Partying at the Wall 20 yrs ago (w/ CNN interview & pics)

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Monday November 09, 2009 · 4:47 AM PST

2009/11/09 · 04:47

I was studying at the University of Bamberg in West Germany, during the 1989-90 school year. Late in the evening on November 9th, 1989 I was at a bar with a TV on, and suddenly everyone got quiet, and then they started cheering wildly. The Wall had fallen. My friend Alex and I immediately started making plans to hitchhike to Berlin the next day.

Recently I scanned lots of photos of my experiences 20 years ago, and uploaded them to CNN to commemorate the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Wall, after which they called and asked to do a short webcam interview and show the photos, etc. More photos and the whole story after the jump.

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Friday November 07, 2008 · 10:54 AM PST

2008/11/07 · 10:54

It seems senior Austrian journalist Klaus Emmerich would like to take up the reins from right-wing politician Joerg Haider who died recently in a car wreck. Emmerich was the "Wolf Blitzer" of Austria and very popular, but his career has most likely crashed after he made blatantly racist comments about Barack Obama last Wednesday, live on Austrian national tv.

He has never publicly made any racist comments before in his entire 60 year career in journalism, part of which was spent as their US correspondent based in Washington D.C.

"I wouldn't want the Western world to be directed by a black man. When you say that is a racist remark: right, without a doubt."

It gets worse...after the jump.

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 5:04 AM PDT

2008/09/03 · 05:04

Ok, so she's voting for Obama but don't expect a gushing endorsement from this white 102 year old woman from rural West Texas. She ain't too politically correct and shoots from the hip - to give you an idea, she quit driving at 97, lives alone and walks ramrod straight.

She voted for all the Bushes, of course. My grandma (we don't call her grandma but I'll protect her privacy here) is conservative and has always voted for republicans, at least since the 1950's anyway. She's been around for 18 presidents since she was born during Theodore Roosevelt's tenure in 1906. After the jump I'll describe my conversation with her about this election. Let's hope that similar conversations are playing out right now across the United States.

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Thursday April 03, 2008 · 1:43 AM PDT

2008/04/03 · 01:43

UPDATE: Thank you to YoursTruly for an update on the Mugabe situation from the BBC. It seems Reuters spoke too soon this morning and Mugabe still has some fight in him to 'win' the Zimbabwe presidential elections. Could it be that the whole 'concession of defeat' was actually a crafty ploy to boost the idea that the election was legitimate?

Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga:

"President Mugabe is going to fight to the last, and he's not giving up, he's not going anywhere, he hasn't lost the election".

I hope the Zimbabweans don't give up either!

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According to a Reuters report within the last hour, Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe has conceded defeat to his advisors, the military and his family.

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Tuesday April 01, 2008 · 8:43 AM PDT

2008/04/01 · 08:43

What is the MSM paying attention to today in the rest of the Rupert Murdoch-media-controlled world? Well, high-profile sex scandals involving Nazi role-playing prostitutes, of course.

Ok, I'm fairly new to Daily Kos and this is my first diary, so perhaps I'll be moving on to more 'serious' topics soon. I'm a progressive Austinite Obama fan who's been living in Switzerland for many years, and lately my head is exploding from trying to follow the daily ups and down of the campaign from afar. I think I'm not alone on that score, so how about a slight diversion?

More after the flop...

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Partying at the Wall 20 yrs ago (w/ CNN interview & pics)

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