The Economist: ‘German-Americans: The Silent Minority’

Source:Ask Ideas– “Proud To Be German American. Happy German-American Day.”

Source:The New Democrat  

“ON A snow-covered bluff overlooking the Sheboygan river stands the Waelderhaus, a faithful reproduction of an Austrian chalet. It was built by the Kohler family of Wisconsin in the 1920s as a tribute to the homeland of their father, John Michael Kohler, who had immigrated to America in 1854 at the age of ten.”

From The Economist

“WGTE Preview: See how German immigrants helped bring this region to life. Beginning in the 1830s and continuing into the 20th century, thousands of Germans immigrated to northwest and west central Ohio, clearing the land and draining the swamp for farming, establishing businesses, and building churches that formed the hearts of their neighborhoods.”

Source:WGTE– German-Americans in Ohio.

From WGTE

I think I completely agree with this article from The Economist that I just read. Which is saying something because I don’t agree with them on everything. I tend to like their information and analysis, but tend to disagree with their solutions. They are a center-right publication after all. But as a German-American myself, as the name Erik Schneider would indicate, an asteroid sized clue there, we do tend to go unnoticed as an ethnic group in America. And I’m not sure if that is because we’ve been in America so long. The eighteen-hundreds for a lot of us, or because we’ve accomplished so much as a people who is goes unnoticed.

The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner, the highest ranking full-time member of Congress and that includes the Senate Pro Tempore and the Vice President of the United States, is a German-American and a proud one. And a distinct one, I mean you might as well paint the German flag on his face, he looks so German. And yet you wouldn’t know it unless you are familiar with the German people and German names and physical characteristics and so-forth. We’ve created so much for this country as far as technology, food, culture, public servants, Dwight Eisenhower for example. And yet we tend to go unnoticed as a people and perhaps get taken for granted.

When Nancy Pelosi became the first Speaker of the House in America back in 2007, she was mentioned as being the first female Speaker and Italian-American Speaker. But when John Boehner becomes Speaker four years later, nothing is mentioned about him being a German-American who also happens to be the Speaker. Same thing with Newt Gingrich back in 1995. Newt was mentioned as being the first Republican Speaker elected since 1953, but not for being a German-American. And again I think this goes to the success of our people that we are expected to do well and accomplish big things. And Americans just aren’t surprised when we do.

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Leathered Life- Laura- in Miss Sixty Leather Jeans

Source:Leathered Life– Laura for Leathered Life.

Source:The New Democrat

“Many Girls in Leather Pants – new clips this week!!!”

From Leathered Life

There are two models over at Leathered Life that I love, let me amend that. Two models over at Leathered Life that I physically love. It would be tough to love someone you don’t personally know, despite all the people who have tried to do so. I don’t know Laura or Lena personally, but I love them physically because they are both yes very cute and pretty if not beautiful. But they both have great bodies and both wear and look great in leather jeans and wear them on a regular basis.

Source:Leathered Life– Laura for Leathered Life

Checking out Laura in her Miss Sixty leather jeans, is like checking out Rachael Ray in her skin-tight denim jeans. And watching her move around in her kitchen in those jeans and hoping she turns around to get something out of the cabinet. Or steps back to open a cabinet with the camera man focusing on her mid-section and waste in her jeans. Leather jeans like denim jeans especially tight leather and denim jeans are made for well-built women with curves and meat on their bones. Not rail-thin or obese women which is why the strong women look good in them. Laura, perfect example of that.

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Leathered Life: Sandra B- In Leather Jeans in Boots

Source:Leathered Life– Sandra B for Leathered Life.

Source:The Daily Press

“SandraB Leather Model”

From Leathered Life

Short, but sweet video of Sandra one of the leather models at the website Leathered Life. Which I’m not sure is even still in business or not. I haven’t seen many videos or anything from them lately. But they were pretty hot in early 2009 when I got on YouTube and I checked out a lot of their videos when I got on YouTube. And a few of them are already on this blog and this will be another one. Lena is probably the only model that I really like there.

Sandra seems pretty sweet with a nice body, but Lena has everything including beauty and baby-face adorable looks. And a body that seems to be built for skinny jeans. Both denim and leather jeans with great curves. The woman in the video looks good with the leather jeans and boots and certainly worth checking out. Which is why I’m posting this and her outfit is certainly sexy. But I’ve rather of seen a leather jacket like a biker jacket to go with the jeans and boots. Instead of a long coat.

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Leathered Life: Larissa- in Miss Sixty Leather Jeans

Source:Leathered Life– model Larissa, in Miss Sixty leather jeans.

Source:The New Democrat 

“Larissa – Topmodel in Miss Sixty Leather Pants”

From Leathered Life

Larissa is one of the beautiful brunettes over at Leathered Life who models Miss Sixty leather jeans for them. I don’t like her as much as Laura and Lena, but she’s very sexy in black leather.

