Comments on: What’s Behind the French Riots? The Thirty-Five Hour Work-Week http://informedspeculation.com/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/comment-page-1/#comment-7753 Mark Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:47:50 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/#comment-7753 Yes, they have that certain <em>je ne sais quai</em>, don't they... Yes, they have that certain je ne sais quai, don’t they…

]]> By: Fred http://informedspeculation.com/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/comment-page-1/#comment-7752 Fred Tue, 08 Nov 2005 06:29:20 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/#comment-7752 The French have decided to call up 1,500 police reservists and institute a curfew. Now let me get this right, they expect 5 extra policeman per city (1,500 divided by 300 cities) and a law that makes it illegal to riot after midnight to stop the violence? Ah, only the French. The French have decided to call up 1,500 police reservists and institute a curfew. Now let me get this right, they expect 5 extra policeman per city (1,500 divided by 300 cities) and a law that makes it illegal to riot after midnight to stop the violence? Ah, only the French.

]]> By: Donkey Stomp http://informedspeculation.com/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/comment-page-1/#comment-7729 Donkey Stomp Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:29:40 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/#comment-7729 <strong>Paris Riots</strong> Europe is at war, but it seems as though European leaders, like French President Jacques Chirac, don't seem to want to see these "riots" as what they truly are. The AP on Fox News reports: Rioting by French youths spread... Paris Riots

Europe is at war, but it seems as though European leaders, like French President Jacques Chirac, don’t seem to want to see these “riots” as what they truly are. The AP on Fox News reports: Rioting by French youths spread…

]]> By: utron http://informedspeculation.com/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/comment-page-1/#comment-7728 utron Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:54:53 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/#comment-7728 Dalyrimple is a splendidly bleak writer, and although I hope he's wrong about the prospects for Europe, I'm not sure that I'd bet the rent on Europe's survival. As <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1287966&page=1" title="_blank" rel="nofollow">this story</a> notes, the riots have now spread to Belgium, and the rioters have made bringing down Sarkozy an explicit goal. The story's also worth noting for the usual self-loathing MSM spin. In paragraph 20, the writer implicitly blames Sarkozy, not the rioters, for the worsening situation. In the previous paragraph, she mentions that the people Sarkozy criticized so unfairly have sent a 13-month-old baby to the hospital with a fractured skull... Somehow, the irony here seems to have sailed right past the reporter. Dalyrimple is a splendidly bleak writer, and although I hope he’s wrong about the prospects for Europe, I’m not sure that I’d bet the rent on Europe’s survival. As this story notes, the riots have now spread to Belgium, and the rioters have made bringing down Sarkozy an explicit goal.

The story’s also worth noting for the usual self-loathing MSM spin. In paragraph 20, the writer implicitly blames Sarkozy, not the rioters, for the worsening situation. In the previous paragraph, she mentions that the people Sarkozy criticized so unfairly have sent a 13-month-old baby to the hospital with a fractured skull… Somehow, the irony here seems to have sailed right past the reporter.

]]> By: Oyster http://informedspeculation.com/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/comment-page-1/#comment-7724 Oyster Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:05:29 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/#comment-7724 Dalrymple always has a way of forcing the bare facts into the open so they can't be denied. Dalrymple always has a way of forcing the bare facts into the open so they can’t be denied.

]]> By: The English Guy » Fighting Fire with Fire http://informedspeculation.com/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/comment-page-1/#comment-7721 The English Guy » Fighting Fire with Fire Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:34:15 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/#comment-7721 [...] Worse still however, although perhaps not worse than knowing WHY this is happening, is that the violence is spreading beyond the borders of France. Reports are saying that five cars were burned outside the train station in Brussels. [...] [...] Worse still however, although perhaps not worse than knowing WHY this is happening, is that the violence is spreading beyond the borders of France. Reports are saying that five cars were burned outside the train station in Brussels. [...]

]]> By: The English Guy http://informedspeculation.com/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/comment-page-1/#comment-7720 The English Guy Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:18:29 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/11/07/whats-behind-the-french-riots-the-thirty-five-hour-work-week/#comment-7720 <strong>Fighting Fire with Fire</strong> If you seen any bits and pieces of news over the last decade you might have seen footage of the fires in the Western states, California etc., Huge forest fires that quite honestly, might go on and on if they weren’t stopped. Firefighters don&#82... Fighting Fire with Fire

If you seen any bits and pieces of news over the last decade you might have seen footage of the fires in the Western states, California etc., Huge forest fires that quite honestly, might go on and on if they weren’t stopped. Firefighters don&#82…

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