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Today is the fifteenth anniversary of a very, very good day: the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Here's a column I wrote on the ten year anniversary; happily, I see no need to update it today. A sample:
What was it like back then, just those few years ago? It was an astonishing time to be alive. After the horror of Tiananmen Square, just another bloody repeat of Budapest in 1956 or Prague in 1968, the West resigned itself to more and more years of darkness hovering over half of the world. When the Chinese tanks rolled over Chinese children, we doubted whether any of us would ever see a world without Communist dictatorships in every time zone.
And then the Poles said, "There is no liberty without Solidarity!" And the Hungarians cried out, "No more will we be slaves!" And the Germans roared, "Wir sind ein Volk!"–"We are one nation!" And the Czechs and Slovaks sang, "Now's the time!" And the rest of us watched in wonder as a new world was born.
71 Comments, 71 Threads
1. Sandy P
And now they're voting themselves the Old World.
November 9, 2004 - 11:31 am Link to this Comment -
2. Larry J
I believe historians will look back at 1989 as one of those pivotal years in human history. That year, the Warsaw Pact countries broke from the Soviet Union, the Berlin Wall came down, and the dictator of Romania was overthrown (and killed). Within 2 years, the Soviet Union would collapse under the weight of a failed system.
Much of the turmoil that we've seen in recent years can trace its roots back to events in 1989, especially in the Balkans.
I've read that Chairman Mao was once asked his opinion of the French Revolution. His reply was, "Too soon to tell."
History takes time to get the proper perspective. It may well be many more years before we can put the events of 1989 into the proper perspective, but I think it'll be interesting.
November 9, 2004 - 11:34 am Link to this Comment -
3. Lisa
I am a newbie and I know, I come to site at leat once a day, just to look at his picture….
lucky Melissa.
November 9, 2004 - 12:05 pm Link to this Comment -
4. Robert
French Revolution: Failure. Replaced a spendthrift king with a warmongering emperor.
Russian Revolution: Failure.
Replaced a brutal tsar with a more brutal party chairman.
American Revolution: Ongoing success story. Replaced an hereditary ruler & upper house of legislative branch with a democratically elected president, & both houses of legislative branch. Imperfections constantly being worked out.November 9, 2004 - 12:06 pm Link to this Comment -
5. David Gillies
I was in my first year at University in London when the wall came down, just a few weeks after my 20th birthday. One of my abiding regrets is that I didn't have the necessary scratch to take a trip to Berlin to join in the celebration. Back then, I was a staunch anti-Communist, but I was only starting to get into the works of people like Popper and Hayek. But I'd say the fall of the Berlin Wall was a catalyst for getting more deeply acquainted with Libertarian thought. The almighty blow that it dealt to the assumed historical inevitability is still resounding today.
When I finally made it to Berlin, in 1995, I made a special point of walking from Charlottenburg to the Brandenburg Gate, down Unter den Linden into old East Berlin, and then finally back to the Potsdamer Platz. It was quite thought-provoking to reflect how recently it would not have been possible to do this.
November 9, 2004 - 12:21 pm Link to this Comment -
6. steve vs
Wow. Thanks for the reminder.
I spent 84-86 serving with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment smack in the middle of the Fulda Gap. I spent many months of that literally *on the border* with East Germany at OP Alpha.
This link just to explain why I had been, 15 years ago, closely following the events in Germany, and had been aware of the "loophole" through Chechzlovakia that was leaking badly. I was tense as hell, figuring on a repeat of Prague or Tiananmen. Then I just happened to turn on the TV and saw someone wailing away with a sledgehammer.
I fell to the floor and wept like a baby. I have never been so thunderstruck in all my life. Not even 9/11 stunned me nearly as much.
I can honestly say I know what it must have felt like to be alive on VE day. While it was a great day for the world, I will always remember it as a personal high point.
November 9, 2004 - 12:30 pm Link to this Comment -
7. kimsch
I was there in Germany that day in 1989. I was stationed in Ansbach, Germany, headquarters of the 1st Armored Division. It was about 8 pm when we heard. I immediately called my Mom at work (back in Chicago) and told her to call her friends Christa and Herbert and let them know. Christa and Herbert came to America in the late 50′s from Berlin. I remembered Reagan's "Mr. Gorbachov, take down this wall!" I have a piece of that wall. I'll have to get it out today to celebrate.
November 9, 2004 - 12:55 pm Link to this Comment -
8. David
In 1989 I had been in Germany for four years serving with the U.S. Air Force. My job as an Air Force counterintelligence officer was to conduct liaison/joint operations with German and other NATO intelligence services, and as you would expect virtually all of our attention was on East Germany, the rest of Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union.
The wall falling was not only a very emotional "personal" moment for me, but also a proud professional moment for the thousands of military and civilian intelligence professionals working to counter the Eastern European/Soviet threat.
I watched as they tore down the wall with a sense of pride in both my country and my Commander in Chief for standing firm in the face of criticism at home and abroad.
Since election day I have been feeling the same way . . .
PS I managed to get a small piece of the wall and it now sits in a shadow box on my family room wall. Which brings to mind a T-shirt that says "I helped knock down the Berlin Wall and all I got was a lousy rock?"
Of course, that is not true . . . what I really got was my freedom and the freedom of my children.
November 9, 2004 - 12:58 pm Link to this Comment -
9. jmaster
Cut the crap already, and spare us these delusional stories of international travel and insight.
