Rick Santorum had to be hospitalized this morning after he was told that today is the anniversary of Kennedy's "I am a jelly doughnut" speech.

Ich bin Berliner, or Ich bin ein Berliner? 
Either way, Kennedy does look pretty dishy!

Kennedy's Catholic speech made Santorum "want to throw up," http://tinyurl.com/7nbq9xm and apparently when he heard that JFK had proclaimed his solidarity with German pastries on this day in 1961, it was too much for the sensitive stomach of the former presidential candidate, who had to be rushed to the emergency room.  Aides say he's convinced Kennedy was sending covert homosexual signals to Communist gays. 

On a more serious note, today is another German anniversary--on this day in 1948, the U.S. and Britain began the Berlin airlift.  When Stalin blockaded West Berlin in an attempt to force out the Allies, Truman responded not with a fight but with food, clothes, medicine and fuel.  By mid July of '48, an average of 2,500 tons of supplies were being delivered daily, in a risky operation that had planes, many of them rickety from recent war duty, landing every four minutes, round the clock, at Tempelhof airport.

Even the Soup Nazi sez
"NO SOUP FOR YOU, ANGELA!"

It might be tempting to say, Hey, Angela Merkel, we didn't worry about the moral hazard of rescuing people we'd just been to war with,  people who hadn't exactly covered themselves with glory--you know, with those gas ovens and all.  But I won't.  Oh, wait, I guess I just did.