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"In summary, there is now evidence an overwhelming political force in the Eurozone, perhaps almost all of French voters, are against growth and against fiscal and monetary responsibility."--Zero Hedge
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Is that a little worm i see???
Just put the sharkozy under him WB...
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24 April 2012
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" The question is not what the politicians and monied interests in Washington and New York will do to restore confidence in the financial system.
Rather, it is what they are willing to do, how far they will go, to save themselves and their cronies after the next financial collapse and disclosure of pervasive fraud and theft occurs.
From what we have seen at MF Global, the answer is that not much, if anything, is off the table. " jca
"perhaps almost all of French voters, are against growth and against fiscal and monetary responsibility."--Zero Hedge"
That was the most retarded official ZH Statement of the year. Really.
Talking about state spending responsability, the US public debt is around 105% of GDP, the UK's public debt is 86% of GDP while France's 87%.
French people simply appreciate their socio-economic heritage of balance between free enterprise and a social state-ie getting something in return for their taxes, a delicate balance that was negotiated after WW2 between De Gaule & the Commies.
But I think above all, and this goes for all EU countries, the voters are and will be saying FU to Brussels & the bankers, "We're not paying for you bastards" whatever the consequences may be.
No need to kindle nationalistic and "Us Vs Them" fires ZH, the french voted socialist, or more appropriately, they voted for the Opposition (because I believe France is fundamentally a right-wing country) Against ze horribleuh Sarko.
His wife is a cute little chick
Who’s tired of the political shtick
Some now believe
That Carla will leave
Sarkozy and his cute little dick
.... the limerick Douche...
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Please see your doctor about this obsession with folks you don't even know
It's only time until also the French realise how far they are under water...
Swim you mother f**ker.....swim for your life.
LOL
Banzai this is my favorite mock up of the year so far, GREAT JOB!!! :thumbsup
I thought for sure The Sarc would win the next Nobel Peace Prize after he organized the invasion of Libya.
There's NO WAT that's Sarkozy, he's dickless.
brilliant, one of the best wb7, on so many levels.
Dont forget they hate your freedom and your freedom fries too......
Responsobeeelity? Liberte?
No cherie, more bread & circuses is what the people really want ;-)
And I forgot the part about "couldn't actually bomb Libya, had to get the Anglo-Saxons to do it for him."
And don't forget the riots in Cote d'Ivoire because they wanted American peacekeepers like Liberia had, instead of the frickin' frogs.
Voting for a known clueless slimeball just because he's "conservative", just identifies "conservative" as "too gutless to take a risk to get something better".
Sarkozy may be "conservative" by some weird French metric but he's not by mine.
>>Responsobeeelity? Liberte?
From Sarkozy? Bomb Libya and Liberte like the Patriot Act.
Next thing, you'll say that after 8 years of George W Bush the US electorate wouldn't have been fully justified in _actually_ voting for Alfred E. Neuman on the Democratic ticket.
"....been fully justified in _actually_ voting for Alfred E. Neuman on the Democratic ticket."
lol...I don't know about the justified part, but that's essentially what happened.
***Penis shown at actual size***
Must be by far the biggest penis in France!
mais oui, all the penis expanders have gone to Greece!
No, France is full coqs.
LOL!
Thanks WB...needed that after the fucked up thread of yesteryear.....the little pee pee is a nice touch. I bet Carla, his douche-wife, loves that little dildo to use as dental floss.
Sarkozy's a piece of moldy shit. I still want to face the little prick in a closed cage match - I'll whip his ass.
Sarkozy was a neo con with a french passport. He caught the American bus just when it ran into the 2008 wall. Too bad for him. But the 2008 wall is a BIG issue for first world capitalism. He is a pimple on the page of french history. Will he be able to keep Carla is the big buzz issue in PAris.
Well, of course she'll keep him. He knows the names of all of the flowers, duh.
I defer to our French ZH colleagues on these matters and encourage them to keep us well informed.
However, one thing is clear, the US does not have exclusivity on floating dickheads, although we have a dominating chunk of the market.
