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French Whine

imageimageFrance Hit By Mass Job Protests

PARIS (BBC)—More than one million people are estimated to have protested across France on Tuesday against the government’s youth employment laws. Fighting broke out as protesters gathered in Paris, and missiles were hurled at police as they moved into the crowds to try to remove troublemakers. Tear gas and water cannon were used to disperse the protesters, and by late evening just a small group remained.

A nationwide strike has also caused travel chaos throughout the country. The BBC’s Jon Sopel in Paris said the protest had been initially mainly peaceful, but the mood had then deteriorated. As the trouble erupted in the Place de la Republique in north-east Paris, our correspondent said his BBC crew had also come under attack, although he added the violence had remained “low-level”.

The BBC’s Emma Jane Kirby, also in the French capital, said that despite the trouble, the majority of protesters had been marching peacefully. Extra riot police were deployed before the march, after a rally in Paris last week led to running battles. French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy told them to only get tough with those he called delinquents.

- Have some more French whine here ...

Of course, no report on riots in France would be complete without hearing from the poor, downtrodden youth who have a clear understanding of how business works even though most of them have never worked a day in their miserable lives. Take this young lady who, although ugly as sin, has a beautiful theory about how evil employers must be to spend time and money training a young worker just for the pleasure of firing them after they have been trained.  I wonder what school of business administration she learned that at?

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Then we have this budding young socialist who is dead set against a boss being ... a boss. Obviously, she plans on living in some socialist paradise where the workers tell their employers what to do, take two-month vacations every year, work only 30 hours per week, get paid lots and lots of money just for showing up for work and are allowed to retire with a pension at age 40. That would be France, for sure. And they wonder why we laugh at them?

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There is nothing quite like a good French Whine to cheer me up! Garçon! May I have some cheese to go with that ... ?


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