Middle East Focus: Germany: Monetary Policy with an Anti-Semitic Tea Party Twist? Bundesbank Uber Alles.......

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Germany: Monetary Policy with an Anti-Semitic Tea Party Twist? Bundesbank Uber Alles.......

“Thilo Sarrazin, infamous for his controversial comments on Muslims and immigration, has unleashed a storm of criticism after positing the existence of a Jewish gene. Chancellor Merkel has had enough and many have called for him to be thrown off the board of the German Central Bank. Angela Merkel is mad. In a Sunday evening interview on German public television, the German chancellor was visibly irate when asked about the recent comments on integration and immigration by Thilo Sarrazin, a member of the board at Germany's central bank, the Bundesbank…….. Merkel was referring to a new book by Sarrazin, excerpts of which appeared in the German press last week. In the book, Sarrazin claims that Muslim immigrants are soon going to outnumber Germany's "autochthonous" (indigenous) population because of their higher birth rates. He also suggested that, because immigrants haven't proven to be as successful in school in Germany, the country is not only shrinking, but it is becoming less intelligent. He also said that Muslims were not interested in integration and hinted that they would prefer to work illegally off the books than to pay taxes……..”

As expected. Someone who is prejudiced against one race, religion, or ethnic group is usually also prejudiced against all “others”, all those who are different. This can be a lesson for certain elements of the American extreme right, people like Kristol, Krauthammer, and a few others: talking prejudice against others does not make you a “real” member of the Tea Party.
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