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Youths stand behind a fire after a demonstration in Rennes, western France, Tuesday, April 4, 2006. Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through cities around France, hoping to make their biggest show of strength yet to demand the repeal of a job law that has divided the country, known as CPE, and which would make it easier for employers to fire young workers.

ASSociated Press: Latest Paris Demonstration Turns Violent

Demonstrators opposed to a new jobs law swarmed parts of downtown Paris on Tuesday, throwing stones, tearing down street signs and ripping up park benches. Riot police, firing tear gas canisters and making several charges, carried away protesters in handcuffs.

Police said at least 1 million people poured into the streets around the country in the latest protests against the law, which makes it easier to fire young workers. Organizers said 3 million people marched.

A nationwide strike shut down the Eiffel Tower and snarled air and rail travel for the second time in a week while students barricaded themselves in schools.

It was the second time in a week that unions and student groups had succeeded in mobilizing such numbers. The largest march, in Paris, drew at least 80,000 people, while 935,000 marched in other parts of the country, police said.

Organizers put the figure in the capital at 700,000.

But, there was violence…..

Riot police officers chase youths after a demonstration in a street of Rennes, western France, Tuesday, April 4, 2006.

Protestors smash shop windows during a student demonstration against the First Job Contract (CPE) in Lille, northern France, April 4, 2006. French transport workers and teachers staged new strikes on Tuesday and students across the country gathered for street protests they hope will kill off the disputed CPE, a youth hire-and-fire law.

Violence erupted at the end of the largest protest, in Paris, with youths pelting police with stones, fighting and using metal bars to break up chunks of pavement that they hurled at helmeted riot officers.

One young woman twirled flaming batons. The sounds of blowing whistles were heard throughout the plaza.

Officers carrying batons and shields charged several times, making arrests.

Violence over this CPE First Job Contract law is ridiculous. These demonstrations will ruin France’s tourism and business climate.

But, perhaps that is what the unions and socialists desire……

Riot police arrest a protestor following clashes between an element of violent demonstrators and police after a student demonstration against the First Job Contract (CPE) in Lille, northern France, April 4, 2006. French transport workers and teachers staged new strikes on Tuesday and students across the country gathered for street protests they hope will kill off the disputed CPE, a youth hire-and-fire law.

Stay tuned…….

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Technorati Tags:France, FranceRiots, CPE, DominiquedeVillepin, FirstEmploymentContract, JacquesChirac, NicolasSarkozy

A test launch of Iran’s new missile during the manoeuvers along with the Gulf Sea and Sea of Oman, in March 2006. Iran said it successfully test-fired a new land-to-sea missile in Gulf war games that have aroused international concern amid rising tensions over its nuclear programme

ASSociated Press: Iran: Defenses Can Withstand Any Invasion

A top Iranian military official said Tuesday the country can now defend itself against any invasion originating from outside the region – a clear reference to the United States – as it tested a second new radar-avoiding missile.

The new surface-to-sea missile is equipped with remote-control and searching systems, state-run television reported. It said the new missile, called Kowsar after the name of a river in paradise, was a medium-range weapon that Iran had the capability to mass-produce.

It also asserted that the Kowsar’s guidance system could not be scrambled, and that it had been designed to sink ships.

Shortly after the test, the chief of the elite Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, warned that Iran was now able to “confront any extra-regional invasion,” referring to the United States without mentioning it by name.

More bloviations from the Iranians about military breakthoughs and new technology. They seem to forget what the United States possesses:

And the delivery methods to affect the result……

From under the Sea:

• Sea-Based Strategic Weapons

• Ohio-class (Trident) SSBN
• Trident I C-4 SLBM
• Trident II D-5 SLBM

• Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons

• Tomahawk TLAM-N SLCM
• B61 Gravity Bomb (Tactical)

From the Air:

• Air-Based Strategic Weapons

• B-52H Stratofortress
• B-1B Lancer
• B-2A Spirit
• ALCM
• ACM
• B53 Gravity Bomb
• B61 Gravity Bomb (Strategic)
• B83 Gravity Bomb

From the United States mainland:

• Land-Based Strategic Weapons

• Minuteman III ICBM
• Peacekeeper (MX) ICBM

So, Flap is not too concerned with military CRAP TRASH TALK from Iran.

