Posted on 11/23/2008 8:53:46 PM PST by wgflyer
Today, the NYT has a big piece about how traditional cafes all over France are going by the wayside -- all, according to the NYT, because of "changing attitudes, habits and now a poor economic climate."
France's poor economic climate is singled out by the NYT for the quickening demise of France's cafes, with the paper quoting one red-eyed cafe owner as saying: “People fear the future, and now with the banking crisis, they are even more afraid. They buy a bottle at the supermarket and they drink it at home.”
Yet who do you suppose is doing well all over France? Well, none other than...McDonald's!
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
They need a bailout!
It’s because of the smoking ban!
Whine, whine, whine, whine, whine....no pun intended.
It’s hammered the hospitality business here and caused a major revenue crisis. (No one in the media wants to talk about it though: “Move along, folks, nothing to see here”.
You have to register to read the NYT article. Didn’t they try that around 2 years ago and give it up?
Seems they haven’t learned ANYTHING from that experience.
I don't want to sit outside with the flies, gnats and burning sun...
Use a throwaway Email address and a bogus name.
“I don’t want to sit outside with the flies, gnats and burning sun...”
The bugs are a great source of supplemental protein. Those big Cinzano umbrellas mitigate the sun. Just think of what you’re missing!
“You have to register to read the NYT article.”
Yeah, I know. I won’t register with those morons, either.
The muslim population and their problems there is a tremendously under reported issue. They are typical problems of liberalism, or socialism, though, and so are never reported upon unless they blow up. That will likely not be far off on the horizon. Our own slum/crime problems practically go away when libs are running the show. Makes socialism look bad.
What also works in France is nuclear power...80% of the electricity in France is from nukes. Despite the demise of French cafes, the French will four years hence not be waiting in the dark for the wind to blow, the sun to heat up the solar collectors or the government’s daily ration of electric power.
“What also works in France is nuclear power.”
Very good point. It’s the one thing France got right, and without it France probably would have collapsed years ago. Of course, our home grown leftists, who adore everything french, still refuse to allow nuke power here because it would help make America stronger and even more independent.....
...can’t have that, now, can we!?
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