tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529553350611602897.post5793032763355392323..comments2022-03-25T05:29:53.953-05:00Comments on The Time That Blog Forgot: "Berlin Feels a Thrill of the Old Prussian Spirit as Troops Goosestep and Crowds Sing."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529553350611602897.post-90372487436357595072008-05-14T02:28:00.000-05:002008-05-14T02:28:00.000-05:00Call me crazy, but I think this new Nazi party is ...Call me crazy, but I think this new Nazi party is going to cause trouble down the line...WestVirginiaRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129174334939968181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529553350611602897.post-7182924760979013532008-05-14T00:08:00.000-05:002008-05-14T00:08:00.000-05:00See how wrong Marshal Foch was? After seeing the t...See how wrong Marshal Foch was? <BR/><BR/>After seeing the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the Supreme Commander of the allied armies in the Great War said, "this is not peace, it is a twenty year cease fire."<BR/><BR/>Clearly he knows much more about war than about peace, as we see here a Germany committed to peace.<BR/><BR/>And certainly if anyone believes Foch, only go down to the Cinema and watch, "The Big Parade" and understand why war is such a horrible thing. The filmography and depictions of the reality of the Great War are amazing and stomach-turning.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529553350611602897.post-22747344127216495722008-05-13T09:55:00.000-05:002008-05-13T09:55:00.000-05:00Hey where's Cederford. If he reads this he will ge...Hey where's Cederford. If he reads this he will get a chubby.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529553350611602897.post-81123969671702891302008-05-13T08:51:00.000-05:002008-05-13T08:51:00.000-05:00"committed to the cult of peace"Ah, the hopes were..."committed to the cult of peace"<BR/><BR/>Ah, the hopes weren't entirely dashed by WWI. <BR/><BR/>Makes me nervous about present Europe. They're a warmongering barbarian people at heart. <BR/><BR/>History suggests we shouldn't trust when Europe says, "peace, peace".Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529553350611602897.post-16621168749593754052008-05-13T08:39:00.000-05:002008-05-13T08:39:00.000-05:00clanks steins with Chaplin-moustached fellow while...clanks steins with Chaplin-moustached fellow while we sing of piece... of the Rhineland for revenge for Versailles!Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327563444009264980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529553350611602897.post-72884454278650372242008-05-13T08:38:00.000-05:002008-05-13T08:38:00.000-05:00For God's sake, close cover before striking.- Hind...For God's sake, close cover before striking.<BR/><BR/>- Hindenberg matchbook cover<BR/><BR/>The Obama float uses much safer helium.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally if you find any issues of the German photography annual _Das Deutsche Lichtbild_ for the 30s, it's all pretty upbeat progress. You'd be hard-pressed to spot evil in it.<BR/><BR/>Hitler even wrote the introduction to one.<BR/><BR/>My real camera is a Leica model F, which I think is from the era. Given to me by my father, who upgraded to an M.<BR/><BR/>Repaired by a Leica dealer in NYC in the early 60s for free. Coverage part of war reparations?rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529553350611602897.post-32845448211434007222008-05-13T08:08:00.000-05:002008-05-13T08:08:00.000-05:00Hindenberg, a man of his word...as far as that goe...Hindenberg, a man of his word...as far as that goes! Ahem.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327563444009264980noreply@blogger.com