We all know that you knuckle-dragging, sister-marrying, bigoted, ignorant Bush voters have never traveled beyond the borders of the US of A
November 9, 2004 - 1:25 pm Link to this Comment -
10. David
A classy response from another classy liberal. Your parents must be so proud, jmaster.
By the way, your disbelief in my experiences doesn't make them any less true.
November 9, 2004 - 1:36 pm Link to this Comment -
jmaster – Your short comment speaks volumes to your own character. I think the term delusional would fit you especially well in this instance. Do the civilized world a favor and go back in your box until 2008 when we "ignorant Bush voters" will spank you and your conservative hating Hillary loving liberals again. Okay. Buh-bye now.
November 9, 2004 - 1:41 pm Link to this Comment -
12. Fornow
I think that jmaster was doing a sarcastic parody of the lib response.
November 9, 2004 - 1:46 pm Link to this Comment -
13. Sandy P.
I was at The Wall during the summer of 1982 – 11K miles in a bus.
I traveled in East Germany and was fast enough to take a pic of an anti-American mural on a wall.
A couple of my best friends voted Kerry along w/their family. We ever get into it, I'm carrying those pics in my purse.
They don't get it. I'm also 6 years older and have a different perspective on things.
I spent 7/4/82 in Prague. I remember our local tour guide talking about their "liberation" and asking didn't we just have the anniversary of ours? And I remember what went thru my mind. What also stays w/me is how Hungary adapted and Czechloslovakia didn't.
If I had graduated a year later, the USSR would have been on the agenda. I went there in 1998.
November 9, 2004 - 1:47 pm Link to this Comment -
14. Sandy P
Oh, Vodka, will you please turn NM red????????
I saw some very cute olive-themed items for your home this weekend.
November 9, 2004 - 1:48 pm Link to this Comment -
15. Sandy P
I also remember Reverend Poverty Pimp's visit there and what he said.
Misunderstanding, if we just talked……
November 9, 2004 - 1:51 pm Link to this Comment -
16. Donovan
I agree it was a parody and found the comment quite funny.
November 9, 2004 - 1:54 pm Link to this Comment -
17. jmaster
Before anyone pops an aneurism, I will clarify that I was being completely sarcastic in my previous post. My apologies for any unnecessary rises in blood pressure I might have caused.
Looking on the bright side, at least it livened things up a little around here.
November 9, 2004 - 1:57 pm Link to this Comment -
18. David
I have been sitting here thinking about jmaster's intellectual response to my original post and I think I just figured out why he had a problem with it.
Aside from the fact that liberals cannot face, much less accept, that the people who disagree with them have any intelligence or world perspective at all, liberals also simply do not believe that anyone actually DOES the things they read about in the paper or watch on TV.
Their entire view of the world comes from movies and TV shows where problems are solved in a hour and compassion and understanding are all it takes to win over the hearts and minds of people.
The fact that real live Americans . . . especially the Red State ones . . . were actually involved in actions that caused the Berlin Wall to fall and, shortly thereafter, the Soviet Union, is simply "inconceivable" to them (And I am pretty sure that word means what I think it means in this case).
My reply to jmaster and the other unbelievers is that they should stop thanking Alec Baldwin for capturing the Red October . . . it was just a movie, man.
November 9, 2004 - 2:06 pm Link to this Comment -
19. David
Ohhh, now I feel so horrible for talking bad about you . . . let's just transfer my comments to any ole generic liberal, ok?
November 9, 2004 - 2:09 pm Link to this Comment -
20. jay
The same left-wing lunatics who tried to appease the Soviet Union, so that the Wall would still stand and millions would be in slavery, today seek accomodation with Islamists who want to kill all who do not agree with them.
I, for one, want to help these left-wing morons out of their misery. As a result, I want to endow a cyanide Kool-Aid fund so the Democrats and other national freaks can drink away their fear and loathing. Anyone with information about charitable trust please respond.
In the meantime, I hoist my Maker's Mark northward and salute W for making the Democratic scum his collective bitches. Now that he has butt tapped them, let us put them out of their misery with a Blue State Jonestown. If Darwinian theory holds, the minority of citizens in those states will survive and be around to bury their dead and discredited brethern.
November 9, 2004 - 2:12 pm Link to this Comment -
21. Thief
Off topic…but NM went red a loooong time ago. Time to update the map, methinks.
Final score 286-252.
But…considering we are watching the last days of the Iraqi insurgency, and Iraqi soldiers standing up to throw these brutes out just like the peoples of Eastern Europe did with the Soviets, maybe not so off topic. (Hey, and at least the Soviets knew when they weren't wanted anymore…)
November 9, 2004 - 2:15 pm Link to this Comment -
22. Sandy P.
I went back and read it, too, and laughed. Maybe we need sarcasm tags.
November 9, 2004 - 2:18 pm Link to this Comment -
Thanks jmaster. Sorry you were the recipient of my vitriol – you walked into it. Anyway, I'm glad I was able to get my liberal bash out today. Been pent up a day or two and I feel better now. I'm always looking for a short-sited Deaniac or Breck girl groupie to jump on. Thanks for livening things up today.
November 9, 2004 - 2:21 pm Link to this Comment -
Jay – I appreciate the "Maker's Mark collective bitch butt tapper" reference. Now if we can just get Hannity to say that to Colmes, this would be a great year!
