That speech is just the funniest - it almost sounds real until the last couple of sentences. Which only reminds me of how easy it is for people to get suckered into this guy's way of speaking.

That speech is just the funniest - it almost sounds real until the last couple of sentences. Which only reminds me of how easy it is for people to get suckered into this guy's way of speaking.

That speech, given or just drafted, constitutes sedition and is grounds for impeachment.

The guy is a prick.

He is such an embarrassment yet so many are still so blind to it, still stuck in their "Saint Obama can do no wrong" mode.

"It’s nice that Barack Obama has such a superb sense of the moment when it comes to campaigning for his political viability. Too bad that sense of the moment deserts him when it comes to actually being President."

boom!
I guess Americans should be happy BO snubbed the event.

BO is a communist. JMO

Don't get so upset. It's a joke.

I approve of Obama staying at home if it means that he's now reducing his public appearances and concentrating on administration. I am skeptical, however, that this is the case. The guy loves the spotlight a little too much.

Pretty soon there's going to be a new wall along the Mexican border. It won't be there to keep Mexicans from getting in, but to keep them from getting -out-.

He wouldn't want to risk a teleprompter malfunction during his speech. If he had to wing it, he might ramble on and apologize for Reagan's imperialist interference. Or he might wish that the wall was in America where it's reconstruction would make a great "shovel-ready" stimulus project.

I miss Carter.

"Mr.Gorbachev ,tear down this wall".

the only thing that had to be said when the US was at the top of their game.

Jealousy will get you nowhere.

I think Obamas previous speech was

Ich ein , Ich ein , Ich ein.

Ich bin der einen Ich bin der einen , um , ah , um

The man/child Obama is so in our face so much of the time, that he has becoming nothing more than just another Black America Rapper. Boring, but dangerous.

Why bother even mentioning that Reagan spent 7 years of his presidency working on this.

How could the new "Big Owe" go to Berlin. He had a previous engagement. He was invited to a dance.

O'Ich nOt bin ein Berliner.
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"Kristallnacht Anniversary

On November 9, 1938, a massive nation-wide anti-Jewish pogrom took place during peacetime across the entire territory of the Third Reich. The pretext for this orgy of violence against German Jews was the shooting in Paris two days earlier of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a 17-year-old Polish-Jewish refugee. The state-organized pogrom, instigated by Hitler and Joseph Goebbels, resulted in the burning or damaging of more than a thousand synagogues; the ransacking of about 7,500 businesses, the murder of at least 91 Jews, and the deportation of another 30,000 Jewish males to concentration camps in Dachau, Buchenwald, and Sachsenhausen. This murderous onslaught against German Jewry, cynically described by the Nazis as the “Night of Broken Glass” (Kristallnacht), was a major turning point on the road to the “Final Solution” of the so-called “Jewish Question.” It signified that the Nazi regime had crossed a Rubicon and would no longer be deterred by Western public opinion in its “war against the Jews.” The economic expropriation of German Jewry, its complete social ostracism and public humiliation swiftly followed. Jews were banned from public transport, from frequenting concerts, theaters, cinemas, commercial centers, beaches, or using public benches. Only a fortnight after “Crystal Night,” the SS journal, Das Schwarze Korps, chillingly prophesied the final end of German Jewry through “fire and sword” and its imminent complete annihilation.

Today the specter of such apocalyptic anti-Semitism has returned to haunt Europe and other continents, while often assuming radically new forms. In the Middle East, it has taken on a particularly dangerous, toxic and potentially genocidal aura of hatred, closely linked to the “mission” of holy war or jihad against the West and the Jews."

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4162

Reagan, Gorbie, the economy, it was the perfect storm. You could make a case that the fall was inevitable. The fact remains, Reagan's strength and resolve were the deciding factors. If he'd blinked, things could have gone horribly wrong.

I just read Tom Brokaw's account.

and of course he speaks with Obama, and it's about Obama not the event.and lots of yak about journalists but none about Reagan.
what a maroon.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33733937/ns/world_news-fall_of_the_berlin_wall_20_years_later/

That speech excerpt is a fake! He hardly talks about himself at all, and nowhere does it say, "Now let me be PERfectly clear..."

it wasnt so long ago that Jacques Parizeau called for an equivalent to "Kristallnacht" here in Canada,

Bob Rae was the first to comment on it , asking sincerely whether the man was drunk. one of the few times I had any respect for Bob Rae.

Communism "collapsed"? You gotta be sh--ting me!

Communism just shucked off its old tyrants for new upmarket leaders and juntas.

It's more pervasive than ever and it's gone upscale with the EU, UN and G20 and hopey-changy Marxism.

It would be better if he asked on advice on how to build a wall. After all the one with Mexico isn't working with the same efficiency as the one in Berlin used to.

