This is less than surprising:
Germany has become the ninth country to ratify the EU constitution when the upper house of parliament voted in favor of the treaty.
In Friday’s vote — timed to give the flagging “Yes” campaign a boost ahead of Sunday’s referendum in France — Germany followed Austria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain in approving the text.
The Bundesrat vote, a formality given the support for the constitution from the main German political parties, followed approval in the lower house on May 12.
Given recent German attempts at continental unification, this is not surprising.
Compuglobalhypermeganet
As per usual, the Simpsons said it best:
Horst: [threatingly] We Germans aren’t all smiles und sunshine.
Burns: [recoils in mock horror] Oooh, the Germans are mad at me. I’m so scared! Oooh, the Germans! Uh oh, the Germans are going to get me!
Horst: Stop it!
Man 2: Stop, sir.
Burns: Don’t let the Germans come after me.
Man 2: Please stop the `pretending you are scared’ game, please.
Horst: Stop it! Stop it!
Burns: [brief pause, then resumes] No! They’re so big and strong!
Non-Fat Latte Liberal
That’s a cheap shot. Cut those Germs some slack. Besides if they weren’t so afraid referendums, it wouldn’t be such a rubber stamp.
Speaking of which, those other countries were those referendums or just the nod from their parliments?
Gray
“Given recent German attempts at continental unification, this is not surprising.”
I thought this is a liberal blog? Are you aware of 60 years of peaceful conduct by the german people?
If you want to agitate about ‘continental unification’, I suggest you write about the wars against native americans.
John Cole
A.) I may be a lot of things, but I am assuredly not a liberal.
B.) It was supposed to be a joke.
Compuglobalhypermeganet
I thought this is a liberal blog? …If you want to agitate about ‘continental unification’, I suggest you write about the wars against native americans.
Heh-heh-heh. Yeah, John!
Love and kisses,
Compuglobalhypermeganet
cminus
1. This ain’t no liberal blog, though the Josh Marshall/Mickey Kaus wing of the blogosphere is apparently trying to poison our esteemed host’s reputation by saying nice things about him.
2. Even if it were, a liberal is quite capable of making a similar joke. Consider Calvin Trillin’s immortal two-line poem, “German Reunification: The Downside”:
What’s the worst fate that could befall us?
Deutschland, Deutschland, uber alles
Gray
Sry, right Prof Cole, my fault. I always forget that there’s something like a moderate conservative.
I very much appreciate your substantiated contributions to the debate about the Iraq war and the Gitmo problem. Please concentrate on what you do best and don’t try to start a career as comedian. You’re even less funny than Limbaugh.
Gray
‘Consider Calvin Trillin’s immortal two-line poem, “German Reunification: The Downside”‘
I object against crude jokes on germans at liberal blogs, too. If ‘Trillin’ isn’t the maiden name of Calvin Klein, I don’t know this Calvin, but I’m not happy about the way the reunification was accomplished, either.
cminus
Gray: Calvin Trillin is not a blogger, but a long-time columnist for the unimpeachably liberal magazine The Nation, which is where his “German Reunification” crack appeared. He’s now at the New Yorker, I think.
Declan
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