November 9, 2004 - 2:23 pm Link to this Comment -
25. Karl K.
I was stationed in Berlin as a "Grunt" with the 4/6th Infantry from 80 to 83. One of the two most vivid memories (the first was being about five or six feet away from Regan as he greeted a rather large crowd of soldiers and their families at Templehof during the visit where he asked Gorbechev (sp?)to "Tear down this wall") was the first time I saw the wall while on patrol. The fences, the dead/kill zone, and the bricked up buildings that faced west, and the overall atmosphere of East Berlin, were a definite eye-opener for an east Texas country boy. I have plenty of memories of that place – some good, some not so good. I'm just glad I never had to "literally" defend the people of West Berlin. It would have been brutal for all concerned parties.
November 9, 2004 - 2:43 pm Link to this Comment -
26. jmaster
My biggest fear with my sarcastic post was that I might detract a bit from the original topic. I do truly believe this is an anniversary worth remembering, and celebrating.
But the stories in the comments hit home with me. Over the last few days, I have been reading many of the Democrat
November 9, 2004 - 3:12 pm Link to this Comment -
27. Sandy P
The atmosphere sticks w/me, too, Karl.
Eerily (sp) quiet.
And I can still see the Czechs' faces on the tram looking at us standing on the corner. They knew we were Americans.
November 9, 2004 - 3:13 pm Link to this Comment -
28. Jules
I have a piece of the Berlin wall and keep it on a shelf as a rememberance of beautiful freedom. I'll *never* forget standing in the ditch that was the wall, looking from side to side and seeing the stark contrast between freedom and communism. I'll never forget it.
November 9, 2004 - 3:19 pm Link to this Comment -
29. Rich
Hey, if someone wants to give me a free trip to Europe, I don't care what their motivations are! I'll pass on the passport drive though, already have one that's been well-used.
November 9, 2004 - 3:21 pm Link to this Comment -
30. David
Something I noticed here is that most of the personal memories of this great event are from military members who were stationed in Germany at the time.
That is to be expected of course since the military has always been the easiest way to "see the world", but I wonder just how many liberals had the chance to see this event up close and personal like we have?
I mean, chances are not too many liberals were volunteering for the military during the Reagan years and perhaps their not doing so is one of the reasons we have such different perspectives on the importance of standing up to the Soviets back then and the need to do the same thing right now with terrorists.
In fact, with the exception of the Vietnam War period where the draft caught up everyone no matter what their political persuasion, I would guess that there are many more conservatives who have traveled the world than liberals, simply because more of them have served in the military.
If that is true and I am betting it is . . . aren't we the ones with the better understanding of the world?
November 9, 2004 - 3:37 pm Link to this Comment -
31. Sandy P
I never served, I just did the after college tour.
But my dad served as a trip-wire in Germany '56-58.
November 9, 2004 - 3:45 pm Link to this Comment -
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November 9, 2004 - 3:51 pm Link to this Comment -
33. denise
"Something I noticed here is that most of the personal memories of this great event are from military members who were stationed in Germany at the time."
David — I noticed that too. Rather ironic that the critique by liberals is that the Red Staters haven't seen enough of the world, when in fact, Red Staters tend to volunteer for military service, and many see parts of the world that liberals only read about in National Geographic. I guess if you've been to Paris, Amsterdam and Milan, you're an automatic expert on Kabul, Kirkuk and P'yongyang.
November 9, 2004 - 4:16 pm Link to this Comment -
34. PacRim Jim
Thank you Ronald Reagan, American soldiers, and American taxpayers for keeping West Germany free and freeing East Germany. There would be no Germany today without your steadfast support of the German people. I say that, even though I'm American, because I know the German people never will. No good deed goes unpunished, as they say. (Can we expect the same ingratitude from Afghanistan and Iraq in a few years?)
November 9, 2004 - 4:23 pm Link to this Comment -
35. (the Other) John Hawkins
My employer has a chunk of the wall on display in our main briefing building. I'm going to swing by today to have a gander and think about what it takes to turn a slab of a prison into a museum piece.
November 9, 2004 - 4:23 pm Link to this Comment -
36. David
Sandy P,
I certainly didn't mean to imply that only those that served could appreciate the world view (to do that would be very liberal-like indeed). I only wanted to point out the possibility that the Red States have just as many, and indeed probably a hell of a lot more, folks that have personally experienced the world than the Blue States.
November 9, 2004 - 4:25 pm Link to this Comment -
37. jay
On a serious note, I lived and worked abroad when the wall fell. With the exception of a few leftists in Manila upset over the base negotiations, I never encountered anyone who wasn't overjoyed.
And Jmaster: as parody, you were pitch perfect. I actually have read what you wrote, although not quite as eloquently, around the left side of the Blogosphere. The fact that so many of us who have lived, worked, and served abroad support this president seems a complete mystery to these cretins.
I'm pouring another Maker's, turning my ear towards that giant butt pounding sound to the North, somewhere near Pennsylvania Avenue….
November 9, 2004 - 4:28 pm Link to this Comment -
38. Sandy P
I know, David, I just gotta be different!
November 9, 2004 - 4:30 pm Link to this Comment -
39. David
I think one of our big time bloggers (Steve or Will, are you listening?) should write up some comments on this "Red States have more overseas experience than Blue States" theory we are discussing . . . would be a blast to see it spread out and start annoying the hell out of our liberal friends. Or has it already been done?
November 9, 2004 - 4:38 pm Link to this Comment -
40. 6Gun
Myths. Myths and images and stereotypes. The Left is so teevee-centric, so anti-reason that all they can do is–to jmaster's brilliant parody–establish strawmen.
Myself, I've been to some 47 states and 8 countries outside the US, spending a cumulative 6 months outside our borders.
