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2007-09-07 Europe

Sometimes it is right for a country to recognise that its job is done

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Posted by Steve White 2007-09-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "Welcome to Belgium, Shortcut to France".
I'd say print the signs in German, but I figure they already know...

Posted by tu3031 2007-09-07 09:56|| 2007-09-07 09:56|| Front Page Top

#2 But when they vote, as they did on June 10th, they do so along linguistic lines, the French-speaking Walloons in the south for French-speaking parties, the Dutch-speaking Flemings in the north for Dutch-speaking parties.

And the Umma in Brussels, capital of the new European caliphate.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-09-07 10:25|| 2007-09-07 10:25|| Front Page Top

#3 In the US the Federal Capital was specifically placed in a non-state. Perhaps that is the route for Belgium (or at least Brussells) if the EU experiment continues.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-09-07 10:41|| 2007-09-07 10:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Also frites.

AKA french fries. Eaten with mayonnaise by the Walloons, and something else by the Flems, amd available at little roadside stands all over the country.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-07 10:54|| 2007-09-07 10:54|| Front Page Top

#5 The headline might also apply to the bulk of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq before long.

Posted by Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-09-07 17:51|| 2007-09-07 17:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Douglas Adams was right.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-09-07 19:34|| 2007-09-07 19:34|| Front Page Top

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