09-22-2008, 07:30 PM
If we're gonna become France, we should embrace the good parts, and reject the not so good parts. France's unemployment rate is permanently bad. They're so regulated, they can't fire or hire people. If you have a job you get cradle-to-grave security, if you don't have a job (if you're not native french) you're on welfare forever. The increasing Arabian and disenfranchised Muslim populations in France have become seething ghettos. And besides being cowardly and disturbingly cozy with tyrants and mass murderers, the French can't figure out how to bake bread that's not stale a day later.
On the other hand, they are more energy independent, have modern nuclear power plants, they make the finest perfumes and most exotic lingere, their workforce is productive, yet get to vacation for the entire month of August. And have lots of time to sit in cafes writing books about how much they hate themselves, eating the world's finest cuisine. They've produced arguably the world's most stunning actress, the latest Bond girl, who takes all her clothes off in French movies, instead of dragging bed sheets around to cover her national treasure. What's not to like?
On the other hand, they are more energy independent, have modern nuclear power plants, they make the finest perfumes and most exotic lingere, their workforce is productive, yet get to vacation for the entire month of August. And have lots of time to sit in cafes writing books about how much they hate themselves, eating the world's finest cuisine. They've produced arguably the world's most stunning actress, the latest Bond girl, who takes all her clothes off in French movies, instead of dragging bed sheets around to cover her national treasure. What's not to like?