Big Obama Brother Says Chill Already

June 7, 2013 By Hermann Observer in Habeas Corpus, Helplessness, Hi-tech, High Art, Higher Education, Hurt Feelings, Hypochondria, Hypocrisy, Hysteria Tags: Berlin, Espionage, German, Germans, Germany, Media, National Security, NSA, Obama, PRISM, Security, Surveillance, Terrorism 4 Comments

What’s all the excitement about with these NSA surveillance programs, Germany?

Your, I mean our president himself has ensured everyone everywhere that he has not become a Big Brother with eyes and ears throughout the world of online communications.

“You can’t have 100 percent security and then also have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience,” the Pres says. And that applies to you too, Germany. This is only for your own good, or something.

So take a chill pill already. If Obama is behind all of this then everything is fine, right? After all, you voted for him.

Es ist kein Geheimnis, dass die USA weltweit Kommunikation überwachen. Die Programme haben immer neue Namen, ob sie nun Echelon, Total Awareness oder TrailBlazer heißen. Aber ihr Ziel ist immer das gleiche: So viel wie möglich davon mitzubekommen, was Menschen miteinander reden. Nun ist es also Prism.

Is This Any Way For A World President To Act?

February 3, 2013 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Helections, Helplessness, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hypocrisy Tags: Berlin, Biden, Europe, German, Germans, Germany, Humor, Leadership, Obama, Weakness 3 Comments

I mean lead.

Obama, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, didn’t focus on creating a better world in his speech. Instead, he talked about a better America, one with more opportunities for immigrants, more rights for homosexuals and less social inequality. Today’s America is deeply divided, but all sides agree on one point: America’s well-being is more important than the world’s.

Hey, leading from behind ain’t what it used to be. Wait a second. Yes it is.

Europe isn’t in a position to provide decisive leadership. And the US doesn’t want to anymore.

You May Not Know This, Amerika…

January 2, 2013 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Heconomy, Helections, Hypocrisy Tags: Budget Compromise, Democrats, Fiscal Cliff, Germans, Germany, Humor, Hype, Ideals, Journalism, Obama, Propaganda, Republicans Leave a comment

But you are paralyzed. And it’s all the Republicans’ fault, too.

I mean it’s not like it could ever be President Obama HIMSELF who refuses to budge when it comes to matters of the “fiscal cliff” kind. Could it?

What we’ve got here people, the Spiegel tells us, is not just a failure to communicate (and guess who’s Strother Martin here):

We are, in short, witnessing a superpower losing its way in a maze of details, propelled forward by grandstanding politicians (who aren’t the President) hewing slavishly to ideology.

Prioritäten Setzen

November 11, 2012 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Helections, Helplessness, High Art, Hurt Feelings, Hypocrisy Tags: Berlin, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, German, Germans, Germany, Humor, Merkel, Obama, Satire 2 Comments

You know, to prioritize?

The refocusing of U.S. attention on Asia that marked Mr. Obama’s first term had already provoked much soul-searching among Germans about the relevance of the trans-Atlantic ties that for decades defined their existence.

The failure to announce any early state visit to Germany is still perceived in Berlin as a snub, and has helped fuel the urban legend that Mr. Obama has not forgiven Ms. Merkel for refusing to let him speak as a senator before the city’s heavily symbolic Brandenburg Gate landmark.

“Berlin is not only a place of German history, but of American history. It is the city where the Americans twice triumphed over evil, first the Nazis and then the Communists.”

There Was Nothing Else In The News These Past Two Days

November 7, 2012 By Hermann Observer in Helections, Helplessness, Humor, Hurt Feelings Tags: Berlin, Election, German, Germans, Germany, Humor, News, Obama, Romney, Satire, Slow News Day, The Presidential Election 3 Comments

So I thought I would post about the new non-stop long distance bus line from Leipzig to Frankfurt that will already be starting service this coming November 29.

It is going to be really neat. The trip might take a bit longer, I read, but at least you’ll be able to take your bike with you.

Längere Fahrzeit, aber Radmitnahme

Remember Amerika: This Is How The Rest Of The World Expects You To Vote Tomorrow

November 5, 2012 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helections, Hypocrisy, Hysteria Tags: Elections, Europe, Humor, Obama, Polls, Romney, Satire, Surveys, The Presidential Election, The World 3 Comments

92% of the German population could never be wrong when it comes to choosing a leader, right?

Take Your Pick

November 2, 2012 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helections, Helplessness, High Art, Hypocrisy, Hysteria Tags: Berlin, Elections, Employment, German, Germans, Germany, Humor, Hype, Jobs, Journalism, Obama, Romney, Spin, The Presidential Election Leave a comment

You can have the German headline Zahl der Jobs seit Obamas Amtsantritt gestiegen (the number of jobs has increased during Obama’s term of office)…

Or you can have the German headline Arbeitslosenquote steigt vor US-Wahl leicht (the jobless rate climbs slightly before the US election – with the emphasis on slightly here, people).

The main thing is that they both remain misleading. I guess this psychological prepping now will be needed later to explain how dumb and ungrateful Americans are (if Obama loses) or how truly deserving his magnificent victory really was (if he wins).

Man of man. You can almost cut the nervous German nervousness here with a knife right now.

Arbeitslosenzahlen lassen Obama aufatmen.

“Demonstratively Setting Politics Aside”

October 30, 2012 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Helections, High Art, Hurt Feelings, Hypocrisy Tags: Elections, Hurricane Sandy, Obama, Politics, Romney, The Presidential Election 3 Comments

More objective German journalism in action here again, people.

When a reporter then asked him, “What about the impact on the election, sir?”, the president answered soberly, unselfishly and energetically. “The election will take care of itself next week,” he said.

…Romney said he wanted to get rid of FEMA, the organization proving to be so important at the moment, calling disaster relief spending “immoral” when the focus should be on deficit reduction. “Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that’s the right direction. And if you can go even further, and send it back to the private sector, that’s even better,” he said.

Hurricanes Help

October 29, 2012 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Helections, Helplessness, Hypocrisy, Hysteria Tags: Berlin, Elections, German, Germans, Germany, Humor, Hurricane Sandy, Natural Catastrophes, Obama, Politicians, Politics, Satire, The Presidential Election, Theatrics 1 Comment

Or at least that’s what Germans are openly hoping for right now.

The economic figures don’t really look very good, and although he (Obama) is more popular with the people (more popular than Gerhard Schröder was with German voters ten years ago before he was thought to have been “saved” politically by his perceived handling of the Elbe flooding catastrophe), he is behind in the polls. But maybe now a natural catastrophe could help him, too: Hurricane Sandy.

“Kein Präsident oder Kandidat darf auf eine drohende Naturkatastrophe mehr unterreagieren.”

Expats Pouting?

October 28, 2012 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helections, Helplessness, Higher Education, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hysteria Tags: Berlin, Democrats, Elections, Europe, Expats, German, Germans, Germany, Humor, Obama, Polls, Presidential Election, Republicans, Romney, Satire, Voting 1 Comment

He may be the World President, but is he still ours?

“There’s a high interest (in voting) among expats in Germany, but I sense those on the Democrat side aren’t as fervent today as they were in 2008. There’s intense disappointment in President Obama’s leadership.”

Meanwhile… An opinion poll by the Emnid polling institute found 87 percent of German nationals would vote for Obama and only 5 percent for Romney if they had the chance to cast ballots.

Enthusiasm for Obama wanes among U.S. voters in Europe

Observing Hermann

“Was interessiert mich mein Geschwätz von gestern?”

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