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Only the French.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-03-19-france-protests_N.htm?csp=YahooModule_News

Do they think the French government doesnt realize there is a global economic crisis? Oh all these people are marching because of a poor economy? Who knew? You would think they would have put it in the paper or something.

Only the French.
Or Greeks. Or Italians. Or many other nations.
Do they think the French government doesnt realize there is a global economic crisis?
Errr.... I think the French government knows full-well. Just because the reds are getting uppity doesn't mean that the government doesn't know what's going on.
Oh all these people are marching because of a poor economy? Who knew? You would think they would have put it in the paper or something.
The French just like to strike -_-

I just think its ironic that they shut down half of the trains in the country so noone can get to work, just so they can complain there isnt enough work. Then you try to give them work, and they strike and complain that 35 hours a week is too much and 4 months paid vacation isnt enough. And just try to fire them once you have them no matter how shitty of an employee they are. Gotta love the French.

"This march is legitimate and useful for the country. Perhaps as a result of this march, the authorities will finally move to respond to the preoccupations of the French," former Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal said on RTL radio Thursday morning.
What preoccupations? Striking? :p

I like the way the French public actually care enough about something to strike about. Makes a change from all the..... eh...... what's the word..... uhhhhh.... apath......... yeh.... whatever.

Radio 4 just reported that ol' Sarko is now "the most unpopular [French] President in living memory", which makes quite a change from a couple of years or so ago.

Only the French.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-03-19-france-protests_N.htm?csp=YahooModule_News

Do they think the French government doesnt realize there is a global economic crisis? Oh all these people are marching because of a poor economy? Who knew? You would think they would have put it in the paper or something.
its good to get out of the house in the spring sunshine when you are unemployed.

perhaps they are trying to get the government to do what needs to be done to help fix the crisis. knowing its a crisis and acting effectively to end it are 2 different things.

not unlike the US govt realizing that it is wrong to give AIG workers millions in bonuses but not acting on it until the american people become enraged.

perhaps they are trying to get the government to do what needs to be done to help fix the crisis. knowing its a crisis and acting effectively to end it are 2 different things.


So preventing hundreds of thousands of people from getting to work is the intelligent solution? The very people the strikers are blocking are actually directly helping to SOLVE economic problems unlike strikers that just stand around and sap additional government resources due to police monitoring and crowd control.

Radio 4 just reported that ol' Sarko is now "the most unpopular [French] President in living memory", which makes quite a change from a couple of years or so ago.
I'm sure before Chircac it was probably Mitterand who was the most unpopular president in living memory, etc. etc.

So preventing hundreds of thousands of people from getting to work is the intelligent solution? The very people the strikers are blocking are actually directly helping to SOLVE economic problems unlike strikers that just stand around and sap additional government resources due to police monitoring and crowd control.
its as sensible as spending work time emailing your congressman about the AIG bonuses.

its france, do any of them really work?

its as sensible as spending work time emailing your congressman about the AIG bonuses.


Taking the US with its 'unique' psyche: which would work more effectively? A load of people emailing a congressman? Or a load of people on the streets in a single day of protest nationwide?

/genuine question

I'm sure before Chircac it was probably Mitterand who was the most unpopular president in living memory, etc. etc.
Aye, but I don't think either had the level of support that Sarko had during the election, though I may be mistaken.

Also, does anyone else find it amusing that English-language journalists around the world seem to be in a giant competition to pronounce 'Sarkozy' in the most extreme French accent possible?

Taking the US with its 'unique' psyche: which would work more effectively? A load of people emailing a congressman? Or a load of people on the streets in a single day of protest nationwide?

Work more effectively to accomplish what?

Taking the US with its 'unique' psyche: which would work more effectively? A load of people emailing a congressman? Or a load of people on the streets in a single day of protest nationwide?

/genuine question
if the protest is big enough, they are equally effective.

the only question in my mind is what the strikers want the french govt to do. is it something stupid? do they expect it to be "fixed" this week? is the govt already doing everything that is reasonable to do?

if the protest is big enough, they are equally effective.

the only question in my mind is what the strikers want the french govt to do. is it something stupid? do they expect it to be "fixed" this week? is the govt already doing everything that is reasonable to do?

they want the government to spend a 1 trillion euro stimulus package ?

they want the government to spend a 1 trillion euro stimulus package ?
youre just saying that.

they want the government to spend a 1 trillion euro stimulus package ?

That's about $4.35 in your money. :tongue:

Taking the US with its 'unique' psyche: which would work more effectively? A load of people emailing a congressman? Or a load of people on the streets in a single day of protest nationwide?

/genuine question

Thats easy. Americans are lazy and the country is large and wide. People rarely gather in large numbers and when they do there is always alot of news coverage. An angry email into a spam folder? Meh not so much.

youre just saying that.

they are French they don't want to be out done by Obama or any other Yank.

they are French they don't want to be out done by Obama or any other Yank.
surely they are satisfied with the "francification" of the us.

i find it soooo funny that the conservative radio talk show hosts alarm their listeners by saying that the president is trying to turn us into FRANCE!

because wine drinking, sylish, thin women and cigarette smoking, stripey shirt and beret wearing men sittng around cafes sipping espresso are so damned scary.