Now that's not impressive, I understand; but for wet-behind-the-ears insulated leftwing welps to look down their noses at us sister-marryin' types really cracks me up.
It's precisely their ignorance of foreign affairs that has them worshiping at the twin thrones of blind situational ethics and relative cultural ideals. If it looks good, do it! Is that an apt foreign policy for our time?
Remember: Leftism ain't a valid political position. It's a character disorder.
November 9, 2004 - 4:58 pm Link to this Comment -
41. baldilocks
Wow! Fifteen Years
Vodkapundit reminds us that today is the fifteenth anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
November 9, 2004 - 5:17 pm Link to this Comment -
Oh for the good old Berlin-daze or "Dollar-dorf" as the troops used to call the part of Berlin where most lived. I passed thru Berlin often growing up, as my mom was a Berliner. Right after the Wall fell, I moved there from DFW and wound up staying 11+ years.
Yes, I'd agree that it was mostly conservatives that could appreciate the oppressive evil that the Wall represented.
As for the LLL getting out and travelling, they only do so when it's safe. Only after the Wall fell, did a bunch flock into Berlin, Prague, Krakow and points thruout Eastern Europe in pursuit of the Bohemian lifestyle. Ironic that it takes US Soldiers to keep us safe at home, as well as abroad.
Two phrases that will never fail to give me goosebumps. "Ich bin ein Berliner" & "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"
I'm proud of the efforts and events that it took to bring the Wall dowm.
Don't forget, France objected strenously against breaching the Wall and again against reunification. Yet in less than a decade, Kohl was tossed out and sKerry's German brother, Scarehard Schroeder proceeded to suck up to Chirac and friends and stabbing us in the back. Oh well…
November 9, 2004 - 5:34 pm Link to this Comment -
43. DanOK "Ich bin ein Berliner"
I was an Air Force brat high school student living in West Germany from 85 to 89. I only hope I can express to my daughters what it was like travelling to Berlin every year I was there, seeing the wall, going through Checkpoint Charlie into East Berlin. I distinctly remember, every year, wondering if it would ever disappear. (I won't be telling them about the parts where I painted and relieved myself upon it as well).
I went back and stayed in Berlin in 1996 for 7 weeks, visiting often both the Technical University in the West and Humboldt University in the East. While the wall was down, Alexander Platz was under re-construction, and the US military was gone, I still got the strange feeling that there were still two Berlins. It was subtle, but it was still there. I need to go back again to see how much has changed since the capital relocated. Maybe 2006 for the World Cup?
I love Berlin. Still have the button that says so, pinned to a Ziploc with a piece of the wall.
November 9, 2004 - 5:57 pm Link to this Comment -
44. Stephen Kohls
I was in college when the wall came down. ('fell' isn't appropriate. It was *torn* down)
I worked in Germany near the old border periodically from '97 through '02, and I remember several conversations with locals who were upset about a tax to help rebuild East Germany. I made a comment about how they're one country now, and that tax dollars from Ohio help repair hurricane damage in Florida. Tax dollars from New York help with wildfires in California. 'One Country' means you stand together when someone's in need.
I didn't go into detail about how young boys from those states kept West Germany free for so long, and enabled people like myself to enjoy the freedom provided with their sweat and blood. Sometimes I think back and wonder if I missed an opportunity.
For myself, and my 3 children who are far too young to ever remember or fear The Evil Empire that you defeated, let me not miss this opportunity say to all those who stood up to fight for our freedom:
Thank you.
November 9, 2004 - 6:23 pm Link to this Comment -
45. Eskimo
And the sad thing is now one out of five Germans are sorry reunification took place, mainly because of the economic problems that came with it. I guess Ein Volk ein Vaterland had it's moments. Too bad.
November 9, 2004 - 6:51 pm Link to this Comment -
Thanks from Germany!
@PacRim Jim: I wont forget!
November 9, 2004 - 6:58 pm Link to this Comment -
47. Pejmanesque
Courtesy of Will Collier. I'm hard pressed to think of a more amazing night than the night when the Berlin Wall finally fell….
November 9, 2004 - 7:18 pm Link to this Comment -
48. Ric Locke
Karl K, here's another East Texas country boy with a few memories –
I never saw the Berlin part of the Wall from the West side. From 1983 until 1992 I made regular trips to Germany, and from '83 to '89 it was East Germany I visited. It was fun. At that point, West Germans had spent forty years trying to keep their daughters out of bed with American servicemen; Americans weren't remarkable. In East Germany I was a sensation. Most gratifying.
During that period it was possible to make a nice living off the USSR and satellites' appetite for hard currency, and we did. So while I'm glad that the wall came down, for me personally it wasn't all that good a thing.
As for the experience thing — the first foreigner I ever met was a Pakistani, a veterinarian here for OJT with one of Dad's friends, sponsored by (IIRC) Texaco. That would have been in the late Fifties. I would strongly suspect that the hands-on experience of bible-toting Southern rednecks in the Middle East dwarfs that of the academics and the State Department, Juan Cole not excepted.
Ric LockeNovember 9, 2004 - 7:30 pm Link to this Comment -
49. Sandy P
Just got back from Michael's. Kid had a Kerry sticker still on his apron. I asked him if it was time to remove it, yeah, I'm still getting over it.
I told him what's happening, forgot to mention the 15th anniversary of The Wall coming down.
Should have showed him the pics, too.
