As the French are wont to say: “It’s Springtime in Paris; bring out the barricades.”

“THE French constitute the most brilliant and the most dangerous nation in Europe and the best qualified in turn to become an object of admiration, hatred, pity or terror but never indifference.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

France has been subject to what is called the Blackmail Factor for some time, in terms of street politics. Right-leaning French leaders have rarely “faced down” a popular revolt from the Left but, zounds, it appears as though Villepin and Chirac are about to do just that with the “First Employment Contract.”

“Gosh BZ,” you might be thinking, “I thought this was a post about what’s happening in America?” Oh, rest assured, dear reader, that it is — it indeed is. Roll with me on this. Allow me to tell a story. And allow me to stage my story in, well, France.

The CPE (First Employment Contract) is a huge issue now, with riots occurring once again. The CPE would give French employers the right to fire workers easily and freely when they are under the age of 26 and have been in a job for less than two years. As it is now, companies are hesitant to hire those under 26 with no work record because it is too hard and costly to fire them if the business minimizes or the employee is a rock.

This, in turn, has caused France to possess a jobless rate amongst 18 to 25-year-olds twice that of the rest of the working-age population and much higher than similar age groups in the UK or the US.

If you owned a French business — would you take the risk and the chance of having to employ a Rock For Life? Likely not.

As a result of seeing the Free And Easy Life about to be removed from the screen, “French Youth” took to the streets in an attempt to, once again, hijack the politicians and paralyze the country. The French “yoots” are essentially demanding jobs for life. And since the start of March, nearly 500 policemen have been wounded in the demonstrations — more than during last fall’s riots — and they occurred over weeks.

“Hijacking the Government” — otherwise known as blackmail — worked quite nicely in 1995 when the French government faced down their trade unions at French Railways and Electricity of France over retirements and health care. General strikes over two months literally shut down the country. Prime Minister Alain Juppe called a quickie election — and lost. French Unions 1; French Government 0.

Why do the French seem to fear capitalism? The country’s republican revolutionary history bequeathed faith in a strong dirigiste state as a civic religion. Today, nearly 5m French workers, or one-quarter of all jobs, are still in the public sector. Left-leaning intellectuals, with a romantic communist heritage, are not derided but treated as national treasures. There is a lingering culture of suspicion of profit, and a demonisation of business leaders, encouraged by a mainstream left that still equates efficiency with injustice.

First, the French Constitutional Council approved the CPE job law on Thursday. Here are Friday’s results regarding the CPE, from EuroNews:

The French President has announced he has signed into law the highly controversial youth jobs law that has given rise to protests and strikes in recent weeks. One of the proposals was to allow employers to fire people under 26 without stated reasons within a two-year trial period. In a televised address, Chirac said there would be two modifications to the measure. The two-year trial period would be reduced to one year. He added that young employees would have the right to know why their contracts had been terminated if they were fired.

The coalition that organized an estimated 500,000 marchers in Los Angeles to protest immigration reform announced its next mass action is “an economic and labor boycott that will paralyze the U.S. economy.”

Coalition member Roberto Reveles of “Unidos en Arizona” said his group will host a “summit meeting” April 8 and 9 in Phoenix to work out details of the boycott.

The boycott is scheduled for May 1, the Day of the International Solidarity of Workers, or May 5, the Cinco de Mayo celebration.

Armando Navarro, coordinator of the National Alliance for Human Rights, said, “We are living through very dangerous times and we must take advantage of the moment. If we just sit and wait to see what happens, everything we have accomplished so far may go to waste. That is why we must continue the struggle to once and for all defeat that racist (House) proposal.”

Then, from the La Voz de Aztlan website:

byErnesto Cienfuegos, La Voz de Aztlan:
Los Angeles, Alta California – March 31, 2006 – (ACN) The coalition that brought over 700,000 pro-immigrant rights marchers to Los Angeles announced yesterday that the next mass action will be “an economic and labor boycott that will paralyze the US economy.” The planned boycott, which now has international support, is to protest the racist HR4437 legislation being debated in the US Senate.

Dr. Armando Navarro, coordinator of the National Alliance for Human Rights (NAHR), said “We are living through very dangerous times and we must take advantage of the moment. If we just sit and wait to see what happens, everything we have accomplished so far may go to waste. That is why we must continue the struggle to once and for all defeat that racist proposal (HR4437).”

Coalition member Roberto Reveles of “Unidos en Arizona” said that they will help host a “Summit Meeting” in Phoenix, Arizona to work out the details of the “international economic and labor boycott”. The summit will take place on April 8th and 9th. The boycott will take place on May 1 (Day of the International Solidarity of Workers) or May 5 (Cinco de Mayo). To be debated is whether a boycott beginning on May 1 and ending with a huge “fiesta” on May 5 can be sustained.

