Saddam Hussein executed

Iraki’s ex-president Saddam Hussein was executed this morning. Sometimes I am not very proud of being a human being.

Can anyone tell me if this is going to solve anything? Is the world a better place as Americans like to say (at least on movies)?

Christmas

At the age of about seven French kids are told the truth about Papa Noel / Santa Claus. At what age should we tell them the Truth about Christmas?

Libertarians in France / Social Security in France

After much despair I found a blog of a fellow libertarian, who deals with the politically incorrect issue of the French Social Security system. Good show and keep up the good work!

Sacrés fonctionnaires!

You have to read this book if you live in France. When I came back to my native land I was really amazed at the size and extreme complexity of the French bureaucracy. I started observing, and analyzing, and judging... Today my cousing N. lent me this recently-published book, written by American Ted Stanger (his blog here). I am on page 78 and haven't disagreed with any word contained in it yet. Find the book in Amazon here.

Johnny Halliday emigrates to Switzerland

French rock star Johnny Halliday is moving to Switzerland in order to pay less taxes. Being myself a hard-core libertarian, I can only say "Good show, Johnny"

Boycott Christmas - Boycottez Noel

I am getting fed up with all this Christmas shopping idea. First of all, I am not a Christian, so, why should I celebrate anything. I don't celebrate Jewish or Muslim festivities. Why should I celebrate Christian festivities. Secondly, what is all this stuff about gift giving... As if it were compulsory. So, this year, I have decided to resist. I pretty much agree with the ideas of Cyborgdemocracy.org on this subject. Si vous preferez en Français, cliquez ici.

Phone contact with the DaVinci Institute

I recently spoke on the phone with Mr. Thomas Frey, from the DaVinci Institute. I called them to know whether they had some branch here in France. They unfortunately don't. Thomas suggested me to create from scratch a similar kind of organization here in France. Anyone interested out there?

Ministère de la Culture

The other day I saw an American guy on TV who was surprised that we French had a "Ministere de la Culture" (Department of Culture). That is another stupid heritage of the Communist influence in the French way of governing. "Department of Culture? Why not a Department of Love , too" he added...
The French government is just too big; if you lived here you would see how much interference the governement has on things that just are not his business. Did you know that we French people pay annually an "Audiovisual tax" to support government-sponsored TV channels and movies... Just unbelievable...

L'euro au plus haut

The Euro is beating all records, sold at over 1.33 dollars per euro yesterday. The impact on our European exports will be felt even deeper. As someone who works in the import-export business this has a deep influence in our way of doing business.