Socialism and France - a realist writes

Quoth the very estimable Tim Worstall:

When charming leftists stick their nose into things they don't understand they become ratchet-jawed purveyors of monkey-doodle and baked wind. They are piddlers upon merit, beggars at the door of accomplishment, thieves of livelihood, envy coddling tax lice applauding themselves for giving away other people's money. They are the lap dogs of the poly sci-class, returning to the vomit of collectivism. They are pig herders tending that sow-who-eats-her-young, the welfare state. They are muck-dwelling bottom-feeders growing fat on the worries and disappointments of the electorate. They are the ditch carp of democracy.

... being today's admonition from the pen keyboard of the heroic P J O'Rourke.

In an essay on foreign affairs ('Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, thinks ''foreign affairs'' means her husband is overseas') the great man gives us an insight into his own foreign policy on France.

... waiting to see what France does.

Although waiting to see what France does may not be such a bad idea. Because France is a treasure to mankind.

French ideas, French beliefs, and French actions form a sort of lodestone for humanity. Because a moral compass needle needs a butt end.

Whatever direction France is pointing - toward Nazi collaboration, Communism, Existentialism, Jerry Lewis movies, or running for cover in Afghanistan - we can go the other way with a clear conscience.

We'll need to watch what France does to stimulate its economy so we'll know what not to do.

My guess is that France will be relying on Muslim teenagers in the suburbs of Paris, Toulouse, and Marseilles.

Those kids had a great plan for stimulating car sales in France. Specialitié de la maison, Citroen flambé.