Anarchy in Paris!

Suddenly "big brothers" -- devout bearded men from the mosques who wear long traditional robes -- are positioning themselves between the authorities and the rioters in Clichy-sous-Bois, calling for order in the name of Allah. As thousands of voices shout "Allahu Akbar" from the windows of high-rise apartment buildings, shivers run down the spines of television viewers in their seemingly safe living rooms.

http://direland.typepad.com/direland/2005/11/why_is_france_b.html

The result, Brooks says, is a battle for the hearts and minds of Muslim youth "between Osama bin Laden and Tupac Shakur."

Jody Rosen name drops Disiz La Peste! J'KIFFE
(Urgent & key "J'pète les plombs," in the first verse of which he tries to buy breakfast at MacDo and is told it's too late because it's almost noon.. and then goes POSTAL.. very funny.)

J'lui dis : " Ecoute mec, rien à foutre que nos quartiers soient en guerre. Attends, j'vais t'payer après t'iras niquer ta mère ! "

His first album is insane but it only came out on tape in Senegal and now I can't find one..

I should've stayed in school & done my dissertation on the banlieues and hip hop culture.. but that would involve writing a dissertation.

David Brooks - GANGSTA!

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, because they are Conservatives. John Kerry is a Conservative by the standards of most countries in (Western) Europe. Chirac a Socialist?!??! Gaullism has a Statist element to it but it's very far from being Socialist!

"He has stood for lower tax rates, the removal of price controls, strong punishment for crime and terrorism; and business privatization."

Tho, admittedly, being French, it's not quite that straightforward:

"He has also argued for more socially responsible economic policies, and was elected in 1995 after campaigning on a platform of healing the "social rift" (fracture sociale). His economic policies have at various times included both laissez-faire and dirigiste elements."