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Posted on 11/26/2018 3:13:12 AM PST by servo1969
Interesting how the French protest like this over a rise in fuel prices, but won’t say a word about the Islamic invasion and subsequent acts of terrorism. Priorities...
Good article. Thanks for posting it.
When will the French police be surrendering?
The Yellow Vest folks look like the normal folks of France. Like us.
> Interesting how the French protest like this over a rise in fuel prices, but won’t say a word about the Islamic invasion and subsequent acts of terrorism. <
Good point. I guess it’s the old frog-in-a-boiling-pot syndrome. A tax hike is immediate. But the Islamic invasion is gradual, and long-term. So why worry about it today?
What the French cannot see is that one tax hike will not destroy a nation and its people. But an invasion surely can.
> Good article except for the gratuitous NeverTrump aside at the end. <
It’s probably just poor writing. I think the “he” in the last sentence refers to Macron, not Trump.
France needs a full reset, not just another French strike and demonstration. A storm the Bastille moment with Macron deposed or worse would wake up a lot of people.
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Interesting how the French protest like this over a rise in fuel prices, but won’t say a word about the Islamic invasion and subsequent acts of terrorism. Priorities...
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Well, ya see speaking out against a gas tax won’t get your head cut off or your family slaughtered. It’s all about fear and cowardice.
One other odd aspect, which isn’t getting mentioned....the tax talked about....is 2.9 Euro cents per liter (roughly 12 cents a gallon in US dollars) for GAS. However, for diesel, it’s 6.5 Euro cents per liter (roughly 24 cents a gallon in US dollars) for diesel.
It’s not exactly gas that they are whining about...it’s this diesel escalation. Back two decades ago....half the cars in France were diesel, but that number has been on a slight decline in the past decade. The diesel owners, and freight delivery truck owners....are the ones affected.
While the government wants people to think the overall population won’t be affected....everything in the country is moved by freight trucks. So they will all be paying two or three percent on shipping in the future, if this isn’t halted.
My take on this is that Macron and his ‘thinker’s club’ were looking for a way to herd the public toward electric vehicles and electric trucks in the future, and this diesel tax would help to push people along.
[ Interesting how the French protest like this over a rise in fuel prices, but won’t say a word about the Islamic invasion and subsequent acts of terrorism. Priorities... ]
When you are fat dumb and happy you could care less what your neighbor is doing even if they are breeding like rabbits to replace you.
I appreciated the tone of this article.
It’s nice to read something that doesn’t shout at you in all caps or rely on italics, boldface, and exclamation points to make its point.
Even witty turns of phrase and sarcasm can get tiring, no matter how clever and quotable they are.
This author comes across as someone just talking -— making his observations and venturing his opinions on what he thinks they mean. And that is almost always enough. It was refreshing.
It does appear that the philosophical reasoning behind many of the 10 issues listed, were those faced by Louis XVI...
Just sayin....
Yes, the author was referring to Macron, not Trump.
Just another instance of the Ruling class forcing the Country class to do its bidding.
FROG in a boiling pot. Unintended pun??
Violent protesting is just what the French do.
The issue at hand does not matter. A 1% cut on social benefits. A mild relaxation of labor laws. A soccer game. Anything is seems is a handy excuse to go out and riot.
Why don’t the French go out & violently riot against the Muslim takeover of their country?
Oh...wait...Muslims wrote the book on how to violently riot.
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