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[Germany] Diverse Berlin could get first mayor ‘with accent’ (a ‘Palestinian’ candidate)
Deutsche Welle ^
| 17.10.2014
| Jefferson Chase
Posted on 10/17/2014 12:34:06 PM PDT by Olog-hai
For more than a decade, Berlin has been governed by an openly homosexual mayor. But is the city, renowned for its tolerance, ready for a leader from a Palestinian background? It may have to be. […]
… Berlin SPD parliamentary leader Raed Saleh only needs to open his mouth to stand out from the crowd. Saleh came to Berlin at the age of five with his Palestinian parents, and although his German is beyond reproach, he speaks the language with a distinct Arabic twang.
“Berlin is a city of diversity; a city of 100 different accents,” Saleh told DW. “People will just have to get used to mine.”
With that, Saleh has a slogan with the forthright charm to rival Wowereit’s “I’m gay, and that’s okay” from 2001. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dw.de ...
TOPICS: Germany; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: berlin; eurabia; europeanunion; eussr; germany; homosexualagenda; israel; liberalagenda; palestinians; raedsaleh; rop
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:34:06 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Evidently his politics don’t matter.
Anyone know what his politics are? Is he rabidly anti-Israel?
Thump, thump, thump..., is this thing on?
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posted on
10/17/2014 12:57:53 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Dunam, Duncan, man what infections these folks brought over.)
To: Olog-hai
The whole idea of Diversity was that we should welcome competent people from all walks of life and not automatically shun a good person because he was of the wrong color or something.
Now Diversity means we are forced to accept any controversial pick, competent or not, the further away from Straight White Conservative Male the better.
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posted on
10/17/2014 1:13:59 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: BitWielder1
The word “diversity” is related to “diverge”, which implies a breaking apart rather than uniting.
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posted on
10/17/2014 1:26:13 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai; martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson
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posted on
10/17/2014 1:27:52 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Ich bin ein Tagliner)
To: mikrofon; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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posted on
10/17/2014 1:41:41 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Olog-hai
What? I thought all Germans had an accent. “Ve haf vays uff making you talk”.
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posted on
10/17/2014 1:57:21 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(4 main US grps: conservatives, useless idiots (aka RINOs), marxists and useful idiots (aka liberals))
To: Defiant
The Kaiser and von Ribbentrop had English accents.
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posted on
10/17/2014 2:33:40 PM PDT
by
HenpeckedCon
(What pi$$es me off the most is that POS commie will get a State Funeral!)
To: Olog-hai
Suicide, Bitte ?
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posted on
10/17/2014 2:37:58 PM PDT
by
tomkat
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
10/17/2014 2:38:10 PM PDT
by
rrrod
(at home in Medellin Colombia)
To: HenpeckedCon
Now that you mention, so did the whole Von Trapp family.
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posted on
10/17/2014 2:43:38 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(4 main US grps: conservatives, useless idiots (aka RINOs), marxists and useful idiots (aka liberals))
To: HenpeckedCon
von Ribbentrop had English accents.
Landlady Oh I'm sorry I didn't introduce you. This is Ron...Ron Vibbentrop.
Johnson Oh, not Von Ribbentrop, eh?
Von Ribbentrop Nein! Nein! Nein! Oh!! Ha, ha, ha. Different other chap. I in Somerset am being born. Von Ribbentrop is born Gotterdammerstrasse 46, Dusseldorf Vest 8.....so they say!
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posted on
10/17/2014 2:44:21 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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