November 9, 2004 - 7:33 pm Link to this Comment -
51. sven
It was one of the happiest memories I have. It is pretty humbling to see the footage of the berliners struggling to get to each other through that damned wall. Warsaw Pact society was so impressive that they had to build walls to keep the westerners out……(dripping sarcasm)
November 9, 2004 - 7:44 pm Link to this Comment -
52. Mike M
This red stater has been to 4 foreign countries…Canada, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea (yes, you can technically cross the border at Panmunjom).
Compare this to the "cosmopolitan" blue stater who gets skittish leaving Manhattan and whose idea of a worldly experience is taking the NY-DC shuttle…
Oh and my favorite factoid…Sarah Jessica Parker, queen of the oh-so-hip Sex and the City? She's from the capital of BFE: Nelsonville, Ohio. Not that she is or should be ashamed of it, but it sure rankles the hell out of the Mo Dowds and Tina Browns of the world to know their icons come from deepinahearta red terrirory.
November 9, 2004 - 8:44 pm Link to this Comment -
53. Joan
Too tired & lazy to read all comments.
Just wanted to say, glad to see you're back, and thanks for a great post.
November 9, 2004 - 11:31 pm Link to this Comment -
54. JSAllison
My last tour in W Germany was 84-86 as well, [snark]though I was part of a 'working' Cav Regt, the 2nd ACR[/snark]. Part of my duties along the IGB was to conduct the VIP briefing overlooking the little ballpeenhammersdorf of Modlareuth in what was then E Germany (north of Hof). I was an instructor at Ft St Knox when the wall came down and have wanted to go back to my briefing site, walk down the hill into Modlareuth and have a cup of coffee in a spot I used to not be able to visit. Circumstances so far have prevented this, but I'm still hopeful.
November 10, 2004 - 7:50 am Link to this Comment -
55. John W.
A friend and I were in Berlin in 1993. We were riding the bus around East Berlin and went through the Brandenburg Gate. Realizing the impossibility of such an event just 4 years earlier, I turned to my friend and said incrediously, "We just rode the friggin' bus through the friggin' Bradenburg Gate! Thank you, Ronald Reagan!" Despite us obviously being two insolent Americans (from Alabama nonetheless!) on a bus full of Germans, a few of our fellow riders couldn't help but smile along with my friend and I.
November 10, 2004 - 8:02 am Link to this Comment -
56. Downtown Lad
I got back from a trip to China this summer.
I am happy to report that we've pretty much won on that front as well. China is a communist country in name only.
Downtown Lad
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57. e.r.
In an economic sense of course. In a political sense we're still waiting the fall of Beijing wall.
November 10, 2004 - 8:55 am Link to this Comment -
58. Sandy P
Geez, Stephen, even Blather's called New Mexico by now.
Push the buttons Max!
November 10, 2004 - 9:04 am Link to this Comment -
59. Celeste
My father was stationed in Bad Kreuznach W. Germany, and I was just starting high school when the wall came down. My history teacher abandoned his lesson plan to give us a special one week course on the history of the Berlin Wall, so we could understand just how incredible what we were seeing was. It's one of those events that gets seared into your memory.
And this red-stater has been to England, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, spent 8 years living in Germany, and has been to almost every one of the 48 continental states. For backwards ignorant religious hicks, we sure do travel.
November 10, 2004 - 9:17 am Link to this Comment -
60. pat
Please send donations to my new charity – Berlin Air Lift II. We are raising money to gather up all available pieces of the wall. Then we will break them into uniform chunks. Finally we will drop them on Berkeley, CA.
Help us in this noble effort.
November 10, 2004 - 9:28 am Link to this Comment -
61. Lola
I remember very well watching the events on tv, and I was very happy for the people and wishing I was there to celebrate. It was an amazing moment of history.
November 10, 2004 - 9:29 am Link to this Comment -
fromt he "ignoring the obvious" department…
More complicated than you think… Here we are a bit over a full week after the election and I…
November 10, 2004 - 9:59 am Link to this Comment -
63. neopet
Posted by: Robert at November 9, 2004 12:06 PM :
" American Revolution: Ongoing success story. Replaced an hereditary ruler & upper house of legislative branch with a democratically elected president, & both houses of legislative branch. Imperfections constantly being worked out."Yes, but it took a Civil War too.
November 10, 2004 - 11:29 am Link to this Comment -
64. DanOK
John W:
"We just rode the friggin' bus through the friggin' Bradenburg Gate! Thank you, Ronald Reagan!"
YES! I had almost forgotten how cool that was when I did it in 1996. Could not actually believe I was there.
November 10, 2004 - 11:55 am Link to this Comment -
65. Pajama Pundits
aha… I'm not the only one!
Others visit the VodkaPundit not only for the news, but also to gaze upon the photo… See the 3rd comment following this post:
November 10, 2004 - 2:32 pm Link to this Comment -
66. Andy Cowell
I'm coming in a tad late on this, but Larry J's quote isn't quite correct. It was, I believe, Zhou En-Lai, not Mao, who, when asked about the impact of the French Revolution, responded, "It's too soon to tell."
November 11, 2004 - 10:35 am Link to this Comment -
67. Sister Toldjah
15th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
Celebrated this week. What a magical time and turning point in the history of the world. Thank you, President Ronald Reagan. Will Collier at Vodkapundit takes a trip down memory lane.
