Posted on 05/08/2007 11:37:52 AM PDT by JZelle
Rarely has a Monday dawned so bright and beautiful in Washington. Everything suddenly looked possible again, if only for the day.
Nicolas Sarkozy, an unapologetic champion of hard work, free markets and the United States, wins a smashing victory in France, and Queen Elizabeth II, the sovereign of America's traditional best friend abroad, arrives in Washington and the town goes ga-ga.
Mr. Sarkozy sounds almost too good to be true, an echo of Maggie Thatcher, pledging to cut taxes, shrink a bloated government, reduce the welfare state, shut down useless parts of the government and make France competitive again. Even relevant, you might say.
He's looking across the Channel for an English model, as well he might. Thousands of his countrymen are settled in Old Blighty, eager to escape the stifling French economy and find a place where dreams lubricated by hard work can come true. Tony Blair is no Maggie Thatcher, but Mr. Blair was able to suppress the troglodyte left in the Labor Party enough to keep most of Maggie's free-market reforms in place.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
And thousands of British slackers are settling in France, so it balances out.
‘And thousands of British slackers are settling in France, so it balances out.’
There are two types of Brits settling in France - those who have worked hard all their life and are retiring and those who have sold up and are investing in themselves to start up a business. Neither are slackers in my opinion.
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In other news today, President Bush congratulated the Queen on her reelection.
He still ain’t no Charles Martel.
The ORIGINAL hammer!
Damn, now that is a leader who is relevant today. I keep watching for the History Channel to air his bio. Funny, it never happens.....
‘Sorry, I forgot the humour tag.’
Apologies if I didn’t spot the humour and over-reacted. I have some very good friends who have opened a business in Languedoc who are working really hard but keep getting bashed back down by French socialist red-tape and anti-entrepreneurial petty minded jobsworths.
There, I feel better now! :D
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