By: Inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/

In modern society the name Adolf Hitler is synonymous for evil. As the perpetrator of the greatest crime of this century and its most destructive war, Mr. Hitler well deserves this reputation.

Yet too often in speaking of Adolf Hitler people forget the man and see only the legend he has become. Hitler, after all, gained power as a politician in a democratic Germany. He played the game of compromises, elections, and leverage that all politicians play. Indeed, Hitler was quite adept at politics; without his skill the National Socialists would have remained a fringe party like so many others.

Zenophobia is ugly and it produces irrational behavior toward fellow beings, too often with tragic consequences. Out leaders would serve their countries better by inspiring us toward better behavior instead of falling in with the goose steppers that thrive on bad feelings and the rabble they produce.

US Prosecutor Documents and Conducts Nuremberg Trial while US Government Personnel Conduct Secret War On and Torture Of Guatemalans

T-Mobile Blocks Texting Services for WeedMaps.Com, a California Medical Marijuana Dispensary. T-Mobile Gets Sued in NY Federal Court.

I’m happily wending my way through Tom Geoghegan’s wonderfully entertaining and maddening book “Were You Born On the Wrong Continent?: How the European Model Can Help Us Get a Life.” Filled with great stats and facts, Geoghegan shows us why Germans are richer and happier than we are.

Someone told me to put this in a diary. I want to make clear that I am a wingnut at heart..so take that as the pound of salt when you read this.

I read Massacio’s post on how great German treats it’s workers,a dn living here I know that ain’t the whole truth…..

This week in hoof-in-mouth disease: Lindsay Lohan, General James “Fun to Shoot People” Mattis and Paul the Psychic Octopus

A lot is happening in the eastern Mediterranean Sea this week and weekend. Boats, ships and fleets are coming and going. Friday, the biggest U.S. Naval task force in decades passed out of the Med through the Suez Canal, on its way to the Persian Gulf.

I’m not entirely sure how to put this, so I guess I’ll just come right out and say it. During the last presidential campaign and in the context of John McCain’s admission that he didn’t understand economics very well, you let us know that you thought you had a very good understanding of it. Well, Mr. President, I’m here to let you know that you don’t understand it, don’t know what you’re doing, and are now preparing to do exactly the wrong things. And, I’ve got lots of evidence for thinking that. What’s my evidence?

Google “mistakenly” collects unencrypted wireless data while photographing German streets. What are they doing here?