November 11, 2004 - 5:59 pm Link to this Comment -
68. Sharpshooter
I follow the Moskva down to Gorky park
Listening to the wind of change
An august summer night
Soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of changeThe world is closing in did you ever think
That we could be so close, like brothers
The future's in the air, I can feel it everywhere
Blowing with the wind of change* Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the world of changeWalking down the street
Distant memories
Are buried in the past forever
I follow the Moskva down to Gorky park
Listening to the wind of change** Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dream with you and me
(Repeat *)The wind of change blows straight
Into the face of time
Like a stormwind that will ring
The freedom bell for peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
What my guitar wants to say.
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I was there in '76, Missionary Brat coming home. (Different "Army," so to speak) and crossed over at Checkpoint Charlie to see TheMostBeautifulWomanThatEverWas
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I was in Berlin last week on the 15th anniversary and aside from one tv special I saw nary a word about it and nobody in Germany seemed to take much notice.
In fact my girlfriend told me that Schroder's finance minister suggested they cancel Reunification Day altogether so that the government can collect on the $50 million or so dollars in taxes they lose out on.
It's a bit of the "those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it" it seems.
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Quincy May the 28th 1865 Sir you wrote to James some time Back for a histry of Mr A Lincoln whilst he Lived at Salom Sangamon County By his Requst i ancer it as i was the one that Lived there and Knot James [1] i first Became acquainted with him about the first of January 1832 soon after he Returned from a trip to Neworleans on Bord of A Flat Boat he went down to Neworleens in the Spring or fall of 31 with the intention of staying there through the winter to Cut Cord wood But his Comrades took sick and Caused his Return i think his half Brother was with him During the trip. i am told By Captin Joseph Artis [2] the Comander of the Boat that he Came up the River on that he was very modest and Kind to all the sick which made him very Popular Both with Deck and Cabin Pasingers he Being a Deck pasinger him self he spent the winter after his Return to salim in Building Boats for a spring trip in 32 But the Black halk ware Broke out and he volenterd to serve his Country with the Ballance of the Patriock Boys to Defend the frontier setters of this State from the Savages tomihock and skelping Knife he was Elected Captin of his Company By a unamis vote against all oposition after the Ware Closed and all Returned home his friends urged him to Run for the Legislator Claming that they had a wright to a member from that Part of the County he was urged By Both Political Partys to Run and finely Consented he Became very Poupelar whilst in the army he Could throw Down any man that took hold of him he Could out jump the Best of of them he Could out Box the Best of them he Could Beat all of them on anictdote and he was the favorite of all of them and he Loved all of then as they Loved him he was the favorite of all at home Men & women & Childern he was very fond of Childern he Come to my house to Board soon after his Return from the army he most always had one of my Childern around with him During his stay at my house my family Became much atached to him he was always at home wherever he went very Kind to the Widoes & olfins Chop there wood he Read the News for all the County once a week as we had only a weekly male During the Summer Campain for the Legislate i herd him speak frequntly and he was a full mach for any man that was on the track in one of his speaches he said fellow Citersons i have Been told that some of my opponents have said that it was a disgrase to the County of sangamon to have such a Looking man as i am stuck up for the Legislator now i thought this was a free Cuntry that is the Reason that i adress you to Day had i have Known to the Contrary i should Knot have Consented to Run But i will say one thing Let the shue pinch whoe it may when i have Been a Canidate Before you some 5 or 6 times and have Bee Beaten every time i will Consider it a disgrase and will Be shure never to try it again and i am Bound to Beat that man if i am Beat my self mark that and shure enough he was Beat together with some of the Ballance of his opponents Lincoln was Beat By some 9 votes i think But a majority of his ticket was elected Mr John T Sturt was one of them elected the others i Canot Now Remember During the Campain at Paps town [3] one of his Best friends got into a fight with a set of Ruffings and they atempted to shoe foul play he piched in and Piched them out Like they ware Boys and told them his friend Could whp the whole of them one at a time that ended the fus [4] the fall or winter of 32 or 33 i sold him my Stock of Goods or Lincoln & Berry on Credit and some time after i Canot Recolect as I left there for a while they sold to two Brothers By the Name of Trent they failed and Bery dide and Lincoln had the Dt to Pay the Last Payment he made was after he went to Congress he Comensed Reading Law whilst he Borded at my house i bored such Book as he wished to Read from J T Sturt he Beeing a particklar friend of mine as well as of Lincolns he was much Devoted to Reading and had the Best memory of any man i Ever Knew he Never forgot any thing he Read Nor any friends he Never used Bad Langag Nor seldom if ever Drank any sperits Never Quareled or fought But always was the Pease maker infact all loved him and feared him he was By fare the stoutest man that i ever took hold of i was a mear Child in his hands and i Considered my self as good a man as there was in the Cuntry untill he Come about i saw him Lift Betwen 1000 and 1300 lbs of Rock waid in a Boxx Some time of the sumer of 33 he was appointed Debety survayor By J C Calhoon [5] and in 34 he again was a Canidate for the Legislator on the whig ticket he was one of the most Devoted Clay whigs in all the State Henry Clay was his favorite of all the great men of the Nation he allbut worshiped his name as well as my self therefore we agread Perfectly in Politics he Came to my house near iland Grove [6] During harvest there was some 30 men in the field he got his Diner and went out to the field where the men ware at wort i gave him & entroduction and the Boys said that they Could Not vote for a man unless he Could make a hand well Said he Boys if that is all i am shure of your votes he took hold of the Cradle Led the way all the Round with Perfect ease the Boys was satisde and i dont think he Lost a vote in the Croud the next Day was speaking at Burlin [7] he went from my house with Doct Barrett the man that had asked me whoe this man Lincoln was; i told him that he was a Canidate for the Legislator he lafed and said Cant the party Raise No Beter Materials than that i said goe tomorrow and here all Before you pronounce judgement when he Come Back i said Dock what say you Now why sir he is a perfect take in he Knows more than all of them Put to gether he was elected By a Large Majority over all the ticket and his whole ticket was Elected Composed of A G Herndon W F Elkin J T Sturt N W Edwards Jobe Fletcher Dan Stone Andrew MCormack A Lincoln the other men i Doe Not Remenber the Name of the Ballance of his Carear you know yourself you Can take this & Remade it to suit your self i may Be mistaken in Dates But Not in the man or his history for the Most of it is from Personal Knoledge and facts Yours truly Library of Congress: Herndon-Weik Collection. 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2. Subaru: Dog Tested – My nine year-old daughter will love it, I however, not a fan.
