Germans give America support

[Ripsnort]

From No.6 in AGW:

                                 "Message from Germany"

                                 By Michaela Schießl

                                 The influential club Atlantic Bridge, whose board of directors include Guido Westerwelle, Rudolf
                                 Scharping, and "Bild" chief-editor Kai Diekmann, wants to place an ad in the Sunday New York
                                 Times. The text titled "Message from Germany" will attest to German-American friendship.
                                 Cost: $140,000.

                                 Berlin - The solidarity with the USA announcement by 8 European countries and its resounding
                                 impact must have given Beate Lindemann an idea. Why not go public to emphasize
                                 trans-Atlantic friendship. For the last 50 years, ultimately, building bridges between the USA,
                                 Canada and Europe has been the declared goal of the influential club Atlantic Bridge, for
                                 whom Lindemann is the acting chairperson. "Whenever it is necessary to improve
                                 understanding, when there is a possibility to build networks, or pressing political questions
                                 arise, the Atlantic Bridge is ready to act" can be read in the mission statement of the club
                                 with high caliber membership.

                                 The board of directors and supervisory council are speckled with prominent members from
                                 politics, media and finance. Rudolf Scharping (SPD) belongs as does Guido Westerwelle (FDP)
                                 und Kurt Biedenkopf (CDU), "BILD" chief-editor Kai Diekmann and "Zeit"-co-publisher Josef
                                 Joffe, Bank supervisors Martin Kohlhaussen (Commerzbank) and Hilmar Kopper (Deutsche
                                 Bank).

                                 Can so much concentrated influence go unused? Should the friends of America stand by idly
                                 while the carefully paved 50 year old bridge over the Atlantic collapses? No, decided the
                                 board of directors. Together with Chairman Arend Oetker, former Chairman Walther Leisler Kiep
                                 and Treasurer Max Warburg, Beate Lindemann wrote to the members and friends of Atlantic
                                 Bridge. The contents: In view of the aggravated dissonance in the Atlantic alliance the
                                 Atlantic Bridge wants to publish a fundamental statement in the form of a one page
                                 advertisement in the Sunday edition of the "New York Times" on February 16. This
                                 demonstration of loyalty is expensive: the page costs $140,000. The directors asked,
                                 therefore, that each of the document's signatories pay at least 100 Euro. Time to consider:
                                 One day maximum. The acceptances had to be back to the directors by February 12, at the
                                 latest.
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,234901,00.html
                                 The announcement was formulated so moderately that members and friends of any political
                                 persuasion would be spoken to. "A Message from Germany" proclaims the neutral title of the
                                 advertisement's layout. Several paragraphs of Thank You America follow: Thank you for the
                                 liberation from Nazi-Germany, Thank you for the protection in the cold war, Thank you for the
                                 support during re-unification.

                                 The text also remembers the solidarity with and the support for the Americans after
                                 September 11 by the Germans and mentions the German role in the securing of peace and the
                                 rebuilding of Afghanistan.

                                 In view of the terrorist threat the Atlantic Bridge wants to reinforce bonds to the United
                                 States, writes the club, and confronts the suspicion of a German Anti-Americanism: "The
                                 German-American Partnership reflects common values. The desire to defend these values
                                 binds America and Germany", proclaims the advertisement's text. Further: "For the vast
                                 majority of Germans the relationship to the United States remains of great importance. We
                                 must not allow the momentary differences of opinion between our governments over the Iraq
                                 question to break these bonds. We, the members of the Atlantic Bridge, the oldest
                                 German-American friendship organization, which represents the present and future leaders of
                                 Germany, will do anything to maintain these ties for future generations".

                                 The club doesn't want to say how many and which of the Trans-Atlantics have signed so far.
                                 One must doubt, however, that the more than a thousand signatories necessary to fund the
                                 promotion have been found in so short a time. The organization, speaking to that topic: "The
                                 Atlantic Bridge will cover the remainder".

[babek-]

ROTFL !!!!
For a german the three names of the "prominents" are really funny:

1. Guido Westerwelle - leader of the liberal FDP and great looser of the last election when he tried to get votes with his "fun-campaign".
He blamed Moellemann for this desaster and until today he wasnt able to kick Moellemann out of the FDP.
He is considered one of the most ridiculous politicians of Germany in Germany.
Without Westerwelle the FDP would have not got such a desaster at the election and instead the SPD-Green-government Germany would today be ruled by the CDU and FDP.

2. Rudolf Sharping - late defense minister who had many scandals and was also called "BinBaden" (I am swimming) because he left his soldiers to fly to hios new wife to Mallorca and made there pool pictures which were shown in german magazines.
After one scandal too much he later refused to resign and had to be kicked out as defense minister.
Also one of the most ridiculous politicians in Germany.

Number 3 is the best one:
The chief-editor Dieckmann of the BILD. Also one scandal after the other. And the chief-editor of one of the dumbest german papers.


You shouldnt mention this 3 idiots as prominents of the german society - at least not if you dont want to make a good joke

[Batz]

Sounds like typical German politicians to me........

[Monk]

$$$$$.....is what they are worried about.

[Monk]

Originally posted by babek-
ROTFL !!!!
one of the dumbest german papers.


 

....and you would not believe how many Germans read this Newspaper.

[csThor]

Thanks for the laugh rip ... saved my day ...

Practically you can ignore the ad. Itīs made by persons who do that to gain personal merits from that - nothing else. As babek said:

Westerwelle - moron, many call him "Hampelmann" ("Jumping Jack")

Scharping - currently out of business, obviously willing to do everything to get back (perfect example for political potato)

Dieckmann - BILD is not really a synonym for a high-class newspaper

[SLO]

lmao....... backfired on ya hey ripshort:D