Can Iran block the Strait of Hormuz and disrupt the world oil flow. You bet. But, this action also cuts off a main source of their countries revenue and trade.

Iran would best to stand down their nuclear weapon program and develop peaceful nuclear power for their citizens.

Stay tuned……..

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Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Tests More Weapons in “War Games”

Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran – “Successfully Fires a High-Speed Underwater Missile”

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Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Tests New Stealth Missle

Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Plans “War Games”

Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran – “Enrichment Matter NOT Reversible”

Iran Nuclear Watch: United Nations Security Council Permanent Members Agree on a Statement

Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran – Military Strikes Would NOT Stop Uranium enrichment

Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Gearing Up for Uranium Enrichment

Iran Nuclear Watch: United Nations Security Council Stalled But Diplomats Express Urgency

Iran Nuclear Watch: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – The West Should Apologize to Iran

Iran Nuclear Watch: Big 6 Meeting Yields Nothing

Iran Nuclear Watch: National Security Adviser Steven J. Hadley – “Iran’s New Willingness to Discuss Iraq a PLOY”

Iran Nuclear Watch: Ambassador John Bolton – “U.N. Security Council to Send a ‘Strong and Clear Signal’ to Tehran”

Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Wants IAEA Supervision and Inspections

Iran Nuclear Watch: United Nations Ambassador John Bolton – “Iran’s Nuclear Threat – Just Like 9/11″

Condoleezza Rice Watch: Iran is the “Central Bank of Terrorism”

Iran Nuclear Watch: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – “Iran’s Nuclear Fuel Program IRREVERSIBLE”

Iran Nuclear Watch: United Nations Security Council Divided Over Response to Iran Nuclear FLAP

Iran Nuclear Watch: Russia – “Iran Still Considering Uranium Enrichment DEAL”

Iran Nuclear Watch: Russia Rebukes Iran Over Withdrawl from Uranium Enrichment Negotiations

Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Builds a Secret Underground Command Center

Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Threatens “OIL” Weapon

Iran Nuclear Watch: Israel – “America Needs to Get Its Act Together.”

The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.

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U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry participate in a news conference Monday, April 3, 2006, at TranStar, the region’s traffic-control center in Houston, to discuss future disaster response and the responsibility of local first responders with hurricane season approaching.

ASSociated Press: McCain: Not Enough Guest-Worker Backing

Supporters of a guest worker program that would let illegal immigrants stay in the United States said Tuesday they don’t have enough Senate votes to overcome objections from conservatives who oppose the measure on grounds it amounts to amnesty.

Well, Kennedy and McCain do not have enough votes (60 needed) to invoke cloture (end debate/filibuster) and that is how it should be. Their bill is not the prescription for solving the illegal immigration problem. There was an amnesty in 1986 and it made matters worse as will this bill.

There is also talk of a compromise revision called the “roots concept.”

The proposal, dubbed the “roots concept, by Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., seemed to have some support from Frist. He told CNN over the weekend that 40 percent of illegal immigrants have been in the country less than five years and “need to be dealt with in a different fashion.”

However, there is conservative opposition.

Opponents consider the Judiciary Committee bill amnesty. Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., would give illegal immigrants up to five years to leave the country, before they can return legally to apply for permanent residence or be guest workers.

Cornyn was not at the meeting at Frist’s office, but his spokesman Don Stewart was skeptical of the suggested compromise.

“It’s a matter of giving amnesty to 8 million people or giving amnesty to 12 million people. It’s still amnesty to millions of people,” Stewart said.

No compromise. Bill Frist should call up his bill and the Senate should approve it and move on.

A separate bill filed by Frist does not deal with illegal immigrants, but boosts border enforcement and cracks down on employers who hire illegal workers. The House in December passed a bill that would make being in the country illegally a felony.

Stay tuned as the Senate rushes to pass something on illegal immigration.

But, don’t count on much……

Stay tuned…..

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Technorati Tags: illegalimmigration, HR4437, illegalaliens, California, Mexico, Congress, UnitedStatesSenate

Students shout slogans during a demonstration in Bordeaux, south western France, Tuesday, April 4, 2006, against the First Job Contract law, known as CPE law. Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through French cities Tuesday, with organizers aiming for a final total of more than 1 million and their biggest show of strength yet to demand the repeal of a job law that has divided the country.

