Posted on 05/30/2012 1:30:44 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
Edited on 06/01/2012 12:29:16 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
In the recent French presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy was narrowly defeated by Francois Hollande. Faced with a similar financial crisis as much of Europe and raging unemployment, Sarkozy had championed cutbacks in government spending, but Hollande had
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Generally, we found non-Parisians to be wonderful people. It was in Paris where we ran into less than welcoming people.
This goes a long way towards explaining it.
There was actually a time the French were some mean SOBs.
France never recovered from The Great War.
I think I see a French flag on the far right side of the picture, about 30% of the way up from the bottom.
Kind of like New York, the rudest place in the US>
The French military is a foul-weather friend. The French politicians are no more cowardly than our flock of political chickens.
I remember being in Munich last year. The only religious expression (which was ubiquitous) on the streets was Muslim. Hajibs even black near burkas were everywhere. Churches were closed, and unused unless as tourist attractions.....the only active western religious site was a shrine to Michael Jackson, covered with flowers, tear-filled letters, stuffed animal dolls and burning candles. As in France Jews walk quickly and discretely from place to place without kippot or other identifying accoutrements. France is too Catholic to save herself. Germany, too self-loathing. The British are at the crossroads, maybe they can save themselves, if they return to their religious roots, closer to the Bible and the Torah.
The welfare state can be fat enough without importing welfare recipients from abroad. Funny how no one thought about that. Give them charity in their own homeland don’t import them.
Things will change because they must. Europe must fight or end as a culture. It will go backwards to fascism—and a re-brith of European civilization. It may take several outrages, and some years —but happen it will.
Where is Charles the Hammer when he’s so deperately needed?
The spear design was named "fleur de lis" because it looked like the flower. So which one is it on the flag? Think for a minute: This was a flag of royal France. France was a military power from the nascence of the Holy Roman Empire to the time of Napoleon. Military men ran France. Why would military men put a flower on a flag?
It's a spearhead.
France to Catholic??? Your information could not be more dated.
Source: "Religion takes a back seat in Western Europe" (Which agrees with all other sources I've seen.)
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Gallic ping.
White? That’s the French battle flag!
Interesting list, but there is a problem with it. It is very difficult to surmise the degree to which Christian church attendance has declined from that data because it is so likely to be conflated with a growing population of Muslims that is very reliable in their “church” attendance.
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Wow! If that is true I don’t think battening down the hatches will help. I think sailing the ship away pronto is better advice. 50% 18-35 without jobs? That is a powder keg on a short timer.
If the marxist mooslum wins in Nov, America becomes a 3rd world hellhole ala mehico, with a dash of french socialist/islam.
Don’t forget, the mooslums were allies with the German National Socialist Workers Party (NAZI) during WWII.
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