The article you link to describes him as a "professing Catholic" - still, having a Jewish grandfather probably qualifies him as a secret member of the Cabal, no?

I appreciate your point Ira. However, the Vichy are the same as the Nazis, and he would not have been spared a one way ticket to Drancy.

I, for one, am all for Hungarian Jews.

I hate to bring up the "unban Cedarford" movement (because I for one was happy to see him go), but this is the sort of topic he was needed for.

Where are those antisemitic hit&run trolls from a couple of days ago?

The only reason that Sarkozy's ratings have gone up is because he's really the only major figure in the French government that has been seen in public over the last three weeks. Chirac's been AWOL. De Villepin (who is a man) has made an occasional figure, but Sarkozy is the only one who has not only been seen in public, but has taken a hard line on the rioting.

What I'd like to know is where were all the government officials in France over the past decade as a hundred cars a night got torched and everyone thought this was normal.

Ace is right - someone better put together an export version of Rudy Giuliani, the NYPD and compustat.

I heard said, "With an Hungarian as a friend, you don't need an enemy."

With an Hungarian as a friend, you don't need an enemy.

That saying has been around for thousands of years. Homer relates that the Spartans said the same about the Athenians (and vice-versa, probably). And the Greeks said the same of the Persians. And the Romans of the Greeks. And the mainland Italians against the Sicilians. And the Sicilians of the Corsicans.

And me of you. You bastard.

More importantly: Hey, whatever happened to Filet-O-Fish?

You see, Monty, when you comment on this blog, there's a place where you can put in your name "Monty". This field is helpfully labelled "Name:". I see you're using it, and I'm very proud of you.

Now, there's also a field labelled "URL:". And that's where you'd put the URL of your blog, if you actually had any interest in anybody reading it.

Hey, I'm a hungry Jew, just not a Hungary Jew.

Does that count?

Me, I'm hungry for hungarians. Budapest is a city of cuteness. Allah can keep his french newscaster, thanks.

Love Hungarian cooking. A guy I knew in Budapest long ago told me that there were two great cuisines in Europe - French and Hungarian. Maybe the French recognize the brotherhood of the gourmand.

if you actually had any interest in anybody reading it

Using your awesome powers of perspicacity, you have cleverly winkled out the main flaw in directing people to my blog. But as you wish -- feel free to visit, be bored, then come back and mock me for my deleterious posting habits.

Ace is my muse. My vodka-swilling, profane, hooker-patronizing muse.

France: the other white anti-semites

De Villepin is a man?? Guess they make them differently in Fwance.

One idea I have for 'eliminating' the car burning, is to set up some cars as car bombs.

Would that be Poetic Justice, or just wrong?

A warped mind wants to know.

Yeah, but you're all missing the important question: Would Sarkozy keep the white French flag of victory clean enough to wave when attacked?

France is in a mess what next?