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Jim Jackson /p> p> "Little tyrants" is an apt phrase for describing the "enlightened thinkers" who believe it is their sacred duty to protect us from ourselves. That individual freedom gets tossed overboard as a result? A small price to pay for progress. br> -- Arnold Ahlert br> Boca Raton, Florida /p> p> FRONT ROW PASS br> Re: Emma Elliot's Barack in Berlin : /p> p>Ms Elliott mentions that a German commented on the failure of Barack to speak even a little German at Tiergarten, in the style of Kennedy. This is noteworthy inasmuch as Barack has harangued Americans for their embarrassing failure to learn other languages. Barack has visited humiliation upon us all in failing to even use a single German phrase or word in his speech. This brings to mind an idea for political healing in the Democratic Party. Barack could offer to Hillary a brand new position within his administration: Language Czar. Inasmuch as Clinton has claimed to be multi-lingual, this would be a great post from which to further harangue Americans about their unilingual limitations (never mind that Hillary isn't really multi-lingual -- she's close enough to fool Democrats). Exposing those limitations, we were slow to realize that Kennedy had claimed to be a jelly-filled pastry. Now Barack claims to be a "Weltburger." It's enough to give one visions of a couple of entirely new fast food franchises. I anticipate seeing "Weltburger" outlets springing up all over the country and the world, to challenge the pre-eminence of MacDonald's. And perhaps Eintunken Berliners outlets to compete with Dunkin Donuts? And then we can all become Weltburgers by patronizing these new institutions, eating our Weltburgers with French Fries, not just jingoistic American fast food junkies exporting our vices to a beleaguered world (which reminds one that the reason Mickey Mouse did so well in France is because the French--although not the Americans--understood that Disney, no matter how much he disguised his name, was French!) br> --

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