I heard Rush on teh radio a few minutes ago talking about this anniversary. Regarding Obama's not attending the event, Rush points out that "Communists do not celebrate their failures."

A spoof speech that is, sadly, exactly what Obamasiah thinks.

I have it on good authority he believes his Unicorn will be delivered before the end of his term as POTUS.

His reward for being so good.

I think that the reason Obama didn't go is because he can't handle any situation where he is not in the spotlight.
He'd be just 'one among others' and importantly, the leaders responsible for the fall of the wall, would be..others. Not Him.

The only events he will attend are ones that highlight Him. Him. Him.

ET,

You got that right.

What an ego.

What a tool.

The contrast with reagan would be there and not a positive one.

The person who deserves to be there is Mulroney, who twisted Thatchers arm to accept the reunification of Germany.

What the hell, he saved some jet fuel for Al Gore to use to save us from ourselves.

Kate

sorry, off topic but this link is very interesting

it documents some of the violence against "teabaggers", black one at that

http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/09/exclusive-police-report-on-gladney-beating-by-seiu-thugs/

For some reason November 9th seems to be a big Germanic magnet. Not only did the wall fall this day but Nov. 9th is the day that Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated in 1918, ending the Hohenzollern dynasty and paved for the Armistice on the 11th.

Unfortunately it is also the date of the 1938 "Kristallnacht" or "The Night of Broken Glass" when Jewish homes and businesses all across Germany were attacked and 30,000 Jewish men imprisoned.

I was just watching the CBC report on the "gala" event in Berlin marking the fall of the wall.All the heads of state from Europe were there.It was a whole bunch of "ex" and not so "ex" Leftists,Marxists,Trots,Leninists and Stalinists.

Well, where’s the Vice President? Should he not stand in for Obama on this auspicious occasion to help celebrate the victory over tyranny in a war waged over several decades? Apparently not. Joe Biden will attend a fundraiser in Detroit rather than celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Disgraceful.

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/09/twenty-years-ago-today-the-berlin-wall-falls/

Ich bin egoistisch.

We've come a long way since Kennedy and Reagan.

No, ET, the narcissism thingee is only part of the story, and NOT the most important part. Leggo his ego!

This cat supported the constitutionally ejected former prez and Chavez-wannabe of Honduras, likes Chavez (as does his new FCC diversity appointment who has orgasms over his "democratic revolution"), believes in engagement with the "Islamic Republic of Iran", has rejected supporting the brave democracy protesters in Iran, has thrown Poland under the bus, is attempting to throw Israel to the wolves ...

Obama is a marxist and as Rush says, no one want to celebrate such a signal failure. This is only conjecture, of course, but I'm certain he was not pleased with the fall of the wall in 1989. Just as Euro-socialists were not at all pleased either.

A former Russian human rights dissident (Buvosky?) who gave a speech at the Cato Institute a while back, said how stunned he was with the very mild reaction from most of the Western European political elites [read: communists, with whom Obama identifies] to the fall of the wall. He also likens the burgeoning EU with the USSR: the EUSSR?

If you still don't want to acknowledge the obvious, i.e., Obama is a marxist, I'm OK with "progressive". Progressivism = gradual, incremental communism.

Ich bin ein jelly donut (Berliner).

Ich bin ein Obama-Nation!

And when is Kitchener, Ontario going to revert it's name back to BERLIN, ONTARIO?

Cheers

Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief

1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North"

And in other news: check out Google's homepage today...

Huge missed opportunity for the president. Imagine the positive press he would have gotten by saluting Reagan - the bipartisanship of it.

But he won't / can't because it would be an affront to the decades of fellow Travellers who resisted the might is right tactic that succeeded in removing the most murderous regime In world history. (no doubt many were supported by the soviets knowingly or unknowingly).

I guess was afraid of offending Ayers.

The greatest victory in american history - done almost singlehandedly - and the POTUS is a no-show. I feel sad for the millions in the US who would wish he was there.

me no dhimmmi - that's your opinion. I disagree. In my view, there is no room in Obama for any intellectual ideology, theory, analysis..nothing. He exists only as Himself. Period.

As I've said umpteen times, he is embedded within the socialist cabal because such a political agenda enables him, err..I mean Him, to operation as The Controller of the peasantry. And his narcissism, which is not mild but pathological, requires that feeling of control of Others.

So, I suggest that you stick to your view, and please treat it as your view and not The Ultimate Truth. And I'll equally stick to my view as mine and not the Ultimate Truth.

O's Hildabeast steps into O's breach.

Hilda: Ich bin eine O'aktiOn.
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"Clinton: Fall of the Berlin Wall a call to action"

"Clinton will lead the U.S. delegation to Monday's ceremonies in Berlin."

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/11/08/11678301-ap.html

I think the least O could do is give the folks celebrating in Berlin a "shout out".

