Thank you Donald Duck

So Donald (Tusk) Duck, the Polish Prime Minister, refosed to meet with Mr. Hollande, the likely future French President.

This follows refusals by Ms Merkel, Mr, Monti, Mr, Cameron and Mr. Rajoy.

A German magazine, normally well informed, Der Spiegel, disclosed that the European conservative leaders had agreed to boycott Mr. Hollande too araid of losing that idiot of Sarkozy, a poor and not humble slave of Ms. Merkel.

That was of course formally denied. Nobody did believe it but...But when Donald Duck did the same, idiot as usual, the facts were confermed.

They are idoits. Because nobody would accept foreign countries to interfere with national elections. Especially the French. Som pleas Donald Duck and others continue like that. Let help us to get rid of that idiot of Sarkozy.

Once upon a time there was the GRANDEUR de la France

We all know that US made statistics are the most US centric ones in the World. Made by Americans with a limited knowledge of the real world, i.e. the rest of the world. But they can be used as indicators.

Forbes just issued its first ranking of the World’s 67 most powerful persons ( http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/11/worlds-most-powerful-leadership-power-09-people_land.html ). To prepare the ranking, they considered four points:

- “do they have influence over lots of other people ?
- do they control relatively large resources as compared with their peers ?
- are they powerful in multiple spheres ?
- do they actively use their power ?”

And poor Sarkozy must have had a fit: he is only 56th. Where is the Grandeur de la France gone ? Is Sarkozy so low because France lost its grandeur or is France that lost its grandeur due to Sarkozy ? Probably both.

He must be even more frustrated because Berlusconi, his rival, is 12th…This shows the weakness of the ranking since Berlusconi has literally no influence on the international scene. Even Forbes refers to “.Colorful private life, bribery allegations, Cabinet member picks have caused him to be depicted as Europe's buffoon. Unfazed: Calls himself "the Jesus Christ of Italian politics." But money wise, he is certainly first between the two. In the ranking, he precedes Angela Merkel, 15th. But she is far above Berlusca in terms of influence in the world.

Interesting enough, there is only a handful of women among the 67….another weakness in the ranking, but possibly also in the way the world is run. And, rightly so, all before Sarkozy.

Definitely, this is not a happy year for him.

UNESCO: good news

For years we got used to the absurdities of international politics:
- Cuba and Libya elected at the UN Human rights Commission, that same that was supposed to be a major reform by Kofi Annan;
- Islamic and African countries supporting the Sudanese dictator whose hands are full of blood;
- African countries electing el-Gaddafi as President of the African Union;
- the USA organizing coups in Chile and other Latin American countries;
- Russia occupying parts of Georgia (with the support of Mr. Berlusconi);
- the USA closing two eyes on the Israel colonization of occupied territories;
- French Presidents honouring African presidents like Bokassa and Bongo

And so on and so forth.

But two days ago, Ms. Bokova, a woman, former communist, was elected to lead UNESCO instead of Mr. Hosni, a male, Egyptian, who likes to burn books. This is really good news.

For the first time a woman will lead the world leading cultural institution. It was time. A male, representing a corrupt, but American supported, regime, an Islamist based on his declarations, is defeated. The reaction of the Egyptian and Arab countries to this defeat, and that of Mr. Hosni himself (the defeat was due to an anti-Islamic campaign lead by the USA) just confirm that the right choice was made.

At the same time, the long standing political control of France over UNESCO is gone. The French support of Hosni to help Sarkozy in its dying dream of a Mediterranean Union failed miserably, so the Italian foreign policy supportive of the Egyptian candidate in spite of his declared involvement in an Palestinian high-jacking of a cruise boat in the Mediterranean sea.

Regrettably, Obama’s USA continued to support Hosni, in spite of what the Egyptian Press says. So did the Africans, Islamic and Arab countries in the name of a wrongly conceived “blood alliance”.

It was a good start. Up to all of us to ensure it will continue.

http://portal.unesco.org/science/es/files/5805/12091105751unesco5.jpg/unesco5.jpg

Idiots X : French censure

The camera of a public service television captures a French Minister, and not a little one, that of Interior, very close to Sarkozy, and quite obnoxious like his president, making a derogatory comment about North-African immigrants.

The movie is shown by Le Monde. And a political uproar ensues. And what happens ?

