Monday - May 07, 2007

French Fries

Question: how can you tell if the French voters chose the best person to fix the mess they have dug themselves into?

Answer: all the “wrong people” get pissed off and start rioting and burning towns down again.

You just knew this was coming, didn’t you? When a liberal, socialist or communist wins an election anywhere in the world the rest of us just shrug, vow to do better next election and go about our business. When a moderate or conservative wins an election the whining pissants rise up and raise hell. Whether it’s Jesse Jackson rousing the rabble in the US or the African invaders and “disaffected youth” in France the result is always the same - riots, baseless claims of disenfranchisement and/or just plain passive-aggressive, psychotic behavior ... the pod people always scream bloody murder.

I am just about getting sick and tired of this. We need to start having “rest periods” after every election. Everybody goes home and shuts the heck up for one week. No ifs, ands or buts. And while we’re on the subject ... who in hell decided Americans should hold elections on a Tuesday and Euro-Peons get to take their time voting on weekends? That ain’t right!

Regardless, Sarkozy won the election in France and we shall see if he is indeed going to turn France around. It can’t get much worse. If you’re keeping count on the “World Leaders Upheaval Showcase” lately, this is only Round One. Next is Tony Blair’s departure in Britain this month or next. Then comes the big Surprise Russian Elections next March when we find out if Pooty-Poot steps aside or not. Finally, in November of next year, America goes to the polls and decides whether we’re going to be an “Obama Nation” or not.

“Interesting times”, indeed. I predict nations worldwide are about to take a definite rightward tilt in the next eighteen months and the rioters, liberals, socialists, just plain assholes and the “Arab street” are about to get a lesson in civility. The majority of the world just wants to get on with the business of making our lives better and there is just no room for this silliness any more.

That’s the thing about pendulums, whether they be in clocks or political climates ... they never stand still. They always swing back in the opposite direction after a time. The angry, so-called “deprived” of this world are just getting in the way of progress. Their train left the station months ago ....

French Police Arrest Nearly 600 People In Post-Election Violence
PARIS, May 7 (AP) - May 7 03:31 PM US/Eastern

French police have arrested a total of 592 people across the country as bands of rioters protested conservative Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidential election victory Sunday, French media reported.

The police said a total of 730 vehicles were torched and 28 police officers were injured in violent incidents from Sunday night to Monday morning. Police fought stone-throwing rioters with tear gas, but it was not clear how many rioters were injured, according to Radio France.

On Sunday night, about 5,000 people gathered at the Place de la Bastille, a favored gathering spot for right-wing supporters during the election. Other fights with the police broke out in Toulouse, Marseilles and Lyon.

Posted by The Skipper     on 05/07/2007 at 10:03 PM   
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