Posted on 10/15/2013 4:40:47 AM PDT by moneyrunner
Edited on 10/15/2013 6:13:59 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
AFP - France's mainstream political parties were Monday scratching their heads over what to do about a surge by the Front National (FN) after a breakthrough by-election win for the far-right party.
The ruling Socialist party and the centre-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), the party of former president Nicolas Sarkozy, face humiliating reverses in municipal and European elections next year if the FN can sustain its current standing in the eyes of an electorate thoroughly fed-up with record unemployment, rising taxes and a perceived increase in crime and insecurity.
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The old Protestant-Work Ethic held fast for 200 years. I think it is slowly being subverted by the entitlement mentality. Less hard work, more cut corners and I deserve X.
We are on a slippery slope.
Good point. Instead of letting them get away with it, force them to define...
This author revealed a lot of the internal workings of the Red Army and has theories about how Stalin wanted to launch a massive war to enable him to enlarge the empire, conquering Europe (which he did anyway).
If what this author states is true (and I think much of it is) it will change your thinking about WWII. He has other books as well. He is an outcast in Russia for holding his views.
I think the slope got more slippery when a Muslim became president.
Why do the Bloods fight the Crips?
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