Articles by Dietrich Fischer
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Different Customs
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 May 2015
A Chinese man put a bowl of rice on his deceased wife’s grave every day.
→ read full articleToo Proud?
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 May 2015
Most American politicians talk as if they had been born in a log cabin…
→ read full articleOn the Historic Role of the Peace Movement
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Apr 2015
One can distinguish between four forms of power: military, economic, cultural and political. Military power says, “If you don’t do what I want, I will hurt you.” Economic power says, “If you do what I want, I will reward you.” Cultural power says, “If you do what I want, I will praise you, and if you don’t do what I want, I will criticize you.” Political power manipulates the other three forms of power to achieve goals.
→ read full articleSolution
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Apr 2015
One reverend complained to the other, “I have no people coming to listen to my sermon.”
→ read full articleThe Black Hole
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Apr 2015
When Johan Galtung, widely recognized as the founder of the academic discipline of peace research, founded the first International Peace Research Institute in Oslo in 1959, he and his colleagues sent copies of their working papers regularly to about 400 social science institutes around the world, including the Institute for World Economy and International Relations in Moscow.
→ read full articleBlessed Ambiguity
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Apr 2015
King Louis XI of France was superstitious. One time, his astrologer predicted nice weather.
→ read full articleSecurity versus Peace Discourse (after Johan Galtung)
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Apr 2015
The prevailing discourse used by governments today is the security discourse, which briefly is the following: “We have a problem, our enemies. Through military superiority we can deter or prevent their evil designs and achieve security–and through this peace.”
→ read full articleFlying Lessons
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Apr 2015
A flock of birds that could not fly met in a nice hotel on top of a cliff overlooking the sea for a training workshop on flying.
→ read full articleReplacement
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Apr 2015
An attorney telephoned the governor just after midnight, insisting that he talk to him regarding a matter of utmost urgency.
→ read full articlePeace Journalism
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Apr 2015
The time has come for “peace journalists” to write not only about war, but also about its causes, prevention, and ways to restore peace. They need not invent solutions to conflicts themselves–in the same way as health journalists need not invent cures for diseases themselves; they ask specialists.
→ read full articleHow Haiti Abolished Its Military
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Mar 2015
A soft spoken, retired Quaker couple from Troy, New York, took a crucial step that led to the complete abolition of Haiti’s army, which in 1991 had violently overthrown the democratically elected government of President Aristide and arbitrarily arrested, tortured and murdered many Haitian citizens.
→ read full articleEaster Dress
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Mar 2015
Towards the end of the Sunday morning service, a pastor invited all the children to come forward for a children’s prayer.
→ read full articleInsurance
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Mar 2015
Three retirees were sitting on a bench in Miami.
→ read full articleDetail
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Mar 2015
The difference between philosophy and theology…
→ read full articleA Binational Zone
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Mar 2015
We need a UN Agency for Mediation, with several thousand professionals, who can detect emerging conflicts and help transform them peacefully before they lead to war. That would be an excellent and inexpensive investment for a more peaceful world.
→ read full articleSheherazade
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Mar 2015
A cruel prince in 8th century Baghdad returned early from hunting and surprised his wife in the company of another man. He ordered both of them executed.
→ read full articleNonviolent Communication
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Mar 2015
Psychologist Marshall Rosenberg (born 1934) was invited to speak at a meeting of a group of young Palestinians in a refugee camp on the West Bank. The Israeli police had recently entered the camp to quell protests. The ground was strewn with tear gas shells labeled “Made in USA”.
→ read full articleSaint Francis and the Wolf
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Feb 2015
We must understand the causes of violence, in our own interest, to prevent it in the future. In no way does this justify violence, or blame the victims.
→ read full articleRetraction
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Feb 2015
A member of the United States Senate, known for his hot temper and acid tongue, exploded one day in midsession and began to shout, “Half of this Senate is made up of cowards and corrupt politicians!”
→ read full articleGood News!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Feb 2015
During Cheney-Bush’s reign of terror in Iraq many many people were taken to Abu Ghraib and to rendition flights never to be seen again.
→ read full articleAn Irish Ghost Story
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Feb 2015
This story happened a while ago in Dublin, and even though it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, it’s true.
→ read full articleNot Again!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2015
A wife and husband lived in a third floor apartment. One day, the husband died.
→ read full articleExactly!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Jan 2015
A reporter asked an American,
→ read full articleFaith
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jan 2015
A mountain climber slipped down a slope and barely got hold of a small branch at the edge of an abyss.
→ read full articleBefore & After the Fact
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Before marriage…
→ read full articleMonks & Politicians
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jan 2015
A politician was campaigning for reelection and visited all kinds of people, trying to be folksy.
→ read full articleThe Jump
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Dec 2014
George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were watching TV in the evening.
→ read full articleSurprised?
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Nov 2014
A little boy got lost at the gym and found himself in the women’s locker room.
