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To: LindyBill who wrote (2554)	6/21/2003 7:19:29 PM
From: Elsewhere	Respond to of 793978

America is the new Germany An unusual point of view which could explain a lot. Parris's 'ethnic hatred' way of saying that we are a bunch of Nazis Welcome to the club :-)

To: LindyBill who wrote (2554)	6/22/2003 1:18:02 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 793978

There are certainly many nationalities far worse to be accused of resembling than the Germans. But I think you're right. This is a "uh oh, here come the jackboots" article. Derek

To: LindyBill who wrote (2554)	6/22/2003 1:35:58 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793978

A silly argument that rests on the claim that almost a quarter of American's ancestors came from German speaking lands. Wonder if he knows where the Angles and Saxons came from?

To: LindyBill who wrote (2554)	6/22/2003 6:26:44 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793978

I went to Berlin and took a train to Prague. The food was the food I grew up with ? meat, sausage, potatoes and cabbage. The houses outside the cities looked American, with unwalled gardens of grass around detached, single family homes. It was spooky." I wrote a response to this and it disappeared in cyberspace...I'll try again. Since several responses have been made about the politics of it...I'll look at another paragraph. 1. Anyone who thinks Germans eating meat (fleisch), sausage (aufschnitt), potatoes (kartoffeln), or cabbage (rotkohl), is spooky has never been to Germany. 2. The wall came down and opened the "new frontier". Housing was in short supply and much of the existing housing was in shambles. But, unlike West Germany, development land in the East was reasonable and plentiful. Apartment buildings did not have to built. Up to then, German and East-European construction technique was double-walled masonry...a very slow and expensive technique. Developers brought in American contractors to teach and build using frame construction. The lumber not harvested in Germany came from Austria and Eastern Europe. The result has been tens of thousands of frame style, starter homes and condos. Is that spooky? I thought it was doggone good business with winners at both ends. 3. Grass has been growing in Germany as far back as I remember. No spookiness there either. 4. Perhaps the writer is an unemployed ghostbuster. uw