Berlin Wall Attraction

by YankeeJim | August 13, 2011 at 05:23 am
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Mikhail Gorbachev | Photo 02

Mikhail Gorbachev | Photo 02

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Mr. Gorbechev, reconstruct that wall

Tourists love it. Add some machine gunned-manned towers and commission a sculpture of victims stuck on barbed wire for added affect.


“Berlin Wall turns 50 – and some want to rebuild it, barbed wire and all

Fifty years to the day after the Berlin Wall was built overnight by East German officials, little of it remains. Some argue in favor of restoring portions of the hated structure as a memorial.

Tourists walk in front of a segment of the graffiti painted wall at the East Side Gallery in Berlin on Aug. 12. The German capital is preparing to mark the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall, which was erected on August 13, 1961.

Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters

In Pictures: 50th anniversary of the Berlin Wall

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"thirty-aught-six"

171 people were killed or died attempting to escape at the Berlin Wall between August 13, 1961 and November 9, 1989. A monument isn't out of the question. It would be a key reminder to the next generation of the pitfalls of socialism and it's fascist ends of the State knows best. Americans take note.

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The 1

What about the border "wall" between America and Mexico, is that an American socialist and fascist ideal also .30-06 ?

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"thirty-aught-six"

Have we suspended our intellect and hold that all "walls" are equal by design and intent?

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YankeeJim

Build a giant wall to keep Mexicans in Mexico, is that what you might suggest?

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aero

Pictures of The Berlin Wall Falling20 years after the fall of the Berlin wall, photographer Arwed Messmer found photos taken by East German patrol agents during 1965 and 1966 looking toward the West. Because taking pictures of the wall was illegal for ..

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