Oktoberfest Opens In Munich

Associated Press   |   September 22, 2007 12:42 PM

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Munich's mayor joyously hammered a tap into Oktoberfest's first barrel of beer, opening the annual drinking spree Saturday with the traditional cry of "It's tapped!"

Thousands of visitors crowded into the sprawling Theresienwiese festival grounds as Mayor Christian Ude launched the 174th Oktoberfest and passed the first beer to Bavarian Governor Edmund Stoiber. A 12-gun salute signaled that it was time to start serving the public.

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- kilbilly See Profile I'm a Fan of kilbilly permalink

I was fortunate enough to attend Oktoberfest last year and let me tell you, I have never seen so many people so stinking drunk and having such a good time -- ALL OF THEM!!!
I had the time of my life! Prost!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:27 PM on 09/22/2007
- vippy See Profile I'm a Fan of vippy permalink

And Munich has nice weather too - could not be
any better now. By the way, most people at the
Oktoberfest are foreigners or people from far away. So there goes your drunk statement!
Geez, I guess you still claim America is Number One in the world......

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:54 PM on 09/22/2007
- ADVOCATE4ZPG See Profile I'm a Fan of ADVOCATE4ZPG permalink

HOW does this self-acclaimed status, "Number One," benefit the average American? A transient claim on being the most polluting nation on earth? A nation clearly in the second tier in terms of health care statistics? A/the leader in the number of obese adults.....and children? The nation that gave the world....Wal-marts and McDonalds? A nation that accumulated in seven short years the greatest, national debt in the history of the world? A nation with the most people in prison--outside of China?

How is this status a benefit?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:02 PM on 09/22/2007
- BlackbirdHighway See Profile I'm a Fan of BlackbirdHighway permalink

One of the items still on my list of things to do before I die:

Oktoberfest in Germany

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:25 PM on 09/22/2007
- crazylikeafox See Profile I'm a Fan of crazylikeafox permalink

Doing what Germans do best, getting drunk!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:32 PM on 09/22/2007
- IzaakSzerman See Profile I'm a Fan of IzaakSzerman permalink

No. That would be our pResident!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:01 PM on 09/22/2007
- HermioneGranger See Profile I'm a Fan of HermioneGranger permalink

Isn't he dry now?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:25 PM on 09/22/2007
- Theda See Profile I'm a Fan of Theda permalink

Whiskey and cocaine, as the song by Pink says!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:03 PM on 09/22/2007
- Theda See Profile I'm a Fan of Theda permalink

I'm jealous. I wish we could have some happiness in this country right now.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:23 PM on 09/22/2007
- dora_rice See Profile I'm a Fan of dora_rice permalink

how can the germans be so happy? they have social healthcare....boooooo.......they have guest workers......they don't have any illegals, because they kick them out as fast as they come into the country......they have unemployment and all the unemployed get unemployment pay.....boooooooo.......they have job programs for re-entering another profession...booooooooo......and their Euro is at an all time high...booooooooo.......those dumb socialists ...how do they run their country...booooooooo and are happy, and have dental care....no rotten teeth in Germany...boooooooo..shame on you , you germans....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:18 PM on 09/22/2007
- IzaakSzerman See Profile I'm a Fan of IzaakSzerman permalink

Yes! The Germans clearly care ABOUT THEIR OWN PEOPLE, and it shows BIG TIME!

Go compare Germany with what was once the USA! Then try to feel ANY pride in a country that can elect a corrupt and incompetent warmongering imbecile like Geoge Bush to the F*CKING HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND!!!!?!#@

DON'T look for America here anymore! She has moved to Germany.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:00 PM on 09/22/2007
- IzaakSzerman See Profile I'm a Fan of IzaakSzerman permalink

Vielleicht diesmal müssen die Deutschen uns retten!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:03 PM on 09/22/2007
- dora_rice See Profile I'm a Fan of dora_rice permalink

what a great time they having while we ponder over a chit war and stupid illegals, and healthcare, Germany has all these problems and solved them generations ago, but here no....you have to have an stupid uneducated opinion...and let the rich guide you like cattles.....when someone comes along and says I will make a change. you worried about their sex life....whether they are female or male, how many divorces they have, whether their husband had sex with another woman...you are a bunch of idiots and I don't mind telling you this,,,,,,

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:28 PM on 09/22/2007
- jrb35 See Profile I'm a Fan of jrb35 permalink

If you don't think Germany has a problem with immigration, you don't know much about Germany.

Sure, Germany solved these problems generations ago. They got to where they are now after their country was destroyed (their fault, of course) millions of their people were killed (after they murdered tens of millions of others, of course) and then endured almost five decades of being split in two, one half of which had to endure a brutal communist occupation and totalitarian regime all the while being the front line of the Cold War.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:23 PM on 09/22/2007
- ADVOCATE4ZPG See Profile I'm a Fan of ADVOCATE4ZPG permalink

Many citizens of the U.S. agree with you, Dora, but how does a country, i.e., the U.S., overcome decades of self-righteousness, parochiality, group-think, disregard for community/the natural environment, anti-intellectualism, fettishist concern/fear of sexuality, and tribal materialism masquerading as religiosity?

A guiding philosophy for the U.S.: solipsism!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:25 PM on 09/22/2007
- IzaakSzerman See Profile I'm a Fan of IzaakSzerman permalink

Remember back in the late 50s when USSR's Sputnik made Americans sh*t their pants, and a very short period of pseudo PROintellectualism flourished -- the '21' Quiz Show, Fulton Sheen, ...

This lasted only a very short time (Charles van Doren turned out to be a typical American CROOK), and then the country's dumbing down orgasm with Elvis and Marilyn Monroe revived and has gone Bush-league unabated since.

Where have you gone Adlai Stevenson? This Sahara on the Beaux Arts really doesn't give a shit! You say we're now only a mass consumer center with barely enough brains to wipe our own a**? Well, we don't care! We've got the BOMB!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:55 PM on 09/22/2007
- ceasenake See Profile I'm a Fan of ceasenake permalink

What a great time!

All you ex-pats have fun over there!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:09 PM on 09/22/2007
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