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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 12:49 PM
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A carnival float @ the Rose Monday parade in Duesseldorf



A carnival float carries large papier-mache figures during the traditional Rose Monday carnival parade in Duesseldorf February 4, 2008. The Rose Monday parades in Cologne, Mainz and Duesseldorf are the highlight of the German street carnival season.
REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY)
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 12:50 PM
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1. That float is sexist. It should be burned.
Edited on Mon Feb-04-08 12:50 PM by HypnoToad
:sarcasm:

Indeed, Hilary's figure should be eating doggie biscuits, but who would cry "racism"?
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 12:57 PM
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2. Wow. You'd never see a message like that about Germany over here
Most Americans don't know their own U.S. representative, let alone the German chief of state.

Europeans are so hip politically.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 12:58 PM
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3. how repulsive
doesn't say much for Germans.
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Angela Shelley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 01:31 PM
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6. It´s "freedom of speech" at its best!
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bigbrother05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 03:42 PM
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7. Says even less for Americans
Guess some folks overseas think we're a bunch of puppets because so many have a stick up their ass.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 12:58 PM
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4. I don't know if there's any hidden meaning
But it's funny political commentary.
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bigbrother05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 01:02 PM
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5. The Germans have learned from their mistakes
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 03:44 PM
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8. Wow - and I wonder how many Americans keep track of any overseas elections
they even know about "Super Tuesday".

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rumpycrunch Donating Member (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 03:45 PM
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9. Hah!
That's funny, but I don't understand why Obama is a dog...
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 03:48 PM
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10. Is this that famous parade...
with all the big political floats?
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