Obama greets Berliners awaiting his arrival

[rysn09]

Good place up there to use a sniper rifle ;)

[SirGlennGould]

I thought that for berliners you ment the philarmonic =_=

[Dagney77]

Obama uses the Cloward and Piven strategy to destroy America.

[daysin1234]

OBONGO!!!!

[BattleofTours732]

Obama admits that the book, RULES FOR RADICALS, by Sail Alinsky is one of his favorite books and it was dedicated to Satan!

CASE CLOSED

[Masapolis]

And George W. Bush is in a satanic cult Skulls and Bones. Politicians are evil! Hail Satan!

[BattleofTours732]

The McCain-Palin plan to leverage our countries natural resources worked and the price of oil is way way down below $2.00! Way to go, GOP!

[CaIib0y707]

We sadly heard that suicides went way up in college towns and liberal enclaves all over the country and in Germany last night. We already made a sizable buy in Eli Lilly on the overnight markets knowing the demand would go through the roof for Anti-Depressants, which it has. By the way, losers, Sarah Palin is the one we've been waiting for!!!!!!

[mazze00]

LOL...you guys really hate people with an education, don´t you? still believe in the mccain/palin ticket? but don´t worry, you can sell those anti-depressants to the repubs. they´re all addicted anyways in some sort. i bet cindy knows what i am talking about...LOLLLZ

[CharlessMartel]

I can think of a dozen people who are black brown or yellow who would be a hell of a lot better than Obama and his granny like sidekick Biden. You jerks in Europe dont get it. Obama is speaking to us in our first language and we undertsand what these words mean in relationship to our system . At least half of us dont want Euro-Socialism and all the things you like because you like people to give you things without working for it.

[seldenkid]

With Obama as president we will have an admired and respected leader worldwide not the republican dimwits that have plagued our country for so long

[JimShadyUK]

I would agree with you. McCain is the man who was seen as a worse choice than George W Bush last time out, and Palin shouldn't be allowed near sharp objects. Obama is the only sensible choice to rescue America's reputation and standing that has been singularly destroyed by Bush.

[TWMusicBerlin]

@seldenkid not anymore...not anymore..obama sucks

[gantock]

Do you have any favorite Dylan songs?

I've got probably 30 Dylan songs on my iPod. I think I have the entire Blood on the Tracks album on there. Actually, one of my favorites during the political season is "Maggie's Farm." It speaks to me as I listen to some of the political rhetoric.

FROM THE " ROLLING STONE " INTERVIEW .....

( well, BLOOD ON THE TRACKS is really almost Dylan´s finest album, isnt, it? Let´s hope Obama knows Dylan´s song MAN OF PEACE...and CONSIDERS that, too ...)

[pitapan20]

Excellent figure, excellent speeches. I dont know about his politics, but I think Obama is clearly the more popular in the US and around the world. Especially after bush's party just dove into the ground for 7 years.

[show555]

you can feel it in this blog and in the air, the beast is hurt and a change than can be stopped, Dick, George and Donald hurt a lot this country with 911 and they will suffer the consequence starting with the our republican votes for Obama

[Wolffe5]

Obama is total NWO scum.

[againsttheherd]

Yes it time for a change!! YES WE CAN!!! Yes we can become a socialist, marxist nation!!!

Obama '08

[onecelticwarrior]

Its not hard to get 200,000 to show up for his speeches,when they had a rock concert before & afterwards.If they were giving away free beer,even more would hang around.

[martintollen]

I guess it's pretty hard to get 200 000 to show up for a rock concert too... I was there. I didn't even know there was two bands playing. There was no information about these two - unknown - bands on the posters or on internet, they started playing after that everybody that could see them already had arrived. And after the speach there was no concert; everybody left because we were all there to see Obama. You're just playing the old republican dirt throwing game!

[JeanJaures85]

In fact the main acts having performed there, "Patrice" and "Reamon", are not known in Germany for attracting 200,000 people.

[megatwingo]

Why are you telling lies, warrior?

There was NO free beer. Not before and not after the speech. So much for your credibility.

There were only two bands playing BEFORE the speech begun. Two UNKNOWN bands who made more or less the background music during the hours the masses needed to come together.

Sorry that I had to burst your bubble, onecelticwarrior....

:)

Better luck next time with your next lies and wrong claims. Are you US-conservatives feel the end of your power so impressive?

:-))

[onecelticwarrior]

megatwingo,

If you would READ my post again,you would notice that NOWHERE DID I SAY that I KNEW they HAD free beer.Just that if they did,more people would show up.

If you had any common sense,you'd know that ANY public event will draw more people with -

1) Free Admission

2) Free Food

3) Free Drinks,whether alcoholic or not

4) All of the above

Quit being so damned paranoid,are you feeling guilty or something?

[megatwingo]

:-)) This is one of the most hypocritical replies I´ve read here for a long time.

Why didn´t you mentioned other stuff, that WOULD / COULD / MAYBE got more people to that place? Maybe you are doing that in one of your next postings?

Some naked women and a free car for everybody or thousand Euros for everyone who shows up during the speech? Other suggestions, onecelticwarrior? :-))

Is it that painfull for an US conservative to see the sympathy for Obama arround the globe?

