Wizbang Standalone Trackback Pinger and copy+paste this "Trackback Ping URL":
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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.

Spread the news about this carnival:
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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
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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.

On March 25th, the second edition of our quarterly Carnivals of German-American Relations will take place on American Future (US blog), Statler & Waldorf (German blog writing in German) and Atlantic Review (German blog writing in English).

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

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.

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

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

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

We appreciate very much the 20 great submissions the for carnival. They are all listed in the right column. Check them out. However, only four submissions were from German bloggers. To make the carnival even more transatlantic, we have decided to extend the deadline and invite more German bloggers to participate:
Liebe deutsche Blogger, Ihr könnt auch deutschsprachige Beiträge einreichen. Mehr Informationen über diesen Blog Karneval.

The carnvial will be hosted by Statler & Waldorf in German. And the US host American Future and the German host Atlantic Review will write English carnival introductions of the best submissions. This will be a great chance for all carnival participants to get many new readers. The carnival date is March 25th. The deadline for submissions is March 22nd.
We are looking forward to additional submissions from Bloggers of all nations and all opinions about transatlantic relations, incl. very critical ones. Learn here how easy it is to participate and check out the many great submissions in the right column.

American Future, a great US blog focusing on foreign and national security affairs, confirmed to host our transatlantic carnival in the United States. Now we got two German and one American host.

We have already received ten submissions, which are displayed on the right.

Numerous blogs are advertising the carnival. At Word of Blog you can see a list of those blogs who are using the HTML code to display the logo of our carnival. This is a free and simple way to support the carnival.

Deutsche Blogger klicken bitte auf die deutsche Version mit zusätzlichen Infos. (Link for German version)

The Blog Carnival of German-American Relations takes place quarterly. Every 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.

The carnival was founded by the Atlantic Review and GM's Corner, who co-hosted the first edition in English here and here on December 11, 2005. The next carnival will be hosted by Statler & Waldorf in German and the Atlantic Review in English on March 11, 2006. (American Future might host the carnival too and add a distinct US perspective.) The deadline for submission is March 7, 2006.

Participate:
To participate in this carnival, all you have to do is write a new blog post about US-German relations or pick a very good older post that is still relevant and submit this post by inserting the following text and link: "Submitted to Carnival of German-American Relations"

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If you have any problem, question or concern, please just send an email to Jorg. I could submit the posts for you.
The hosts of the upcoming carnival will pick the best submissions and introduce them in their blogs on March 11th. You are expected to link to their carnival post on March 11th.

Spread the news about this carnival:
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A big thank you to Jim Bass, who created this logo. Jim works for Bassworks and bloggs for the Attack Machine.

UPDATE vom 22. Mai 2006:
Der zweite Karneval war ein voller Erfolg. Der nächste Karnival wird am 2. Juli 2006 bei Extrablog (auf Deutsch) und Davids Medienkritik (auf Englisch) stattfinden.

Die folgenden allgemeinen Informationen zum Karneval sind leicht aktualisiert:

Click here for the English version.

Was ist ein Blog Karneval?

Die so genannten Blog Karnevalsfeiern haben nichts mit Fasching zu tun, sondern sind eine Brauch aus den USA und fördern den Meinungsaustausch zu einem bestimmten Thema. Jeder Blogger kann seine besten Artikel zu diesem Thema einreichen. Der Gastgeber des Karnevals wählt die besten der eingereichten Beiträge aus und stellt sie am Tag des Karnevals in seinem Blog gebündelt vor. Außerdem bemüht sich der Gastgeber darum, dass möglichst viele Blogs zu seinem Karnevalsartikel verlinken. Alle teilnehmenden Blogs bekommen so viele neue Leser. Und die Leser entdecken neue Blogs und interessante Artikel zu dem jeweiligen Thema.
In den USA sind diese Blog Karnevalsfeiern bereits eine Tradition. Es gibt mehrere Webseiten, die zu den unterschiedlichsten Karnevalsfeiern verlinken, z.B. Blog Carnival, Truth Laid Bear oder Conservative Cat.


Blog Karneval zu den deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen

Unser Blog Karneval findet vierteljährlich statt. Die Gastgeber sind immer ein englischsprachiges und ein deutschsprachiges Blog. Es können Blog Artikel in beiden Sprachen eingereicht werden. Der deutsche Gastgeber stellt die besten englisch- und deutschsprachigen Artikel in seinem Blog in deutscher Sprache vor. Und der andere stellt die besten englisch- und deutschsprachigen Artikel in seinem Blog in englischer Sprache vor. Dadurch soll der transatlantische Dialog gefördert und die deutschen Blogs in den USA bekannter gemacht werden. Es gibt mehr Amerikaner, die des Deutschen mächtig sind, als man denkt.
Der Karneval zu den deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen wurde von der Atlantic Review von drei deutschen Fulbright Stipendiaten und GM's Corner aus Texas gegründet. Die erste Karnevalfeier fand am 11. Dezember 2005 – dem Jahrestag der deutschen Kriegserklärung an die USA von 1941 – auf beiden Blogs in englischer Sprache Englisch statt: Hier und Hier. Es war ein voller Erfolg. Wir hatten sehr unterschiedliche und ausgezeichnete Beiträge und Tausende von Besuchern, weil viele Blogs zu uns verlinkten, u.a. der Instapundit mit seinen über 100.000 Lesern.
Der nächste Karneval findet am 11. März 2006 bei Statler & Waldorf auf Deutsch und bei der Atlantic Review auf Englisch statt. (Das amerikanische Blog American Future wird den Karneval vielleicht auch hosten und Einleitungen zu den Teilnehmerbeiträgen aus einer amerikanischen Sicht schreiben.) Die Frist für das Einreichen von Blog Artikel ist der 7. März 2006.

UPDATE: Der Karneval war erfolgreich. Der nächste Karneval findet am 2. Juli bei Davids Medienkritik (auf Englisch) und Extrablog (auf Deutsch) statt.

Teilnehmen:

Schreibe einen neuen Artikel zu den deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen und wähle einen Deiner besten zu diesem Thema aus, der noch immer aktuell ist. Kritische Artikel sind sehr willkommen. Wir wollen die transatlantischen Beziehungen nicht schönreden. Allerdings muss Dein Artikel gut begründet sein.
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Die beiden Gastgeber des nächsten Karnevals wählen die ihrer Meinung nach besten Beiträge, die auf dieser Seite aufgelistet sind, aus und stellen sie auf ihrem jeweiligen Blog am 2. Juli vor. Es wird erwartet, dass Du am 2. Juli (oder etwas später) in Deinem Blog kurz auf die Karnevalsfeier bei den beiden Gastgebern verweist.

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