Let me Y E L L L L L

[Skybird]

They say they have an image problem. This is an example of why that is so.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,516497,00.html

And this display of idiotism should solve it? We have ministers showing up in episodes of Big Brother. Who regularly participate in idiotic game shows. Must they really start to sing now? and how stupid do they assume the people to be?

Singing EU ministers. Maybe doing stepdance in the charts, too? Moderate the good-night-channel for the 4 year old? And they demand to be taken serious from politicians, gangsters and dicatators in rivalling countries, and nations that are much poorer in scruples to use violence and force? "Here comes the singing EU supermen, let's better behave or else we are in troble?"

Who knows, they even may be right. In Mars Attacks!, the Martians finally were killed and defeated by ill-tasted music. And yes, there was singing in it, too. So let's sing our problems and sorrows away, and fill the hearts of people with joy and happiness.

[Tchocky]

John Ashcroft sang at his own swearing in, a song he'd written himself....."Let THe Eagle Soar"

There's a band of MP's that have been playing for a good while. At least they were up until the last election :p

[STEED]

Your on a roll tonight Skybird. :D :rotfl:

Good point. :yep:

[Chock]

The European Union has an image problem. All too many ordinary Europeans find it, well, boring

So, they'll go from thinking it is boring, to thinking it is boring with tone-deaf tw@ts

:D Chock

[Skybird]

there is a good chance that this idiotic thing turns into a well-deserved PR desaster for Steinmeier and Kouchner. According to an investigative journalism report on TV I saw yesterday evening, and to this article in the German newspaper Die Welt

http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article1360587/Hip-Hop-Star_Muhabbet_unter_Islamismus-Verdacht.html

the singer both foreign ministres met with to record a song where they participate in the chorus, has made statements about the murdering of van Gogh that are nothing else but Islamic hate speech. According to a female journalist from the HR radio station in Germany, who made a film documentation on the assassination of van Gogh for which she was awarded a film award, the singer approached her on that occasion in a state of hot temper and angrily told her that van Gogh was lucky to have died so quickly, and that he (the singer) even would have imprisoned him in a cellar and tortured him there, before murdering him. The journalist said that it could not have been loose talking or a misunderstanding, since he repeated this content to her. He also should have said according remarks about what Hirsi Ali would deserve to suffer.

the singer is a guy named Murat Ersen alias Muhabeth, living in Cologne, according to some people a hiphop star over here. I never heared of him, but then again: I do not listen to hiphop. He is said to be engaged in integration projects - but that could mean two different things if watching at it from two different sides. On TV he denies to ever have made such claims, and said it all were not true.

The journalist works for the Hessischer Rundfunk, and is a known name over here, at least for that part of the audience that listens with care. she has defended her claim repatedly now, saying that the accusaion of bad recherche on her part is nonsens since on that evening she did no recherche, but Muhabeth approaching her by himself, uninvited. Her version of the story is supported by witnesses on the scene.

I do not care for one hate propagandist more or less, there are so many, we can afford one more easily. what I would like to see is that no matter if Muhabeth is guilty or not, this infantile action by two MINISTERS of the state(s) (!) earns the public mockery and a PR desaster that such childish action deserves.

Hasn't it been complained about that there are no real statesmen left anymore? Well, we have showstars instead, so why worrying.

[Skybird]

English:
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/11/rappin-with-jihad.html

It meanwhile has showed up that the singer seem to have many contacts to the Grey Wolves, a turkish organization of ultra-nationalists and arch-conservative Islamists.

I checked some song texts of him (in German) and tried to keep min mind that rap does seem to include violence, aggression and gutter language by definition, but his lyrics are dripping with intimidation, violence agaimst and fear for us western infidel scum-people.

His efforts to play it down and to even distort what he has told that journalist, are hardly any convincing.

I always considerd Steinmeier to be one of Germany's high-profiled master-stupids, but with this thing, already ridiculous for itself even without a camouflaged Islamist participating, he has scored a real great touchdown behind his own goal line.