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Freedom and the Berlin Wall
Global Shift | November 12th 2009
“Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was civis Romanus sum [I am a Roman citizen]. Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’… All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berli read more
Myths And Facts About The Fall of Berlin Wall
Travel Best Destinations | November 12th 2009 by Mircea
Many people celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall. Germany organized in Berlin public meetings, concerts, festivities with participation of prominents who played a role during The Fall of Berlin Wall. Remainings of the Berlin Wall in Potsdamer Platz read more
Twenty Years After the Wall Crashed Down
Bible Prophecy Today | November 12th 2009 by Bible Prophecy Today
By Chuck MisslerOne thousand giant dominoes were toppled in Berlin Monday along the path where the Berlin Wall once stood. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, raised in communist East Germany, stood next to former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev as E read more
Military News Update
The Republican Temple | November 12th 2009
Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke at the Library of Congress Tuesday to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago. read more
The uses of walls
The Atheist Conservative | November 12th 2009 by theatheistconservative
The Berlin Wall was not defensive. It was built by the Communists to keep their serf populations from escaping. As Europe celebrates its fall, a Muslim, Shiraz Maher, writes in Standpoint about barrier walls built by Islamic states, never noticed by read more
A Belated Celebration of Nov. 9
smart! by K.Rae | November 11th 2009 by K.
Two awesome things about Nov. 9: 1) November 9 was the “Day of German Destiny“. World-changing things tend to take place in Germany on Nov. 9. This year happened to be the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. I’m sur read more
Twenty Years After the Fall
Foreign Policy Focus | November 11th 2009
George FriedmanStratforNovember 9We are now at the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the beginning of the collapse of the Soviet empire in Eastern Europe. We are also nearing the 18th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union it read more
Berlin Wall After 20 Years
A Simple In Time (God fearing lady and family loving) | November 11th 2009 by Rolly
World leaders have hailed the Berlin Wall's fall in celebrations 20 years on from the upheaval that changed Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was joined at the Brandenburg Gate by Russia's Dmitry Medvedev, France's Nicolas Sarkozy and UK PM Gor read more
Catching up with the Clintons...
The Fat Limey | November 11th 2009 by Richard
Do you ever have those times when you get so comically busy in real life that you put the newspapers aside for a couple of days? Then, you emerge blinking into the sunlight only to find that everything has changed in those two days? That just happe read more
Freedom for Thee, But Not for We
Cato @ Liberty | November 11th 2009
I expected and got some pushback about my post comparing the Berlin Wall to the wall along our southern border. Happily, it was more civil than the reactions I often get when I talk about immigration and free movement of people. One fair comment foc read more
Is Marijuana Prohibition America’s ‘Berlin Wall’?
NORML Blog | November 11th 2009 by NORML
by George Rohrbacher, Member, NORML board of directors; medical cannabis patient [Editor's Note: This essay was originally published on March 1st, 2009. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's deconstruction and the fall of Commun read more
PARANORMAL DAILY NEWS FOR NOV 11, 2009
ALIEN, UFO AND THE PARANORMAL CASEBOOK | November 11th 2009 by Atrueoriginall
IF IT HIT THE INTERNET TODAY, YOU'LL FIND IT BELOW WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009 Alien, UFO & The Paranormal Casebook is a site that specializes in bringing this very day's news to it's visitors as it appears on the Internet each and every day. read more
Lessons of the fall
The Atheist Conservative | November 11th 2009 by theatheistconservative
Melanie Phillips writes: Twenty years ago today, supporters of freedom and human rights cheered and wept for joy as the Berlin Wall was torn down by jubilant young Germans. To so many, that heady day seemed to herald the emergence of a better world. read more
Hillary Clinton scrubs Ronald Reagan from history
Expose Obama | November 11th 2009 by Floyd Brown
By Nile Gardiner, Telegraph Hillary was too busy praising Obama to recognize the work of Reagan It’s bad enough that President Obama could not be bothered to attend the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. But read more
Attitudes, Latitudes and Boundaries: A fractured reality
Spatially Relevant | November 11th 2009 by Jon Gatrell
Pew research’s pulse presentation on attitudes on capitalism and democracy post the berlin wall collapse has some interesting insights by geography and cohort groups. The change in attitudes and opinions are expected for the most part, but int read more
Have we fallen out of love with capitalism?