Don't believe it. There is a form of intellectual and mediatic terrorism here which aims to make the world think that France as a whole has gone neo-socialist. For now the electorate doesn't experience the worst effects of the crisis so it's inclined to think that another government will be able to kick the can down the roads a few more years. Of course, situation is pretty grim, but French voters may easily return their jacket with the right incentives. Messianic socialism is principally a matter of hipsters and pundits here, it does not reflect the average people mindset.
Sarkozy has no choice, politically speaking. At this stage talking about responsibility only would make Hollande win by a landslide, and it still can happen. I'm really afraid that people interpret what's happening here as a massive and personal adhesion to collectivist values. All the presidential circus here has now taken the form of a kind of false flag operation to make the world believe that France leads the new tendency of radical socialism, and I can testify it does not reflect the views of many voters, who simply loathe Sarkozy and see in Hollande the right remedy to regain their lost perception of presidential duty. They think his popularity especially in the media will help the return of "trust" and participate in the country's economic recovery. Some of them are of course attracted by anti-growth theories, but it remains a small minority, exacerbated by completely out of touch media ideologists.
They're also strongly opposed to US state policy as well. I'd even say, by the whole Anglo-saxon culture, in this period of resurgent nationalism. But they fawn Obama.
Maybe you have to be French to see3 what overspending, reliance on the State and debt has done to your neighbors then elect to overspend, rely more on the State and incur more debt as a "solution". There is absolutely nothing wrong with this AS LONG AS there are idiots willing to buy your bonds.
That sounds pretty socialist to me.
At the very least, there's enough critical mass to elect a socialist
For those who understand the French situation there is an underlying social malaise which is cross border european : about immigration and Protectionism at the populist level; about debt accumulation and competitivity at the more elitist level.
Sarkozy has the impossible task in second round election of sleeping with Marine LepEn to seduce the populist vote and collecting as well the more middle of the road educated vote, which is economy fundamentals sensitive; also at the other end of social spectrum. He is doing the deep spilts, trying to get both massive swings simultaneously, and its tearing his own GAullist majority in the process; some of whom want him to sleep with Marine Lepen (not Carlita obviously), and others who feel its betrayal of Republic, as she does have a neo-fascist label inherited from father.
Hollande is floating on a cloud right now, as he knows the anti-Sarko vote will ensure that his own electorate as well as some of middle and even the populist extremes come back to him in second round. Ten point lead and less than two weeks to go...
If Hollande gets elected he will play for budget discipline but not austerity; and he already has big hitters in Europe now on this agenda. See below. Also, with a ten point lead he will not have to make big concessions to his neo-communist ally Melenchon who polled less than Marine and so his demagogique diatribes have lost their pungent power on the populist vote.
Hollande is a reformer who has a double mandate short term : 1° throttle in the Banksta cabal thru accross EU Tobin Tax measures, ban all naked derivative plays, regulate OTC CDS etc., split euro banks on Gl-St format, encourage ECB and Merkel to create a Eurobond mecanism and 2° to instill a print to invest strategy cross continent for investment in infrastructure. Without stimulated growth EU will just cave in, its that dark inside the debt cloud. It means Euro death and maybe European integration demise; something that nobody wants to even contemplate today; in the age of China rising.
Here is what Super MArio thinks about that :
UE: Mario Draghi veut un "pacte de croissance" et des réformes structurelles
On the social side, you can expect him to soothe the anti-minority campaign of Sarko-Lepen, encourage more education and private investment in urban ghettos, totally neglected by Sarko. Within the budgetary constraint which he has presented to nation and meets ECB/Merkel's criteria (on paper, it all depends on future economic growth).
He will not move to profligate spending, but will increase taxes on the rich and on the corporates. He will also ostensibly decrease Presidential power after Sarko's Napoleonic abuse of old Gaullist constitution which will be subject to reforms. The french love to reform their constitution every fifty/hundred years. Its not a bad thing per se. Life is a changing game.
People think Holland can't possibly mean what he says but why not? As long as there are retards willing to buy French debt he can do what he wants. Let them eat cake (while they can)!
You've spoken like a true prodigy
+1
I think it is mostly US policy making they're against but that's just me.