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F the head ♠ J'enc* la tête

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On the left, the banner reads:
“Montreuil opposes the territory flyover by anglo-american military planes”

On the right:
“Montreuil says NO to Bush’s war for oil”

As usual, this is a literal translation, as close as possible to the French.

I should stress that this is an official building of the French Republic, that this banner was created with public money and exposed by the town council, a French civilian authority.
It goes far beyond individuals or political groups expressing their opinion, not matter how sick and wrong it can be.

Keep that in mind for the next hypocritical French that will start whining about ‘anti-French’ stances within the American people and media…

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Yeah, F the head, as eagerly proclaimed by Critical Bill in "Things to do in Denver when you're dead" that, no matter the "it's just another Tarantino wannabe" choir, I pretty much enjoyed.
And no, I don't think it's "just another gangster movie" as well. Far from it.

Back to the Roses:
Oliver Rose: So I'm not going to die?
Medic: Eventually, but not today.
The 48 hours deadline (ha ha very funny) is over. As in 1961, let the word go forth from this time and place to friends and foe alike, that I'm not dead, that I'm getting better and that the only reason why I'm not out for a walk is that my bottom is still a bit stiff.

But my head is fine, thank you.

The trumpet summoned me again, in the form of a reader, who, in a praiseworthy intent to raise my blood pressure, sent me the picture below that demonstrates the obdurate effort of the Paris suburbs' local emanation of the French Republic (i.e. the mayor's office) to give new meanings, not only to official anti-Americanism but also to the idea that democracy is nothing but the oppression by the most numerous - unless the instigators of this placard achieved the Saddamite score of a 100% majority at the poll.

My reader explains:
In Montreuil-sous-Bois, which borders the north-east side of Paris, the town hall finally took down this large banner on Thursday.
Removed last Thursday only. I can imagine that this pale echo of the al-Rashid Hotel's mosaic was the source of so many repeated orgasms among the Montreuil-sous-Bois councilmen and women that removing it must have been a real heartbreak.

Anyway, this propagandist use of public finances is absolutely cloying, but then again, what can you expect from a Socialist-Communist-Green town council, directed by a Communist mayor who volunteered for an extended military draft - adequately called collaboration "cooperation" - in Prague 1969-1971?

How can one be in Prague between 1969 and 1971 (and be proud of it) and still want to have anything to do with Communism? Hello Montreuil? Do the names Jan Palach, Jan Zajic, Miroslav Malinka or Evzen Plocek mean anything to you?

Was Comrade Mayor too busy learning "Communist coup d'etat for dummies" with the Komintern and the Spetsnaz, as many of his fellow executives of the French Communist party did up to the 1970's, to notice desperate students burning themselves to death to protest the Soviet occupation, the riots that followed and their repression?

Or was it the capstone of Comrade Mayor's Komintern course?

From theory to practice comrade?

Back to the present, to Comrade Mayor's banner and my regret that, unlike the Al-Rashid doormat it wasn't removed by a team of Marines.

But hey, you never know. One day maybe.

Hopefully.

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Ouais, j'enc* la tête, ainsi que le proclame avec enthousiasme Critical Bill dans "Dernières heures à Denver" que, quoi qu'en dise le choeur du "c'est rien qu'un clone de Tarantino", j'ai plutôt bien aimé.
Et non, je ne crois pas non plus que ce ne soit "qu'un film de gangsters de plus". Loin de là.

Retour aux Roses:
Oliver Rose: Je ne vais donc pas mourir ?
Le Médecin: A long terme oui, mais pas aujourd'hui.
L'ultimatum (ha ha très drôle) de 48 heures est écoulé. Comme en 1961, qu'il soit dit depuis cet endroit et ce moment, à nos amis comme à nos ennemis que je ne suis pas mort, que je vais mieux et que si je ne suis pas dehors à me promener c'est uniquement parce que j'ai toujours l'arrière-train un peu raide.

Mais la tête va bien, merci.

La trompette m'a mandé à nouveau, sous la forme d'un lecteur, qui, dans la louable intention d'augmenter ma pression artérielle, m'a fait parvenir l'image ci-dessous qui démontre l'effort obstiné d'une émanation locale de la République Française en banlieue parisienne (c.a.d. la Mairie) de donner un nouveau sens, non seulement à l'antiaméricanisme officiel mais aussi à l'idée que la démocratie n'est jamais que l'oppression du plus grand nombre - sauf si les instigateurs de cette enseigne ont atteint le score Saddamite de majorité à 100% aux élections.

