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France reacts to 'shockwave of riots'(Paris/France burns Live Thread Night #12)
Times of London ^
| 11/07/05
| Simon Freeman, Charles Bremner
Posted on 11/07/2005 2:44:49 AM PST by Dane
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To: JustaCowgirl
LOL. Ain't that the case. It will be interesting when the MSM finally finds a reason to blame America and W. And they will...
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posted on
11/07/2005 11:28:28 AM PST
by
eureka!
(Hey Lefties: Only 3 and 1/4 more years of W. Hehehehe....)
To: Dane
HAHAHA...
Villepin is suggesting a ceasefire...
No kidding..
White flag indeed.
322
posted on
11/07/2005 11:28:36 AM PST
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: snarkytart
I thought France was known for remarkable equality and respect for people of African descent. Isn't that why so many talented African-Americans became expatriates to live in Paris last century?
Why Paris? by Barbara Chase-Riboud
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posted on
11/07/2005 11:30:17 AM PST
by
Chanticleer
(A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular. -- Adlai Stevenson)
To: houeto
"Vicomte13 says this has absolutely nothing to do with islam, and he/she is in France."
No, I am currently in Connecticut.
My family are in France, including Bondy and Clichy s/s Bois.
324
posted on
11/07/2005 11:32:35 AM PST
by
Vicomte13
(Et alors?)
To: Eurotwit
I don't have access to the Villepin speech but heard he was permitting locally ordered curfews. Did he mention how these curfews would be enforced?
325
posted on
11/07/2005 11:35:25 AM PST
by
Dark Skies
("A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants." -- Churchill)
To: Truth29
"Chirac will fire Sarkozy to appease the Muslims and declare victory."
Chirac will probably not fire Sarkozy. Sarkozy is the head of the UMP, Chirac's and Villepin's political party. If Chirac were to fire Sarkozy, it would open up a civil war within UMP, and Sarkozy would probably win the battle given how weak Chirac now is. That would leave Villepin without any party base and cripple him. It would also leave Chirac a lame duck.
No, Chirac and Villepin will keep Sarkozy, their enemy, very close to them, right there in the cabinet, and taking all the blame for everything that goes wrong.
326
posted on
11/07/2005 11:35:27 AM PST
by
Vicomte13
(Et alors?)
To: Clock King
What's a seminar caller? Basically a democrat party plant. You will hear them all the time on C-Span, "I have voted Republican all my life, but Bush is the worst thing that ever happened to this country, yada, yada, yada".
The guy Steve was a seminar caller, the only difference is that Steve claimed he was calling from France. I doubt that, the call was very clear and given Steve's pronounced midwestern accent, I doubt Steve speaks French.
FR and Rush I think some 5 years ago or so produced a memo from such a seminar, where the democrats held seminars around the country, to teach the democrat faithful on how to get their talking points on talk radio.
327
posted on
11/07/2005 11:36:31 AM PST
by
Dane
( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
To: Dane
The harsh crackdown has begun!
The local authorities are threatening an unjust CURFEW!
The inhumanity and barbarism of the French government has finally been exposed. I am gonna bust a gut laughing when the mobs ignore the curfew, and pants the local gendarmes.
328
posted on
11/07/2005 11:36:33 AM PST
by
ARealMothersSonForever
(Proud to be named as a member of the Radical Right Wing. Vast Right Wing got old.)
To: Dane
The French will show the same intestinal fortitude they have in the past!!!
To: Vicomte13
This is what you said that threw me off.:
"Those shots could have killed somebody, but clearly there's not a mass, armed movement going on here."
330
posted on
11/07/2005 11:38:44 AM PST
by
houeto
(Mr. President, close our borders now!)
To: marktuoni
Wow, the French are a bunch of big crybabies but I didn't mean to make them THAT big!
Sorry.
To: Eurotwit
Villepin is suggesting a ceasefire.. Seriously? I don't doubt it though.
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posted on
11/07/2005 11:40:26 AM PST
by
Dane
( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
To: Vicomte13
Chirac will probably not fire Sarkozy. Sarkozy is the head of the UMP, Chirac's and Villepin's political party. If Chirac were to fire Sarkozy, it would open up a civil war within UMP, and Sarkozy would probably win the battle given how weak Chirac now is. That would leave Villepin without any party base and cripple him. It would also leave Chirac a lame duck. No, Chirac and Villepin will keep Sarkozy, their enemy, very close to them, right there in the cabinet, and taking all the blame for everything that goes wrong. Proof positive that this is a political game for the government.
333
posted on
11/07/2005 11:40:41 AM PST
by
ARealMothersSonForever
(Proud to be named as a member of the Radical Right Wing. Vast Right Wing got old.)
To: Chanticleer
It's like Chris Rock said (to paraphase), "Whites like Blacks like they like cream in coffee, just a little, not too much..." I can't remember.
334
posted on
11/07/2005 11:41:09 AM PST
by
Clock King
("How will it end?" - Emperor; "In Fire." - Kosh)
To: Dane
To: Dane
I understand the French government is blaming it on BUSH.
To: Dark Skies
The BBC broke away fairly early... I think they were emarrased on Villepin's behalf..
So I have no idea on any eforcement of the curfews...
I think the closest Villepin got while he was still broadcast was that he suggest the parents of the youth should consider giving their childres a strict talking to...
337
posted on
11/07/2005 11:43:08 AM PST
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: LikeLight
You've heard the French press has agreed to suspend the "car count"? France is becoming one huge Potemkin village.
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posted on
11/07/2005 11:43:21 AM PST
by
Dane
( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
To: Dane
Don't the French understand liberal psychology?
"If you say you shouldn't do something, you just make it more desirable."
So the French government ought to be ENCOURAGING the unrest and giving the kids better weapons and anything else they might need to cause more unrest.
This recipe will surely stop the violence ASAP.
To: marktuoni
No problem. All that the rest of us have is a little red x
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posted on
11/07/2005 11:49:25 AM PST
by
ARealMothersSonForever
(Proud to be named as a member of the Radical Right Wing. Vast Right Wing got old.)
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