http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-58751.html

The Question: Which of the above quotes do you disagree with if any?

The Bonus Question: Why?

quotes after the break for the link-following averse.

1. “Berlin is burdened by two things: the 1968 generation and West Berlin slovenliness.”
2. “The Turks are taking over Germany exactly as the Kosovars took over Kosovo: via a higher birth rate. I wouldn’t mind if it were Jews from Eastern Europe with a 15 percent higher IQ than the German population.”
3. “A number of large Arabs and Turks in (Berlin) … have no productive function other than in the fruit and vegetable trade.”
4. “I don’t have to respect anybody who lives off welfare but rejects the state, doesn’t do enough for his children’s education and constantly produces little girls in headscarves.”
5. “The lower the class, the higher the birth rates.”
6. “Hartz IV recipients today receive more than a good butcher’s salary of old.”
7. “We are, on average, becoming dumber in a natural way.”
8. “I don’t want the country of my grandchildren and great-grandchildren to be largely Muslim, or that Turkish or Arabic will be spoken in large areas, that women will wear headscarves and the daily rhythm is set by the call of the muezzin. If I want to experience that, I can just take a vacation in the Orient.”
9. “All Jews share a certain gene, all Basques have certain genes that make them different from other people.”
10. “Before someone just sits there on the 20th floor and watches television all day, I am almost relieved if he does a bit of under-the-table work.”
11. “If you take a look a closer look, it becomes apparent that weight loss is the smallest problem facing welfare recipients.”
12. “The civil servants are pale and foul-smelling because of the amount of work they have to do.”
13. “Nowhere does one see so many people shuffling around in public wearing track suits.”
14. “People are acting as if the Berlin government is planning to send children into concentration camps.”
    -During a 2002 debate in Berlin over higher daycare fees
15. “Welfare recipients who have the strength for volunteer work should perhaps find the strength to look for a job and exert themselves there first.”
    -On payments to welfare recipients who do volunteer work
16. “You are all assholes.”
    -On students who occupied his office in November 2003
17. “No one needs an Opel. The car enthusiasts among you will surely confirm that.”
    -On German government efforts to save the carmaker from bankruptcy
18. “The unemployed are at home more, they like it warm and thirdly many of them regulate the temperatures by opening and shutting their windows.”
    -On the energy consumption of German welfare recipients

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“That is not gonna fly!”

According to the Lyon Realty website, “Michael’s commitment to the Sacramento region is evident in his involvement in local industry and community organizations. He is currently … Co-Chairman of the U.C. Davis Children’s Hospital Advisory Board, Trustee of the U.C. Davis Foundation Board…” Ouch!

And, is it just me or does newscaster Edie Lambert look like she is afraid that she might be on some of those secret home recordings?

QUESTION: What is your favorite Unauthorized Video Recording scandal?

I’m not going to lie and say I totally forgot about this because you can see I didn’t! Ah the first week of classes. So today I present to you the Expedition Titanic.  This is a group of scienetists (more or less) who are using all of the technology available to them to record the Titanic in its current state.  They are using some of the same technology used by James Cameron while filming the movie.  

There’s just something fasinating about watching what emerges to me.  I’m super excited every time they release something new, like the video above.  I could spend hours on their website, clicking around and reading all about their work.  For the Expedition Titanic and their mission, I’m giving them 5 out of 5 stars.