Mon lecteur explique:
A Montreuil-sous-Bois, qui longe le côté nord-est de Paris, la municipalité a finalement enlevé cette grande bannière jeudi dernier.
Enlevée jeudi dernier. Je puis imaginer que ce pâle écho de la mosaïque de l'hôtel al-Rashid ait été la source de tant d'orgasmes à répétition parmi les conseillers et conseillères de Montreuil-sous-Bois que la décision de l'enlever ne soit devenue un réel crève-coeur.

Quoi qu'il en soit, cet usage propagandiste des finances publiques est absolument écoeurant, mais une fois de plus, que pouvez vous espérer d'un conseil municipal majoritairement socialiste/communiste/verts, présidé par un maire communiste qui fut volontaire pour un service militaire long - que l'on nommait de manière fort adéquate collaboration "coopération" - à Prague en 1969-1971 ?

Comment peut on se trouver à Prague entre 1969 et 1971 (et s'en vanter) et vouloir toujours avoir quoi que ce soit à faire avec le communisme ? Hello Montreuil ? Les noms de Jan Palach, Jan Zajic, Miroslav Malinka ou Evzen Plocek, vous évoquent-ils quelque chose ?

Le Camarade Maire était-il trop occupé à apprendre son "Coup d'Etat communiste en 10 leçons" avec le Komintern et les Spetsnaz, à l'instar de ses nombreux collègues cadres du Parti Communiste Français jusque dans les années 70, pour simplement remarquer les étudiants désespérés s'immolant par le feu en protestation de l'occupation soviétique, les émeutes qui ont suivi et leur répression ?

Ou cela était-il le séminaire de fin d'étude du Stage Komintern du Camarade Maire ?

De la théorie à la pratique camarade ?

Retour au présent, à la bannière du Camarade Maire et à mon regret que, contrairement au paillasson de l'hôtel al-Rashid, elle n'ait pas été enlevée par une patrouille de Marines.

Mais bon, on ne sait jamais. Un jour peut-être.

Avec un peu de chance.

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94 - dickweed

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The French are America's enemies. No, not just the government of France, the French. And in ten years' time, when France is under sharia'a, America will find itself facing another country with the "Islamic bomb". The English had better wise up, and let their rulers know they will never stand for union with Europe. Do the French hear laughter? That's us here in America, cheering every misfortune that befalls them. Let those who danced in the streets on September 11th know... we will dance on your graves.
  • May 26th 2003
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95 - snide

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Oh dear, another American who can't spell... Dickweed? I think his real name is dick***.
  • May 26th 2003
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96 - the dissident frogman

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  • the dissident frogman France

#2, I understand you may disagree with Dickweed, but what do you have to offer beside insults?
Time to take sides
  • May 26th 2003
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97 - Carine

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Geez, this country is getting worse everyday... As if Bush or any American will ever give a f*ck what the mayor of Montreuil thinks anyway... As if Montreuil had more importance in the world than a dead fly in a gutter... As you said, just "the source of so many repeated orgasms among the Montreuil-sous-Bois councilmen and women" and the occasion to encourage an already well-alived hate campaign against the US in France...
  • May 26th 2003
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98 - vin

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_ Je vis dans une petite ville de banlieue parisienne où le maire est un communiste . Pendant la guerre de libération d'Iraq , il y avait une grande banderole : "non à la guerre" sur le front de la mairie . Et en plus , il y a des manifestations contre la guerre organisées officiellement par la mairie . _Ils sont méprisable , car ils doivent représenter tous les habitants de la ville , non une partie des habitants . De tout facon , des staliniens comme eux sont appelés à disparaitre en Europe . En France ils sont plutôt résistants,ils sont lents à disparaitre , c'est encore une "exception francaise"! Hélas!
  • May 27th 2003
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99 - Another Dickweed

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  • Another Dickweed

France is just "whistling while walking past the graveyard" hoping that the Islamaniacs kill them last.
  • June 09th 2003
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