Their movement somehow looks like they have strings attached to them.

As a fellow fellow german I just have to say our language definitely has the capability to sound like that, while it's hard (not impossible) to speak that way in French.

For a different perspective I offer this link for everybody to hear what "smooth" german sounds like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xknFh8aZiGM

I am always curious what happens with those people? Are they secretly part of the show, are they hypnotized?
My guess is that it's just peer pressure "Oh my god the guy before me fell down. Better fall down myself before they think I'm a witch and try to exorcise me.".

In the end of the trailer there are only the logos of PS3 and 360, so i guess current gen

It looks more like it's basically sugar that once touched some strawberries

This thought just occurred to me "Maybe he is just training his belly to be a canon ball target."

There are no 5th amendment rights to the people of foreign countries, but that doesn't mean it is ok to spy on all the citizens of your "closest Allies" either.

Congratulations to John Olliver, he did great as the host of the show.

I just read my original comment and I see that it sounds like I think there is a conspiracy. That wasn't what I meant, just that there are groups that have the sole purpose of undermining critical thinking in classrooms. You are right that a teacher still has the lead, but they are required to teach what the board of education wants them to teach (I don't if this is the right institution, in germany it's called Ministry of education).

On the contrary, have you heard of the environmental literacy improvement act? It's basically legislation that forces schools to teach that there is a controversy about climate change among scientists. Public opinion is in favor of policies that aim to stop climate change, while the government of the USA has shown no interest in such legislation. It's no secret that alec (american legislative exchange council) is trying to push the environmental literacy improvement act into your schools, so that future generations show more ignorance and support the current direction of United States climate policy.

And I'm not talking about conspiracies here, I talk about facts. This is what is currently happening in your schools. And I haven't even started on the whole creationism crap.

So in conclusion, do we need to teach people to think for themselves? Yes. Are groups like alec, that are corporate funded, trying their best not to make that happen? Definitely.

Believe me when you do something like this, you never consider that the density of the average poo is way higher than air, thus you fail to realize how far said shit will fly... it's the way 8 year old me learned something about explosions and how poop tastes in one horrible but funny lesson. I regret nothing!

I don't see it that way, in my opinion US citizens are quite capable of using their intellect. The big problem I see is that your government doesn't seem to care anymore what the populace is for or against. Recently there was a new gun law that should be passed by the congress, I think you know which one I am talking about. The one 80% of the people were for and more than half of the congressmen voted for, which still didn't pass. It shows perfectly that the people aren't to blame, it's your out of touch politicians. It seems like there only are 2 principles you can count on from US politicians (or at least these are the reasons they tell the public), one would be the war on terror and the other the economy.

If you are interested in german politics, we are fighting our criminal mastermind-politicians quite effectively. The Bundespräsident (obviously not the Bundeskanzlerin) resigned in 2012 for some minor favors he had (like not having to pay for a hotel he was staying in while he was president). There was a giant out leash from the public and he quickly had to go (http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/17/german-president-christian-wulff-resigns-amid-scandal/).

But even more interesting, just yesterday there was a ruling by the highest german court, if the new terror-file used by our intelligence agency and the police was constitutional. It wasn't, so the judges had to change it. And the decision wasn't driven by the need to stop terror, but by german history. You see the problem is, our police and our intelligence agency are separated for historical reasons. When Hitler was just made chancellor of germany he used the Gestapo as an agency that was police and intelligence in one, to get rid of his political enemies.

I know that was very long, I just wanted to make my point using my own country as the best (or worst, depends on the view ) example there is for the world. Cause the world could still learn a thing or two from us, since we learned a thing or two from our last dictatorship and how to avoid it happening again (at least I really hope so).

Uh and since I love quotes, just recently I read this one "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin.

I really don't get the USA. You have the highest number of gun related deaths in the world, can't change that because of your 2nd amendment rights. You barely passed legislature for mandatory healthcare, while having the worst healthcare system of all industrialized nations. This apparently is what Americans understand as freedom.
But let there be only one threat from outside and people willingly throw their rights down the drain.