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FRENCH HOMELESS DYING ON STREETS AS WINTER ARRIVES...
Yahoo! News Photo (via Drudge) ^ | Mon Nov 28,12:39 PM ET | REUTERS/Franck Prevel

Posted on 11/28/2005 10:34:15 AM PST by Murtyo

People walk past as a homeless person takes cover from the cold on a Paris sidewalk November 28, 2005, as six homeless have died in France since the arrival of winter temperatures. French authorities have raised their weather alert in 31 departments and asked for increased vigilance to the homeless in Paris.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bums; bushsfault; france; french; globalwarming; goodriddance; homeless; paris; riots; weneedkyoto
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Riots, Homelessness, Chronic Unemployment, Racism - looks like the Welfare State isn't batting 100%
1 posted on 11/28/2005 10:34:16 AM PST by Murtyo
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To: Murtyo

You would think the burning cars would keep them warm.


2 posted on 11/28/2005 10:35:08 AM PST by inkling
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To: Murtyo

Ohhh Lordy....next thing you know..we'll have a flood of French immigrants coming across our borders...!


3 posted on 11/28/2005 10:35:36 AM PST by auto power
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To: Murtyo
Oh your Europe...... They are soooo sophisticated.... LOL!
4 posted on 11/28/2005 10:36:52 AM PST by Sprite518
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From 2003: Heatwave Caused More Than 11,000 Extra Deaths in France

I think the homeless are on their own.

5 posted on 11/28/2005 10:37:43 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Murtyo

I'm willing to bet that most people in France have no idea what "cold" is. If it isn't cold enough to freeze the moisture in your eyes, it ain't cold!


6 posted on 11/28/2005 10:38:33 AM PST by Alberta's Child (What it all boils down to is that no one's really got it figured out just yet.)
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To: Murtyo
If they could only average out the baking temperatures they use for old people with the freezing temperatures for the homeless, then everyone would be comfortable.

Urban outdoorsmen die because France signed the Kyoto treaty, leading to massive global cooling.

7 posted on 11/28/2005 10:39:01 AM PST by KarlInOhio (We were promised someone in the Scalia/Thomas mold. Let's keep it going with future nominees.)
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To: Alberta's Child

I think the Alps get kinda chilly, but I don't think Paris can compete with Chicago or Boston (or Minnesota!!!) for cold.


8 posted on 11/28/2005 10:39:50 AM PST by Murtyo
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Bush's Fault?

When are the French going to be critical of themselves and start solving their own problems? Ahhhh...methinks, never.


9 posted on 11/28/2005 10:40:06 AM PST by in hoc signo vinces ("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis.")
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To: Murtyo

They're not feasting on all the car-b-q?


10 posted on 11/28/2005 10:40:15 AM PST by NonValueAdded (The honorable Richard Cheney, X man!!!)
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To: Sprite518

"your" Europe?


11 posted on 11/28/2005 10:40:45 AM PST by Murtyo
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Even the French will admit France is miserable. Employment is down. Regulation is obscene. The riots were allowed to go on. And the Left would like America to be more French! Can you say, "No thanks!"


12 posted on 11/28/2005 10:41:00 AM PST by newzjunkey (Why we fight for a free Iraq: http://massgraves.info/ -- Don't spare Tookie, Arnold!)
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To: inkling

--fortunately, I had no coffee in my mouth when I read that--


13 posted on 11/28/2005 10:41:07 AM PST by rellimpank (Don't believe anything about firearms or explosives stated by the mass media:NRABenefactor)
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To: Murtyo

Well, if families can't bother to call elderly parents in un air-conditioned apartments back home while they vacation during searing heat in August, then I don't expect them to care for the homeless on their streets. Unless they stumble over them and need them out of the way.


14 posted on 11/28/2005 10:42:01 AM PST by twigs
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To: Murtyo

In the pic, there's a gal walking around with short pants and no socks. Can't be that cold.


15 posted on 11/28/2005 10:42:36 AM PST by AmericanChef
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To: Murtyo

Put them up in the Louvre and give them some wine and cheese.


16 posted on 11/28/2005 10:44:15 AM PST by SMARTY
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To: AmericanChef

Don't be too sure about that. Some folks are downright polar bear in their tolerance. ;)


17 posted on 11/28/2005 10:44:52 AM PST by newzjunkey (Why we fight for a free Iraq: http://massgraves.info/ -- Don't spare Tookie, Arnold!)
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To: Murtyo

I blame global warming! ;)


18 posted on 11/28/2005 10:44:54 AM PST by maggief
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To: inkling

LOL - shouldn't have read your post with my mouth full (lunch time).


19 posted on 11/28/2005 10:45:13 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: Murtyo

Chronic Unemployment - my brother in law in Paris took two years off of work @ 80% pay, benefits run out next month. He sent out one resume and got a job immediately.


20 posted on 11/28/2005 10:45:28 AM PST by SF Republican
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