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Transparency
Our parliaments are far from being able to compete with the transparency of the European Parliament. And even if obviously criminal activities, such as B. mask deals, come to light by MPs, not much happens. This inevitably and completely unnecessarily leads to assumptions and speculation about the "cleanliness" of all MPs.
It is therefore increasingly incomprehensible that our parties and their MPs continue to object to an improvement or even complete transparency in the income of our MPs.
It is all the more positive that there are some MPs who at least publish their additional income themselves. These people's representatives deserve my praise and respect. With all the other MEPs, we have to assume that they have at least something to hide or to conceal.
The European Parliament recently announced that it would review its own transparency rules again and, if necessary, improve them further. How easy would it be if our German MPs simply adopted these rules for the Bundestag and our state parliaments?
Puma
The criminal energy in Germany no longer knows any borders. There is no question that we have not had an armaments industry here for decades, only suppliers of weapons. This is a huge difference, which I have often discussed. Very briefly and concisely: the armaments industry ensures that our soldiers have the best weapons with sufficient ammunition at their disposal when required. And so it is not enough for an armored personnel carrier to be presented to the public, it must also be one of the best comparable products and also be produced in quantities of well into the tens of thousands and later be able to be repaired around the clock and anywhere.
And so we recently had to learn once again that our German arms dealers (The Lords of War) not only manufactured a completely overpriced product, which by the way can only be manufactured in a factory - ergo it is not a weapon - and is still too small to - apart from hand Chinese or Pygmies — to be able to transport full-size soldiers. Worse still, the product itself doesn't work at all, and if it does go on its way - for further vast sums of taxpayers' money - it will be the most expensive soldier's grave of all time. And in a few decades there will perhaps be suitable ammunition for the antiquated weapons of "the system".
And anyone who thinks that the whole thing can't be increased any further doesn't know our German arms dealers, because they have a completely new product in the pipeline — the hand-made panther. This is characterized by the fact that the future tank crew can watch each other die via video.
But today I don't want to be more unfair than necessary, and so I remember my Advent season in the 1990s, when we managed to secure weapons technology from the enemy in the Balkans. This was "Made in Germany" and far superior to our own weapons. At the time, we were amazed at what our German industry was delivering to the enemy to make it easier for them to kill German soldiers — in the worst case. But as already suspected, this may not even secure German jobs, but it will certainly continue to ensure good dividends. And that's what matters to all of us! By the way, anyone who works in the German armed forces or in the rescue service has only themselves to blame.
4. Advent
We almost danced into this year's 4th Advent, but in any case we had an enjoyable evening yesterday — and this despite the ongoing male flu, because even the best wife of all will eventually run out of patience.
And so today I'm sitting a little weak with my second good cup of coffee and musing to myself. "Education" concerns me more than I would have thought, and I no longer wanted to deal with topics that are completely hopeless.
I was never a good student myself, let alone an easy one, but my mental abilities and environment had allowed me to swim in the school system with little trouble. Certainly a first success of the 68ers, which very quickly ensured that the range of school achievements was immensely expanded — which easily flushed me to a real high school diploma.
But even then, our school system was abused, namely by being very flexible with the minimum requirements. Every bandwidth also has a minimum and so there is a risk that this will be undermined. The human component was still understandable, although the responsible teachers juggled a little with this minimum. It was no longer understandable that parents could already buy their children's school-leaving certificates in the 1970s. And so I know a few former classmates who, because they could not meet the minimum requirements, changed schools and then returned to Heilbronn as the best high school graduates in the city.
The argument that these students suddenly became elite students overnight in a different living and learning environment was probably just a publicity stunt by the private schools back then and still embellishes the fact that money can buy anything here with us. And anyone who is wondering today why our clinics, courts, ministries and administrations no longer really work properly should find an explanation here.
In the meantime, one has to attest to our society that we really don't know a single minimum anymore. Incidentally, this means that some of my current students no longer understand even the simplest questions, let alone have the intellectual capacity to even recognize challenges. So I'm glad that they are halfway there (punctually) and take note that there is a lecturer in the room.
The whole thing is countered by not only allowing private schools and private universities, but also supporting them immensely. The justification for this is an advertising stunt: "Your own children are so valuable that they don't have to go to school with the usual rabble." This advertising stunt conceals the fact that you are now buying your own children's academic achievements and successes right from the start and also sends a signal to these “poor” children that they are something very special.
The result of this will be that in a few years your family doctor will only be able to belch the corresponding clinical picture and you will have to rely on the fact that the medical robot in the practice has been provided with the current update — Germany 4.0.
If we still want to save our country, then we have to save our public school system and reintroduce minimum standards. And as sorry as I am for those affected, if your own child is debil — feeble-minded — then they are not entitled to a college degree! But you can still make sure they're a happy city official — and that's often more than many others can dream of.
The irredeemable present suggests that there must have been better times “before”. Unfortunately, neither close personal memory nor the history books provide any such evidence. Reality remains a question of perception and "different" is not "better" or "worse".
Dear Thomas, beautiful and true words.
Well yes, armament projects need clear requirements – but there is a lack of that. And genuine series production also requires the necessary framework conditions – starting with resilient contracts and sufficient order volume through to the commitment that defense policy requires a long time horizon that does not only operate in election periods. Unfortunately, something like this is not possible with “actionist, sustainable, feminist, gender-equitable, more colourful, and whatever else” politics.
The industry can do something, but you have to make requirements that are physically possible (see requirements G36 - desire and reality when using firearms in combat).
I, too, once thought that our arms industry could, if only given the opportunity. But then the boots on my feet fell apart, the uniforms vanished into thin air and the rest - if not from the Second World War or the immediate post-war period - was of no use at all.
Admittedly, I found the boxer quite good, but I've never seen it actually used. And whether it's a good idea to only determine in combat whether a weapon is good or not, I still think is more than inhuman!
If it is suggested to the inspector of the Bundeswehr to align the test scenarios of the weapon (G36) based on political specifications (use by pregnant women), then nothing comes out that corresponds to the reality of a compartment. I am (still) very confident about the engineering skills of German industry. But you have to believe the experts what works and what doesn't, instead of asking some "experts". > Trust me, I'm an engineer!
Ok - how did our industry come up with the idea of presenting a "Panther KF51" in which the individual soldiers have to sit completely isolated? I would only accept this if not a single person was needed for the end product.
As it is, however, the industry will probably find “soldiers” who claim that it is much easier to die in complete isolation. And if one day the comrades bleed to death in their "compartment", the industry simply gets a new development order.
The then "brand new tank" with changing table and women's toilet will definitely be in a drawer in our industry and once again secure jobs.