tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post7203910743062534543..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Viva La France!Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36370517196140571122007-09-29T13:28:00.000-04:002007-09-29T13:28:00.000-04:00And unless offering an alternative course of actio...And unless offering an alternative course of action, one that is practical and realistic, to obtain the stated National goals, then it is encumbent on all of US to support the best efforts of our Government, in its' adventures overseas.<BR/><BR/>We're all along for the boat ride, regardless. <BR/><BR/><B>30,000 troops for the<BR/>Fourth of July Parades</B><BR/><BR/>With a Spirit of Victory<BR/>or the agony of de feet.<BR/><BR/>It's all in the presentation<BR/>Running up to the Election.<BR/><BR/>That must be the GOP Plan, <BR/>the March 08 "Progress Report", followed by announcements of further draw down of forces, <BR/>to the 100,000 level by Jan '09. With accelerated departures proposed after that.<BR/><BR/>Big homecoming celebration at the 4th, then throughout the summer, running up to the Election.<BR/><BR/>The GOPs only chance is to spin it as Victory, embrace Maliki and the Government, the Iraqi Army most of all.<BR/><BR/>Stage management, all the pieces are there. Support the President, Support the Cause<BR/><BR/><B>Stay the Course!</B>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58698485217454182912007-09-29T13:15:00.000-04:002007-09-29T13:15:00.000-04:00Countries don't have friends; Countries have "Inte...Countries don't have friends; Countries have "Interests."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17472658583625410992007-09-29T11:56:00.000-04:002007-09-29T11:56:00.000-04:00Paris area mayors to resist immigration crackdownT...<I><B>Paris area mayors to resist immigration crackdown</B><BR/>Thu 13 Sep 2007, 15:59 GMT<BR/> <BR/>PARIS, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Eight mayors in the Paris region said on Thursday they would resist a plan by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to expel more illegal immigrants.<BR/><BR/>Sarkozy, a law-and-order hardliner, won the election in May after campaigning vigorously on the theme of national identity and promising a crackdown on illegal immigration.<BR/><BR/>But Immigration Minister Brice Hortefeux is struggling to meet Sarkozy's target to expel 25,000 illegal immigrants by the end of the year, after officials said they expelled some 11,000 in the first seven months of 2007.<BR/><BR/>Hortefeux met local prefects from areas who had not met their expulsion targets on Wednesday, sparking a wave of criticism among human rights groups and the left-wing opposition, which said he was obsessed with numbers.<BR/><BR/>"We ... remind you that we are doing our duty as citizens to protect inhabitants who live, work and study in our community," eight mayors from the political left in the Paris region wrote in an open letter to Hortefeux.<BR/><BR/>"We are not at your orders," they said. "Your obsessive vision of numbers in the area of immigration policy is even more condemnable because human beings are involved."<BR/><BR/>French media said Hortefeux was under fierce pressure from Sarkozy to reach the expulsion target.<BR/></I>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32429929002930501112007-09-29T11:51:00.000-04:002007-09-29T11:51:00.000-04:00France Races to Oust Illegal ImmigrantsBy ELAINE G...<B><I>France Races to Oust Illegal Immigrants</B><BR/>By ELAINE GANLEY – Sep 22, 2007 <BR/><BR/>PARIS (AP) — A Russian boy suffers head injuries after falling from a window while trying to elude police. A North African man slips from a window ledge and fractures his leg while fleeing officers. A Chinese woman lies in a coma after plunging from a window during a police check.<BR/><BR/>As France races to deport 25,000 illegal immigrants by the end of the year — a quota set by President Nicolas Sarkozy — tensions are mounting and the crackdown is taking a toll.<BR/><BR/>Critics say the hunt threatens values in a nation that prides itself on being a cradle of human rights and a land of asylum. Protesters have gathered by the dozens in Paris to protect illegal aliens as police move in.<BR/><BR/>But with three months left in the year, police have caught at least 11,800 immigrants, less than half the target, so Sarkozy has ordered officials to pick up the pace.<BR/><BR/><B>"I want numbers,"</B> Sarkozy reportedly told Brice Hortefeux, head of the Ministry of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Co-Development, which Sarkozy set up after taking office in May.<B> "This is a campaign commitment. The French expect (action) on this."</B><BR/><BR/>There are no solid estimates of the number of illegal aliens in France. The Immigration Ministry puts it at 200,000 to 400,000, many from former colonies in Africa. France has a population of some 63 million.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>At the same time, following protests by teachers and parents, families with children in school appear to have been spared, advocacy groups say. Only four high school students and two primary school pupils are known to have been among the deportees since early July, according to the Education Without Borders Network, the main organizer of the protests.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59012335365830608302007-09-29T11:43:00.000-04:002007-09-29T11:43:00.000-04:00Sky King, doug.That Cessna 310 was really somethin...Sky King, doug.<BR/>That Cessna 310 was really something<BR/><BR/>At the Financial Times there is a piece about Mr Sarkozy. <A HREF="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c60622b6-6df0-11dc-b8ab-0000779fd2ac.html" REL="nofollow">John Thronhill</A> writes a reasonably informative background piece.<BR/><BR/>A tad over 42,000, puts the US in 6th place on the GDP per capita.<BR/><BR/>Quite substantial when the number of the capitas (over 300 million) is considered.<BR/><BR/>None of the other population giants even comes close.<BR/><BR/>With regards to the Mohammedan Wars, Mr Abracadbra's speach and tying it all together, Ms Glick is at it, again.