Wonkette
Here is your Barack Obama on the cover of a German magazine called zitty, which according to Wonkette German Translation Operative Mia is “Berlin’s version of Time Out.” She writes, “The headline translates roughly to, ‘I am Black! And that’s great.’ It’s a word play on the coming-out speech of Berlin’s gay mayor.” The article begins with a Morrissey quote, in order to make Barack Obama seem even gayer. [zitty Berlin]
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
From the same nation that brought you “Onkel Barcks Hutte.” Will they please just shut the fuck up?
FYI, “zitty” is a rough (or what passes for cute in German) phonetic spelling of the English word “city”. Not that anyone gives a fuck.
We can all learn a lesson from the Germans when it comes to racial relations.
My German sucks but my tanslation is “Kill Whitey”.
Well you’ve got to remember, this is the first black guy they’ve seen since Jesse Owens so they’re all lining up because they need a black friend, so everyone knows they aren’t racist. (They’re a little sensitive about that.)
Other Morrissey quotes, submitted and rejected for this article:
“It was a good lay, good lay. It was a good lay, good lay…”
“I’m just passing through here / On my way to somewhere civilised…”
“We hate it when our friends become successful…”
“Satan rejected my soul / As low as he goes, he never quite goes this low…”
“The more you ignore me, the closer I get…”
“But Jesus hurt me, when he deserted me but / I have forgiven Jesus / For all the desire he placed in me / When there’s nothing I can do with this desire…”
wow. i miss hogan’s heroes.
kinda off topic i know, but it had to be said cause bob crane was, you know…
Obama ‘08 - “Touch my monkey. And now, vee danz.”
As long as Barack’s not Turkish he should be OK.
Now it is time in the Zitty when we dance to Morrissey.
I don’t speak enough German to be able to actually read the whole article but I liked the way they said “Der nachste Prasidente…” I was talking with some of my Czech relatives recently, who have about 10 words of English between the lot of them, and my 80 something year old Grandmother-in-law, who is probably the only person in the country who still has a picture of Lenin on her bedroom wall, although it’s probably more just through no particular reason to take it down than any particular political loyalty, asked me what was new in America, meaning with my family, and my uncle-in-law, I guess, I get confused with the relationships, he’s the affable one with the huge gold tooth, said “They’re electing a new president. It’s going to be some priest.” I knew who he meant, of course,and I quite look forward to the presidency of Jeremiah Wright, but the point is, over here, people are pretty much assuming it’s a done deal.
May the schwarz be with you!
loquaciousmusic:
Sources confirm that Wally, when the laughter subsided after his famous ape/slut joke would close his act with “Girlfriend in a Coma.” Then he’d smack a loaded adult diaper with a comically oversized sledghammer.
Hot town, zommer in the zitty
gurukalehuru:
I liked the way they said “Der nachste Prasidente…”
Wait… I though McCain was teh “nasty”?
Monsieur Grumpe: Apparently, mine is much worse then yours. I read it “I vant to play hide salami with barack mon!”
Noodle Salad: You don’t dance to Morrissey. You sway and groan in your melancholy.
Do they run Ziggy in the Zitty?
Zitty sounds like an homage to Obama’s awkward teenage years.
Hmmm…suddenly I have a hankering for ziti and arugula….
Does this make Barack Obama the black David Hasselhoff, or does it make David Hasselhoff the white Barack Obama?
They have to spell it that way, because “sitty” is pronounced “zeety” in German, and “city” would be “keety”. Zitty is pronounced “tseety,” which is as close as they can get with their weird, moon language.
Canmon (the Inadequate):
Actually, Germany is (nowadays at least) far more racially tolerant than the U.S. is.
I know you’re just joking, I just can’t stand when people make Germany jokes as if the Third Reich was still in charge over there, and as if our own shit doesn’t stink.
To elaborate on the quote: when Wowereit (current Berlin mayor) was running, he was not out, and when he was asked point blank whether he was gay, he was taken aback and answered, “Ja, ich bin schwul [gay], und das is auch gut so!” Which more literally I think translates as “Yeah, I’m gay, and it’s good that way!” Berliners were so charmed that he ended up using “…und das is auch gut so” as his unofficial campaign slogan. So see, they mean it with love! And they also think that being black is something you have to come out about.
