[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Hitler Youth

[Brad Haslett]

Rik,

We had a small dinner party last night, a belated birthday celebration
for me.  I showed the video to some guests and almost in unison they
said, "Oh my God, this is the Cultural Revolution again!"  And they
don't even believe in God.

Brad

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Rik Sandberg <sanderico1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brad,
>
> Don't know what school that is ..... but it oughta' be closed.
> Federal funds??? I sure hope not!!
>
> Rik
>
> Will Rogers often said, "There's nothing quite like money in the bank." He went on to say, "I'm not so concerned about the return on my money as I am about the return of my money."
>
>
>
> Brad Haslett wrote:
>> You've heard the story here before.  The book "Last Days of Patton" by
>> Ladislas Farago mentions a Hans Weindl in the acknowledgments and
>> tells the story of Hans in the first chapter remembering Patton
>> driving through Bad Tolz with the claxon horns blaring.  Bad Tolz was
>> the site of the SS training camp and was headquarters for Patton after
>> WW2 until his death.  Hans (now deceased) was the step-father of my
>> ex-wife and we vacationed every year in Bad Tolz. Hans and I got into
>> a lot of trouble together combining long nights, German beer, and war
>> stories.  His father was Chief of Police of Bad Tolz and when Hans
>> came home from a Hitler Youth meeting in the closing days of the war
>> with an antiquated rifle, his father took away his gun and locked him
>> in the attic until the American tanks rolled into town.  Where was I
>> going with this?  Oh yeah, it is official now.  This thing has morphed
>> into a freaking cult.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW9b0xr06qA
>>
>> Brad
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