[IP] more on Katrina, view from afar (Figaro)
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From: David Bolduc <bolduc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 19, 2005 5:03:08 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Katrina, view from afar (Figaro)
On Sep 19, 2005, at 2:50 PM, David Farber posted:
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From: Adam Aston <adamaston@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 19, 2005 2:44:24 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Katrina, view from afar (Figaro)
dave, for the IP list, if suitable. long, but worth digesting. - adam
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Here is a stunning interview, published in Le Figaro (conservative),
where Emmanual Todd (important commentator from the French perspective
on the States, he's a French "Americanist") says amazing things about
catastrophe and neo-liberalism. The counterpoint, or really the view
from afar, is sage ...
Though this was sent to me as you see it, I do apologize for the
sometimes spotty translation, and the poor formatting!
A view from Le Figaro:
http://www.lefigaro.com/debats/20050912.FIG0354.html?083700
Emmanuel Todd: The Specter of a Soviet-Style Crisis
By Marie-Laure Germon and Alexis Lacroix
Le Figaro
Monday 12 September 2005
A partial response, which might be extended to "the decline of the
European system" using Todd's analysis:
http://instapundit.com/archives/025640.php
CLIFF MAY:
579. That’s the current death toll in Louisiana from the hurricane
and catastrophic flooding. Terrible for the victims, their family,
their friends.
But also much less than the 10,000 widely predicted.
And, BTW, much less than the more than 35,000 killed by a heat wave
in Europe two summers ago.
You recall the debate that set off about European heartlessness,
racism and discrimination? No, neither do I.
Me neither.
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