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wvbygod (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 01:29 PM
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Obama to Speak at Berlin Victory Column, Berliner Zeitung Says
Source: Bloomberg.com

July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will give a speech at the Victory Column in central Berlin, avoiding the Brandenburg Gate after a political spat broke out over plans to speak there, Berliner Zeitung said.

A stage will be set up at the column, a 19th-century fluted structure that lies at the opposite end of a tree-lined boulevard from the Brandenburg Gate, the newspaper said. The campaign will announce the plans for July 24 today, it said.

An appearance at the Victory Column, capped by its trademark gilded angel, will still give the Illinois senator the Brandenburg Gate as a backdrop in the distance. A political squabble erupted after Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed apprehension about the gate being used for electioneering.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=acB...
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   Well, I gues that'll have to do.  Snicker-snack   Jul-18-08 01:31 PM   #1 
   Should use  edwardlindy   Jul-18-08 01:43 PM   #2 
   Great venue for a speech. I've been there...  Kaleko   Jul-18-08 02:22 PM   #3 
   Be there or be square.  48percenter   Jul-18-08 03:23 PM   #4 
   Please...  adsosletter   Jul-18-08 03:37 PM   #6 
      Stop it or you'll have the BND after us!!!  48percenter   Jul-18-08 03:40 PM   #7 
         BND?  adsosletter   Jul-18-08 03:46 PM   #10 
            Bundesnachrichtendienst  48percenter   Jul-18-08 03:57 PM   #11 
               No worries...  kay1864   Jul-18-08 04:02 PM   #12 
                  Well we are friends and not foe anyhow  48percenter   Jul-18-08 04:30 PM   #13 
   He will bed great if they have a picnic in the park  goclark   Jul-18-08 03:37 PM   #5 
   perhaps you better read your thread subject  48percenter   Jul-18-08 03:41 PM   #8 
      LOL  goclark   Jul-18-08 05:12 PM   #14 
         too late to edit  48percenter   Jul-19-08 01:34 PM   #16 
   Darn, he just avoided that trap that was all perfectly set at the Brandenburg Gate.  high density   Jul-18-08 03:41 PM   #9 
   Thanks - but this sucks:  gateley   Jul-18-08 07:27 PM   #15 
   citizen reporter blogging about obama speech  victorybagels   Jul-23-08 02:29 PM   #17 
      Great post VB!  Joanie Baloney   Jul-24-08 12:43 AM   #18 
 
That Is Quite Enough (926 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 01:31 PM
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1. Well, I gues that'll have to do.
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 01:43 PM
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2. Should use
Edited on Fri Jul-18-08 01:49 PM by edwardlindy
the Rudolph Wilde Platz where Kennendy spoke. Would be as significant as the Brandenburg Gate.

If monkeyboy did it instead he could say "ich bin ein komplettes Arschloch abd ein aufzuladen den Idioten"
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Kaleko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 02:22 PM
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3. Great venue for a speech. I've been there...
Edited on Fri Jul-18-08 02:23 PM by Kaleko
Die Siegessäule am Grossen Stern in Berlin (Victory Column at the Great Star Square)
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 03:23 PM
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4. Be there or be square.
MissHoneychurch and I will be THERE. :woohoo: Next Thursday! :bounce:
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 03:37 PM
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6. Please...
will you two PLEASE try not to do anything that requires either major diplomatic or military intervention to rectify?

Major bail issues can remain yer hubby's concern...

Have fun! :hi:
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 03:40 PM
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7. Stop it or you'll have the BND after us!!!
:spank: :spank:
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 03:46 PM
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10. BND?
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 03:57 PM
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11. Bundesnachrichtendienst
German CIA. :rofl:
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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 04:02 PM
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12. No worries...
I heard that Agent Mike lost the BND's email address :rofl:
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 04:30 PM
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13. Well we are friends and not foe anyhow
so I am not sweating it. :hi:
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Fri Jul-18-08 03:37 PM
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5. He will bed great if they have a picnic in the park

He knows well how to make chicken salad out of Chicken S---
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 03:41 PM
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8. perhaps you better read your thread subject
where is your mind goclark?? :rofl:
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Fri Jul-18-08 05:12 PM
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14. LOL
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jul-19-08 01:34 PM
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16. too late to edit
sounds like a chinese fortune cookie "you will have great success in life (in bed)" :rofl:
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 03:41 PM
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9. Darn, he just avoided that trap that was all perfectly set at the Brandenburg Gate.
The media must be sad.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Jul-18-08 07:27 PM
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15. Thanks - but this sucks:
avoiding the Brandenburg Gate after a political spat broke out over plans to speak there, Berliner Zeitung said.

Chancellor Angela Merkel must be a McCain fan. Wonder if she'd express the same opinion if it had been McCain. :grr:
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victorybagels (8 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Jul-23-08 02:29 PM
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17. citizen reporter blogging about obama speech
yup I'm in berlin,

tomorrow he steops onto the world stage in the biggest way yet. we'll see what happens! check out my post on the subject:


http://innocent-abroad.blogspot.com/2008/07/great-expec...



i'll have a new post once he's done his talking ;)
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Joanie Baloney Donating Member (596 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jul-24-08 12:43 AM
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18. Great post VB!
Very well written and a nice insight to the Berliners' state of mind.

If you're at the speech, be sure and take lots of pictures!!

-JB
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