I basically skimmed the article since it’s been a few years since my summer of alcoholism/German immersion, but I particularly like the end. There’s another completely out of place Moz quote, some blahblahblah about hope, and this great sentence:
Wer sind Obamas Freunde in Berlin? Wo sollte er essen?
If I haven’t completely lost it, it reads, “Who are Obama’s friends in Berlin? Where should he eat?”
Insert appropriate arugula joke here.
Lazy Media:
hell, all that talk is making me think of titties…like
i don’t do that enough as it is.
i wonder how they pronounce titty?
It’s rather like being loved by a very large and enthusiastic Dobermann, isn’t it?
Squiggyfm: Alternatively: may the Schwanz be with you!
Have we figured it out yet? The Nazis were repressed homosexuals lashing out against gays, Jews and others out of self-loathing. Now the Germans are out of the closet, as gay as all get-out and feeling pretty good.
Now, replace ‘Nazis’ with ‘GOP’ … and it all makes sense!
loquaciousmusic: I heart u
Botswana Meat Commission FC: Tell me more about this tolerance. It must be a new development since I lived in Freiburg and in Berlin in 2003-2004. Did new statistics on Turkish employment rates and representation in government come out or something?
gurukalehuru: I love you.
gurukalehuru: We should start calling him Rabbi Obama.
tsunami: i wonder how they pronounce titty?”
Das Boob.
But why are his lips purple? Does it have something to do with bipartisanship?
Sussemilch:
LOL…but…if you’re so smart…how do you pronounce
sussemilch?
Monsieur Grumpe: What’s german for “Landlord”?
tsunami: Die Donderblitzenmilchengeschprizenmacher.
tsunami: SOO-seh-milccchhhhh, with a nasty throat clear at the end. Krauts are nearly as phlegmy as Ayrabs when they sprechen.
AxmxZ:
Every European country has problems integrating its immigrant populations. This doesn’t make the “They’re a bunch of Nazis” caricature any less moranic.
Botswana Meat Commission FC: I’m not supporting the “a bunch of Nazis” characterization; I just want you to elaborate on your statemet that “Germany is (nowadays at least) far more racially tolerant than the U.S. is.”
loquaciousmusic: And then once Barack is nominated, “I was looking for job and then I found a job, and heaven knows I’m miserable now”
You know, now that I think about it. You could probably write a whole Barack Presidential Odyssey musical with Morrissey/Smiths lyrics/songs:
“Please please please let me get what I want this time” (Barack yearns for the presidency)
“Big Mouth strikes again” (Rev. Wright speaks in public)
“I’m too tired/I’m so sick and tired/And I’m feeling very sick and ill today” (WALNUTS! contemplates his oldness)
Barry O. & The Brownshirt Problem:
With all the reporters covering the major presidential candidates, it amazes me no one ever seems to ask the right questions.
For several days now, WND has been hounding Barack Obama’s campaign about a statement he made July 2 in Colorado Springs – a statement that blew my mind, one that has had me scratching my head ever since.
In talking about his plans to double the size of the Peace Corps and nearly quadruple the size of AmeriCorps and the size of the nation’s military services, he made this rather shocking (and chilling) pledge: “We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
Now, since I’ve never heard anyone inside or out of government use the phrase “civilian national security force” before, I was more than a little curious about what he has in mind.
Is it possible I am the only journalist in America who sought clarification on this campaign promise?
What does it mean?
If we’re going to create some kind of national police force as big, powerful and well-funded as our combined U.S. military forces, isn’t this rather a big deal?
I thought Democrats generally believed the U.S. spent too much on the military. How is it possible their candidate is seeking to create some kind of massive but secret national police force that will be even bigger than the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force put together?
Now, maybe he was misquoted by the Congressional Quarterly and the Chicago Tribune. I guess it’s possible. If so, you would think he would want to set the record straight. Maybe he misspoke. That has certainly happened before. Again, why wouldn’t the rest of my colleagues show some curiosity about such a major and, frankly, bone-chilling proposition?
Are we talking about creating a police state here?
The U.S. Army alone has nearly 500,000 troops. That doesn’t count reserves or National Guard. In 2007, the U.S. Defense budget was $439 billion.
Is Obama serious about creating some kind of domestic security force bigger and more expensive than that?
If not, why did he say it? What did he mean?
So far, despite our attempts to find out, the Obama campaign is not talking.