Obviously.

[megatwingo]

So the core of your writings is: Those crowds showed up because of the concert before the speech.

1) Two absolutely unknown bands here in Germany

2) This is Berlin. Not a hillybilly village. Such crowds wouldn´t even show up if the Rolling Stones or Tokyo Hotel or Rammstein would play for free at that location.

Sorry for burting your bubble, onecelticwarrior.

:-)

[mtredstar7]

How anyone would vote for McCain eludes me. He's a continuation of Bush's failed policies and is simply too old for the presidency. With all that's wrong in America don't you think it's time for a change?

[livardo]

How do you say "Yes we can" in German?

[herrgrinch]

Ja wir kann?

Not sure. My german is rough.

(google says "Ja, wir können", they're probably more right).

[jemiee]

Ja wir können es! thats correct

[haywood16]

fuck obama!

[HoracioAnell]

Fuck your slutty mother!!!

[haywood16]

FUCK YOU! YOU FILTHY MEXICAN!

[HoracioAnell]

And who told you I´m Mexican??? FUCK YOU REDNECK MOTHERFUCKER!!!!

[tfbbm]

Quit SECOND CLASSing the rest of American's and You will have the best Allies.

It is "of America" not "is" AMERICA.

"Focus creates the clearer picture to paint the greater Story." ~witchfinger

It is not "a given" when even "one" refuses.

Tell everyone.

"TREASON SUPPORTS

"The North American Union,

The American Union Empire,

N.A.F.T.A.,

S.P.P.""

[EsotericDesi]

OBAMA IS THE BEST...

[Calbasti]

you have a cute voice!

[Yakutat91]

The more he talks the more obvious it becomes.

Campaigning to the Europeans cost him a few million more American votes...

Uh uh Uhmmmm -57 States uh Uh uh Uhmmmm Americans embarrass me. uh Uh uh Uhmmmm uh Uh uh Uhmmmm -Uhhhhh I never heard of Hanford..?

[cscbill]

Dont be a fool! Europeans showing our guy some love is a great thing for voters. We are tired of being hated by other nations. That's not how you work with your Allies.

[frederickd2008]

NJ Mayor makes racist slurs

watch?v=X-8z4TwhXBs

[mendieta88]

Yup I agree a Republican will be a Republican and so far they have been a spesies that has successfully ignored how moronic their leaders can be and still get in line to vote for them. (Although not everybody can be as incompetent as cheerleader Bush)

[westwjj]

SOS! another Hitler is arising, not in German, but in USA this time.

[123bigr]

westwjj-What? Please explain your comment because I do not understand.

[cscbill]

Its a real shame that you would compare Obama to Hitler. He's not the one that invaded Iraq and started an unjust war. But that makes him Hitler. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[patsagainstrats]

Didn't David Hasselhoff perform before Obama spoke? This might help explain the Nuremburg-like throngs. Germans are easily entertained.

[problemat1que]

But what are the media to do, when they get pictures like these in one day from the contenders?

i349 [dot] photobucket [dot] com [slash] albums [slash] q389 [slash] futurejobs [slash] futurejobs [dot] jpg

[problemat1que]

Besides, ehukai26, the corporate media in the US are just waiting for Obama to trip. They are not in favour of him, that is a myth created by Republicans like yourself. Or how do you explain that he's accused of a U-turn on Iraq (he always said "carful getting out as careless getting in") while McCain flip-flops on every policy of importance and gets away with it???

[123bigr]

problemat1que-Well said. If Obama had lied like Clinton about being shot at or if he mixed up the names of our enemies in Iraq like McCain did when he was corrected by Joe L., Obama would be home right now.He can not make any major mistakes.McCain can do no wrong and that is the way it is.Obama has to be three times better than McCain just to stay even.You made a great post PROBLEMAT1QUE

[problemat1que]

ehukai26, you are willfully misunderstanding the speech. He said explicitly how important it is the everyone can worship the way they want. Obama was talking about tearing down the walls of hatred between the religions that you appear to like so much.

[ehukai26]

Please! Anyone who can and will vote in the USA examine the lives of Obama and McCain. Learn about their histories. Also look at the headlines everyday and ask if it is possible that Obama is really that good and McCain is really that bad. Headlines are almost always slanted for Obama and against McCain. Seriously?! It's unbelievable!

[ehukai26]

I just heard some of what he said in Berlin "We need to knock down all the walls that exist between christian, muslims"etc. That is scary because who are "we" and what does it mean to knock down walls between people with different beliefs? I will fight my own government if they seek to take away my freedoms to worship God according to my conscience. I also respect the freedom of all people to worship(or not)as they please, and I would fight for their rights too. Is my freedom threatened?

[alwaysoz2]

first off he used clear and concise language, no ambiguity on [we] as you seem to suggest. [we]= global citizens

[knock down walls] is metaphorical, alluding to the Berlin Wall- I suggest you wikipedia "Berlin Wall"

Once you find out what the Berlin Wall was, this will make more sense. "Knocking down walls" means getting rid of that archaic attitude of us against them. So is your freedom threatened? Well based on your comments, a 36 yr old in the US, hm, you possibly couldn't be free

[amasomah]

Another inspiring speech in Berlin. Thank you Berlin!

