olivier in france

ok ok... but nobody beat us for hottest first lady!!: http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&rlz=1T4ADFA_frFR409FR409&q=carla%20bruni&safe=active&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1440&bih=672

After reading this whole thread (and its 90% of messages from people who have no idea what they talk about) may i add something from a country that has basically been the first to vastly invest in high speed trains? High speed trains has just changed the way people travel in France and now in most of western Europe as Germany, Spain and other europeans countries have done the same than France those last decades. For travels from 200 miles to 800 miles high speed trains are the best solution for mass transit. Plane can not beat train on those trips that take under 3 hours with the train, about the time you have to spend in airports just to take a plane not counting the actual flight in those days of high security checks. And trains bring you directly in the center of cities while airports are usually at least 15 miles form the metro area center. It obviously looks like the best solution in US areas like the NE corridor from Boston to DC, the Texas Y Houston-Dallas-San Antonio, the SD-LA-SJ-SF line... Cost? of course it costs! it is an investment, an investment you know that thing our governments both side of the Pond have totally forgotten what it is. Our states love to put their money in bottomless baskets like stupid programs to help lost causes survive a few more years... Reading some of you i just wonder what the USA 'd look like if you were in charge... No water and power in houses? no paved roads, highways and airports? Infrastructures is what make the difference between a developped country and bull **** countries.

Very sad news. RIP Kent.

me too! by the way those rankings are just stupid. Take the Floridan teams for exemple.. how is the weather better there for football? In september or october the conditions are way better in the north while in november and december they are better there... so in fact they should be ranked at the same level than the northern teams! San Francisco or Seattle should be ranked high too... in fact all people who have actually play football will tell you they prefer by far to play under snow than under rain!

they say he asked too much to the Dolphins... will he sign with the Raiders?

the only surprise is that the us governement officialy communicate on this... Africa has become the "hot place" in terms of global strategy. China is pushing strongly there, it's logical the US does the same.In that case the independance of south soudan is an american victory vs the chinese who strongly support Kartoum. The LRA was helped by Soudan and has now lost its logistic and supply road with the independance of south soudan. i suspect the US want to avoid the LRA to make some trouble in the new state of S Soudan as the LRA probably will move north to keep the contact with their supports from Kartoum

you're funny guys.... are you aware there's probably more than an hundred countries in the world where there is at least 100 americans working either for the army, the CIA or other federal agencies?!!

Rioters? where? Everyday on TV you have leaders from the left telling us that "enough is enough" and that the "people is angry and asking for radical changes" and i have never seen a fall season (the usual french season for social mess) with so few demonstrations and strikes!!

Half Cuba national wealth must be in vintage cars value!

my "made in china" bought with a tax discount bed!

As i live in a "40-15-20" country sometimes i just wonder why i don't just lay on the floor and wait for the state to take care of me...

So you've missed the great season of the Blitz?!! ca va Repulsif? quoi de neuf à l'Iron Mask? J'ai eu la chance de voir plusieurs matchs des Bills à Buffalo dont le fameux Houston Game de 93. Tu dois pouvoir retrouver mon article là dessus dans les archives d'elitefoot.com Actually i have really enjoyed the Red Sox season and that last night of the regular season was the most incredible thing i had ever witness in sports! At the end it's still funnier to be a Red Sox fan than to be a fan of one of the vast majority of the other MLB teams.

Could be great to see you again!! the waves are roaring this days (the annual world surf competition ended yesterday) ... but i don't surf at all! Keep me informed if you plan a surf trip around here!! "espadrilles" are a little back in fashion! lol i wear some most of the summer, it's perfect for the good days. Newfoundland... must be a great place to visit... i love northern lands... you must have a lot of basque neighbors! they were the first to settle there! My 5 years old son is in a bi-lingual class too... French and Basque! But he'll learn english fast watching his father watching games on american TV!

just the opposite!! Strasbourg is the Boston of France, i live in the San Diego! Strasbourg is about 700 miles from here french immersion? where do you live? on the quebec border?!! I work in St jean de luz and live about 5 miles inland. My wife works in Hendaye.

lol !! Nice to read all of you! Thanks for the kind words. My baby girl was born at the end of november... almost walking now so Whites Bay, last season i confess i have used her a lot for an excuse to pass nights watching games! This year it's back to normal! Of course you're always welcome around here for a beer or two but i don't see much TBD guys since i've moved out of Paris to the Basque Country.

I had not visted TBD in about a year. that what happens when you have a baby at home , a new job with responsabilities and pass most of your free time writing a football blog that is now the most readen in the little world of french football (about 1000 connections per day) elitefoot.blogspot.com . I just wanted to say hello to all my old friends here. Hoping you're enjoying the Bills season as much as i do!!

excellent! by the way we are only 6 hours ahead of the ET

i'm still around! thanks for wondering. Not posting much that's all!!

The real agenda? Unions are trying to block all reforms with behind them a base of millions of baby boomers state workers, the golden generation who had never to deal with unemployement, enjoyed low real estate prices in the 70ies and 80ies, is retiring at 60 and will make their sons and grand sons pay for the bill... Socialists are behind them hoping the "anger" will help them win the next elections in the spring of 2012... but they play with fire... if that reform can not pass because of the current unrest , they will have to make a new and probably tougher one once in charge!! On the political side the far left can use this stuff to gain ground for the first round of the '12 presidential elections. If their probably 2 candidates can reach the 12-15% plateau they can be in position to ask the socialists for a couple of low profile seats in the government.

For what? That pension reform is very moderate and not going far enough. It still makes all the commies go in the streets as usual... i live in the countryside, Spain (and cheap available oil) is 5 miles away , a reason why i moved here is that i do not have to deal with that kind of stuff anymore. It's life as usual here.

Without helmets, we would see what is a fixture of any good rugby game: some good old fist fights!!

By "immigrants" you mean the people who will actually pay those pensions!! Because without immigrants i do not know who will...

:w00t: :w00t: Did not know the pre- Jacques Cartier Iroquois and Hurons were speaking english!!! Just remember Canada was French before it was English. Those canadian englishmen, most of them loyalists fleeing from the newly independant USA, are the one who have never wanted to learn the language spoken in their new land...

what's really surprising in those maps is the St Louis area not getting the Zona-St Louis game... Blackout already? for the first game of their brand new savior?