Comments on: The lessons of Berlin, 1989 http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/11/09/the-lessons-of-berlin-1989/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AQUA http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/11/09/the-lessons-of-berlin-1989/#comment-47380 AQUA Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:50:51 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1755#comment-47380 I totally hate to throw cold water on this truly glorious celebration, But ... But ... But ... They -- the Europeans -- willingly (sort of) chose, or accepted (without the riots in the streets for "other" reasons), the Lisbon Treaty giving up voting rights and sovereignty of their nations to a body of unelected elites who will ultimately rule with the "input" of the OIC. In 25 or 35 years Europe will be Islamic (Islamist?) plurality or majority with a totalitarian (Islamist?) EU at the helm. What does this say? Do they "trust" all will be well and that their rulers will remain benign, even with such unchecked powers? If Obama rules until 2016, we will surely be "guided" by the "global norms" of the U.N. and the same OIC. Which totalitarian nations will be our allies? Does this "treasure" the "blessings" of freedom promised by the fall of Soviet Communism? I totally hate to throw cold water on this truly glorious celebration,

But … But … But … They — the Europeans — willingly (sort of) chose, or accepted (without the riots in the streets for “other” reasons), the Lisbon Treaty giving up voting rights and sovereignty of their nations to a body of unelected elites who will ultimately rule with the “input” of the OIC. In 25 or 35 years Europe will be Islamic (Islamist?) plurality or majority with a totalitarian (Islamist?) EU at the helm.

What does this say? Do they “trust” all will be well and that their rulers will remain benign, even with such unchecked powers?

If Obama rules until 2016, we will surely be “guided” by the “global norms” of the U.N. and the same OIC. Which totalitarian nations will be our allies?

Does this “treasure” the “blessings” of freedom promised by the fall of Soviet Communism?

]]> By: Callenda@Israeli Uncensored News http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/11/09/the-lessons-of-berlin-1989/#comment-46072 Callenda@Israeli Uncensored News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:01:51 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1755#comment-46072 Good article. I just want to add: the lesson must be absorbed and learned very fast before somebody will do the same mistake. As a person, who lived on the western side of the wall, I can say that it will always stay in my heart, my memory and mind. 20 years after Berlin Wall Fall, after Iron Curtain Fall I still do not feel myself totally free. I will never do. I'm afraid that the Berlin Wall generation must die before its descendants will feel free. Good article. I just want to add: the lesson must be absorbed and learned very fast before somebody will do the same mistake. As a person, who lived on the western side of the wall, I can say that it will always stay in my heart, my memory and mind. 20 years after Berlin Wall Fall, after Iron Curtain Fall I still do not feel myself totally free. I will never do. I’m afraid that the Berlin Wall generation must die before its descendants will feel free.

]]> By: RRR http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/11/09/the-lessons-of-berlin-1989/#comment-45963 RRR Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:30:04 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1755#comment-45963 The massive attack on the middle class followed 1989... the accelerating plutocracy and even the arrogant proclamation of a plutonomy where the top 2% so dominate consumption that the rest of us can be made to rot. The massive attack on the middle class followed 1989… the accelerating plutocracy and even the arrogant proclamation of a plutonomy where the top 2% so dominate consumption that the rest of us can be made to rot.

]]> By: Harris Tweed http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/11/09/the-lessons-of-berlin-1989/#comment-45888 Harris Tweed Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:13:44 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1755#comment-45888 For what it is worth — All four of those articles are well worth reading. For what it is worth — All four of those articles are well worth reading.

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