tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260526278343305104.post5931802686844686078..comments2023-09-28T06:50:19.573-04:00Comments on views from montparnasse: partie de campagnebrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16770376824847505367noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260526278343305104.post-59906282030541201352008-11-18T19:00:00.000-05:002008-11-18T19:00:00.000-05:00Hi again, David. I finally tracked down the sourc...Hi again, David. I finally tracked down the source: I think the key fact is that DeGaulle is last in the series "toddlers, terrorists, bosses, dogs ..." Several instances come to mind when a British person might make that association: 1) during WWII when DeGaulle insisted on being accorded the protocols of a major head of state even though that 'state' effectively consisted of a few sub-saharan colonies not really under his control; and 2) when he took France out of NATO and assumed the hauteur of an independent super-power on the dubious basis of France's 'force de frappe'. Of course both ploys, however irrational, were enormously successful, as are the tactics of toddlers and dogs. (terrorist is going a bit far).brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770376824847505367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260526278343305104.post-22321484731174564612008-11-14T12:34:00.000-05:002008-11-14T12:34:00.000-05:00http://blogs.ft.com/undercover/2008/10/dear-econom...http://blogs.ft.com/undercover/2008/10/dear-economist-why-did-a-neighbour-get-my-car-clamped/<BR/><BR/><BR/>also: there are two interesting video interviews of bill ayers today on the abc news web siteAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227908283196227849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260526278343305104.post-71428189637432707782008-11-13T17:41:00.000-05:002008-11-13T17:41:00.000-05:00Hello David! Your question intrigues me but I coul...Hello David! Your question intrigues me but I couldn't get the link to open. Can you send it to me in some other form?<BR/>salutations militantes,<BR/>Brentbrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770376824847505367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260526278343305104.post-57912843179445397172008-11-12T23:41:00.000-05:002008-11-12T23:41:00.000-05:00history question:http://blogs.ft.com/undercover/20...history question:<BR/>http://blogs.ft.com/undercover/2008/10/dear-economist-why-did-a-neighbour-get-my-car-clamped/<BR/><BR/>can you explain why de gaulle is mentioned in this context?<BR/><BR/>--your nephew davidAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227908283196227849noreply@blogger.com