Despite my rather Irish moniker, the truth about Clancy is that I’m half German. My mother was born in German and only came to the U.S. after she married my father who was an American GI at the time. My mother’s family is still in Germany and I have spent a considerable amount of time there – even going to a German school for a period in the eighth grade. My experiences in Germany have greatly influenced my worldview. I am proud of my German heritage, I love my German family, but I have learned that I am undeniably American.
I spent 10 days in Germany almost a year ago. I knew that I was going to be disappointed with the way their culture had changed since 9/11 – not the traditional German culture, but the emerging [seemingly french inspired] pansy-ass pacifist culture that make it en vogue to believe the American’s have an out of control cowboy in the White House. My feelings on this issue are fodder for another post – suffice it to say that my attitude is to quote Bruce Willis’s character, John McClane, in Die Hard.
The genesis for this confession was this post found on one of my new favorite blog sites – Davids Medienkritik. Loosely translated, Medienkritik means “media critic” and David does a great job exposing the bias and duplicity that exists in the German media.