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vee4xu
11-09-2009, 05:05 PM
It is the 20th anniversary of the Berlin wall coming down. It doesn't matter how you roll politically, you have to consider that one of the most important events in modern history. I remember the wall coming down and each of the Eastern bloc countries falling one-by-one. The uprising in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Yeltzin standing on a tank taking on the Russian military among others. The time that all of this took place was a watershed point in the history of mankind. So, I just wanted to note it for that reason.
XU 87
11-09-2009, 05:18 PM
Those were historic times. It seemed like every week you would read or hear about some communist government being overthrown.
GuyFawkes38
11-09-2009, 05:36 PM
Is it really necessary for the Germans to invite David Hasselhoff to sing again at the wall for the anniversary?
sylvester
11-11-2009, 11:54 AM
Is it really necessary for the Germans to invite David Hasselhoff to sing again at the wall for the anniversary?

Is it really necessary for U2 to play a free show remembering the fall of the Wall? Only to construct a 12-foot tall wall around the concert to keep out those who did not get tickets to the free show.

No, but for some idiotic reason, shit happens.
bobbiemcgee
11-11-2009, 12:43 PM
Is it really necessary for the Germans to invite David Hasselhoff to sing again at the wall for the anniversary?

Can they keep him away fron the German Beer that long? I have a piece of the wall, found out it was worth nothing on Pawn Stars.
American X
11-11-2009, 07:56 PM
Western democracy overcoming Communism (while nicely avoiding thermonuclear war) stands as a pillar in the advancement of human civilization.
xeus
11-11-2009, 08:04 PM
Thank you Karol Wojtyla and Ronald Reagan.
XU 87
11-11-2009, 08:05 PM
Western democracy overcoming Communism (while nicely avoiding thermonuclear war) stands as a pillar in the advancement of human civilization.

Good thing Reagan didn't listen to those on the left who advocated unilateral disarmament.
Strange Brew
11-11-2009, 08:08 PM
Thank you Karol Wojtyla and Ronald Reagan.

Don't forget Madam Thatcher and Pope John Paul II. What a convergence of great leadership. Sigh, not so much now :o

Ok, I'll give Gorbie some credit as well for seeing the writing on the wall.
bourbonman
11-12-2009, 07:14 AM
Some of my most treasured items in my possession are pieces of that wall obtained shortly after the fall. I'll never forget that time.