more on Katrina, view from afar (Figaro)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: David Bolduc <bolduc () austin rr com>
Date: September 19, 2005 5:03:08 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Katrina, view from afar (Figaro)



On Sep 19, 2005, at 2:50 PM, David Farber posted:


> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Adam Aston <adamaston () earthlink net>
> Date: September 19, 2005 2:44:24 PM EDT
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Katrina, view from afar (Figaro)
>
>
> dave, for the IP list, if suitable. long, but worth digesting. - adam
>
> #
>
> Here is a stunning interview, published in Le Figaro (conservative),
> where Emmanual Todd (important commentator from the French perspective
> on the States, he's a French "Americanist") says amazing things about
> catastrophe and neo-liberalism. The counterpoint, or really the view
> from afar, is sage ...
>
> Though this was sent to me as you see it, I do apologize for the
> sometimes spotty translation, and the poor formatting!
>
>
> A view from Le Figaro:
>
> http://www.lefigaro.com/debats/20050912.FIG0354.html?083700
>
> Emmanuel Todd: The Specter of a Soviet-Style Crisis
> By Marie-Laure Germon and Alexis Lacroix
> Le Figaro
> Monday 12 September 2005

A partial response, which might be extended to "the decline of the  
European system" using Todd's analysis:

http://instapundit.com/archives/025640.php

CLIFF MAY:



579. That’s the current death toll in Louisiana from the hurricane  
and catastrophic flooding. Terrible for the victims, their family,  
their friends.

But also much less than the 10,000 widely predicted.

And, BTW, much less than the more than 35,000 killed by a heat wave  
in Europe two summers ago.

You recall the debate that set off about European heartlessness,  
racism and discrimination? No, neither do I.



Me neither.




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