3. Kia: Space Babies – It's an elaborate story just not very funny.
4. Mercedes-Benz "Soul" – Star studded cast with a glimpse of Kate Upton. Really would have like to have seen more Upton less clothes…
5. Volkswagen: Get In, Get Happy – Not sure what the big "racial" problem is. Ja-makin-me-crazy with this crap. Love the accent but didn't care for the end.
6. Doritos – Goat 4 Sale – You have to laugh when the goat screams when all the Doritos are gone!
7. Samsung: Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd team up for the "Big Game" – Expected a bit more out of these two, but still can't say anything related to the NFL is a jab straight to the commish.
8. Audi: Prom – Confidence can do many things, including a black eye.
9. Hyundai: Pick Your Team – Cute and funny these kids are just too much. Can't miss the kid wrestling the bear!
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by Sarah De Heer in Videos, July 14, 2013The humble potato made a second appearance in the form of potato chips on last Sunday's episode, where host Robert Irvine tasked Chris and Lovely with making it the star of a dish. While Chris agreed with Robert's critiques of his dish, he disagreed that Lovely used enough potato chips to truly highlight the ingredient as a prominent feature. In the end, Chris left Food Star Kitchen for the final time.
Lovely's got her eye on the prize. She's managed to out-perform five other talented contestants at this point. Will Chad finally put an end to her streak? This week they'll have to cook their "hearts" out.
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Unfortunately, I would not watch any of the "stars" we have had to endure this time/season! I am a faithful Food Network fan; however, I would much rather watch Paula Deen any day, rater than waste my time with what we have been given to watch/ensure! I miss the "tried and true" Paula! I do not know where you found this group of "stars" this season; but I am not at all impressed. Give us Paula and you keep all of these little "stars." I do not know who would sponsor any of these unprofessional "stars." As for me I will not waste my time watching any of them! I really have limited my Food Network viewing since you slaughtered Paula! She helped make your network what it is today - and look how you have treated her. I really do not know why anyone would want to work for your network at this point. Again, as far as I am concerned, I will not be watching any of the new "stars" - just a total waste of my time! Show me Paula Deen and I will once again make the Food Network my favorite channel!
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I never liked lovely. She always seemed arrogant and cocky. Naming herself lovely? Come on. This is a professional show we're talking about here. And Chad always produced mediocre food. What I don't understand is how Russell keeps making it through week after week. Am I the only one who is bored by him?
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I really don't think they should have a salvation. I really don't want lovely back in, she sucks and doesn't know how to cook or talk. Its not right to have contestants come back after they were kicked off. Why should they come back if they weren't good in the first place. Now she's in the running to win this? What about the other players? I hope they kick her off again. There are better cooks on the show then her.
Can't believe Lovely came back. She is beyond annoying and stuck on herself. At least Chad appeared humble and down to earth. Guess it really doesn't matter what your fans want because if you look at who they wanted, it was Chad and yet Lovely returns. It sucks and so does she. I wanted Chad to win the whole thing because he appeared down to earth and normal. The only other person I would want would be Stacey. Rodney is just as annoying as Lovely. The others do not have any on screen personality. I can assure you that if Lovely or Rodney win, I will not watch their show. Thought the fans input was supposed to count this year.
I cannot believe that Robert Irvine chose *Lovely* over all other chefs. He has zero credibility now. I think he wanted to send the worst cook back in so Stacey wouldn't have any competition. Because of Irvine's relationship with Stacey, he should not have been allowed to judge.
And Stacy should be disqualified because of her relationship with Irvine, his decision to put Lovely back in may have skewed things in Stacy's favor. If FN has any integrity or respect for their viewers, they will pull Stacey out of the contest. It's the only correct thing to do at this point. The whole thing smacks of fraud and FN needs to make sure that what happened doesn't cast doubt on the legitimacy of the contest.
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I was shocked to see Lovely walk back on the stage of Food Network Star!!!!!! Even if Chad's dish lacked a little flavor-------for goodness sake, Lovely made a salad with melted goat cheese on top. sorry, I just can't relate to her for some reason. I was so glad to see her eliminated again. I'm also having a problem with Rodney. I can't understand a word the man says! Pleased to see that Russell has at least improved.
maybe chris' potato chip concoction was not great but seems to me he tried a hell of a lot harder than crumpled potato chips under yummy apples and caramel!!!!!!!!! same with chad ---- his might not have been perfect but DAMN! a salad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! really????????????????? stupid network just trying to get a black woman back in the running because of paula deen.......... i hate this network.
