Now that’s the kind of street cred the mainstream media wishes it could roll with. Three people were arrested November 7 in Aix-en-Provence and Paris for encouraging rioters via their blogs. (Note: photo above is not the bloggers — just…

Oh, to be a fly on the wall.

This might be wrong, but man can I just hear this in my head:

Ring, ring, ring.

Good evening, White House switch board.

(insert French accent) ‘ello? Kin I spek wit Jeorge?

I am sorry sir, who are you trying to reach?

Jeorge, Jeorge Bush! The President.

I am sorry sir, he is not available, would like you like to leave a message?

This is Jacques Chirac, I am the President of la Republique Francaise, and I demand to spek to the President!

Um, sir, he really is not available- he is in Argentina.

Sacre bleu! Hokay, I will spek wit Sheney.

Please hold, sir.

(pleasant music)

Um, sir, he said he has nothing to say to you.

But, but, ee must spek wit me! I want eem to send the soldjers, again. Paree, she is burning.

Please hold, sir.

(pleasant music)

Sir, he told me to tell you that you will have to get the UN’s permission to send troops in, and that you are exaggerating- Paris is not burning, the suburbs of Paris are burning, and the United States will not commit troops based on your faulty information.

But, but, …

Thank you for calling the White House, sir. Good Night.

Har.

Zut alors!
I don’t have much to say about the current troubles in France, except that I hope things turn out okay. France and Europe in general are often held up progressives (such as myself) as examples of democracies that take social and economic justic

French bloggers at odds over riots

Enligt Reuters (och Loic Le Lemeur) har polisen i Paris gripit tre bloggare som använt sig av sin bloggar för…