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Back stabber under investigation

By on November 21, 2007
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Good news, Chirac is under investigation for corruption as Paris mayor back in 1977 to 1995. We all knew he was crooked.

He lost immunity from investigation after he left the presidency in May.

…Mr Chirac has now been placed under formal investigation, said his lawyer Jean Veil.

This means judges believe there is enough evidence against a suspect to proceed with a more exhaustive investigation, which may or may not culminate in a trial.

It could be the first time in modern French history that a former president faces criminal charges.  ~news.bbc.co.uk

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Segolene was right

By on May 6, 2007
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There are riots in France as a result of Sarkozy winning the election. “Decisive victory for Sarkozy in France”

There’s a certain ambiguity about making fun of Segolene’s pronouncement that there would be violence when– I mean if– Sarkozy won. On the one hand it’s plainly ridiculous for any candidate to claim such a thing as if it would or should sway voters, as a kind of blackmail. “Vote for my opponent and the city will burn!”

On the other hand, when, (I mean if, of course), the pronouncement comes to pass just as she claimed it discredits both her and those who riot. Thus it is today.

French censorship?

By on March 6, 2007
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What is the purpose of this law? Does freedom of speech mean nothing to the French?

The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists. The law could lead to the imprisonment of eyewitnesses who film acts of police violence, or operators of Web sites publishing the images, one French civil liberties group warned on Tuesday.  ~news.yahoo.com

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French quagmire

By on February 24, 2007
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I hate to be caught gloating, but when it comes to the French, and Jack Chirac in particular, it’s just to much to ask me this story in the Times UK there’s this wild story about Chirac losing the battle of cancelling a holiday.

THE collapse of President Chirac’s authority will be exposed today when most French people blithely ignore his decision to make Whit Monday a normal working day. ~TimesOnline.co.uk

Is it me or does it seem weird that the French government expects to have the control over what holidays everyone gets to take? Sure, we have national holidays too but the U.S. government doesn’t have control over when employees of private business get to take days off. Continue reading French quagmire