To: ncountylee
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)
To: ncountylee
"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
(©)
To: ncountylee
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)
To: ncountylee
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.)
To: ncountylee
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)
To: ncountylee
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.
To: ncountylee
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.)
To: ncountylee
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)
To: nutmeg
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)
To: ncountylee
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.)
To: ncountylee
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?)
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)
To: ncountylee
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 :)
To: ncountylee
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.)
To: ncountylee
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!))
To: ncountylee
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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