Gloomy French offered grim reading on nation's decline (Schadenfrog Alert!)

AFP via EUBusiness.com ^ | 16 November 2003

[rickmichaels]

...the nation that invented human rights, cheese and Charles de Gaulle is headed for oblivion.

Not only did the French invent cowardice, they own the patent for it as well. The cheese-eating surrender frogs are going down in flames. Good riddance.

[vbmoneyspender]

the nation that invented human rights,

Was that before or after the French Terror?

[friendly]

I was in Southern France this summer during the European heat wave on a wonderful pilgrimage to Lourdes. The people were OK, the food was great but tres expensive, but there was indeed a profound uneasiness among the people.

One odd thing: by 9PM in France you cannot find a human... they disappear into a tranquillizer/TV induced coma behind closed doors. You can drive all night and not see a single human, no gas stations, nothing. Just endless ghost villages from 9PM onwards.

Over the border in ally Spain, at 9PM the party is just getting started! An amazing change occurs when you cross the mountain passes.

[Savage Beast]

MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE: Follow the leadership of the American Heartland--a bastion of ascendancy, energy, freedom, and the best of Western Civilization--and of President Bush!

It will lead to ascendancy, energy, optimism, self-confidence, renewed liberty, clarity, and renaissance!

Vive la France! Vive les Etats-Unis! Vive la liberté! Vive la résistance!

"There is no substitute for strategic and moral clarity."

[FRgal4u]

that's pretty sad assessment

if we have 10% unemployment rate and just 0.4% gdp last qtr, plus the tax rates - we prolly will go onto riots in the streets -

it is a stunning comparison between the USA and FRance - we have 6% unemployment rate and dropping, a 7.2 to 7.7% gdp last qtr and a 11-Trillion economy vs the frenchies' 105 UE rate and just 0.4% gdp in the same qtr - dang

one thing on France tho, if the Frenchies are smart, instead of blocking or balking the USA in the UN with regards to the Iraqi issue, they could have offer "real" help to the USA in exchange for some of their demands - say they offer 30,000 troops and 2 billion dollars of grant immediately if the USA agree upon on a unified UN resolution on Iraq - then I think no matter how displease Rummy or Cheney maybe on the UN, they would be over-ride by Bush on this issue - but no, the French just complain, either block or balk on talks, offer no material help, then why should the USA listen to their demands in the UN - at the end the UN was marginalized, and there goes the final stage for France that has any real world influence.

jmho.

[RedWhiteBlue]

Not only did the French invent cowardice, they own the patent for it as well.

Exactly. They try to explain away their cowardly actions by saying they do what they do not because they are cowards, but because they are "enlightened," What a crock.

[jimbo123]

Paris 2028

[Paul Atreides]

Well, Saddam is out of a job. The Fr*nch love him so much. And, he did make the trains run on time, in Iraq. If they are willing to put up with a little murder, rape, torture, and corruption, they can make him a citizen and elect him as leader.

[Beck_isright]

And in America, we hope they continue the trend. The world needs an inept, weak, corrupt nation of France. To make the world a safer place.

Whoops. They are already inept, weak and corrupt. Never mind.

[Drango]

SchadenFROG

LOL (at FreeRepublic you get to read some of the funniest things.)

[douglas1]

DOES anyone know how many muslimes are there ?I would like to see a percentage rate for FRANCE AND ENGLAND, I believe both of those countries are in big trouble because of their immigration laws, and we are not to far behind them.

[FRgal4u]

there are 15 million muslims in the current EU countries (pop total is about 300 million, some what close to the USA's) - there are about 5 million muslims in this country

out of the 15 million, 10 million are in France & Germany - current est. if the # of Muslims in France is between 5 to 7 million; in Great Britain, there are 2 million muslims

umlike the USA where we have modest population growth due to immigration, younger population, EU countries is facing overall population decline; but wait, the EU muslim population will double by 2015 with the non-muslims decline by about 3 to 4% then..

bottomline - the euro-muslims are gainning clout in both France and Germany.

[Chantal]

The nation is declining? Oh non, Mon Dieux....so sad.