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Feeling lighter.....almost......floating!
Lots more
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Pachamama
(16,887 posts)It runs in my blood too....
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Ten!
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Thats funny...
FakeNoose
(32,854 posts)What is amazing to me is that German people are so in tune with American politics that they actually choose to illustrate our issues as Mardi Gras floats. And the spectators get it, they know what it's about because they all pay attention to current events.
However this would never happen here in the US, would it? If somebody made a float about Angela Merkel, would Americans even know who that is? Probably not. How many Americans can even name the Prime Ministers/leaders of the European countries, or identify them in a photo. Very few.
Ezior
(505 posts)Reich-Wingers know Merkel because they hate her. They were told that she brought (probably) 100s of millions of Islamists to Europe, and that's why every European citizen hates Merkel, but somehow we can't get rid of her. You know, we can no longer walk on the street without being slaughtered, they rape our women and daughters, and that's exactly what Merkel wants.
Of course, this is 100% BS. Merkel is actually conservative and tends to be anti-immigration. And while we do have quite a few refugees in Germany, it's not really much of an issue as far as I can tell. The one guy from Syria I met on a train seemed very nice and happy to be here, though communication was difficult since he didn't speak a lot of German / English yet. Using google translate and gestures and our phones he demonstrated how much he loves Merkel, shared stories about his experience in Europe, and when it was time to say goodbye he called me "brother" and we almost appeared to be best friends..
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Last line of chorus:
This version really choked me up
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Jarring truth
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Bazinga or Big Brother, or Foxnoise, and stuffing their faces with French fried pizza
They don't back their cult leader, screaming to lock up their candidates, build egregious
follies, or shoot protestors
They actually seem to be aware of the existence of a world beyond their sofas
DFW
(54,480 posts)There is a famous float designer noted for his savage political humor. His name is Jaques Tilly, which sounds French, but he is from Düsseldorf. Napoleon called Düsseldorf "my little Paris on the Rhein," and some Frenchmen stayed on. We know several locals with French-sounding names.
We see this kind of satirical float in Düsseldorf and Köln (Cologne) every year on "Rose Monday (Rosenmontag)," and this year, they had a particularly rich vein of material to mine.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Bought an Opel rekord
Drove to Strasbourg
Stayed there with friends
Such lovely country vistas....loved Alsace
Thx for the info on Tilly
Will check him out
DFW
(54,480 posts)Always gets to the heart of the matter and then shows no mercy. The Rheinländer love it, of course!
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)They should be published in some format
DFW
(54,480 posts)Probably German language only, but his work is pretty well archived. Like I said, no one is shown much mercy, but most of his barbs are well-deserved. The good get off lightly, but the bad and the evil get rightfully skewered.
oasis
(49,455 posts)a kennedy
(29,753 posts)or was that someone else??? Sure looked like Bill Clinton grabbing a woman's boob to me.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)If you didn't like that, check this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+parade+floats&tbm=isch&hl=en-us&client=safari&ved=0ahUKEwigqsLfy73VAhVpwYMKHU8vBRkQtI8BCCUoAA#imgrc=_