Live Thread: Hundreds of thousands protest in France

reuters/uk ^ | Mar 28, 2006 | Timothy Heritage

[bert]

I think Villipan should change the law. He should extend the age limit to 40. That way the youth discriminjation is eliminated.

[maggief]

I think those are "hooded youths."

[Miss Marple]

Well, it won't take me long to connect the dots. They pulled this before back in 1968. Riots all over France, riots on campuses in the US, all coordinated. I remember it very well; it was the year my son was born and I was an Air Force wife in West Berlin.

Looks to me like they are trying for a repeat.

[ex-Texan]

The "Squeaky Hinge Syndrome" strikes again. La Raza stages huge protest in La La Land and both parties take detailed notes. Meanwhile, the silent majority just go quietly to work every day and drive home exhausted. Just like blind sheep being led to slaughter. The American Way of Life: Working longer and longer hours while the powers that be scheme behind closed doors. They plot to steal our money through taxes and steal our retirements through corporate bankruptcies. They export our jobs overseas and import more and more cheap junk from foreign nations. The sheeple gobble up more and more cheap junk, happy to save a few dollars. Then the people in power hire lobbyists to pass out millions to politicians in D.C. Money buys votes, money buys more power. The Demopublicans have sold our country down the drain.

The writing is on the walls like bright painted graffiti on Los Angeles barrio schools. "Viva La Raza! Viva Zapatistas!"

[kajingawd]

wish we could come out en masses* like most citizens of other countries do...

But we are a content bunch of leeches willing to lie down in wait for the next big thing to happen.

How is it possible to have this GREAT CONTINENT of ours lulled in a deep sleep like we are?

How did we become bored with ourselves?


* LET THEM EAT CAKE ??? *...

Of course those protesting ( who are in the majority ) are a bunch of ignorant babies...The French infrastructure is already done for because of RIDICULOUS job security...Jacques is finally seeing what the problems will be 20 years down the line, and his megalomaniac-ism( you know what i mean) can't handle the fact that his *history* is flawed, and so are the Frenchies if something isn't done right away.

[maggief]

Things were turning ugly last week ... first the baguette ... now the wine.

[CygnusXI]

It's ok... looking closer the bottle appears to be opened/empty.

....not to mention the zombified look of the tosser.. lol

[Plutarch]

Rioting over some stupid law that any idiot can see hurts them more than helps them? This socialist mindset is unfathomable.

[Peach]

Larry Kudlow wrote about France's no work ethic:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1604823/posts

[Earthdweller]

There is one positive thing to say..they definitely know how to make a nice MOAB.

[Danae]

I swear. the French have never gotten into the 20th century.

"let them eat cake!" Why don't they see the similarity here? The best of France came to the Americas in the 1700's. The rest, well we can all see the results.

[Cecily]

I'm surprised they aren't burning effigies of GWB and Dick Cheney just on principle.

[brytlea]

Just count the hooded ones.
susie

[JennysCool]

Whole lotta frog marchin' goin' on there ...

[quantim]

Wow, good catch! I blew up the photo - can't make out the label but the bottle has been opened.

There's a lot of French wine that needs to get dumped or turned into fuel, but this isn't one of them.

[Ashamed Canadian]

Lazy French losers!!!

[jonrick46]

"There goes the wine!"

This is not the only thing getting tossed. Say bon soire to the tourist market. I guess less wine needed for tourists.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I think Villipan should change the law. He should extend the age limit to 40. That way the youth discriminjation is eliminated.

Then they could become lifelong slackers.

[Kieri]

I doubt these students will mind when the money to support their socialist lifestyle starts affecting the elderly and disabled. Grandpa, after all, isn't likely to take to the streets, joining throngs of other geriatrics, to protest cuts in their tax-funded pensions or health care.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Thanks. You are a Peach!!