maybe they'll behead him

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I liked the thought of Sarko and Merkel coming out with something with the potential to upset the plutocratic applecart, but, really, that's probably not more than the shit Conyers and Feingold and company are continually pulling, to SOUND good while they go ahead and capitulate utterly. Good politics.

Nicolas Sarkozy today ordered French police to break up oil depot blockades in an attempt to calm fears over petrol shortages as strikes over pension reform continued.

Police moved in to dismantle barricades at several key depots early in the morning, including sites at Le Mans, La Rochelle and Dinge, but some strikers resumed picketing in the afternoon. A handful of depots remained blocked this afternoon.

With panic buying taking place in the run-up to the half-term holiday, the government said nearly a third of petrol stations were empty or running short. Fuel imports hit a record high as the government sought to circumvent the 24-day blockade of France's largest oil port near Marseille, where 51 tankers waited in the Mediterranean, unable to dock.

The French president refused to back down on his reform of the pensions system, and vowed to crack down on those who "sought to paralyse the country", warning that strikers would damage France's economy.

The biggest protest movement since Sarkozy assumed office continued, with 12 refineries blocked for a ninth day, airports disrupted, high schools still blockaded, and students joining the action, with university blockades in cities such as Lille and Paris. Staff at the Louvre blockaded the museum from 9am to 11am until they relented in the face of tourists asking to be let in. In Marseille, town hall workers began to clear bins as the health risk reached "pre-epidemic levels", with refuse collectors continuing to strike.

I'm rooting for the French to put him straight, even if it means his gorgeous wife has been his consolation prize for an early demise.

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UPDATE:

The French senate passed the bill... and Sarko is talking tough... this could get Shakespearean... and, well, sigh, I hope it does. I hope the people smack these fuckers to the pavement. The unremitting looting has to stop, and if we can't muster ourselves to stop it here, where it would spread over the globe, at LEAST the French could stop it there.

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love, 99
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