BabelFish translates:

You wan Soviet Comintern, Ein Reich, Mao's Red Orympics, O's "new global order", BanMoon's UNO?

Same difference: Angela's Stasiashes.
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"Federal Chancellor Merkel for a new global order

Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Monday for more cooperation between nation states and the transfer of power to multilateral organizations such as the UN, in a speech ahead of anniversary celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall. "This world will not be a peaceful one if we do not work for more global order and more multilateral cooperation," said Merkel, who was to great world leaders in Berlin later Monday. Compared with the European the Americans more problems would have to deliver authority. This is however necessary for a peaceful future. “One of the most exciting questions, in order to overcome walls, becomes its: The nation states are ready and able to deliver authority to multilateral organizations.”

(Excerpt) Read more at 66.196.80.202"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382352/posts

Bush made an apology to victims of communism. It wasn't hyped; it was sincere and humble.
Obama's speech- as usual- smacks of deprecation and lunacy.
Why the hell did anyone vote for this guy?

More importantly, Big Bird and friends turn 40!!

With an appearance by Michelle Obama!

And multiple Google logos in the past week!

Yay!

I understand this thread is primarily about Obama. However, for those who want to hear Mr. Reagan's speech, please see here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWDrTXMgF8&feature=player_embedded

The "open this gate..... tear down this wall" part is from about 1:20 - 2:00

Obama has stated that Iran has an "international right" to the peaceful use of nuclear power.
I suggest he also thinks that Russia has an "international right" to its former sphere of influence.

Western marxists [progressives, neo-marxists, fabian socialists] like Obama believe that the US was the aggressor in the cold war and that the Soviet Union, in pursuing its massive arms-buildup, was destroyed by being forced into innocently defending itself. I fervently believe that this is Obama, the Marxist's, view. Which is why he passed on the Fall of the Wall memorial.

Today reminds me of the discussion a few months back regarding Canada’s memorial to victims of communism. I remember Adler's words on the matter and agreed with him; but, he nor any others in Canadian media said the three most important words that needed to be spoken. Now I understand that Charles Adler is an atheist and Canada is a secular society, but I'm an agnostic thinker and I have no problem with these words or what they mean. BO may disagree, but I implore you to teach these words to your kids, and repeat them whenever the opportunity presents itself:
COMMUNISM IS EVIL

I've yet to see or hear Reagan's name mentioned during any of the ceremonies. It's also interesting to remember how much the Left ridiculed Reagan for calling Russia and evil empire, and how his jingoistic talk about crushing communism would lead to world war. Instead it lead to world peace. Well, as peaceful as this world gets, I guess.

Sorry Kate but could not Laugh at the spurious speech. It just sounds to plausible coming from this human reptile.
If I was a real betting man, My money would be on the idea he actually morns this day as a tragedy for his fellow Socialists. So why celebrate what the Obama considers a disaster for the devotees of totalitarianism?
This is a sad day for Communists world wide. After all there are so many who should be eliminated trying to reach Utopia, but have been stopped in their holy work of death. Should Obama be any different?
JMO

Yeah, ET nailed it. If it ain't all about the "0" then best stay home, play some b ball and celebrate Sesame Street. Oh, and give a big shout out to whom ever...

ET, as always, you have the "0" completely pegged; I always enjoy your commentary. And who among us didn't smell what was coming over the past couple of years. Anyway, Steyn hits it squarely:

The sight of thousands of East Germans streaming through Checkpoint Charlie and the other famous crossing points to walk freely through the streets of West Berlin is the symbolic end of the Cold War. Not everyone sees it as an iconic moment: President Obama, a man who'd attend the opening of an envelope if there was an award for him inside, decided to skip these anniversary observations.

Here is the Juxtapose - The Right Honorable Prime Minister of Canada: http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&id=2947

It is audio and there is no translation but the words ring out true and fine. Our Prime Minister has the spine that Obama lacks, I think that he speaks for many Americans too because he says what they wish their President would have said.

I'm so glad that speech was fake ("Fauxbama"). It would have been appalling if it were for real.

Meanwhile: "German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Monday for more cooperation between nation states and the transfer of power to multilateral organizations such as the UN"

That's two different things. The first one is worthwhile, the second one, not so much. Now I'm wondering whether she's some kind of mole.

I think most people figured out pretty early that the letter was satire. What's disturbing is the parts of the letter which sound too familiar from Obama.

Here is a satirical letter from Obama to the Supreme Leader of Iran.

Based on many speeches we've heard from Obama, particularly the one in Egypt, it's difficult to separate satire from reality.

Mr.Obama was at a funeral. You guys are so obtuse.

The commemoration ceremony was planned months ago, before any funeral - and Obama didn't back out of the commemoration at the last minute.

You are so thick.