More than one million hits on the net to see the sequence.
The opposition calling for the Minister’s, Brice Hortefeux, resignation.
His party defending him stating that the images had been cut and put together just to embarrass him.
His party stating that the images had been taken with a portable phone, thus taken illegally in a sense.

But when the public TV shows the entire sequence and such line of defence cannot stand any longer, what happens ?

Mr Copé, the President’s party leader at the French House, staets that the Internet is a “danger for democracy”. Funny for someone who has his own website that includes videos. In other words, Internet is a danger when it is not controlled by the President friends….He added on a separate occasion that there is the need to debate “the role that we are going to leave to Internet in the area of information”.

Another (in)famous friend of and special advisor of Sarkozy, a certain Guaino, states that the “absolute transparency (of the internet) is the beginning of totalitarism”, nothing less.

As Le Monde dated 14/9/09 points out these statements are in line with a position taken by Sakozy, well known for the way he appreciates criticism, since 2007. He can ask (and obtain from) his friends who own TVs and newspapers to stop the publication of information (or the firing of journalists, like the Director of Paris Match, a few years ago, for publishing embarrassing pictures !) but he cannot do anything against the WEB.

How jealous he and his servants must be of the Chinese leaders, and even of the little Tunisian president, for their control of the net ….

Funnily enough, Sarko and his friends look more and more like El Berlusca and his friends: what matters is not whether an information is true or not, what matters is what information one lets it through. This is the real danger for democracy. Once again Sarko and El Berlusca look alike: little (not only physically) dictators.

Photo: bonaberi.com

Gay and homeless: every country has its internal enemy

Last week we saw how the power deals with defenceless minorities :

In India, New Delhi’s beggars are arrested and condemned to one year imprisonment far from the city. The millions of foreign visitors expected next year should not see the reality but only dream at India’s progress;

In Paris, armed police forces violently displaced homeless people living in tents on the Seine river: how could Sarkozy who promised to get growth with his teeth if necessary, allow all foreign tourists and, even worse, the French people, realize that the growth is not there and thatFrance entered officially in a recession phase ?

In Moscow, heavily armed police forces hit and arrested gays demonstrating on the International day against homophobia for their rights while Orthodox Christians were demonstrating against those sinners. How could Putin, who is often seen showing his mussels, allow a handful of people attempt to undermine the Russians’ morale ? The Nazis were right in executing them !

Three sad cases of violence by those who have the power and do not accept that people may be different or poor. We are only one step from dictatorships (but in Russia we have been there for long time already). Intolerance gets globalised too.


Photos: www.daylife.com/photo/0eswd7L91TfAH ; www.rferl.org/content/Article/1076484.html

SARKOZY'S THE FIRST (AND UNIQUE)

Last summer, proud of himself: president Sarkozy made quite a statement: “even if there is a strike in France, nobody hears it.”

In January, he went to the North of France to meet the teaching staff and promulgate his policy. Just to contradict him, about 3,000 people demonstrated against him. And he heard them…..

Conclusion? Like a little African despot, Sarko the First fired the Government representative (the “préfet” quite an important person) and the well rated and esteemed chief of Police. Not a new thing: last summer too he fired a very well rated antiterrorist chief of Police in Corsica because some demonstrators had dared to walk on and occupy for a couple of hours the lawn of the villa of one of his friends….making no damage.

The interest of the people, having good police chiefs, comes after Sarko’s little petty interests.

We are waiting to see how many people he will fire after the demonstrations of last week when more than two million people marched through the streets of France: he cannot say that he did not hear them !

Picture : http://hiram7.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/chirac-sarkozy.jpg

IDIOTS VI

Italy is sinking into the worst crisis since WW2 and the Prime Minister Berlusconi, the richest man in Italy, says that one should remain optimistic: “the GDP is just going to be that of two years ago and we were not doing so bad then” (19 January 08)

Obama is being sworn in as US President and Sarkozy, jealous of the fact that people and the media talk only about the latter, says: “Obama and I will change the world”. I am sure Obama will appreciate….as he did Berlusconi’s comment about the color of his skin !

Employment: Berlusconi vs Sarkozy

One of the main points, and most debated, of Sarkozy’s program was “work more to earn more”. In other words, destroy the Socialist approved 35 hours work week and deregulate the work hours more or less as in the USA. A real social progress ! But his plans in this area are not really moving ahead.

Berlusconi’s government just launched the idea of “work less and earn less” to increase employment. during this crisis time.

