Americans Should Take On Their Chlorine Chicken

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October 5, 2015

Published in Die Welt
(Germany) on 29 September 2015
by Hans Zippert (link to original link to original)

Translated from by Kelsey Ray. Edited by Bora Mici.

Volkswagen proves that lies and deceit are all over the place. It has become so bad that the ADAC suddenly seems serious again, like Vladimir Putin. In the age of falsehood, he is almost a prince of peace.*

Who can you still really believe? VW and Audi have already been ruled out, FIFA naturally was the first to go, Ursula von der Leyen’s credibility is at least a little eroded, and Angela Merkel also doesn't know at breakfast if she should work hard during the day to ensure the wall is rebuilt to keep out refugees.**

There are also too many rules and laws. Why is it that a respectable official is prohibited from accepting money when he has made a commitment to hold the FIFA World Cup in a scorching desert country?

Why are Americans so terribly fussy about their emission levels that they force a prestigious car marker to virtually commit fraud? Here, we are of the opinion that they should instead take on their chlorine chicken first.

The situation is so grave and confused that the ADAC suddenly seems serious again, and the Catholic Church is also acting unacceptably. Even Putin is suddenly no longer the flawless Antichrist, but rather a respected prince of peace.

*Editor’s note: The ADAC, or Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club, is an automobile club in Germany founded in 1903.

**Editor’s note: FIFA or Federation Internationale de Football Association, is the governing body of football (or soccer) based in Zurich, Switzerland. Ursula von der Leyen is the Federal Minister of Defense in Germany.

Amerika sollte sich ans eigene Chlorhühnchen fassen

VW belegt es: überall Lug und Trug. Es ist mittlerweile sogar so schlimm, dass einem der ADAC plötzlich wieder seriös vorkommt. Wie Wladimir Putin. Im Zeitalter der Lüge ist er fast ein Friedensfürst

Wem soll man eigentlich noch glauben? VW und Audi scheiden da schon mal aus, die Fifa natürlich erst recht, Ursula von der Leyens Glaubwürdigkeit ist zumindest angeschlagen, und auch Angela Merkel weiß beim Frühstück noch nicht, ob sie sich im Laufe des Tages vehement für den Wiederaufbau der Mauer einsetzen sollte, um die Flüchtlinge abzuhalten.

Es gibt auch einfach zu viele Regeln und Gesetze. Warum ist es einem unbescholtenen Funktionär verboten, Geld anzunehmen, wenn er sich dafür eingesetzt hat, dass in einem brennend heißen Wüstenland eine Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft ausgetragen werden muss?

Warum sind die Amerikaner so schrecklich kleinlich mit ihren Abgaswerten und zwingen einen angesehenen Autobauer praktisch zum Betrug? Dabei waren wir doch der Ansicht, dass die sich lieber erst mal ans eigene Chlorhühnchen fassen sollten.

Die Lage ist derartig ernst und verworren, dass einem der ADAC plötzlich schon wieder seriös vorkommt, und die katholische Kirche wirkt auch gar nicht mal so unakzeptabel. Selbst Putin ist plötzlich nicht mehr der lupenreine Antichrist, sondern ein angesehener Friedensfürst.

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