[0613162k]

Europe we need to stop participating in this publicity stunt to help Obama get elected.

Obama's speech tld Europe that we had to sign up troops for his war in Afghanistan and new war in Pakistan.

That means countless loss of of lives of our troops, the Afghan and Pakistani civilians and undermining our national security. Why should European civilians keep getting bombed from being dragged into US wars that or public is against.

Support Ralph Nader 4 President.

Stop Bush's war on terror.

[NHParker20]

What about all the conflicts which were European wars but the United States entered? What do you think post-WWII Europe looks like without the aid of the United States?? I'm not arguing for Iraq I think its a bullshit war, but there are things in life that supersede bad decisions and a bad president. Not to mention Europe definitely has interests in helping and sending troops through NATO to Afghanistan....7/7??

[0613162k]

No way. we're not going to use 7/7 in Londodn as an excuse to go into war.

The majority of our public was outraged by the UK government's "shoot to kill" terroist policy on that day which resulted in an innocent Brazilian immigrant dying, mistaken for a terroist in a state of police panic.

If we were that cross with 1 innocent civilian dying, do you really think we want to be responsible for thousands dying in a war in Afghanistan.

The UK government chooses the US over the UK public.

[NHParker20]

Dude i really do see where you're coming from but you support your arguments with unproven, pretty opinionated statements about public opinion, and while it is possible that you are right, when the British Gov't entered into the war they did it because public opinion allowed them to, because they had shared interests with the United States, and because they are a great ally and trusted and stood by the United States. Regardless it is too late now and pointing the finger is counter productive.

[0613162k]

They didn't do it because the public allowed them to.We didn't get a say and we never get a say.They ignorred our protests.

Blair was popular with Clinton yet unpopular with Bush. That's because he did a complete U turn in foreign policy from following one US President to following another.

Gordon Brown's popularity has gone down since signing up more troops to Afghanistan after Bush's recent vistit.Both parties approval rating will go down if they follow Obama & sign us up 4 a Pakistan war

[janmuentinga]

super Idee. lasst uns Nader unterstützen.. laut aktuellen Umfragewerten hat der ja viel mehr Stimmen als Obama.

Öhm, warte ein moment... sorry, doch nicht.

[NYPlayerT2]

Ich würde nicht für Nader wählen. Ich wünsche Obama die Wahl gewinnen.

[0613162k]

Seriously, Europe we need to stop participating in this publicity stunt to help Obama get elected.

Obama's speech was to tell Europe that we had to sign up troops for his war in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

That means countless loss of of lives of our troops, the Afghan and Pakistani civilians and undermining our national security. Why should European civilians keep getting bombed from being dragged into US wars that or public is against.

Support Ralph Nader for President.

[davidfree75]

wrong

[0613162k]

You are in complete denial, and I hate every Obama supporter for refusing to look at the facts and dragging Europe into a new war in Pakistan, and more troops in Afghanistan.

Listen to his speeches, and read his website.

The civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan do not want war. The civilians in the NATO nations do not want to send troops to war.

Stop being in denial as it's going to cost lives from Europe, Canada, Australia, Afganistan, Pakistan and the US in these wars.

[trixy776655]

you're against a war in Afghanistan? After 9/11? I understand being against a war in Iraq, but you realize Al Quaeda is alive and well in Afghanistan? Don't you think the entire world should make it their business to stop it from growing stronger?

[0613162k]

9/11 was a masacre and I still have the deepest sympathy for those who lost members of their family.

But no serious investigation was ever done on who was responsible for the attack. People conviently gave credit to a terroist group that is more than happy to claim responsibilty for death of innocent Americans.

In her last interview, Benazir Bhutto said that Osama Bin Laden had been killed to the British press as if it was common knowledge tht the US blocked out. Why did they block it out?

[sleepyjl]

I respect your independent thinking, but there's a point at which healthy skepticism runs the risk of becoming paranoia. This happens when right-wing Republicans refuse to listen to moderates in their own party and talk themselves into a delusional frenzy, and it also happens when iconoclasts grow suspicious of everything they see in the mainstream discourse and refuse to see that not all mainstream is bad. It's when people stop listening to each other that extremism takes root.

[0613162k]

After the London bombings, the British police rationally looked for evidence of who was responsible and involved to carry out a police raid.They did not scapegoat a country and declare war on the whole population unlike America.

Also, people are confusing Al Qaeda and the Taliban with resistance to US and NATO troop occupation at the expense of countless civilians being bombed.

Experts hve said the violence in Afghanistan has increased with increased troop levels to resist occupation.

[0613162k]

Also, all experts have said that increase in US & NATO troop presense in Afghanistan has led to recent increased violence. That's because thousands of civilians have died they are resisting against the occupation. This country has a long history of being invaded from the Soviets to the AMericans etc.

Al Qaeda wasn't even in Iraq before the invasion, yet the very presence of US troops caused Al QAEDA support in Iraq against the invasion.

Ron Paul, Ralph Nader & Dennis Kucinich understand that.