agricultural globe vectors began next | November 11th 2009 by agricultural globe vectors began next
Historians may disagree on the detail, but most would agree that a desire to have democracy and capitalism lay at heart of why the Berlin wall came down. Many believed this was it – liberal democracy and free market capitalism would sweep the world read more
Commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall
Notes from underground | November 11th 2009 by Steve Hayes
Of all the activities to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, this one seems the most appropriate.Palestinians tear down chunk of wall - Yahoo! News:RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) – Palestinians tore down a chunk of Israel's West Bank s read more
The Berlin Wall… America at It’s Finest
Baby Boomer Baloney | November 10th 2009 by Phil McMillan
President Ronald Reagan looked at Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev and mentally punched him right in the face. Gorbachev just stood there and bled all over the place. The cold war was over. When you’re the big kid on the block (let’s hop read more
Musing on Evan Thomas,Col. MATHIEU, the FBI, President Obama,Rona…
The Daily Grand and Sundry | November 10th 2009 by gerry maxey
My Liberal friends, oops Progressive friends, always ask me, why did I leave their ranks and become a Reaganite? I had been such a Radical at San Francisco State. In fact, such a Radical was I, that when it came time for me to do a service for my co read more
20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Urban Spotlight | November 10th 2009 by Debbie Sultemeier
In June 2009 I spent a whirlwind day in Berlin while on a European cruise with my mother and daughter. My daughter loved Berlin and hopes to go there on a study abroad program. Our Berlin tour guide, originally from New York City, really read more
Write on the Berlin Twitter Wall
Ideas in Motion | November 10th 2009
Comments in Spanish, English, German and French scroll along a backdrop of the East Side Gallery – a famous section of the Berlin Wall that is still standing today covered in murals. The Berlin Twitter Wall page marks the 20th anniversary of the fa read more
The unmentionable downsides
SCOT goes POP! | November 10th 2009
Sticking with the Berlin Wall theme, I've just noticed an article published on the Guardian website a couple of days ago lamenting the collapse of communist East Germany. The author takes a predictable roasting for her efforts in the comments sectio read more
Remembering the Berlin Airlift
Orange Punch | November 10th 2009 by Stan
A reader called to remind me that in all the talk about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the importance of Berlin during the Cold War (how many spy novels were set in Berlin with all its wheels within wheels and changing alliances), we have forgotten read more
NBC Discusses Fall of Berlin Wall and Never Mentions Reagan
Ft. Hard Knox | November 10th 2009 by Jenn Sierra
NBC managed to discuss the anniversary of the Berlin wall and never mentioned Ronald Reagan. However, they managed to mention Hillary Clinton. read more
Students, professors commemorate fall of Berlin Wall
Colgate University News | November 10th 2009 by Tim
(Editor's Note: This article was written by Lea Furutani '10) A mock wall set up by the university's German Club between East and West halls helped the campus community commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday. Members of the German Club, read more
The Berlin Wall and the fruits of liberty
The Superfluous Man | November 10th 2009 by John Markley
20 years ago as of Monday, the citizens of East Berlin penetrated the Berlin Wall and gained access to the West. The wall's physical destruction would not be completed for weeks, but its power was broken. My paternal grandmother was born in Germany, read more
Cold War Leftovers
Why We Worry | November 10th 2009 by Clint
Yesterday was the celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a symbolic event in the dissolution of the Cold War stasis that had divided Europe since the end of World War II. Many countries of Central and Eastern Europe have emerged from that past t read more
The Rise And Fall Of The Berlin Wall In Photos
Anorak | November 10th 2009
THE Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall - in photos. Sometime history happens in your lifetime. This was when the fear died. It was when the West won. All that rubbish and hype and nonsense and democracy we read and write about won. We won. Humanity won read more
The Berlin Wall: Twenty Years Ago. And a Day.
The Fat Limey | November 10th 2009 by Richard
Twenty years ago today I remember my history teacher excitedly coming into class. Given that this was Britain and my history teacher was usually the soul of reserve, this was pretty remarkable. "You must all watch the news tonight," he said, "this read more
The Berlin Wall: Twenty Years Later
A Disgruntled Republican | November 10th 2009 by Rod Williams
November 9, 2009, The Independent Institute The fall of the Berlin Wall, twenty years ago today, was not inevitable. Nor was the collapse of the Soviet Union. The failure of central economic planning does not explain those remarkable events because i read more
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