German Politics Observer Prints

Goodbye Merkel

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

Schengen

I've Always Wanted to Be Oppressed By Someone Who Looks Like Me

"That one shows our office cliques."

State Budget.

"I know he's funny, boy, but he’s also the president of the United States."

"Maybe our beloved founder is trying to tell us something."

"Goodbye, Cruikshank. We leave you to contemplate the wisdom of messing with big dog!"

What if Huckabee Were a Fundamentalist Hindu?

Upon graduation, all of the clowns would gather to find out where their assignments would be.

"On the one hand, I'm glad they're cutting the school year short...on the other hand..."

US strike on Syria.

Biden Ignores the G7 Leaders on Afghanistan

Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Schauble

'...need to design something to bridge the generation gap.'

London merchant telling a young employee that if he does not change his behaviour his career will go badly and he may end up becoming mayor

Their bubble-boss seemed completely unaware of the toxic work environment.

"People think the government has a bottomless pit of money....but sometimes we have to make sacrifices!"

"I beg your pardon," said Alice, "but which of you is the Democrat?"

Charles P. Muckenspucker - Mission Creep.

'That's a very good question - Are you trying to make trouble?'

Tony Blair

"...But then it turned out there weren't any WMDs on the moon after all."

Boris Johnson lies his way out of trouble

"It was just a little setback - but the boss had away of making seem much larger."

"I'd like an application form for the position of minister, please!"

More Money for Greece.

"They heard about the 'Party Hearty' legislation."

'Okay, maybe I was defeated for re-election, but at least I beat the point spread!'

'It's 10 P.M. do you know who's in charge of Egypt - the Muslim Brotherhood or the military?'

'Why don't you try Luxembourg? -- I'll bet you could conquer THAT!'

'Oh, I worked hard on solutions for a time but finally realized I was cut out to be part of the problem.'

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

'Firing workers is a craft, exploiting and bullying them is an art.'