→ read full articleRight!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Nov 2014
A beggar walked up to a well‑dressed heavy woman shopping on Fifth Avenue in New York and said,
→ read full articleRelativity
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Nov 2014
Albert Einstein asked the conductor,
→ read full articleNew Arrivals
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Nov 2014
A pope arrived at the gate of heaven.
→ read full articleCompetition
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Oct 2014
On the last day of school before summer, when all children were itching to go home and play, a teacher promised that those children who could answer her questions correctly could leave earlier.
→ read full articleBriefing
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Oct 2014
Donald Rumsfeld is giving President Bush his daily briefing.
→ read full articleThe Genie
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Oct 2014
A New Zealander, a South African and an Australian were the only survivors of a shipwreck on a small South Sea island, surviving on coconuts.
→ read full articleWrong Comparison
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Sep 2014
A mechanic was removing a cylinder head from the motor of a Harley Davidson, when he spotted a world‑famous heart surgeon in his shop.
→ read full articleJesus!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Sep 2014
A burglar broke through a window and entered a pitch-dark room.
→ read full articleExpensive?
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Sep 2014
A foreign tourist’s car got stuck in a small Russian village.
→ read full articleExamining
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Sep 2014
Two students went drinking late into the night before an exam.
→ read full articleAmerican History
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Sep 2014
It was the first day of school and a new student named Yuki entered the fourth grade.
→ read full articlePlaying Bridge
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Aug 2014
Four women were playing bridge together every Friday afternoon for twenty years.
→ read full articleName Calling on the Road
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Aug 2014
A man was driving a car along a winding mountain road.
→ read full articleMay I Come In?
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Servie,
11 Aug 2014
After a long illness, a woman died and arrived at the Gates of Heaven.
→ read full articleIQ
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Aug 2014
A team of psychologists has developed a new measure of intelligence, a metric measure. The basic unit is the tary.
→ read full articleLawyers
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jul 2014
A woman called a lawyer in despair and explained, “I have never called a lawyer in my life.
→ read full articleThe Truth!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jul 2014
A 10 year old boy asked his recently divorced mother, “How old are you?” The mother told him, “This is not a question you should ask, never ask it again.”
→ read full articleDepends
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Jul 2014
A Chinese businessman arrived on his first flight to the United States.
→ read full articleHonesty about Lies
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jun 2014
A reporter asked the mother of Jimmy Carter whether he ever lied. She said, “Maybe once in a while a white lie.”
→ read full articleSuccessful Elections
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jun 2014
President Carter was worried about his prospects for reelection.
→ read full articleGood Care
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jun 2014
Vice President Dick Cheney underwent surgery. When he woke up from his anesthesia, all shades were closed.
→ read full articleSuccess Story
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 May 2014
A retired mathematics teacher met the worst student he had ever had during his 40 years of teaching.
→ read full articleDoing Math
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
A little boy was doing his math homework. He said to himself, “Two plus five, that son of a bitch is seven.
→ read full articleSchool Compositions
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 May 2014
Children at school must write a composition about the topic, “When visitors come.”
→ read full articleModeling
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Apr 2014
On a cold winter day, a model arrived at the painter’s apartment blue, almost freezing.
→ read full articleNegotiators [not really a joke]
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Apr 2014
Albert Einstein compared the disarmament negotiations sponsored by the UN with…
→ read full articleOuch!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Apr 2014
Napoleon came to inspect his troops, and every soldier had to appear before him. They were a little nervous and intimidated.
→ read full articleSecret Weapon
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
One day Satan challenged Heaven to a baseball game. Peter took a quick look at the rosters and accepted.
→ read full articleLawyer Good Samaritan
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Mar 2014
One afternoon a wealthy lawyer was riding in his limousine through the country-side when he saw a man along the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop and got out of his car.
→ read full articleWelcome to Sweden
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Mar 2014
Condoleezza Rice was going to come to Sweden for a state visit. The Swedish foreign minister, who had to go and greet her on arrival at the airport, did not speak English.
→ read full articleSafe!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Mar 2014
The head of a Mexican drug cartel recently took three suitcases full of money to a Swiss bank and demanded to see the bank president. He asked him,
→ read full articlePoverty
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Mar 2014
Recently a zoo offered jobs to unemployed workers to disguise themselves as animals and play in the cages.
→ read full articleImelda Marcos Stamp
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Mar 2014
For Imelda’s 50th birthday, President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines ordered as a surprise for her that a postage stamp with her picture be issued.
→ read full articleTalking Roles
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Feb 2014
Daughter: “Mother, what is an ‘extra’ in the theater?” Mother explains,
→ read full articleComputers
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Feb 2014
A French teacher in the USA explained to her class that in French every noun is either masculine or feminine. A student asked, “How about a computer?”
→ read full articleBe Careful What You Wish…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Feb 2014
A husband and wife, both sixty years old, were walking through a forest.
→ read full articleRelax!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jan 2014
On a flight from New York to Sydney, the pilot announced that they had engine trouble and would have to make an emergency landing at sea near a small uninhabited South Pacific island.