Aye, but I don't think either had the level of support that Sarko had during the election, though I may be mistaken.
I dunno, in the first round he only got about 40% of the vote, and in the second round he didn't win by that much.

surely they are satisfied with the "francification" of the us.

i find it soooo funny that the conservative radio talk show hosts alarm their listeners by saying that the president is trying to turn us into FRANCE!

because wine drinking, sylish, thin women and cigarette smoking, stripey shirt and beret wearing men sittng around cafes sipping espresso are so damned scary.

the rioters said that would suffice only if we forgo English and only speak French.

That's about $4.35 in your money. :tongue:

what excahnge are you using. 1 trillion euros would be 1.3 trillion US dollars.

because wine drinking, sylish, thin women and cigarette smoking, stripey shirt and beret wearing men sittng around cafes sipping espresso are so damned scary.

Wine drinking i can take or leave, we have more thin stylish women in the US then you even have French citizens period, cigarette smoking is slowly leaving our society thankfully, and on the bottom of my list of things i want to see in any given day is a dude wearing a beret.

Wine drinking i can take or leave, we have more thin stylish women in the US then you even have French citizens period, cigarette smoking is slowly leaving our society thankfully, and on the bottom of my list of things i want to see in any given day is a dude wearing a beret.

there is an American way to wear a beret.
Like that http://www.marlowwhite.com/images/faq/how-to-wear-the-black-beret.jpg

Wine drinking i can take or leave, we have more thin stylish women in the US then you even have French citizens period, cigarette smoking is slowly leaving our society thankfully, and on the bottom of my list of things i want to see in any given day is a dude wearing a beret.
so you oppose the francification of america?

maybe you should start listening to sean hannity. he has an afternoon radio show and an evening (i think) tv show on foxnews.

Just as long as they don't take away my Guns I don't care whom we emulate.

there is an American way to wear a beret.
Like that http://www.marlowwhite.com/images/faq/how-to-wear-the-black-beret.jpg

And frankly even thats a little gay.

And frankly even thats a little gay.

normally the guns offset the gayness.

I love that people act like the crisis 'just happened', as though governments, banks, corporations etc weren't the authors of their own demise.

And frankly even thats a little gay. What I love about the French is they can 'act gay' and still get more pussy than...well you.

Striking season is early this year in France...

Striking season is early this year in France...
Who knows, maybe the Beurs are off to burn cars in May.

Who knows, maybe the Beurs are off to burn cars in May.

While I know you're making a joke I still think that incident is a bit too recent and politically loaded to joke about.

surely they are satisfied with the "francification" of the us.

i find it soooo funny that the conservative radio talk show hosts alarm their listeners by saying that the president is trying to turn us into FRANCE!

because wine drinking, sylish, thin women and cigarette smoking, stripey shirt and beret wearing men sittng around cafes sipping espresso are so damned scary.
To me, yeah. French Culture creeps me out. Of course, coming from a shy, unstylish guy who believes hats are the devils work, this is a natural reaction.:D

While I know you're making a joke I still think that incident is a bit too recent and politically loaded to joke about.

This is NSG. If someone made a heart-wrenching thread about how they just had an abortion, and realized they didn't want one after the job was done, the thread would be filled with dead baby jokes.

And I thought you left?

I just think its ironic that they shut down half of the trains in the country so noone can get to work, just so they can complain there isnt enough work. Then you try to give them work, and they strike and complain that 35 hours a week is too much and 4 months paid vacation isnt enough. And just try to fire them once you have them no matter how shitty of an employee they are. Gotta love the French.

I immediately noticed that protests, disrupting rail, and air traffic, and going on strike are not the keys to fixing the economy. Not enough work in your country? Go on strike, and show all the poor people who don't have jobs that you can be just like them! Because the answer to a poor economy, is to make the economy worse.

Fight fire with fire.

Also... seriously... can't the French just calm down, and give one of their governments a break. The French people have been at war with ever government they've had since they stormed the Bastille... at least give one of the new ones a chance for a few months.

Also... seriously... can't the French just calm down, and give one of their governments a break. The French people have been at war with ever government they've had since they stormed the Bastille... at least give one of the new ones a chance for a few months.

This is my favorite thing about the French. I wish Americans were more like this.

What I love about the French is they can 'act gay' and still get more pussy than...well you.

And they smoke and drink like true champions...God, you can't find that sentiment in America anymore. We're the weaklings in this case.

Lol, those wacky frogs will strike for anything. No wonder the britfags always mock them.

Lol, those wacky frogs will strike for anything. No wonder the britfags always mock them.

"Britfags?" :confused:

"Britfags?" :confused:

Cigarettes. You see, cigarettes are called "fags" in the UK. In the US, homosexuals are called "fags". That's why "Britfags" was used. To clarify which definition of "fags" he means.

And those wacky fags. If half the energy that went into rioting went into their military, their military wouldn't be laughed at. If the other half went into curing stuff, AIDS and cancer would have been wiped out long ago. But the French like problems, which explains the rioting, the irony of their protesting, and their involvement in the whole "Oil for Food" mess.

Cigarettes. You see, cigarettes are called "fags" in the UK. In the US, homosexuals are called "fags". That's why "Britfags" was used. To clarify which definition of "fags" he means.

And those wacky fags. If half the energy that went into rioting went into their military, their military wouldn't be laughed at. If the other half went into curing stuff, AIDS and cancer would have been wiped out long ago. But the French like problems, which explains the rioting, the irony of their protesting, and their involvement in the whole "Oil for Food" mess.

I agree. France is so damn useless. They even punish their own entrepreneurs.