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Europe turns on France as Britain wins new allies
UK Times ^
| June 17, 2005
| Philip Webster and Anthony Browne
Posted on 06/16/2005 3:54:15 PM PDT by QQQQQ
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To: expatpat
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posted on
06/16/2005 5:16:41 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
A bit far-fetched no doubt, but how about a two-fer? Angel Merkel for German Chancellor and Sabine Herold for President of France!
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posted on
06/16/2005 5:21:12 PM PDT
by
Heatseeker
("I sort of like liberals now. They’re kind of cute when they’re shivering and afraid." - Ann Coulter)
To: NewMediaFan; QQQQQ; nutmeg
Another reason for Clemenza (and other attendees of the Paris Air Show) to hate Chirac:
On Monday, I decided to take a cab from my hotel to the air show at La Bourget. Of course, I expected traffic on the beltway (Perephique?) to be awful, but then traffic just stopped for TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES as the meter on my cab continued to run. Turns out Chirac had the exit blocked to allow his motorcade to pass through. Most expensive cab ride I ever had in my life (73 Euros) and I am from New York.
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posted on
06/16/2005 5:24:31 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Frylock is my Homeboy)
To: Heatseeker
It's too late for France. Chirac represents the conservative party in France, which registers at about the John Kerry marker on the political spectrum.
The only politicians to the right are of the Le Pen stripe, which isn't really more conservative, just more blatantly racist, nationalist, and anti-American.
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posted on
06/16/2005 5:26:52 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Clemenza
On Monday, I decided to take a cab from my hotel to the air show at La Bourget. Of course, I expected traffic on the beltway (Perephique?) to be awful, but then traffic just stopped for TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES as the meter on my cab continued to run. Turns out Chirac had the exit blocked to allow his motorcade to pass through. Most expensive cab ride I ever had in my life (73 Euros) and I am from New York. Wow, you're back already? (Yes, it's the Périphérique)
Hope you had a good trip, with the exception of this ridiculous cab ride.
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posted on
06/16/2005 6:13:37 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
To: Dog Gone
The full title is Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Exchequer is a fancy name for Treasury.
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posted on
06/16/2005 6:23:32 PM PDT
by
expatpat
To: expatpat
It is a fancy name. One might almost think it was the title of someone who bounced too many checks.
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posted on
06/16/2005 6:34:23 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: AntiGuv
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posted on
06/16/2005 7:40:00 PM PDT
by
CGVet58
(God has granted us Liberty, and we owe Him Courage in return)
To: QQQQQ
To: Dog Gone
It's too late for France. I don't like to give up on a whole country. There are French FReepers (including, supposedly, Mademoiselle Herold herself). Perhaps Herold's kind of conservatism is not what most of us would like here. But it's got to be better, both for us and for France, than Chirac's.
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posted on
06/16/2005 10:56:31 PM PDT
by
Heatseeker
("I sort of like liberals now. They’re kind of cute when they’re shivering and afraid." - Ann Coulter)
To: Heatseeker
I don't like to give up on a whole country, either, but it's kind of like giving up on Vermont, who will undoubtedly elect the first Socialist senator in US history next year.
I guess one should always hold out hope that some sort of mass awakening will happen which will jolt the electorate into a new way of looking at things, but I just don't see anything at this time that makes me believe it will happen in France anytime soon.
Chirac's despicable government and his even more despicable prime minister are presumably preferable to the government which will undoubtedly win the next elections, the Socialists. Genuinely conservative parties in France are insignificant players.
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posted on
06/17/2005 7:46:00 AM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: monkapotamus
This is the most accurate picture of Chirac I've seen anywhere. :)
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posted on
06/17/2005 10:32:37 AM PDT
by
QQQQQ
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