A million people march in France

[jeanpalmer]

to protest the raising of the retirement age. "We won't back down," said Bernard Thibault, head of the powerful CGT union. "If the government won't listen there will be further action." http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101002/wl_nm/us_france_pensions_protests

And they don't even waste 37% of their taxes on defense spending.

Get ready folks. We're going to have to do the same thing here, after November. Don't fall for the soothsayer's line of bullshit.

[leftstreet]

1. 'We won't retreat!'

K&R

[Amonester]

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Recommandes & Bottes le kick!

[sabrina 1]

2. They are going to cut benefits here, the writing is on the wall.

The French have been marching all Summer, they have been striking also, teachers, nurses across their nation. We could take a few lessons from the French.

Are we going to wait until after the election to try to stop them? They seem to be getting a pass. In Iceland, it is no longer physically safe for the thieves and traitors who destroyed their country to walk around freely.

Americans are so timid. I laugh when I hear rightwingers make fun of the French, while they bend over and take everything their government hands them.

Viva La France! I wonder if they have a 'Revolution for Dummies' book we could distribute here?

[Warren Stupidity]

3. population 62M

An equivalent here would be over 5M people.

[sabrina 1]

4. Wouldn't that be something? And it just might happen, if they

mess with SS. I know a lot of people who are not especially interested in politics, but they would go insane if anyone cut SS benefits.

One mistake they make is thinking that the young people won't care about SS. Every young person has a grandma or mother or father, or some relative who is dependent on SS and will be hearing from them if this should happen.

5 million people. You'd think it would be possible to get that many people out. With enough advertising and planning, I think it is possible.

[maryf]

6. Americans didn't even march at the one nation non-march...

and the French most likely didn't have a lot of music from large screen tvs... I am so embarrassed by the comparison :blush:

Vive la France!!! We need to be learning from them...K&Rnt

[RagAss]

7. France - They take Action.. ..we talk shit and hide from our crooked bastard politicians !

We are cowards. We deserve the pile of shit we sit in.

[Eyerish]

8. Kick & Rec...

[Greyhound]

9. K&R for truth.