{"id":7209,"date":"2014-11-09T13:25:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T20:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=7209"},"modified":"2014-11-09T13:25:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T20:25:36","slug":"25-years-ago-today-the-berlin-wall-fell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/11\/09\/25-years-ago-today-the-berlin-wall-fell\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Years Ago Today, The Berlin Wall Fell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The ultimate symbol of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, ceased to divide Berlin twenty-five years ago today, when the people of Berlin began tearing it down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It was the clear sign that Communism in Europe was done for.\u00a0 Later that year Poland embraced the free market system and ejected Communism from its Constitution.\u00a0 The Baltic states began breaking away.\u00a0 Soon East Germany would dissolve and join West Germany, as Communist regimes fell throughout the Warsaw Pact, finally resulting in the fall of the USSR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ronald Reagan declared that if Communists wanted peace, that they must &#8220;tear down this wall,&#8221; and they did:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5MDFX-dNtsM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The year that the Berlin Wall would fall was actually predicted as a joke on the TV show &#8220;Laugh In&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qsqMEt4TNTc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A little mood music from &#8220;the &#8216;Hoff&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0zXiClnK8oE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Or perhaps something a bit heavier:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H_mpt8xyZVI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Berlin-Wall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Berlin Wall\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7210\" \/><br \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"25 Years Ago Today, The Berlin Wall Fell\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The ultimate symbol of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, ceased to divide Berlin twenty-five years ago today, when the people of Berlin began tearing it down.\"><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Berlin-Wall.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The ultimate symbol of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, ceased to divide Berlin twenty-five years ago today, when the people of Berlin began tearing it down. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It was the clear sign that Communism in Europe was done for.\u00a0 Later &hellip; 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