Posted on 03/28/2006 7:54:52 AM PST by quantim
Exactly.
Anybody got the numbers handy for the French economy? This looks like a sign of growing desperation on the part of the French government to address certain crippling elements of their economy.
Someone should point out for them that "slavery" is when you're not allowed to quit.
The irony is so thick, you could spread it on a croissant.
I don't know if Louis XIV's tomb was one of the ones demolished in the Terror; if not, they should dig him up & jumpstart him to get that country running again. Not even DeGaulle could save them now.
I hope there is a great welfare system in France. What the hell do the students think they are going to do if no one can be fired? If workers can't be fired there are no openings for the students coming out of school unless they start their own business. Then they will find that they can't fire anyone. How delicious!
Personally I admire the French for their healthy independent spirit. Can you imagine millions of people protesting U.S. immigration policy? Just think about it. Over 65% of Americans believe Congress is selling citizens down the river. People are angry. The government is not enforcing the law. In America, we always talk about the silent majority. What if we actually began speaking out?
I'm watching it on FNC - the police are using tear gas on them now.
Riot policemen clash with demonstrators, in Rennes, western France, as part of a day of strikes and protest against the government's contested First Employment Contract (CPE). More than a million people joined a rolling wave of strikes and protests across France in the biggest show of force yet against the government's new youth jobs law, as scuffles broke out on the fringes of a Paris rally.(AFP/Fred Dufour)
Youths attempt to wrestle a video camera from a journalist (C) during a nationwide protest by students and unions, demanding the government to scrap a contentious youth jobs law, during a demonstration in Paris March 28, 2006. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)
Hooded youths from the poor suburbs of Paris taunt riot police during a nationwide protest demanding the government to scrap a youth jobs law during a demonstration in Place de la Republique in Paris March 28, 2006. Students and unions in France stepped up protests against the First Employment Contract (CPE) law, an open-ended contract for under 26-year-olds that can be terminated within the first two years without justification. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
A French student is attacked by a gang of hooded youths from poor suburbs during a nationwide protest demanding the government to scrap a youth jobs law during a demonstration in Place de la Republique in Paris March 28, 2006. Students and unions in France stepped up protests against the First Employment Contract (CPE) law, an open-ended contract for under 26-year-olds that can be terminated within the first two years without justification. REUTERS/Thierry Roge
...we just need to convince these people that al Quada is anti union and we'd have some really good allies in the War on Terror...
French students are attacked by a gang of hooded youths from poor suburbs during a nationwide protest demanding the government to scrap a youth jobs law during a demonstration in Rennes, western France, March 28, 2006.
Hooded youths from the poor suburbs of Paris throw projectiles at riot police during a nationwide protest demanding the government to scrap a youth jobs law during a demonstration in Place de la Republique in Paris March 28, 2006.
Projectiles = rocks, bottles, and "oars" per on-site reporter on Fox News...
A youth avoids teargas after a students' demonstration against the first job contract, or CPE in Rennes, western France, Tuesday March 28, 2006. Tens of thousands of protesters poured onto France's streets and striking workers hobbled transport services increasing pressure on the embattled prime minister to withdraw a contested new jobs contract for youths. (AP Photo/Vincent Michel)
A French student is attacked by a gang of hooded youths from poor suburbs during a nationwide protest demanding the government to scrap a youth jobs law during a demonstration in Place de la Republique in Paris March 28, 2006
A unionist holds a red flare and shouts slogans against the First Labour Contract (CPE) during a protest in Lille, France, March 28, 2006.
Policemen in plainclothes arrest a youth, during clashes following a students' demonstration against the first job contract, or CPE, in Rennes, western France, Tuesday March 28, 2006
A youth with blood on his face sits behind French riot police after being apprehended during clashes at the end of a student and union protest against youth job law First Job Contract (CPE) in Paris March 28, 2006.
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