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March 19, 2006
French Moonbats Rage Against Reform
Modest attempts to rein in the moonbattery that has crippled France's economy have had predictable results: total chaos as the intended beneficiaries of reform went berserk at the notion that the government would encourage hiring by allowing firing.
Half a million people in about 160 cities participated in the tantrum. Cars were set aflame and a McDonald's was assaulted, presumably because both economic freedom and McDonald's remind moonbats of America. In Marseille, the French flag at City Hall was replaced with a banner reading "Anti-capitalism."
The law that provoked all this outrage would allow businesses to fire young workers in the first two years on a job without giving a reason. Obviously this would not only make employees more productive, but would give businesses an incentive to hire them.
You don't have to be Adam Smith to notice that there is an inverse relationship between the health of an economy and the degree of government interference. A demented state of affairs in which private businesses are not allowed to fire employees goes a long way toward explaining why the jobless rate of French youth is 23% nationwide, and 50% among the poor.
Under these conditions, no one is going to hire unless it is absolutely necessary. What if business slows down? What if the employee is too lazy to do any work? It's much safer to never hire them in the first place.
Having let creeping socialism clog up its economy, France is damned no matter what it does. The most modest reforms will bring leftists out onto the streets to throw rocks at police. But the high unemployment caused by the status quo is believed to be a major cause of rioting by French Muslims.
The lesson is obvious: never let moonbattery get a foothold in the first place.
Posted by Van Helsing at March 19, 2006 10:52 AM
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France is another hotbed for revolution. But in the end, the moonbat left, marxist bootlicks, muslims and other totalitarian types will lose big time.
Be careful of France. They will be the first western nation pushed to the final edge. And don't forget, they have nukes.
The good I see coming out of all this world conflict is that Leftism, statism, socialism, totalitariansim, will in the end be wiped clean from the face of the earth.
So heed this moonbats: convert to what is today called conservatism, or what can also be described as the original liberal democratic way of life now, before the end arrives.
Which side are you on? Winner or loser?
Posted by: Doug at March 19, 2006 12:03 PM
Convert to the only true way before the end arrives? How long has there been "doomsday prophets" or Christian Zionists saying the world is going to end? They have never been right before, and they will of course never be right in the future. No man will know this information, it is privy only to the higher powers at be. Rather men use this as an excuse to look the other way, after all Jesus is going to come and make everything better, right? Lets get real, God helps those who help themselves. All philosophies be it political or relegious have good aspects and bad aspects. To feel your right just because thats what you are is just ethnocentrism. It gets us no where fast, why not try critically analyzing these so called horrible ways to think and maybe you can understand why some people feel this way. You certainely not expanding your mind by saying I am a winner and you are a loser.
As far as a winning or losing side, there is no one correct side. Black and white ideologies are what dictators thrive on.
Posted by: Reed Harding at March 19, 2006 2:41 PM
Why is always those on the left who are rioting and being violent? I haven't seen any on the right engaging in this type of activity. There was what, 12 GOPer's or so arrested in Boston during the Dem convention, versus hundreds of Lefties?
Posted by: William Teach at March 19, 2006 6:17 PM
I'll try to field that question. For one lefties often employ a strategy of Ghandi and Guerrilla. This basically means they will have a peaceful and a destructive group. The idea here is to try to get you to bargain with the more rational group rather than deal with the destructive group. This is often employed with groups who have limited resources or power. This method is also employed by abortion demonstrators who will form peaceful and then progressively more destructive groups to try and motivate talks with the more peaceful side. In both these instances people feel disenfranchised and want things to change. The question is how to deal with them. It is a delicate matter for both sides, for instance the peaceful protestors risk being associated with extremists. The government risks being considered unjust if they use too much force against protestors (We all know that peacful protestors often get caught in the middle). The solution is to use as little force as possible and isolate and arrest the violent group. This way the government validates it is doing what is right without seeming overbearing.
Posted by: Reed Harding at March 19, 2006 6:37 PM
Nice to see Frogistan imploding. All of Europe is in a state of decay, but the Frogs are going downhill faster. Spoiled brat socialists are going to find out he hard way that moving towards communism is a dead end alley.
In a decade or so, the Islamists will begin beheading the Frogs and take power. There are already large areas of France that are considered off limits to non Muslims. The cancer is growing, its too late for them.
Joke going around is which country will become the next Islamic nuclear power? Answer: France
Once the weather warms up the Islamic car burning will begin full force again. Every night dozens are burned, but they dont report it unless it goes over 100 per night. Its only a matter of time before the Islamists begin using guns instead of just burning cars. The French are pretty useless so its no great loss.
Posted by: General Jack D. Ripper at March 19, 2006 8:47 PM
Van Helsing,
I sent a link to this piece to my boss, who is quoting you in today's email! It will be visible here shortly.
Posted by: Cato the Elder at March 20, 2006 5:59 PM
Thank you, Cato. I'm honored.
Posted by: Van Helsing at March 20, 2006 8:12 PM
Muslims in france don't want to work because they'd have to give up the luxory they live in for much lower pay. It pays to be lazy in France and only those who work have to pay for that non-sense. Sooner or later the leftists are going to find out the muslims aren't their "brothers" and the leftists will have a rude awakening. Totally lost in france? Not really, but for the time being yeah. Most leftists don't have the brain power to figure it out unless they've had personal injury done to themselves that make them figure it out. It's kind of like a stuborn mule. The only way you get a stuborn mule to move is by hitting it between the eyes with a 2x4.
Posted by: Andre at March 24, 2006 7:25 PM
Yeah those french are pretty useless.They only have the most beautifil city(paris)slim women(unlike heartland american hogs)language,films, great food.They even make the game of Rugby look poetic and that's tough to do.But oh yeah middle America has such superior culture,mon dieu, chuck's waffle house beats a parisian bistro any day of the week,does it not.
p.s for the featherbrains on this site,that last comment was marinated lightly in ironic sarcasm
Posted by: mister o at March 25, 2006 9:09 PM