At this point all I can do is enlist your help – and the help of every other journalist who still thinks the American people have a right to know the specifics about a presidential candidate’s biggest and boldest initiatives before the election. I also want to ask radio talk-show hosts across America to start asking this same question. I have a feeling if others join our quest, we might yet get clarification on this proposal from Obama.
Who will Obama appoint to administer this new “civilian national security force”? Where will the money come from? Where in the Constitution does he see justification for the federal government creating such a domestic army?
The questions are endless.
But before we can hope to get to the specifics, we need much more in the way of generalizations from Obama.
Certainly there have been initiatives like this elsewhere – Cuba, the Soviet Union, China, Venezuela, North Korea. But has anything like this ever been proposed in a free country?
I have a feeling there would be more questions from the press if I myself had proposed the creation of something as preposterous as a “civilian national security force” than there has been about this proposal by the presidential candidate currently leading in most of the polls. I’m quite sure I would be hung out to dry as some kind of Nazi thug. Meanwhile, Obama makes this wild suggestion and it is met with a collective yawn from the watchdogs.
Help me out here. What am I missing?
Can I get a hand?
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69601
NoWireHangers: Let’s reserve Smiths song titles for Hillary Clinton:
“Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before”
“Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others”
“I’ve Started Something I Couldn’t Finish”
“W-O-R-K is a Four-Letter Word”
“Money Changes Everything”
“I Know It’s Over”
“Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me”
“I Don’t Owe You Anything”
“Unlovable”
flagold: Eeeew. You’re boring, troll. Go away.
loquaciousmusic: The Queen is Dead
flagold: AHHHH!!!!!!! GO ‘WAY!!!!!!! STOP IT!!!!!!!!!
flagold:
Nationalism is power. If you ain’t got it, step aside, and hope someone covers your ass
Re: Zitty- They really really love him.
Accompanying the article is a poll asking:
1. Should we give the Democratic Presidental candidate the honor of speaking at the Brandenburger Wall, or reserved that honor for ’special occasions’?
or
Stimmen insgesamt: 529 (529 responses)
1. Ja, 54%
2. Nein, 45%
flagold: Lay off the soy milk. IT HAS MADE U GHEY!
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53327
flagold: You’re pretty stupid for a journalist. [/Not surprised].
A bigger peace corps and a bigger Americops means he wants more people doing the things that the Peace Corps and the Americops do: education, community projects, helpful stuff both at home and away in those foreign lands (that have all learned to hate us), so maybe the foreigns won’t hate us so much anymore. Barry thinks this will enhance our national security by reducing the number of our enemies worldwide, by showing them all we’re really not so bad after all.
I think its the beginnings of a solid plan.
But as a journalist, you’ll probably find it much more entertaining to envision a Peace Corps turned into an army of jackbooted hippie thugs paratrooping out of black helicopters, etc.
Lascauxcaveman: HA! Freudian slip! I said “Americops.”
Oh noes, I’ve revealed B. Hussein’s sinister plan for what it really is!
flagold: Oh, yeah, the CNWF offices will be opening right next to the ROTC and will be picketed by Code Beige, the khaki-clad lay-abouts who will actually not be there but pay into a carbon-copy credit pool to screen laborers at the corner of Clinton and McCain for white-faced Guatamalans and Watermelon Men to loudly protest the idea that you should ask not what it is you cunt face, and furthermore, to preguntate que estar que se puede…or palabras to that effect.
flagold: Do you have any spare copy/paste? I seem to have run out, and you seem to have an ample supply.
Er war Superstar
Er war populär
Er war so exaltiert
Because er hatte Flair
Er war ein Virtuose
War ein Rockidol
Und alles rief:
Come on, Barack me Herr Obama
I miss Falco sometimes.
Botswana Meat Commission FC: My shit DOESN’T stink- It’s smells of Hope and Change.
The Station Manager: Not sure about the copy, but it would appear that flagold has already eaten most of the paste.
flagold:
“Are we talking about creating a police state here? ” + 8 inches of words and letters.
Paultard alert!!!
I think the Germans have far better cartoonists for the covers of magazines than the New Yorker
My oma was proud of her “pure german blood”.
My mom knew that was bullcrap.
My German cousins admire and respect Obama, not because he is black but because he offers hope.
People and nations do evolve.
Of course there are still inexcusable German a-holes.
This zitty/city thing is another good reason why Obama wants us to learn a foreign language.
flagold: Please just line your hat with tinfoil and be done with it.
flagold: Can I give you an STFU for wasting so much space, instead?