7-30-2008

Authored by: lesbates on Wednesday, July 30 2008 @ 08:53 AM EDT

All he needs now is an armband and a Sam Browne belt.

Niederlage Heil!

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Authored by: TooMuchTime on Wednesday, July 30 2008 @ 12:51 PM EDT

As the German socialists said in the 1930s, "Brown today, red tomorrow."

This empty suit's wack-a-doodle socialism is so transparent, I find it difficult to believe he'd get elected.  It's a given that 30% will vote for McCain and 30% for Obama.  I just can't believe that 21% of the remaining 40% would vote for this anti-american scum.

 

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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, July 30 2008 @ 03:33 PM EDT

Varmint,

If you want a good WW2 analogy, Obama is Nevil Chamberlain.

Damien

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Authored by: kbarrett on Thursday, July 31 2008 @ 12:22 PM EDT

I guess it's better than claiming to be a jelly donut.

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Authored by: Glen603 on Saturday, August 02 2008 @ 11:06 PM EDT

Are you a fan of Richard Lederer?  I told him and I'll tell you, what Kennedy said was perfectly correct: a person from Berlin is a Berlinner, just as some one from Frankfurt is a Frankfurter, from Hamburg a Hamburger and Munchin a Munchner.  What you're referring to is what in Berlin is called a "pfankuchen" (litterally transleted "pancake") which outside Berlin is called a Berlinner.  To be grammitcally correct, he should have said "Ich bin auch ein Berliner (I am also a Berliner).  Had he said "I'm a jelly donut', the crowd would have burst into laughter, not cheers.

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Authored by: kbarrett on Sunday, August 03 2008 @ 12:59 PM EDT

Gee ... did I strike a nerve?

Good.

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Authored by: TooMuchTime on Sunday, August 03 2008 @ 10:52 PM EDT

According to my high school German teacher, Kennedy misspoke.  He should have said, "Ich ein Berliner."  In English, we would say, "I am a New Yorker."  In German, the am is implicitly declared.  So, though while Kennedy was not technically incorrect, "Ich ein Berliner" is more correct.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, August 04 2008 @ 07:48 AM EDT

My German teacher and yours disagree.  In stating that one is a such-and-such, in German it is the indefinite article that is left out, and not the verb.  Correct German for "I am a Berliner" is "Ich bin Berliner."

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Authored by: TooMuchTime on Monday, August 04 2008 @ 11:07 AM EDT

You know, you're right.  It's been over 30 years since I took that class.  I'm even lucky to remember that I took high school German!

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Authored by: Technomad on Monday, August 11 2008 @ 12:18 AM EDT

Reinhold Aman (of Maledicta) also says that Kennedy's statement was perfectly correct.  And since he's a native German speaker with Fingerspitzengefuhl for the language, as well as an ex-teacher and ex-professor of German, I'll take his word for it.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, August 01 2008 @ 05:57 PM EDT

Space Corp Directive 34124? No officer with false teeth should attempt oral sex in zero gravity?

Oops... Sorry... My bad...

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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, August 02 2008 @ 11:24 AM EDT

What does the statement that no one should  have sex in zero gravity have to do with this cartoon?

Damien

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Authored by: kbarrett on Sunday, August 03 2008 @ 01:01 PM EDT

You didn't hear the rumors about Obambi's sexual orientation then? Pity ...

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Authored by: ChrisClukey on Sunday, August 17 2008 @ 12:00 PM EDT

Anybody catch the moment in the Saddleback Forum where Warren asked him when a child gets human rights and he said it was above his pay grade? Above his pay grade? The guy's abortion position is that anyone with a womb can make this decision and kill the kid at any time for any reason; he even voted to support leaving newborn kids in the soiled utility room to die, but it's "above his pay grade?" In his world a 14 year old who doesn't want her 20 year old boyfriend to get charged with statutory rape gets to decide that her fetus has no human rights, so why is that too hard a decision for The One?

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