United States invaded by France - no one notices

[Saskwach]

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1843168,00.html

America, land of opportunity, economic protectionism and the raging paradox. This article had me in stitches. A topic must be provided, so assuming there isn't any argument over the above article's actual interpretation (hopefully there will be) the question might be: how did this happen? What will happen now? Please, let's leave the "America sux" banners at the door.

 

[The Iron Ninja]

*hesitantly drops his "America sux" banner*
Well what the hell am I supposed to do now? Attempt intelligent discussion?
America has always had fairly close ties with France, though both sides probably wouldn't like to admit it right now. So I'm not suprised this happened, even if no-one noticed.
I find it odd that something like the times would call the french "frogs"

 

[Hey Joe]

God damn, one of the best financial articles I've read in a while (since I'm doing business journalism now, I read at least two a day).

Lassiez-faire relies on everybody pulling in the same direction and nobody trying to rip off the little guy. Unfortunately, that happens and now the over ambitious spending in the past ten years coupled by the policy of shifting debt around by issuing bonds so that the company can put out documents that say that they have NO DEBT is coming home to roost.

Now, the yanks will have to acknowledge that the French were onto something. Oh noes!

The upshot of this is that with all of the wealth created in this period, the Fed can probably buy Wall Street out of the mess it's created so we'll get out of this. Of course, there'll be more regulation after this than a lawyer can poke a stick at, so say goodbye to massive growth for the next 20 years.

No matter, we still have that resources boom to see us through.

In closing, GO CHINA!

 

[Erana]

Does that mean that I get to have more holidays?

 

[Copter400]

In closing, GO CHINA!

Hells yeah! Zhong Guo shi zui hao de guo jia zai shi jie shang!

 

[tijuanatim]

I for one am still eating Freedom Fries.....

 

[Psychochef]

I'm an American, so don't get mad at me for what I'm about to do. I deserve this.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! I'VE BEEN SAYING IT'S THE ANSWER FOR YEARS, AND NOW IT'S COMING TO PASS!!! IN YOUR FACE LAISSEZ-FAIRE CAPITALISM!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

That's all I wanted. Thank you for your time.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

So the French, who have failed to take England after one hundred years, took America in a week?

*salutes* "Land of Hope and Glory...Mother of the Free!"

Heheehehheheeheheheh

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

So the French, who have failed to take England after one hundred years, took America in a week?

*salutes* "Land of Hope and Glory...Mother of the Free!"

Heheehehheheeheheheh

I wonder how they feel after making all those French surrender jokes?

Amer:"Haha you always run away'
Fren:"We took your country in a week"


Good times...I think...

 

[RetiarySword]

That guy who wrote it made everything sound like America done it themselfs. Is he a redneck?

EDIT: I mean the guy who wrote the story not the guy who made the thread, we already know hes one!

 

[sammyfreak]

I am all about financial socialism and the US certainly needs to take a (small) turn to the left. Besides, France is cool.

 

[Saskwach]

That guy who wrote it made everything sound like America done it themselfs. Is he a redneck?

EDIT: I mean the guy who wrote the story not the guy who made the thread, we already know hes one!

That hurts right where my blackened husk of a heart used to beat.
I'd say the writer isn't a redneck and neither a socialist nor a totally free market type; they clearly just see the hilarity in all the free market/capitalism talk in America when it's so heavily protected and one of the central tenets of real capitalism - letting bad companies drown in their own stupidity - is abandoned when things get tough. Of course there's nothing wrong with averting a major economic crisis, but when you do you should admit you're not a laissez-faire type just to the right of Milton Friedman.

 

[wewontdie11]

There's only one thing for America to do now. Communism all round!

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

There's only one thing for America to do now. Communism all round!

"They see us rolling with our comrades!!"

 

[RetiarySword]

That guy who wrote it made everything sound like America done it themselfs. Is he a redneck?

EDIT: I mean the guy who wrote the story not the guy who made the thread, we already know hes one!

That hurts right where my blackened husk of a heart used to beat.
I'd say the writer isn't a redneck and neither a socialist nor a totally free market type; they clearly just see the hilarity in all the free market/capitalism talk in America when it's so heavily protected and one of the central tenets of real capitalism - letting bad companies drown in their own stupidity - is abandoned when things get tough. Of course there's nothing wrong with averting a major economic crisis, but when you do you should admit you're not a laissez-faire type just to the right of Milton Friedman.

?? I love you realy.

 

[Galletea]

So the US has had to take drastic measures after the speculative cowboys managed to shoot themselves and those measures show similarities to the french system? I'm not seeing an invasion here.

 

[Hey Joe]

It's an ideological invasion. The American ideology is built on exporting economic free-market across the globe, and now it's in decline the French system is lookin' a lot more attractive. The irony lies in the freedom fry my friend.

 

[afrophysics]

Americans have two weeks holiday?
Two weeks?!
In the UK it's nearly at least a month unpaid leave.

I learnt a lot of new things in that article, cheers.

 

[Radelaide]

*hesitantly drops his "America sux" banner*
Well what the hell am I supposed to do now? Attempt intelligent discussion?
America has always had fairly close ties with France, though both sides probably wouldn't like to admit it right now. So I'm not suprised this happened, even if no-one noticed.
I find it odd that something like the times would call the french "frogs"

I believe the PC term for the French is "Cheese-eating surrender monkeys".