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Live Thread: Hundreds of thousands protest in France
reuters/uk ^ | Mar 28, 2006 | Timothy Heritage

Posted on 03/28/2006 7:54:52 AM PST by quantim

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French riot police remove a child's bicycle after it was thrown at them during a nationwide protest demanding the government scrap a youth jobs law during a demonstration in Place de la Republique in Paris March 28, 2006.

41 posted on 03/28/2006 9:20:05 AM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: cgk

Thanks for all the pics, there are a lot now starting to show up.

I keep flipping to CNN and the others - they don't seem to be covering the story unless I just keep hitting the commercials.


42 posted on 03/28/2006 9:23:29 AM PST by quantim (A gullible public is the best friend of a weak politician.)
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To: mikey565

"I now they are a welfare state, but how do they have the money to afford it. Anybody know anything about the French economy."

Yes, it is socialism that will collapse upon itself in the next 5-10 years. Eventually, companies that are private will either leave or the government will take them over. At that point you can stick a fork in the French.


43 posted on 03/28/2006 9:25:09 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (To Serve Man......It's a cookbook!)
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To: quantim

You're welcome. .. I didn't see a Live Thread, per se, so I put them here.

The coverage on fox news has been excellent.


44 posted on 03/28/2006 9:25:41 AM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: Always Right
Good morning.
"There is a reason no one wants to hire employees in France,"

Not just in France. Our Belgian friend brought her family here ten years ago because of the lunacy of the government's position on employment rights. Of course the take over off Belgium by the Muslims played a big part in her decision.

She and her kids are here legally, by the way, but she has battled the INS non stop a long as I've known her. I told her to change her last name to something Hispanic sounding.

Michael Frazier
45 posted on 03/28/2006 9:27:46 AM PST by brazzaville (no surrender no retreat, well, maybe retreat's ok)
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To: cgk; Admin Moderator
I didn't see a Live Thread, per se, so I put them here.

Can you add 'Live Thread' to the title?

46 posted on 03/28/2006 9:30:42 AM PST by quantim (A gullible public is the best friend of a weak politician.)
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To: SmoothTalker

Well then Gregoire here's your opportunity to start yuor own business and emancipate yourself.


47 posted on 03/28/2006 9:30:54 AM PST by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: quantim

French riot police apprehend a youth during clashes at the end of a student and union protest against youth job law First Job Contract (CPE) in Paris March 28, 2006.


Riot police officers, arrest a protester after a march against the first job contract law, known as CPE, Tuesday, March 28, 2006 in Paris.


French plainclothes police apprehend a youth during clashes at the end of a student and union protest against youth job law First Job Contract (CPE) in Paris March 28, 2006.

48 posted on 03/28/2006 9:31:33 AM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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Hooded youths from the poor suburbs of Paris throw projectiles at riot police during a nationwide protest demanding the government to scrap a contentious youth jobs law during a demonstration in Place de la Republique in Paris March 28, 2006.

49 posted on 03/28/2006 9:32:19 AM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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French riot police apprehend a youth during clashes at the end of a student and union protest against youth job law First Job Contract (CPE) in Paris March 28, 2006.

50 posted on 03/28/2006 9:34:17 AM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: quantim; Admin Moderator

THANK you! :)


51 posted on 03/28/2006 9:35:07 AM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: quantim

I thought they'd be out of cars by now...


52 posted on 03/28/2006 9:35:34 AM PST by appalachian_dweller (Get Prepared. Stay Prepared. See my FR Homepage for a list of actions and supplies.)
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To: quantim

Call me crazy .. but I'm thinking rioting, destroying property and burning cars isn't gonna help their cause

I'm thinking it's gonna have the opposite effect


53 posted on 03/28/2006 9:35:51 AM PST by Mo1 ("Stupidity is also a gift from God, but it should not be abused." Pope John Paul II)
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To: Ramius
Is it just me, or is anyone else just amazed at the farcical turn that has taken some world news?

Riots about cartoons... riots by lazy kids...


In a country where the unemployed went on strike, this kind of stuff should be expected.
54 posted on 03/28/2006 9:36:00 AM PST by Bloodclot
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

The way I'm reading that book title (and my French is limited) it says: "Seeming Good: The art & necessity of doing the least possible at work." How close am I?


55 posted on 03/28/2006 9:37:10 AM PST by nina0113
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To: appalachian_dweller
I thought they'd be out of cars by now...

They're on to motorcycles:

Demonstrators gather around a burning motorcycle during a nationwide protest demanding the government scrap a youth jobs law during a demonstration in Rennes, western France, March 28, 2006.

56 posted on 03/28/2006 9:37:31 AM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: Mo1
I'm thinking it's gonna have the opposite effect

That's because you don't "think" French.

57 posted on 03/28/2006 9:37:57 AM PST by Howlin ("It doesn't have a policy. It doesn't need to have a policy. What's the point of a Democratic policy)
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To: quantim
Opinion polls show almost two-thirds of French people oppose the CPE. Even so, commuters were frustrated by the strike which caused delays on many rail lines.

Those anti-democratic French! They should be kicked out of the UN! It is a totalitarian dictatorship! Business interests have taken over France! The Oppression! The Slavery! Someone help Save the French!

58 posted on 03/28/2006 9:38:27 AM PST by Paradox (".. and remove all doubt.")
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Demonstrators break shop's window in Rennes, western France, as part of a day of strikes and protest against the government's contested First Employment Contract (CPE).

59 posted on 03/28/2006 9:38:30 AM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: cgk

Fox saying that the police now have permission to arrest "the troublemakers," while letting the legitimate demonstrators....ah, demonstrate.


60 posted on 03/28/2006 9:39:08 AM PST by Howlin ("It doesn't have a policy. It doesn't need to have a policy. What's the point of a Democratic policy)
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