[TheGeezer]

Interestingly, the way to create growth in any area is to reduce regulation and taxes, something a socialism will not do. In that parallel universe, what has not worked in the past will be tried again and again with the hope that it will have different results than the identical thing that did not work in the past.

The Pravda MSM decrying our 3.4% growth rate heralds the French recovery to .3% as a success. Crazy stuff.

[TheShaz]

I'm a history nut - To my wife's dismay I have the History Channel on most of the time.

Many people have compared France's apeasement to the Muslims to Rome's kowtow to the Barbarians.

I think the end result will be the same.

I have been sitting here thinking what they (France and the rest of Old Europe) can do to fix this mess.

Now most of us will say kick the jerks out or something else along those lines. But we all know for many reasons they can't do that. Political, economic ect.

The French and their mentality will continue their current "I'm better than you" BS and all I can forsee is their ultimate demise.

The only question is......How severe it will be?

[TheShaz]

I'm a history nut - To my wife's dismay I have the History Channel on most of the time.

Many people have compared France's apeasement to the Muslims to Rome's kowtow to the Barbarians.

I think the end result will be the same.

I have been sitting here thinking what they (France and the rest of Old Europe) can do to fix this mess.

Now most of us will say kick the jerks out or something else along those lines. But we all know for many reasons they can't do that. Political, economic ect.

The French and their mentality will continue their current "I'm better than you" BS and all I can forsee is their ultimate demise.

The only question is......How severe it will be?