The French socialists had tried the “work less to earn the same” but the assessment of that law is so confused that one could not really make sense of the real impact of the law.

One thing is common for both Sarkozy and Berlusconi: they favor their friends, the industrialists, over the real people. And whatever their scheme is (work more or less or the same), the workers will pay and their friends will gain.

Nothing will change in spite of the crisis.

Bravo Ségolène

When Ségolène Royal announced her candidacy for the French prsidential elections, the old guys of the party reacted like real machos. Who the hel does she think to be, young, woman, pretty. The reactions wre close to sexual discrimination.

But she won the primaries. And reluctantly they had to show support. Such a light support she could never win.

Since then, the old boys club made her the target of all criticism, just to ger her out of their way, of what they consider their right to lead the party.

And yesterday the Socialist party members, contrary to all expectations, gave her 30%of the preferences while the old boys (and one girl) all got less.

Now they try alliances to get her out of the way to become the Party Secretary. And they will succeed even if the party members have voted for her as a preferred leader.

No matter what, bravo Ségolène. You made it when nobody expetced you. The old boys will put you aide but you know that the majority of the party and people are with you. And the old guys, are old, you are young and smarter.

Photo: people.plurielles.fr

"fuck off, asshole"

An activist, jobless, had a poster with that presidential say written on it. This is how President Sarkozy addressed a guy who refused to shake hand with him at the Paris agricultural fair ("casse-toi pauvre con").

The guy did not sue Sarko for his insults.

A few months later, a trade-unionist, jobless, had a poster with such Presidential sentence written on it. He showed it last August during a Presidential visit in Northern France.

The Public prosecutor, who in France reports to the Ministry of Justice, took the poor guy to court. The court "condemned him yesterday” at 30€ ( 38$) with probe for "offending the head of State". Sarko is probably unhappy about such leniency.

It also shows that under Sarko's regime, the "égalité" does not apply any longer to all citizen: Sarko can say it to a simple citizen but a citizen cannot say it to Sarko. All assholes are equal but some are more equal than others.

An advice to sarko: next time, sue the guy who quotes you for infringing intellectual property. You may get the guy condemned to a bigger fine, may-be even imprisonement, than for just insulting you with your own words. Too many people share the guy's point of view about you.....

CROOKS

Colonel Gaddafi was clearly responsible for the bombing of a civilian plane, possibly two. He paid some money without admitting his guilt and all the Oil thirsty countries decided that he was again a good guy. With hundreds of innocent civilian lives lost because of him. Americans closed their eyes, oil is too important. Sarkozy received him as a guest of honor. Berlusconi kissed him and declared that he was a democrat. Are these the countries claiming observance of human rights ?

Colonel Gaddafi retained as hostages innocent nurses and doctors just to hide the Libyan responsibilities in disease spreading, AIDS in particular. Sarkozy sent his former wife who managed to get them freed after years on unjust imprisonment. It is not known what he paid…

Colonel Gaddafi’s son, Hannibal (!) was treating two house employees as slaves to the point that Swiss workers denounced him and his wife and hid the hose workers. Instead of being ashamed, Libya arrested two Swiss nationals, organized demonstrations against Switzerland in Libya and Hannibal sister issued threats. Every day hundreds of poor Africans and Arabs die in the Mediterranean sea due to Libyan illegal immigrants traders. Everybody knows that they come from Libya, Libya does not respect the agreements with Europe in this respect but nobody does anything. Gaddafi’s hands are full of the blood of these poor people. This is Libya, this is Gaddafi, this is a crook people honor because of his oil.

And now Berlusconi travels to Libya to pay the war damages…..:5 billion dollars when there is no money in Italy for the police and for the schools. Italy will pay the damages of fascist war while in Sicily they honor generals of the same war ( see next article). And tomorrow we will hear Berlusconi claim that Gaddafi is a great man, as he did of Putin two years ago. “Dio li fa e poi li accoppia”, God makes them and puts them together. Berlusconi, Gaddafi, Putin….Who’s next ?

photo: repubblica.it 30 Sept 08

The end of the United Nations

Never like now has the current set-up of the UN appeared obsolete and unrealistic. The dream of peace is gone; the five permanent members of the Security Council only do damage control. In spite of the highest than ever number of peace-keeping missions and others the conflict spread all over and the real crisis remain unresolved.