ASSociated Press: Another Nationwide Strike Disrupts France

A nationwide strike shut down the Eiffel Tower and snarled air and rail travel for the second time in a week Tuesday while students barricaded themselves in schools to protest a jobs measure that has riven the country and put the government in crisis mode.

Protesters have mounted ever-larger demonstrations for two months against the law, which would make it easier to fire young workers. But President Jacques Chirac signed it anyway Sunday, saying it will help France keep pace with the global economy.

He offered modifications, but students and unions rejected them, saying they want the law withdrawn, not softened.

“What Chirac has done is not enough,” said Rebecca Konforti, 18, who was among a group of students who jammed tables against the door of their high school in southern Paris to block entry. “They’re not really concessions. He just did it to calm the students.”

Will the Chirac/Villepin government acquiesce to the Leftie Unions and Socialists?

Stay tuned……..

People carry banners and march during a general strike to protest the French center-right government’s economic and labor policies in the street of Rennes, western France, Tuesday, April 4, 2006. Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through French cities Tuesday, with organizers aiming for a final total of more than 1 million and their biggest show of strength yet to demand the repeal of a job law that has divided the country.

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France CPE Riot Watch: Constitutional Council Upholds CPE Jobs Law

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Technorati Tags:France, FranceRiots, CPE, DominiquedeVillepin, FirstEmploymentContract, JacquesChirac, NicolasSarkozy

Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., gives a thumb-up during a news conference in Atlanta, Monday, April 3, 2006. Black clergy and lawmakers came the defense of McKinney during the news conference. Capitol Hill police have referred a scuffle between one of their officers and McKinney to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington.

CCN: Black Minister Calls for Prosecution of Cynthia McKinney

On March 29, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) struck a police officer who attempted to stop her when she entered a House office building without proper identification. According to witnesses, McKinney three times ignored Capitol Police orders to stop at a security checkpoint. Rep. McKinney later held a press conference with her attorney and supporters where she accused the Capitol Police of “racism” and of “racially profiling” her. Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President of BOND (Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny) issued the following statement regarding this matter:

“This situation is an example of a black liberal Democrat using allegations of racism in order to get away with breaking the law. It’s disgraceful that Cynthia McKinney would charge the Capitol Police with racism for trying to do their jobs. Charges of ‘racism’ and ‘racial profiling’ by McKinney and her attorney are code words often used to intimidate white Americans and get black racists off the hook.

McKinney could have easily defused this situation by apologizing for not having proper identification and for attacking the officer; instead, she held a press conference flanked by known racists such as Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, and members of the NAACP. The real racists here are Cynthia McKinney and her racially divisive supporters. The U.S. Attorney’s office must vigorously pursue this case regardless of the race, gender, or position of the person involved, in order to send a clear message that this type of racial demagoguery will not thwart justice.”

Rep. Cynthia McKinney, right, D-Ga., is greeted with a kiss by Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks, D-Atlanta, as she was about to address the media at a news conference in Atlanta, Monday, April 3, 2006. Black clergy and lawmakers came the defense of McKinney during the news conference. Capitol Hill police have referred a scuffle between one of their officers and McKinney to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington.

In the meantime two members of the House are introducing a resolution supporting the Capitol police.

Washington Times: Resolution to commend Capitol Police

Two House members will introduce tomorrow a resolution to commend the U.S. Capitol Police department, which Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney accused last week of racial profiling.

“The 1,700 officers of the Capitol Police force risk their lives every day protecting constituents, staff and members of Congress,” said Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, North Carolina Republican. “The right thing to do is to commend these men and women. They deserve a pat on the back, which is more appropriate than what they’ve gotten lately.”

The resolution, by Mr. McHenry and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Republican, which could be voted on this week, comes after increasingly harsh accusations by Mrs. McKinney, the Georgia Democrat who was stopped by Capitol Police last week for bypassing a metal detector.

And….. are the Democrats distancing themselves from McKinney?

The Hill: McKinney is distraction, say the Dems

“There’s been a lot of eye-rolling,” said an aide to a moderate Democrat who spoke on condition of anonymity. “The national attention it’s been getting has been unfortunate. It’s becoming a distraction.”

A Democratic strategist concurred.

“This isn’t the view of Democrats that we want to project in the tough races, one of victims and race-baiting,” the strategist said.

An arrest warrant today?

Stay tuned…….

Michelle Malkin has THE PARTY OF RACE-BAITING VICTIMS

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