Ich Bin Ein Berliner: the chance all politicians pray for

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From: Ted Nelson <[email protected]>
Date: January 2, 2007 8:54:03 PM EST
To: David Farber <[email protected]>
Cc: Ted Nelson <[email protected]>
Subject: Ich Bin Ein Berliner: the chance all politicians pray for
Reply-To: [email protected]

Dave,

So few politicians have a chance to be an authentic local hero, let  
alone
  combine it with the good life--

"Berlin mayor New Year fire alert saves neighbours
Tue Jan 2, 2007 2:50 PM GMT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit was the hero of his  
apartment building on New Year's Eve when he warned neighbours the  
roof was on fire -- and consoled them with champagne in a local  
restaurant."

...
"We were sitting there eating our chocolate fondue when he rang the  
bell and shouted 'The building is on fire!'" neighbour Gerd Luetjen  
told Bild newspaper. "I tried to warn other neighbours but Wowereit  
had already been everywhere."


http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx? 
type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-01-02T145021Z_01_L02933516_RTRIDST_0_O 
UKOE-UK-GERMANY-MAYOR-FIRE.XML&src=rss


Best, Ted


-- 
Theodor Holm Nelson
   Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute
   Visiting Professor, University of Southampton
   Founder, Project Xanadu

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