Maybe because it’s filled with people who can’t understand that their failure to assimilate immigrants from the Middle East is allowing the spread of Islamic terrorism in their borders.
European Heaven—The Brits meet you at the door. The Germans organize everything. The French do the cooking. The Italians provide the entertainment.European Hell—The French meet you at the door. The Italians organize everything. The Brits do the cooking. The Germans provide the entertainment.
“The Physiocrats were among the first to espouse that an unregulated market was part of the “natural order” of things and that therefore government should not regulate it or control it in any manner. On the other hand they believed that the government should consist of a ruling despot with the ability to decree laws over every other social institution and individuals. Hypocritically the Physiocrats also insisted that such a despot must protect private property so that the “free market” would work and, although it never crossed their minds, provide stable value to currency. Without government protection of private property and provision of money the “free market” would fail. Private property and money are the two linchpins of capitalism.”
About the only thing remarkable I can think of is the municipal band. They’re making a comeback all over the country now. There was a time when any self-respecting town had one, like any self-respecting city had a symphony orchestra. Then radio came in and they dropped by the wayside. Paris kept theirs. Musicianship might be slightly better on the air, but fidelity is vastly superior in person. When broadcast licenses were first issued, ten were for Texas and the big cities got one each, as did little Paris. In fact, voters gave a three mil special tax to support it. As best we can document, it is the oldest continuous community band in the nation (there is no documentation prior to the great fire of 1916 when the newspaper’s “morgue” burned up), but we assume it went back to the golden age of town bands c1870-c1925. Other than that, it is not much different from any similar-sized county seat in the state. Government (county and schools) the biggest employer, with retail, service, and light industry (a Pace salsa plant, etc,) close behind, rounding out the rest of the economy.
If you think Canada is hard to get in, with functional French merely being an asset for residency, I would imagine l’Academie Française fluency would be required there (joual or Cajun definitely not accept
railwayman001 over 7 years ago
Maybe because it’s filled with people who can’t understand that their failure to assimilate immigrants from the Middle East is allowing the spread of Islamic terrorism in their borders.
Darsan54 Premium Member over 7 years ago
No profiling here!!!
bunwarpgazoo Premium Member over 7 years ago
France is certainly full of people.
peabodyboy over 7 years ago
European Heaven—The Brits meet you at the door. The Germans organize everything. The French do the cooking. The Italians provide the entertainment.European Hell—The French meet you at the door. The Italians organize everything. The Brits do the cooking. The Germans provide the entertainment.
kaffekup over 7 years ago
Some Germans think America has already fallen, that France could go fascist next, and that as the EU fails from that, Germany will go too.
Al Nala over 7 years ago
France and Germany, well, Europe, has a lot of un-assimilated immigrants, who plan to remain so.
wagnertinatlanta over 7 years ago
‘The dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe.’ —Tom Wolfe
Wilde Bill over 7 years ago
That is a surprisingly racist comment from Carmen. I thought she knew better.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
“The Physiocrats were among the first to espouse that an unregulated market was part of the “natural order” of things and that therefore government should not regulate it or control it in any manner. On the other hand they believed that the government should consist of a ruling despot with the ability to decree laws over every other social institution and individuals. Hypocritically the Physiocrats also insisted that such a despot must protect private property so that the “free market” would work and, although it never crossed their minds, provide stable value to currency. Without government protection of private property and provision of money the “free market” would fail. Private property and money are the two linchpins of capitalism.”
hippogriff over 7 years ago
nosirrom
About the only thing remarkable I can think of is the municipal band. They’re making a comeback all over the country now. There was a time when any self-respecting town had one, like any self-respecting city had a symphony orchestra. Then radio came in and they dropped by the wayside. Paris kept theirs. Musicianship might be slightly better on the air, but fidelity is vastly superior in person. When broadcast licenses were first issued, ten were for Texas and the big cities got one each, as did little Paris. In fact, voters gave a three mil special tax to support it. As best we can document, it is the oldest continuous community band in the nation (there is no documentation prior to the great fire of 1916 when the newspaper’s “morgue” burned up), but we assume it went back to the golden age of town bands c1870-c1925. Other than that, it is not much different from any similar-sized county seat in the state. Government (county and schools) the biggest employer, with retail, service, and light industry (a Pace salsa plant, etc,) close behind, rounding out the rest of the economy.
Dapperdan61 Premium Member over 7 years ago
My in-laws actually own a Paris apartment not far from the Eiffel Tower. It’s very tempting to consider moving there
hippogriff over 7 years ago
dapperdan61
If you think Canada is hard to get in, with functional French merely being an asset for residency, I would imagine l’Academie Française fluency would be required there (joual or Cajun definitely not accept