[news] When Will Americans Wake Up?

[Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca]

We Americans like to think we're tough. And lately, following the lead of our bold president and secretary of defense, we've taken to characterizing the French as sissies. But when it comes to gumption, young French people have shown us up. They're not taking this abuse. They may not drive around, gangsta rap blaring, with "Fear This" stickers on their SUV windows, but they're bringing the French economy to a halt by sitting on rail lines, blocking trains, by blocking major traffic arteries, by closing down the centers of major cities.

URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/4488