Posted on 05/17/2007 1:04:10 PM PDT by ikez78
Thanks for the compliments everyone. I hope this makes some impact.
You nailed it!
I hope you don’t mind if I send your site to friends, relatives and blogging sites.
I’m trying to expand your “Regime of Terror” readership.
Sincerely,
your faithful groupie
Not a problem. Please send to as many as possible. I will get to those emails by the way. Sorry for the delay.
No, problem!
I get paid by the State of Illinois to sit in teacher lounge for three hours straight waiting for a parent to show up for their child’s IEP.
(Individual Educational Plan)
I used to work for District 218 in Illinois at their BD school I’ve actually done some IEP’s, interesting.
Update for those interested:
Update: Professor of Middle East History at Haifa University and author/expert on Iraq/Saddam Hussein, Amitzia Baram, stated that “the guy is not necessarily a member of Saddam’s tribe (Albu Nasser) but, more certainly, he is from the town of Tikrit - Saddam’s birthplace where other tribes, too, flourish. But he is an ex-Ba’thi very likely” when contacted by this site for comment on the possible background of Abu Hafs Al-Tikriti.
Well, allow me to make a few comments here.
“France is a largely Socialist country.”
Quite the contrary. You could argue it is a Welfare State democracy, but it relies upon private property and private economy. Tell our Communists (or abroad) that France is a Socialist and you’ll get funny looks.
“Chirac is certainly a Socialist. Most of the larger industries were nationalized years ago.”
Actually, Chirac is the one who sold out state-held stakes in most public businesses. You will still find major industrial companies where the French government holds stakes, but these have been constantly shrinking both in number and in importance. What Chirac did was to keep the Welfare State in place, that’s for sure.
“Technically then, many, many of the citizens work for Chirac, not directly of course.”
Technically, many French citizens work very directly for the French governments, whether at the national or the local level.
“Given that he is the boss, it’s almost their duty to support his positions, right?”
As a matter of fact, no. It’s nothing like a spoils system, where one owes his job to one’s political affiliation. A civil servant is next to inamovible, for better or for worse.
“Sarkozy is now their boss. As with GWB, there will be entrenched Chirakkies who will try to throw sand into the gears, but an awful lot of Sarkozy’s employees are going to shift their allegiances relatively quickly.”
With Chirac out of the picture, French Conservatives have one man to follow, and they elected him President of this Republic. The administration’s allegiance is part of the job, they are required to serve the government of their country no matter what political color it is, as long as we are talking about a legal government issuing law-abiding orders of course.
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