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1 posted on 11/12/2005 9:13:34 PM PST by ncountylee
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30 percent of the trips booked to Paris at travel agencies in the US have been cancelled

That's going to leave a mark.

2 posted on 11/12/2005 9:15:19 PM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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"France is having increasing trouble getting its budget deficit below 3 percent of GDP"

Right...

They haven't had that much trouble because they haven't actually done it.


3 posted on 11/12/2005 9:22:14 PM PST by DB (©)
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Awwww,that's really too bad. I hate to see the French economy suffer.


4 posted on 11/12/2005 9:22:36 PM PST by Mears (The Killer Queen)
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Once and for all "Its not poverty its Islam" thats behind these here riots.

You fix their poverty and give Islam control of technologically advanced countries it will just mean they'll be stronger in their Jihad against the west.


5 posted on 11/12/2005 9:24:06 PM PST by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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On top of that come 5,000 more teachers and 100 million euros for organizations in the troubled neighborhoods, 70,000 additional scholarships, vocational advancement programs, five new tax-free zones for investors, and so forth.




Sure,this will take care of it----of course it will! (sarcasm off)


6 posted on 11/12/2005 9:24:33 PM PST by Mears (The Killer Queen)
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And there was no looting as in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

I saw a picture of a trashed cyber cafe (near the Place de Republique). All the computers were gone. There was one broken monitor on the floor. I do not believe the claim of no looting.

I think some of the blogs out of France also dispute the no looting claim.

7 posted on 11/12/2005 9:26:21 PM PST by sockmonkey
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According to French reports, up to 30 percent of the trips booked to Paris at travel agencies in the US have been cancelled since the riots.

Well, that is actually only 3 trips cancelled.

9 posted on 11/12/2005 9:37:39 PM PST by KarlInOhio (We were promised someone in the Scalia/Thomas mold. Let's keep it going with future nominees.)
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The direct losses due to the riots -- several hundred million euros -- are considerable but no greater than those caused by a serious storm. And there was no looting as in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

That must be because they burned everything worth looting.

11 posted on 11/12/2005 9:43:37 PM PST by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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bttt


14 posted on 11/12/2005 9:46:13 PM PST by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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Well, I already had sufficient reason to not go back to France, but another reason is always ok. It's not all that great in terms of sightseeing anyway. Italy is much better.


15 posted on 11/12/2005 10:00:52 PM PST by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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Hey, if their Christmas travel is down, maybe they can make it up with Ramadan trips next year?


16 posted on 11/12/2005 10:07:40 PM PST by twntaipan (What did the comPost know? And when did they know it?)
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To: ncountylee

Ah yes, all of those laws to "protect French jobs" really seem to have worked, eh Paleocons?


18 posted on 11/12/2005 10:34:08 PM PST by Clemenza (In League with the Freemasons, The Bilderbergers, and the Learned Elders of Zion)
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More than two weeks of rioting by youths Muslims in France have left a mark on the country's less than shining economy.
19 posted on 11/12/2005 11:32:40 PM PST by upchuck (John Robinson abhors my avatar: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1510594/posts?page=30#30 :)
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Though it markets itself worldwide as a land of luxury, culture and savoir-vivre,...

Ah... the utter arrogance and delusions of the French. The French are very delusional about their own power and importance in the world. They really do believe that they are a power to be reckoned with on economic, militarily, and technological levels, which is of course a very bad joke that everyone in the world knows it except the French themselves.

21 posted on 11/12/2005 11:40:04 PM PST by jveritas (The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
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No surprise. The French government's policy is to appease, do nothing to stop the stone and firebomb throwers.
Just have the fire brigade put out the fires and show a lot of hosing on TV.
When the French police are told by the French government to protect French private property and citizens, I'll think about travelling to Paris again.
Here again, PC has hurt normal people.


23 posted on 11/13/2005 4:57:23 AM PST by BooksForTheRight.com (what have you done today to fight terrorism/leftism (same thing!))
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Nonsense! It will do wonders for their automobile industry. And windshield repairmen!


25 posted on 11/13/2005 9:14:03 AM PST by dr_who_2
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