They've come a long way since Hitler

Apparently, Germany's got a woman Chancellor. So let me just say-
THAT IS SO FUCKING SWEET!
I haven't read a word of anything about it, I just heard it from a friend. Maybe I'll get off my lazy ass and go read the newspaper, but I honestly don't see that happening. My chair is ergonomic :)
Being both German and Jewish (and French, what an anomaly- I'm a bitch who hates myself.) I have to say I'm quite proud of the home country. A woman. The only other country I can think of with a woman in the hot seat is the Phillipines, and she's in a heap of trouble right now.
So I guess my question is how could Germany elect a woman before us? I mean, they're all dark, goth, and Godless, and here we are all light and sunshine and God-happy. Shouldn't we be the ones to give up our reservations and do something meaningful?
Germans are pretty gung-ho about Government, though. When I lived in Minneapolis, I became friends with a German named Christian. He used to work for the German Government before he came here to go to school and get married. He said that in Germany, if you lost your job, you would never lose your house, your insurance, your means of living. The Gov. would help a brother out, while helping you find a new job. The problem, of course was the Gov never had any money, because all of it was spent on people. He also said the Gov was lightyears behind, although I don't know quite what he meant. But you know those Germans. They could engineer a steam train into a personal manicurist, so I have no worries about the Government.
So go Germany you GroBer Zuhalter. You're making us German/Jewish/French/American girls proud.