And finally: what about that strange photo at the head of my post? We gosh, that would be taken from this portion of the La Voz de Aztlan website. Indicating, perhaps, that the Jews run America?

Racist, eh? As MEChA wrote: “Por La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada (For the Race, everything. For those outside the Race, nothing).”

“Aztlan” is the group’s term for the vast southwestern U.S. expanse, from parts of Washington and Oregon down to California and Arizona and over to Texas, which MEChA claims to be a mythical homeland and seeks to reconquer for Mexico (reconquista).

So let me see if I have this right?

Criminals want to hijack MY country because MY people DISAGREE with giving ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS free entitlements?

Huh. Kinda like what happened in France.

Ah yes. I think I’ve got it, by golly.

Do you?

BZ

– “When you have nothing else, attack the accuser.” — Defense Attorneys’ Axiom
– “The best defense is a good offense.” — Jack Dempsey
– “Da Man be holdin’ me down.” — My Local Psychotic Drunk

Cynthia McKinney is a member of the House of Representative from the 4th Congressional District in Georgia.

From that horrible Fox News:

The incident occurred on Wednesday, when McKinney allegedly struck a Capitol Police officer after entering a House office building and refusing to stop at the request of the officer, who apparently did not recognize the congresswoman.

Congressional sources told FOX News that the officer, Paul McKenna, signed an affidavit swearing that McKinney responded to what he described as standard security procedures by punching him in the chest with a cell phone in her hand.

An assistant to Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., witnessed the incident and gave a statement to Capitol Police, sources told FOX News. The witness, whose name is being withheld, told police that she saw McKinney hit a police officer. The witness was unaware that McKinney was a congresswoman.

McKinney was not wearing her congressional lapel pin during the altercation, which Capitol Police officers use to identify lawmakers and allow them to bypass security checks.

Several Capitol Police officials have said the officer involved asked McKinney three times to stop. When she did not, he placed a hand on her and she hit him, they said.

The department is tasked with protecting the 535 members of Congress and the vast Capitol complex in an atmosphere thick with politics and privilege.

The safety of its members became a sensitive issue after a gunman in 1998 killed two officers outside the office of then-Republican Whip Tom DeLay of Texas.

A Mouthpiece for McKinney now says she was “just a victim of being in Congress while black.”

Is there anyone, possibly besides me, So Tired Of Elitist Blacks Playing The Victim Race Card? This is, by the way, the card played when one has no cogent, logical, rational or credible reason or response to a given stupid act.

Today, in a press conference, McKinney trotted out ADMs* Harry Belafonte and Danny Glover. My, how the Credence Factor exponentially increased by dint of their mere presence!

Her Mouthpiece also said: “Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, like thousands of average Americans across this country, is, too, a victim of the excessive use of force by law enforcement officials because of how she looks and the color of her skin.”

Myart planned to file charges against the officer for excessive use of force, Capitol Police said.

McKinney was flanked by leaders from civil rights organization and a couple dozen schoolchildren from her district who were coincidentally in the nation’s capitol on a field trip, according to a spokesman. Several of the children, most of whom were black, held up signs reading “God Bless Cynthia.”

LCD*, simple-minded racist Moonbat pap, pure and simple. As Ace says:

In related news, O.J. Simpson says, “Word. All I was guilty of was sawing off two people’s heads while black. They let white people do that all the time. I hear that Gary Busey has an entire basement filled with hitchhikers’ severed genitals. But when a black man butchers a couple of people they make a big deal out of it, like it’s a crime or something.”

She’s had her Day of Fame. And that’s about enough of her.

BZ

*Additional Discredited Moonbats
*Lowest Common Denominator

I simply could not resist skewering the DEM again — what would have happened had our current DEM been with George W. on Christmas night, 1776:

Thanks to Deke for the e-mail!

BZ

Photos that you won’t seem in the so-called Mainstream Media or, as I term them, the Defeatist, Elitist Media (DEM).

The caption to the top photograph (thanks to Michalle Malkin):

Whittier area students from Pioneer, California and Whittier high schools walked out of classes to protest the proposed federal immigration bill March 27, 2006. The protestors put up the Mexican flag over the American flag flying upside down at Montebello High School.

The caption to the second photograph:

Michelle Marques (left), a student at Lamar Middle School in Irving, Texas, was criticized for having a US flag during an immigration protest at Kiest Park in Dallas. “My heart is with the Mexican flag and Mexico but I’m standing on American ground and I’m Mexican-American,” she said.

BZ