Posted on 05/21/2007 3:29:45 AM PDT by Clive
As new French President Nicolas Sarkozy took office, Islamic terrorists reportedly threatened a "fierce battle at the heart of Sarkozy's capital." Finally, a sign that France is on the right track.
Sarkozy says he won't tolerate Muslims "killing sheep in their bathtubs" and having a bunch of wives -- a ballsy position when your country hosts Europe's largest Muslim population.
For all the criticism leveled at France, 53% of the country had enough sense to vote for this guy. Being part French, that makes me damn proud.
Still, when I was a panelist on an American TV show this week, it became another anti-French gang bang.
Yes, I'm aware that they lasted less time against the Germans than Rosie O'Donnell does between breakfast and lunch, but the Second World War was 50 years ago.
France finally has the leader that it desperately needs -- and this conservative revolutionary deserves our support.
Sarkozy made Socialist Bernard Kouchner the new foreign minister. Smart move, since he was one of about three people in the whole country in favour of ousting arms-for-oil buddy, Saddam Hussein, by military force--and therefore one of the few qualified for the job.
As Canada's socialist Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau proved during Quebec's FLQ crisis, when a select few of these comrades decide to go gung-ho on terrorists, they can really do damage. Almost as much as they're capable of doing to the treasury. Hide the credit cards and Kouchner will be fine.
The knee-jerk attacks on France remind me of what I still hear about Canada.
USELESS CANADA
As a Canadian-born TV personality working in America, I'm often told on-air how "useless" Canada is. Canada now has a pro-American Conservative government, and soldiers fighting and dying in Afghanistan. Why would you chew out your friends when they bring dessert to your dinner party?
To help with your new talking points, here are a few good things about France:
- President Sarkozy d'Hotness is tougher on legal immigrants than Bush is on illegal ones. He realizes what a bang-up job those former French colonies in Africa did of running things when Mother France gave them the keys to the Citroen and took off. Now they want to move back in with mom, and bring their five wives with them. Fortunately, that's not how Sarko rolls. And before anyone calls him anti-immigrant or racist, remember that this son of immigrants also won an anti-racism award. Why would anyone object to him "pressure washing" their neighbourhood of "rabble" -- or doing any other chores typically modeled shirtless in a firefighter's calendar?
- President Sarkosexxxy is a man so charismatic and eloquent that he makes oral expert Bill Clinton look like Dennis Kucinich. Sarko won the election while campaigning for tougher drinking and driving laws. Cracking down on drinking -- in FRANCE.
TAX-FREE OVERTIME
- Sarko le Beau wants tax-free overtime. Even Ronald Reagan didn't come up with that one.
- France's Les Guignols De L'Info is one of the funniest shows on television, anywhere in the world. Comedy Central's Jon Stewart isn't even fit to carry the "jacques" straps of the French puppets on this show.
- You won't hear discussions about sex toys and boobs on French television. I'm pretty sure they know that these things exist, but they just don't have a pathological compulsion to talk about them. Although if Sarko did, I likely wouldn't object.
How about giving him a break and putting the anti-French whine on ice?
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Right man at the right time! I will no longer bash the French, I will now bash the Spanish!
I would never call Canadians useless. They have been with us on the forefront of fighting fascism all the way. As for the French, I will give them a chance now to do the right thing. I am hopeful.
Looks like the French people saw what is happening to their beautiful capital, as it is invaded by those who have absolutely no appreciation for France’s long history, culture, language and civilization. The French people saw the riots by “youths” in the suburbs and realized that socialist policies do nothing but encourage the violence.
They elected someone who lays the law down and will enforce it. American government officials need to do the same thing.
This op-ed jumps all over the place... or at least back and forth between Canada and France. But at least we know more about the writer and her background and THAT’s what’s really important. ;-)
call Canadians useless?
Where did the Canadians enter into this?
Because this is not good enough. “Why would you chew out your friends when they bring dessert to your dinner party? “ Do what is right, and don’t expect a lot of thanks.
About half way through the story. 8^)
Similar attitudes respecitng both countries are seen daily in Free Republic threads.
Her point is that when a nation's government changes from a liberal one to a conservative one that nation should be cut some slack until we see how it performs as am ally.
For example, I would like to see if France will now remove some caveats to their Afghanistan deployments that keep them from reinforcing Canadian and British troops fighting in the hot theatres in Kandahar and Helmand provinces but I will hold off on the bitching for a while.
Until, hopefully, Jose Aznar is reelected in Spain. Then the French and the Spanish, who will have regained there senses (and their cahones) can bash us Americans, who will have lost them.
Just being sarcastic. Monday shot at humor.
Sorry, my short attention span kicked in and I went for the humor too early.
No problem, eh?
As other posters have mentioned this is an incredibly poorly written article. Having said that, the premise that France is deserving of our support as Sarko attempts to undo 40+ years of socialists mistakes is laudable enough.
So...Canada’s got a conservative, now France has got a conservative, and we’re gonna look like liberal kooks. Perfect.
To wit:
but the Second World War was 50 years ago.
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Sarko in France, Harper in Canada, Merkel in Germany, Kacznyski in Poland...most idiots who read the MSM don’t realize the shift in world politics. Enough people in Canada and France realized that socialism had failed them and changed the direction of their countries. I say that is very good news for the U.S. The next shift will probably be when the people of the West realize that the Muslim countries are imploding and nothing can be done to stop it.
I’m glad I read through the posts.......that was my first reaction as well.
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