How can one trust a peace-keeping Department headed by a representative of a Permanent Member of the Security Council with the right of veto: France (the results of cows’ trade between France and Kofi Annan for him to be elected)?

How can you trust China blocking any resolution on Darfur or Zimbabwe while helping their dictators? Or supporting North Korea and Burma?

How can you trust the USA who lie in front of the world and invade a country on that basis? Or the USA, with the UK and France nodding gently, attacking Iran for its nuclear policy and keeping silent with Israel that has the bomb? Or pretending that Iran sticks to UN resolutions but letting Israel breaching all the resolutions on occupied territories?

How can you trust Russia that invades Georgia and blocks resolutions on Zimbabwe on the excuse that it is an internal matter?

How can you trust France whose President before being elected promised to be inflexible on human rights ad then goes to Beijing?

How can you trust the UK without a foreign policy since years and years, being a simple follower of the USA?

And why would Russia invading Georgia be worse that the USA who fomented coups d’état all over Latin America up to the infamous Condor plan and invaded Iraq?

And how could you trust NATO, i.e. the USA, UK and France with the rest following incapable of winning a war in Afghanistan?

Not to talk about all Africa leaders who readily support the worst dictators afraid of becoming themselves in the future a target for their corrupt policies?

The United Nations is now incapable of maintaining peace blocked by the five Permanent Members of the Security Council pursuing their own national interests against the charter of the UN. If ever there had been any doubt until recently, the problems in Georgia have demonstrated that the system is definitely broken and that the Secretary-General, a weak person chose probably because of his weakness.

The United Nations system is also incapable of dealing with economic crisis, in particular the looming food crisis generated to a large extent, but not only, by protectionist policies in the USA and Europe and by the policies imposed for years and years by the World Bank and the IMF. All what it can do is to send rescuers and food supplies: charity instead of self reliance policies.

Clearly there is no United Nations. I saw how it works, directly, through more than 30 years in the system of which 11 in New York : the main countries making their own interests using almost corruptive policies with the little and poor countries who all have one vote at he General Assembly but few diplomats who cannot follow all what happens and in a sense “sell” their votes or leave junior diplomats pursuing their own interests, in particular in the Fifth Committee, the budgetary and administrative one, in the absence of national policies.

The Security Council set-up does not make any sense any

Longer: this is known since years but of course the five permanent members do not agree on any reform too attached to their obsolete privileges. France and the UK have neither reason nor right any longer to have a permanent seat: Europe should have it and the fifth could go to India or Brazil for example: and the veto rule must be suppressed.

But who will take the risk of destroying the UN? Only a strong Secretary General posing the real problems can do it. Although if it continues like that, the UN system may implode thanks to the blinded policies of the USA, Russia and China who will be taken themselves by surprise. The UN is a political animal, but poor blinded politicians kill it.

Time for a change and it ay come only through a major major world crisis: dark times ahead for the world.

Photo www.britannica.com

Ethics French style

When he was elected President of France, many people wrote that Sarkozy was trying to imitate Berlusconi. AS people say in Italy “Dio li fa e poi li accoppia” (God makes them then marries them).

Even before becoming President, Sarkozy imitated Berlusconi concerning the Press. But, not being rich like Berlusconi, who controls private and public TV (the latter being the Prime Minister) he acted using his friends who own Newspapers, TV stations and Magazines.

So he managed to get fired the Director of the “best” (if this is ever possible) people magazine in France, Paris Match, because the magazine had published a picture of him with his girl-friend (his wife had just left him for a man she recently married, after a short come back with the President).

Now he is after the Public Television. Using the excuse that Public Television must educate the masses, he decided to suppress publicity. The end result ? : a new tax (not bad for a liberal…) on internet and cellular companies broadcasting TV programs as well on the income made by private TV stations on publicity. And cuts in programming and production of Public TV to compensate for the financial loss that will not be covered by the new taxes: quality is priceless, i.e. you can make it cheap. And of course now all TV ads will be on the private TV channels that will have even more money to produce the trash people love. Needless to say, private TV stations belong to Sarkozy’s friends , those same who lend him yachts and private jets for his vacations…..

Icing on the cake, he also introduced a new way for nominating the Head of Public Television: it will be he himself….(with a mechanism still confused by which a Commission, nominated b y the Government, thus by him) will have to give its consent.

Ethics French and Italian style, a real SarkBerlusconi

Picture: www.repubblica.it