This is evil...even for you!

that`s why I`m not a catholic.

 But this has been going on some time - why should he be able to destroy swathes of beautiful countryside to pad out his already bulging bank balance just because he has tons of cash??  Good on them I say!

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1570958/Donald-Trumps-1bn-golf-course-rejected.html

 But how about the many jobs, visitors he will bring amongst destroying the countryside.....is it good for your economy...hmmm sounds like the local government is for it.  But I do agree it is sickening when I see one Walmart/Kroger close and only to open a bigger one down the street.  Then you have a vacant building just taking up space.  I hate real estate...but on the other hand it does create jobs...golf courses can be attractive...but put a big sky scraper up with apartments..is even worse.

 I agree on the economic view point about jobs, but I don´t think it would create that many.  the whole sustainability argument has to be considered but I think the damage to the environment far out weighs any benefits in terms of social and economic benefits.

It´s Bydands neck  of the woods so wonder what his opinion of it is......... 

Pre-poll threats to German minorities

About one in 10 German voters has an immigrant background, reports the BBC´s Oana Lungescu. Their voice is becoming ever more important, with dozens of politicians of foreign descent running as candidates in Sunday´s general election.

The new leader of the Green Party, Cem Oezdemir, is not your typical German politician. He was once voted the best-dressed man in German politics. But there is something else that makes Mr Oezdemir distinctive. His parents came from Turkey in the 1960s, part of the wave of Gastarbeiter who helped rebuild Germany after World War II.

Thirty years ago, when young Cem Oezdemir told a teacher he wanted to continue his studies rather than become a factory-worker like his dad, his school-mates burst out laughing. He has come a long way, but has Germany?

But of the 15 million immigrants here, only a third have the right to vote - including half a million people of Turkish descent. The Berlin district of Kreuzberg has been dubbed Little Istanbul.

At the weekly Turkish market, most people speak Turkish, as well as German, and some of the stall-holders wear head-scarves. When I asked a group of young men selling vegetable if they were planning to vote on Sunday, they shook their heads. "I´d like to, but I´m not allowed," said one. "I´m a Turkish citizen."

Dual citizenship is restricted under German law, and many Turks who have made a home in this country are effectively disenfranchised. "We have to stand and watch as others decide for us," complained one vegetable seller.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8271249.stm

I didn´t know Germany puts restrictions on dual citizenship. I´m pretty sure (or i was before I read your post) that some of my friends have a dual citizenship (Polish and German)

/off to do some googling/

edit:

I googled that as far as Polish - German citizenship is concerned, from 1st May 2007 Germany allows having a dual citizenship with the restriction that if you have a dual citizenship, one of which is German, you are treated like a German citizen in Germany. That basically means you cannot talk yourself out different duties and responsibilities hiding behind your other passport. There also was a comment that Germany recognises dual citizenship on the basis of reciprocity.

Please post your search results.  I have noticed citizenship status, possibilities change over the years.  Now you can´t, now you can.....I wonder if it´s reversed back to now you can´t again???

I also am curious if people would then be required to choose which one of the dual citizenships they want to keep.

done in my previous post (I didn´t quote the source as it was in Polish)

Namaz At the Capitol!!

Reporting from Washington -Thousands of Muslims, prostrating themselves in prayer, gathered just feet from the Capitol on Friday for "A Day of Islamic Unity," an event intended to showcase what organizers called the "peace, beauty and solidarity" of Islam.
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The turnout fell far short of the 50,000 predicted..

http://www.latimes.com/ne...prayer26-2009sep26,0,930355.story?track=rss

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The turnout fell far short of the 50,000?

Next time insallah when they pray in front of White House 

coz birdy is bored TLC is birdimized tonight...