Comments on: French Riots, coming soon to Germany, Belgium and a slum near you.

By: Myopic Zeal

Myopic Zeal — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:40:54 +0000

EXCLUSIVE: Chirac Reading &#8220;My Pet Goat&#8221;?
I have come across this shocking bit of evidence that while France burns, Chirac has spent the last eleven days reading the French version of the much maligned &#8230;

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By: bustardblog

bustardblog — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:29:24 +0000

Paris Riots: The Ugly American Redux
What are being called the Paris Riots, have spread throughout France, and apparently into Belgium as well. Yesterday brought the first death caused by these riots. Today brought more ugliness from the American Right. The book, The Ugly American was

By: kender

kender — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 06:17:48 +0000

ScottFLA, thank you for the comment, but your claim that I am saying that the root of the problem is not socialism is not quite right, to put it nicely.

I am saying that it IS socialism that is at the root of the problem, hence this quote from me;

I wish to remind everyone that in a socialist society the true measure of Freedom, socio-economic mobility, simply does NOT exist. That is why these people are angry.
I am, in a rare fit of calm reflection, going to guess that something between my post and your comment was lost in translation.

Thank you for agreeing with me.

By: ScottFLA

ScottFLA — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 06:05:46 +0000

No. 1– the scenerio you outlined is precisely what you argue it isn’t — the difference between socialism and capitalism. Captialism works because of its promise that each citizen can be everything and anything he wants to be. The sky’s the limit. Socialism fails (everytime) becuase it’s promises are nothing more than government handouts, which encourage more need and greater reliance on government. When the system breaks down, chaos reigns.

By: kender

kender — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 05:24:55 +0000

The link for that news story about Bush sending in the Marines is here at Ravens and she got it from brokennewz

By: Dethanial

Dethanial — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 04:39:31 +0000

Raven over at (and rightly so) has an article where Bush is sending troops to France to help stop the riots.

By: T. Longren

T. Longren — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 03:03:44 +0000

European Intifada Getting Uglier
It&#8217;s obvious, that when taken at face value, the ongoing Intifada in Europe is a very bad thing. I think it&#8217;ll have it&#8217;s benefits when all is said and done though. That is, assuming Europe makes a solid commitment to fighting the w…

By: Don Surber

Don Surber — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 02:12:37 +0000

Euro-sion
L’Intifada may not be getting much play among liberals — who hate to see their multicultural diversity come to roost — but it is affecting the financial markets.

By: kender

kender — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:09:46 +0000

Exactly Gribbit. We shouldn’t give the french one bit of help.

By: Gribbit

Gribbit — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 23:52:05 +0000

That is exactly why we shouldn’t. They didn’t step to the plate when they were needed, so why should we. We have seen what the frogs are made of and the invitation of oppression does not entitle them to be rescued from it.