Comments on: U.S. opens new embassy in Berlin http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:17:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MikeN http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1230461 MikeN Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:09:32 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1230461 Now we've had an attack on the Turkish Embassy. You guys are looking like fools. Now we’ve had an attack on the Turkish Embassy. You guys are looking like fools.

]]> By: MikeN http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1222494 MikeN Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:13:53 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222494 What happens on January 9? What happens on January 9?

]]> By: green http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1222465 green Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:35:34 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222465 The "laughing stock" part is a more recent phenomenon. Americans, or at least the corporations and military acting on their behalf have been known as dickheads for quite a long while. The “laughing stock” part is a more recent phenomenon. Americans, or at least the corporations and military acting on their behalf have been known as dickheads for quite a long while.

]]> By: Mister Mustard http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1222416 Mister Mustard Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:59:31 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222416 #29 >>Its hard to believe one administration >>could do so much damage! Yes, that's the one thing that Dumbya has finally succeeded at after a lifetime of failure: Making the US one of the most derided laughingstocks in the world. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!! 199 days to go until January 9. Can we survive? #29

>>Its hard to believe one administration
>>could do so much damage!

Yes, that’s the one thing that Dumbya has finally succeeded at after a lifetime of failure: Making the US one of the most derided laughingstocks in the world.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!

199 days to go until January 9. Can we survive?

]]> By: jescott418 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1222409 jescott418 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:50:43 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222409 I do think George Bush pretty much alienated us from the entire world! Its hard to believe one administration could do so much damage! I do think George Bush pretty much alienated us from the entire world! Its hard to believe one administration could do so much damage!

]]> By: MikeN http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1222400 MikeN Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:42:55 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222400 I don't like this push of spending more money for architecture. SO the building is boring. That's what I want government buildings to look like. Too many times, architects take this money and build monsters, which are then lauded as 'art'. My guess is the new World Trade Center will look worse than the old one. I don’t like this push of spending more money for architecture. SO the building is boring. That’s what I want government buildings to look like. Too many times, architects take this money and build monsters, which are then lauded as ‘art’.
My guess is the new World Trade Center will look worse than the old one.

]]> By: macdup http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1222245 macdup Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:47:10 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222245 The US embassy in South Korea is even uglier. It has some the most prime real estate in Seoul and is next to some historic and beautiful buildings but yet stands out like a sore thumb. Plus all the Korean police guarding the outside leaves for a reminder that the war still goes on. The US embassy in South Korea is even uglier. It has some the most prime real estate in Seoul and is next to some historic and beautiful buildings but yet stands out like a sore thumb. Plus all the Korean police guarding the outside leaves for a reminder that the war still goes on.

]]> By: Thomas http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1222202 Thomas Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:15:21 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222202 #25 > To them OUR being there made THEM a target. They *were* a target by the very nature of their geography and the fact that the opponent was the Soviet Union. Reagan simply stepped up the pressure. The fact that the Soviets simply took Poland and never gave it back should have scared the hell out of the Germans. #25
> To them OUR being there made THEM a target.

They *were* a target by the very nature of their geography and the fact that the opponent was the Soviet Union. Reagan simply stepped up the pressure. The fact that the Soviets simply took Poland and never gave it back should have scared the hell out of the Germans.

]]> By: Todd Henkel http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1222177 Todd Henkel Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:38:47 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222177 Looks better than most government buildings on this side of the pond. I'd say at this point no one is going to like what we build just because it is American. Looks better than most government buildings on this side of the pond. I’d say at this point no one is going to like what we build just because it is American.

]]> By: Klipsch_Fan http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1222133 Klipsch_Fan Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:52:04 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222133 I was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany from 1980-83. While the older Germans were nearly always friendly, there was a growing number of younger people who HATED Reagan. Remember that Reagan deployed cruise missiles to Europe and 108 Pershing 2's to Germany. They had good reason to hate our being there. To them OUR being there made THEM a target. It was still easy to get past that in a conversation by bringing up heavy metal in general or the Scorpions in particular. Nothing is better than rhyming "you" with "you." "There's no one like you..." I was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany from 1980-83. While the older Germans were nearly always friendly, there was a growing number of younger people who HATED Reagan. Remember that Reagan deployed cruise missiles to Europe and 108 Pershing 2′s to Germany. They had good reason to hate our being there. To them OUR being there made THEM a target. It was still easy to get past that in a conversation by bringing up heavy metal in general or the Scorpions in particular. Nothing is better than rhyming “you” with “you.” “There’s no one like you…”

]]> By: Seth http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1222095 Seth Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:14:49 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222095 Fuggin' relax. It's just a building. Who cares if they made it pink with a bow on it? People seem to be using any excuse to bash on the administration. I'm against both the war and the administration but trying to bring up that argument in an article about an ugly building just makes you look like a lunatic. Fuggin’ relax. It’s just a building. Who cares if they made it pink with a bow on it?

People seem to be using any excuse to bash on the administration.

I’m against both the war and the administration but trying to bring up that argument in an article about an ugly building just makes you look like a lunatic.

]]> By: Jägermeister http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1222076 Jägermeister Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:00:38 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222076 #21 - bobbo - <i>That would show “we mean business!”</i> Hmmm... if you say so... :D I'm sure the rest of the world thinks that way... ;) #21 – bobbo – That would show “we mean business!”

Hmmm… if you say so… :D I’m sure the rest of the world thinks that way… ;)

]]> By: Jägermeister http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1222065 Jägermeister Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:53:34 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222065 Willkommen zu unserem bunker. Willkommen zu unserem bunker.

]]> By: bobbo http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-2/#comment-1222049 bobbo Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:32:24 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222049 Eideard--just how many embassies need to be bombed before making them bomb resistant is just common sense? I do note the Berlin Chancellory has lots of glass, more like an art museum than a fortress? But what is Germany to the Muslim world except a staging area against the USA? Comes from being the worlds only superpower and having really inept foreign policies as in wars of choice without exit plans? I say it has too many windows. It should just be a big square reinforced concrete block with tv cameras to view the world. That would show "we mean business!" Hunker down me bucko's!! Eideard–just how many embassies need to be bombed before making them bomb resistant is just common sense?

I do note the Berlin Chancellory has lots of glass, more like an art museum than a fortress? But what is Germany to the Muslim world except a staging area against the USA?

Comes from being the worlds only superpower and having really inept foreign policies as in wars of choice without exit plans?

I say it has too many windows. It should just be a big square reinforced concrete block with tv cameras to view the world. That would show “we mean business!”

Hunker down me bucko’s!!

]]> By: Mister Ketchup http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/04/us-opens-new-embassy-in-berlin/comment-page-1/#comment-1222010 Mister Ketchup Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:46:25 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18928#comment-1222010 Musty - Same thing with all those ugly Tyvek homes! :) Musty – Same thing with all those ugly Tyvek homes! :)

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