BREITBART.COM - State of Emergency Declared in France

" Nationwide, vandals burned 1,173 cars, compared to 1,408 vehicles Sunday-Monday, police said. A total of 330 people were arrested, down from 395 the night before" - AP (link below)

When it gets the point that we are excited about less destruction instead of being excited about no destruction, its too late. France has declared a state of emergency finally and perhaps this will just make everyone go home. At least this new plan seems more grounded than they, 'they'll get tired eventually" plan that has been employeed for the past ten days.

Of all the countries in the world, you would assume that France understands how the people react to repression. That whole scarf law seems like a great idea now, right?

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Intelliseek's BlogPulse Newswire - Some Are Calling it The French Revolution

In honesty, its a bit much to claim revolution just yet. However, this is a major socio-policital event and its not getting nearly coverage it deserves. Riots at university campuses after championships receive more coverage. The very last line of BlogPulse's blur underscores the lack of importance that is being placed on large scale rioting in a first world country. To quote:

"he riots, in fact, have garnered more blogger attention than the anti-Bush protests being staged at a world summit in Argentina."

Shouldn't more attention be paid to large riots that are causing huge amounts of damage and have far reaching implications for the future of France the political climate of Europe garner more attention that protestors with picket signs? Doesn't that seem like an obvious choice?

Yet for much of the media, its not, riots in France don't connect as well the other stories of the day, leak investigations and FEMA mismanagement. Its much easier to segway from one US political failture to another.

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