Source:Leathered Life– model Larissa, in Miss Sixty leather jeans.

Originally from Leathered Life

Now here’s a woman whose not ashamed of at least one of her assets. I guess you sort of have to approve of your assets to be a fashion model, especially a leather model who wears skin-tight leather jeans on a regular basis, which is what Larissa does for Leathered Life.

Source:Leathered Life– model Larissa, in Miss Sixty leather jeans.

Beautiful sexy woman in a leather jacket, boots and yes Miss Sixty leather jeans. And showing herself off in this outfit. I’m an Agnostic because I obviously don’t know if there is a God or multiple Gods or not, otherwise I wouldn’t be an Agnostic. But if there is a God, thank God for women like this and I hope he just continues to produce women like this. So guys such as myself can continue to check them out and blog about them and get the word out about them.

Videos like this would what the Christian Right and so-called Moral Majority would say are “immoral and should be banned and taken down by government”. Radical feminists would say “these videos are an example of women being abused and forced into pleasing the man and another example of male sexist power”, or something. The rest of us would say whether we like the video or not, here’s a professional model doing her job and the more people who see her, the better she does and the more power to her. That is where I am not only as a man, but as a Liberal who believes in free choice and expression.

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Leathered Life: Sexy Women in Leather Jeans

Source:Leathered Life– Lena for Leathered Life.

Source:The New Democrat

“Many girls in leather pants… New clips today. ” Originally from Leathered Life, but the video has since been deleted or blocked on YouTube.

Love Lena, the beautiful baby-face adorable curvy brunette in this video. To me at least she’s the top model at this website, I guess called Leathered Life.

Sarah, very beautiful and cute, but sort of has an average body and none of the other models in this video got much of my attention.

But Lena is pretty special and a goddess in black leather jeans and looks great in those jeans with boots as well. And I just wish this was more footage of her and that she did other projects.

Leather jeans at least on women, are a lot more popular in Europe than in America. American women love skinny denim jeans and even skin-tight skinny denim jeans. But if they wear leather pants at all, they tend to be like dress slacks or leggings.

Leather jeans outside of biker and hard rock culture, are not that popular in America. Leathered Life and the company Miss Sixty that makes leather and denim jeans are the exception to that. But leather jeans for men and women are pretty popular in Europe.

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Leathered Life: Ricarda- in Tight Leather Jeans in Boots

Source: Leathered Life– Ricarda, in jeans in boots

“Mature biker lady in tight leather pants.” Originally from Leathered Life, but the video has since been deleted or blocked on YouTube.

There are a lot of YouTube videos of sexy women in tight leather and denim jeans. And the person shooting the video tends to call the women, mature to describe them. Even though these women are probably in their late thirties, or perhaps even mid-thirties and perhaps some cases early forties. Obviously not older women and at best in all cases early middle age women.

Which tells me the people and I guessing guys in most cases are really young, like in their early or mid-twenties and look like kids to someone who is about my age or even younger. I think this is just one characteristic of people from the Y Generation. People who are not like them and a bit older, but perhaps not a lot older, seem older than them, because they the 20th Century or something or parts of it.

The woman in this video is a beautiful sexy woman, who looks great in this biker outfit. A leather biker outfit with the leather jeans in boots. And I’m sure she is mature compared with someone who just turned old enough to drink legally in America. But she’s not only by any standard, except for someone who was perhaps just born yesterday.

You can also see this post at The New Democrat, on WordPress.

You can also see this post at FRS FreeState, on WordPress.

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Leathered Life: Tessa- In Miss Sixty Black Leather Jeans

Source:Leathered Life– model Tessa.

Source:The Daily Press 

“All free clips with Milena, Monique, Tessa & Tonya in Miss Sixty Leather Pants, Wetlook Leggings and real leather

Leathered Life – Girls in leather pants, wetlook leggings and shiny leather clothes.”

From Leathered Life

“Tessa in black leather.”

Source:Leathered Life– model Tessa.

From Leathered Life

A short but sweet video I guess. I like the woman, but it would’ve been nice to of gotten a better look at her face. And even more so I liked her outfit. She basically looked like a rocker or biker chick with the leather jacket and leather jeans.

Which is a fairly common look for both rocker and biker chicks, especially biker chicks because leather and leather jeans are so practical with what they do and riding their bikes. Because the leather jeans protect their legs especially from hot bikes. And they look real good on biker chicks on bikes and they are a great way for sexy women to show off their bodies especially their legs and butts.

So this woman wearing a sexy outfit, but this video was just too short for me and would’ve liked to of seen at least a two-minute video of this woman in this outfit.

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Leathered Life: Lara- ‘Powergirl in Black Leather’

Source:Leathered Life– this is a different Leathered Life model.