<BR/><A HREF="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/09/ahmadinejads_overlooked_messag.html" REL="nofollow"> Caroline, at her pointed best</A><BR/><BR/>Here is a snippet<BR/><BR/><I>Ahmadinejad is not interested in convincing the US government or even the majority of Americans to convert to Islam. He is interested in convincing adherents of totalitarian Islam and potential converts to the cause that they are on the winning side. He is interested in demoralizing foes of totalitarian Islam within the Islamic world and so causing them to give up any thoughts of struggle. In this goal he is no different from any of his Sunni counterparts in Saudi Arabia, al-Qaida, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas or their sister organizations throughout the Islamic world and indeed throughout the West.<BR/><BR/>Throughout the world, Islamic ideologues are aggressively spreading their message of global domination. In mosques, on the Internet, on television, in schools, hospitals and prisons, Islamic preachers can be found propagating the cause of Islamic domination. And aside from Iran, no regime, including the Saudi regime, is immune from the pressures of the message.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the central reason that Ahmadinejad's message, and the hundreds of thousands of voices echoing his call throughout the world, are so dangerous is because <B><BR/>the Free World is making precious little effort to assert its own message. </B><BR/><BR/>Indeed, rather than contend forthrightly with the challenge that men like Ahmadinejad and Osama bin Laden pose to the West, the West searches for ways to either co-opt their message by seeking out points of agreement or to show that really, the Islamic imperialists have nothing to fear from the West. </I><BR/><BR/><B>3,700 troops Home for Christmass<BR/>30,000 Home for the 4th of July</B><BR/><BR/>Just in time for the Parades.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47409918343681645632007-09-29T10:36:00.000-04:002007-09-29T10:36:00.000-04:00...oh, and then there was "Sea Hunt"Can still hear......oh, and then there was <BR/>"Sea Hunt"<BR/>Can still hear the Bubbles and the theme song!<BR/>GREAT!<BR/>Friends would come over to share that high drama!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85804820322665957812007-09-29T10:00:00.000-04:002007-09-29T10:00:00.000-04:00Yeah, Multiplying away!Foolish Joos!Foolish Americ...Yeah, Multiplying away!<BR/>Foolish Joos!<BR/>Foolish Americanos!!!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13888003847332808222007-09-29T09:56:00.000-04:002007-09-29T09:56:00.000-04:00Doug,Joos make up about 80 percent of that number....Doug,<BR/><BR/>Joos make up about 80 percent of that number. The rest are the arab 5th column.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52604489949143004172007-09-29T09:53:00.001-04:002007-09-29T09:53:00.001-04:00Joos Count?How about A-Rabs?Joos Count?<BR/>How about A-Rabs?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13122497256218607702007-09-29T09:53:00.000-04:002007-09-29T09:53:00.000-04:00Karridine, cont....used to have pictures of his wi...Karridine, cont.<BR/>...used to have pictures of his wife and two sons:<BR/>Oddly enough, under the new Islamic Junta, he doesn't.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51490497261175784012007-09-29T09:49:00.000-04:002007-09-29T09:49:00.000-04:00Doug,Around 7.2 mil, I believe was the last count....Doug,<BR/><BR/>Around 7.2 mil, I believe was the last count.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68579209042663599142007-09-29T09:47:00.000-04:002007-09-29T09:47:00.000-04:00Wait til Israel gets Charles' magic straw which yo...Wait til Israel gets Charles' magic straw which you insert into the sea to get fresh water!<BR/>THEN, <BR/>it's Katy Bar the Door!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59396294639122559802007-09-29T09:45:00.000-04:002007-09-29T09:45:00.000-04:00Also left out USA, which I expect Rufus will recti...Also left out USA, which I expect Rufus will rectify, pronto, if you don't.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49561781096893934772007-09-29T09:42:00.000-04:002007-09-29T09:42:00.000-04:00How many Capitas reside in Israel?How many Capitas reside in Israel?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54769054291573416582007-09-29T09:41:00.000-04:002007-09-29T09:41:00.000-04:00Mat:You left out Burma!Mat:<BR/>You left out Burma!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80522690074517525842007-09-29T09:40:00.000-04:002007-09-29T09:40:00.000-04:00Checked out Karridine in hopes of an update on the...Checked out Karridine in hopes of an update on the Muzzie Coup there.<BR/>Also his updated profile:<BR/>---<BR/>"Your pajamas have duckies on them. Why did you switch from choo-choos?<BR/>To lessen the psycho-sexual tension accompanying choo-choos!"<BR/>Also:<BR/>Occupation: CopyWrither <BR/>Gives him a UNIQUE Profile browse link, which is the first one I've seen.<BR/>---<BR/>Quite a guy, Bahai, Libertarian, Md., ex-pat in Thailand, think he once said he lost a son early on in a kidnapping.<BR/>Reminds me of Richard Kimble, the one TV Show I watched religiously in college.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21098667666031838712007-09-29T09:34:00.000-04:002007-09-29T09:34:00.000-04:00Wiki:List by the International Monetary Fund: GDP ...Wiki:<BR/><BR/>List by the International Monetary Fund: GDP (PPP) $ per capita for the year 2005<BR/><BR/>17 Singapore 32,867<BR/>18 Japan 32,647<BR/>19 Germany 31,095<BR/>20 Italy 30,732<BR/>21 France 30,693<BR/><B>22 Israel 30,464</B><BR/>23 Taiwan 30,084<BR/><BR/>Israel is very close to overtaking France Italy Germany. Given the enormous pressures Israel faces, even in terms of the most basic resource such as water and land, the economic performance of France Italy Germany is pathetic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80948704267972154012007-09-29T09:13:00.000-04:002007-09-29T09:13:00.000-04:00If you felt a disconnect from previous Burmese thr...If you felt a disconnect from previous Burmese threads at BC, wait until you see the latest!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.com