[Constitution Day]

Steyn ping?

[Tax-chick]

bttt

[wideawake]

The German vote result was pathetic. Almost as pathetic as 47% of US voters voting for Senator Kerry.

[concrete is my business]

I'll take the advice of a Yankee shopkeeper, a prairie farmer or an Arizona cowboy over that of a French genius every time.

[Tax-chick]

Though supposedly from opposite ends of the political spectrum, in the 2002 presidential election they wound up running against each other on identical platforms, both passionately committed to high taxes, high unemployment, and high crime.

Bwahahahaha!

[nuconvert]

And speaking of the Hokey Pokey..............


With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went unnoticed last week. Larry La Prise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Pokey," died peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in.
And then the trouble started.


:~ D

[Gritty]

The people are... not yet ready to give up the social programs, the short work weeks, long vacations, and jobs for life

The Islamics will eventually bring about the "needed" reform...

[BroncosFan]

The Tony Blankley book referred to in the last paragraph is actually worth a read. He annoys me on TV, and the only thing I hate more than "books" by right-wingers are books by left-wingers, but if the chips were ever Really Down, I'd rather count on Europe than India. But I fear it is too late.

[dead]

bttt

The eurinals are heading for certain socialist/islamicist disaster.

I have a 57% confidence factor that we are not going to follow them down that path.

[r9etb]

The man of letters with a Byronic hairdo....

[BillM]

For the French Challenged:

The pun here is that 'Rimbaud' is pronounced in french the same as 'Rambo' in English.

[Betaille]

"You know those showers where the merest nudge of the dial turns the water from freezing to scalding? Mainstream European politics is the opposite of that. You can turn the dial all the way from “left” to “right” and it makes no difference."

LOL! Well said. The French and German "conservatives" are both essentially in the same place as the UK conservative party was during the time of Edward Heath (pre-Thatcher). They didn't yet realize that the system had to be overthrown, and thought they could make things better by merely "managing" better. Most of Europe has truly reformed into capitalist economy, but France and Germany are behind.
We also need to recognize that capitalism alone doesn't make for a resurgent civilization. It can bring back economic growth, but for Europe to come out of decline there needs to be a strengthening of religious/cultural values... and no politician can force that to happen.

[denydenydeny]

They put their center-right foot in, they pull their center-left foot out. But they don’t yet understand they’re about to be shaken all about.

Hee.

[hosepipe]

[ They put their center-right foot in, they pull their center-left foot out. But they don’t yet understand they’re about to be shaken all about. ]

LoL...

[river rat]

"...a pampered lethargic welfare society could all be resolved through “Gallic genius”

French Genius!

They lost me after that oxymoron.

Semper Fi

[goldstategop]

As yesterday's German election results demonstrate, European voters have little appetite for a drastic overhaul of the status-quo. Doing so is considered "too American." And so Europe's decline continues apace.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[UnklGene]

ping

[KC_Conspirator]

In France, M. Chirac isn’t really “center-right” so much as ever so slightly left-of-right-of-left-of-center — and even that distinction applies only when he’s standing next to his former prime minister, the right-of-left-of-right-of-left-of-center Lionel Jospin. Though supposedly from opposite ends of the political spectrum, in the 2002 presidential election they wound up running against each other on identical platforms, both passionately committed to high taxes, high unemployment, and high crime.

I laughed up my Red Bull with that one.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

“conservative” is an elastic designation, and, in the hands of the media, it’s usually shorthand for the side you’re not meant to like.

Chuckle.

[Ciexyz]

well said