→ read full articleSettled!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Dec 2013
A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3.
→ read full articleNot Too Bad
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Dec 2013
An elderly man went to the doctor for his annual checkup.
→ read full articleLaziness
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2013
A foreman at a construction site told a new worker, “Your two colleagues carry two buckets of cement at a time…
→ read full articleGotcha!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
One evening, a husband brings his wife a glass of water and an aspirin.
→ read full articleThe Truth
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2013
Young Son: “Is it true, Dad, I heard that in some parts of India and Middle East…”
→ read full articlePrecision
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Nov 2013
Three boys went into a drug store.
→ read full articleIf…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Nov 2013
Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun and Napoleon met in hell.
→ read full articleGood Time in the Movies
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2013
A young man told his girlfriend, “Tonight we will have a good time, I bought three movie tickets.”
→ read full articleSmart Help
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2013
During a heavy rainstorm, you come with your car to a bus stop where three people are waiting:
→ read full articleSkills
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
The radio announcer Daniel Shorr was considering working in television early in his career and asked someone what it would take to be successful there.
→ read full articleRight!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2013
Someone was looking at a farm with the whole family working the field and said,
→ read full articleDentist Economics
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2013
Betty goes to a dentist and asks him how much it will cost to extract a wisdom tooth. “Eighty Euros,” the dentist says.
→ read full articleFairness
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Sep 2013
Two colleagues went to a restaurant and ordered fish. The waiter brought a plate with a bigger and a smaller fish.
→ read full articleThe Real Costs of Nuclear Energy
Prof. Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Apr 2012
The only reason that nuclear energy now looks relatively cheap compared to other energy sources is that it receives huge subsidies from governments (that is from the people, without being asked). The operators of nuclear power plants are not held liable for accidents.
→ read full articleFrom the East, Long Ago…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2012
Shortly after the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956, Hungary’s interior minister called the prime minister, telling him that his office had been burglarized.
→ read full articleSee you soon…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Dec 2011
A couple from New York agreed to take a week vacation together in Florida.
→ read full articleRole Model
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Dec 2011
With a couple celebrating their 50th anniversary at the church’s marriage marathon, the minister asked Brother Ralph to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he managed to live with the same woman all these years.
→ read full articleClassless Society
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Dec 2011
President Nehru from India was on a state visit in Moscow.
→ read full articleGetting Even
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Dec 2011
A very loud, unattractive, mean woman walked into a market with her two kids, yelling obscenities at them all the way through the entrance.
→ read full articleBeg Your Pardon
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Nov 2011
Saddam Hussein came to hell. The devil received him and said…
→ read full articleReturning the Favor
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2011
A man asked his neighbor, “May I read your newspaper when you are done with it?”
→ read full articleStingy…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Nov 2011
Why did Adam and Eve have a perfect marriage?
→ read full articleTwo More
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2011
An Indian went with his wife on a trip to Jerusalem.
→ read full articleTaking Offense
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Oct 2011
A man had been through a difficult divorce and been taken to the cleaners.
→ read full articleDetail
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2011
Two girlfriends were married for ten years and still childless.
→ read full articleSome Church
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Oct 2011
At an Irish bar, there was a contest for the best toast.
→ read full articleSmall Price
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Oct 2011
A pole goes to a bank with 100 zlotys and asks, “What is the safest thing to do with my money?” “Deposit it in a bank,” the teller says.
→ read full articleSocialism, Communism…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Sep 2011
At a political meeting the chairman asks the audience, “Who is Gomulka?” There is silence.
→ read full articleLast Wishes
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Sep 2011
A dying man asked his wife, “Are you going to marry again?” “If you wish, I will,” she said.
→ read full articleAgainst Our Principles
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Sep 2011
A Rabbi, a Hindu and a lawyer are riding down the road when their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere.
→ read full articleOops…!
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Sep 2011
A Catholic priest was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish.
→ read full articleStrategy Lesson at the Soviet War College
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Aug 2011
A general is a guest lecturer and tells the class of officers that the session will focus on potential problems and the resulting strategies. One of the officers in the class begins by asking the first question:
→ read full articleBack in 1967… In Eastern Europe
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Aug 2011
Czechoslovakia announced that it was going to create a ministry of the Navy.
→ read full articleThe Dangers of Nuclear Energy
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Mar 2011
Because insurance companies have refused to cover the risks of nuclear accidents, the Price Anderson Act of 1957 commits the US federal government to cover such risks. Other countries have similar legislation. This represents an enormous subsidy by the taxpayers to the nuclear industry… Solar energy is currently more expensive than electricity from nuclear plants. But this is only because of the huge indirect subsidy for nuclear power, and also due to the shortage of research into alternative sources of energy… If insurance companies, the experts in estimating risks, refuse to risk their money, why should people be forced to risk their lives?
→ read full articleQuickies
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Mar 2011
George W. Bush came late to a cabinet meeting.
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