Source:The Daily Press 

“All free clips with Lara in Miss Sixty Leather Pants, Wetlook Leggings and real leather

Leathered Life – Girls in leather pants, wetlook leggings and shiny leather clothes”

From Leathered Life

“Best of 2010- Leathered Life”

Source:Leather Beauty– Holy smokes, Batman! It’s Leathered Life model Lara. LOL

From Leather Beauty

“Power girl in black leather.”

Source:Leathered Life– model Lara.

From Leathered Life

I wish Leathered Life, was as active now, as it was 4-5 years ago. Because if you love seeing sexy and I mean beautiful well-built women in tight leather jeans and boots as well, Leathered Life was probably the best place find images of women like that. Not that they had a lot of competition, but their models are curvy with tight curves. And you consistently see them in Miss Sixty black leather jeans, with boots and t-shirts. Lena, one of their models there, is a beautiful baby-faced brunette, with big curves and a very tight body. Looks great in those Miss Sixty jeans.

Unlike with denim jeans of course there are not a lot of leather jean brands. Levi’s, makes leather jeans and so does Wrangler and maybe a few others. But Miss Sixty, specializes in leather jeans and they also make denim jeans. They’re great with the skin-tight, or skinny jeans, both leather and denim. And they make them for women and men. What you see with Lara in this video, is a wide-range of Miss Sixty. The leather jeans, leather coat and leather boots. She’s one of their better models at Leathered Life.

Leather jeans, especially for women, are pretty common in Europe and I believe in Latin America as well. But they haven’t caught on very well in America except for the late 1970s and early 1980s and then came back in the late 1990s and early 2000s. They tend to be seen as very Rock and Roll, or biker and unless you come from that culture, women don’t tend to be very comfortable wearing them. Unlike skinny denim jeans, where they wear those jeans everywhere even to work now. To show off their legs and butts. Which is too bad, because if anything leather jeans are a better way for women to show off their bodies.

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Leathered Life: Chrissie in Leather Jeans

Source:Leathered Life– Chrissie in her leather jeans.

Source:The Daily Press  

“The leathered side of life. it offers to you large archives of real life girls in leather pants and pictures of leather models, leather videos and much more… all for free. so take a look and enjoy it! :)”

From Leathered Life

“Chrissie in her Leather Pants”

Source:Leathered Life– Chrissie in her leather jeans.

From Leathered Life

“Leathered Life Oldies – Chrissie in Leather Pants”

Source:Leathered Life– Chrissie in her leather jeans.

From Leathered Life 

Very cute leather model. A little petite for me as a tall man over two-hundred pounds, I prefer taller, athletic women, over little cuties. But she has a great outfit here with the black leather jacket, the leather jeans and black leather boots. Looks like a biker chick, or perhaps a rocker chick.

I just wish this leather combination was more common in America outside of rocker and biker culture than it is. Not many Americans have the confidence to even pull off leather pants, let alone leather jeans, with a leather jacket and boots to go with it. The worry about coming off as too sexy, or perhaps even worst and not having the right body and looking real bad in them. Perhaps they don’t have strong legs and a good butt and the pants look baggy. Or the pants are too small and they don’t fill very well in them.

But inside of rocker and biker culture and the occasional sexy celebrity, who does have a lot of confidence in their appearance, you’ll see women and men, go out in public in skin-tight leather jeans, that they fit perfectly in and look great in them. Alisha Keys comes to mind and several others.

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Leathered Life: Sandra B- in Leather Jeans

Source:Leathered Life– model Sandra B.

Source:The Daily Press 

“SandraB wearing her tight leather pants, leather gloves and long leather coat. visit us!”

From Leathered Life

“Blond girl in tight leather pants.” Originally from Leathered Life, but that video has seen been deleted or blocked on YouTube.

Source:Leathered Life– model Sandra B.

Who says blonde women don’t have curves? Sure! I’ve seen blonde women who look like rail-thin valley girls and many times are rail-thin valley girls. Moderate height to tall, but with no body and perhaps consider eating meat as animal cruelty and freak out about picking up an ounce of fat and even layoff potato chips.

But there are very sexy Nordic and Northern Slavic blonde women, American and otherwise who are tall, but are filled out. Because they eat right and workout and take care of themselves. Especially in the upper Midwest where curvy women of all ethnic backgrounds, are very common. Just because of the climate, culture lifestyle and to a certain extent ethnicity. Where you have a lot of German and Slavic women in those communities who tend to be curvy. Again because of the food and culture they grew up on. Take Illinois and Wisconsin, to use as examples.

Western Pennsylvania, would be another hot spot for curvy women and even curvy blonde women. And that is what you see in this video. A blonde woman with a tight well-built body, looking great in skin-tight leather jeans. Who fills out those pants perfectly.

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