I'm glad to see that others find the contestants boring. How are we supposed to be interested in watching a host who many of us already feel we cook as well--if not better--as? Personally, the only one of the contestants who I would tune in to watch is--was--Viet. Who cares if he doesn't have a big, boisterous personality? The guy has culinary genius and I would love to learn from him. It seems like the big guns at Food Network are going for the same "type" they do every year. But really, how many of the past winners are interesting? Please Food TV, forget about the bravado and give us someone inspiring. Bring Viet Back!!
Food Network Star is pulling a 'Face Off Season 3,' trying to bring back one person, then letting the audience choose the winner. This can never go well. The salvation was pointless in the end, and I already have a feeling I know who the audience is going to choose. Have the 'judges' decide, not the viewers.


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Brooks believes that if motel owners actively work to rid their businesses of drugs and prostitution, it can only help them in the long run. "If a management puts out an attitude of not catering to drugs, prostitution, not condoning it, that attitude filters out," he says. "We've seen certain motels that have done real turnarounds."
Financial whiz Andrew Tobias, author of best-selling books including The Only Other Investment Guide You'll Ever Need and a business columnist for Time magazine, lives in the Bayside neighborhood east of Biscayne between 67th and 72nd streets, and owns property on the boulevard. In fact Tobias, his secretary confirms, owns Belle Meade Studios, a fourteen-unit studio apartment building on Biscayne, has invested in a lot of property both east and west of the boulevard, and is extremely hopeful about the future of the area some residents have taken to calling Miami's Upper East Side.
While the city's stretch of the street seems to hold some promise, the destiny of the Miami Moon and other upper-Biscayne motels looks bleak by comparison. This past November, when the Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) announced its $1.1 billion, five-year plan for road improvements in Dade County, the area between 123rd and 163rd streets was slated for a $16.4 million widening project. Every structure on the east side of the boulevard within 30 feet of the current roadway will be demolished. Dade County's Historic Preservation Division, which can protect buildings more than 50 years old, cannot intervene in the DOT's plans to level significant parts of the Florida Villas, Ben's Court, and the Miami Moon. Like its late barfly, Russ (1933-1990), the Frosted Mug, too, which pretty much abuts the street, will be nothing more than a memory.
"They tear down four of the cottages," the Miami Moon's Pete Petkovich lamented, tracing with a sweep of his arm an imaginary 30-foot line that would obliterate, among other things, the motel's office. "And they won't let me improve now. I want to fix up more, put in new asphalt, but they say I can only patch. I have plan for swimming pool in back of office, where it is the perfect size. But they will not permit it.


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20 year-old Martin Hinteregger from Salzburg scores from 75 yards, 68.58 meters for the folks from across the Atlantic. Not too sure what the Schalke GK was doing so far off his line, but he paid for it. Hinteregger's fist touch wasn't too shabby either.
Soccer fans are crazy. They will do almost anything to watch their beloved team in action. Just ask a group of Galatarasy supporters who tried to dig a tunnel into Schalke's Veltins Arena. The ground was frozen but that didn't stop the fans that attempted to dig a hole with their bare hands under a perimeter fence. Now that is what I dedication and fandom. Better luck next time Galatarasy fans.
Schalke have signed striker Ciprian Marica, a fortnight after his contract at Stuttgart was cancelled.
Marica, 25, was said to have undergone talks with Blackburn recently, but he has opted to remain in the Bundesliga and signed a two-year deal with Schalke.
"He knows the Bundesliga, speaks many languages and, above all, is a free transfer," Schalke's sporting director Horst Heldt told the club's official website. We are happy the transfer has come off, because several well-known European clubs were also very interested in signing the player."
Marica's Stuttgart contract, which had been due to expire next summer, was terminated by mutual consent earlier this month. He had joined the club from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2007.
Despite getting beat down by Schalke in a Champions League match, Inter Milan was able take one positive thing from the thrashing. Milan's Dejan Stankovic's goal was an amazing strike from distance, he kicked the ball after a volley was played back to him from midfield basically.
Could this be "the best goal in a loss" of year? It's definitely not the "best goal of the year"; Wayne Rooney has that honor after his amazing bicycle kick for Manchester United earlier in the year.
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For those of us who dabble in penguins and apples, it seems very worth while to be able to use /home paths either out of habbit or for those odd cases where the value may have been sync'd somewhere along the line in some file you use on both machines.
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There's no use for While you can create a symlink to the user's base/home directory
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I regret this answer is not exactly authoritative, since I've never actually done this myself--though I have used a similar automounter on other Unix systems--but here's my understanding as to what So, let's follow the trail: If you first type
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I don't see any reason at all not to rename the directory /home (in case I'm wrong) and creating a symbolic link from /home to /Users (or, as in my machine, /Volumes/Users since my system disk is for system, dammit!) I used to work as a sysadmin, in a university department with 11 flavours of unix. We had all sorts of symlinks in the global directory tree so that the file system would do the right thing, and scripts came as close as possible to working everywhere. You do run into a few gotchas, but if your fingers are used to typing /home/foo and a symlink postpones job retraining for your fingers, go haead. Similarly some linuxen will have Home directories as /usr/home already. One place I worked had home directories of /Users/{group}/{username} as a partial protection against students groveling around professors files if the prof was careless with his permissions. The Users directory had execute but no read bits set, and the group directories were readable only to the group members. (All this in illustration there being many ways to deprive this particular feline of his pelt. One possible gotcha -- check that time machine doesn't end up making two copies of everything. I don't know how TM treats symlinks. If it does, then add /home to the exclude list of TM. |