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Comment on Democracy a la Brussels by franceblogger

franceblogger — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:47:17 +0000

Thanks for the reply. I take your point, but the comparison cited in your related post isn’t quite accurate. The U.S. president is not elected by state officials. Rather, each American votes for their candidate; then the delegates are apportioned based on that vote.

Comment on Democracy a la Brussels by euandus

euandus — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:35:49 +0000

Fortunately, the EU Parliament will shortly be strengthened. On the other hand, I think the appt of EU officials by state leaders does not contradict democratic principles because those leaders have been elected and repuplican democratic principles don’t function as well directly at a very large scale. If you are interested, here is a related post:
http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/the-eu-as-a-partner-for-the-us/

Comment on Sour Grapes: Time to stop my whining and start making wine by Journalist has heart attack while turning turn-of-the-century wine mill « France Insider by Paul Ben-Itzak

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:07:47 +0000

[...] vendange, viticulture, wine mills, Wine-making, wine-making in Southwest France When we last left our hero, he’d just finished the vendange, filling four of Mr. Marty’s colorful plastic [...]

Comment on All the non-Strike news that’s fit to print by The Big Prune « France Insider by Paul Ben-Itzak

The Big Prune « France Insider by Paul Ben-Itzak — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:38:45 +0000

[...] He also said, brightening up even more, that in the park across from his home there’s lots of pissenlit (dandelion leaves) to pick, so we swapped recipes, mine for salad and his for a casserole with [...]

Comment on Toulouse: La Trek by The Big Prune « France Insider by Paul Ben-Itzak

The Big Prune « France Insider by Paul Ben-Itzak — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:22:48 +0000

[...] Toulouse, I asked him if he found it polluted. Toulouse had been one of my candidate villes until I visited it last summer and discovered that on some streets you can actually see the pollution in front of [...]

Comment on Simenon’s Maigret: A world ‘without hope’? by The Big Prune « France Insider by Paul Ben-Itzak

The Big Prune « France Insider by Paul Ben-Itzak — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:16:59 +0000

[...] If it bounces back, don’t buy it. Unless of course you’re planning on using it for the eight-day Simenon diet.) Okay, c’est vrais que the great southwest of France, surtout the Dordogne, is known as the [...]

Comment on Danny le Rouge ne rougé pas by Of these, hope: The EU Parliamentary elections « France Insider by Paul Ben-Itzak

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:59:58 +0000

[...] weeks ago here in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, Danny the Red, a.k.a. Daniel Cohn-Bendit, a leader of the May 1968 student protests and, 40 years later, leader of the Green group in the [...]

Comment on 39 with a bullet by La vie du passé en rose « France Insider by Paul Ben-Itzak

La vie du passé en rose « France Insider by Paul Ben-Itzak — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:36:29 +0000

[...] have I mentioned that I’m living up the street from where La Mome was born? — as my pal Luc suggested we RDV at noon at the Cafe Edith Piaf, so named because it faces the plaza at the exit of [...]

Comment on Chanson pour l’Auvergnot by Out of the past « France Insider by Paul Ben-Itzak

Out of the past « France Insider by Paul Ben-Itzak — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:56:05 +0000

[...] enumerated above, and its sister memorabilia from two other Pastis marks, one gentiane brand, Aveze, Pelforth brune and various Belgian beers, Martini, etc., etc. Some of the stuff I’ve found [...]

Comment on All the non-Strike news that’s fit to print by Behind Harlem’s Désir: ‘Une gauche bo-bo qui n’a rien compris’ « France Insider by Paul Ben-Itzak

Mon, 11 May 2009 18:40:42 +0000

[...] who sees all his efforts to elevate rosé-making into a real art wasted because the E.U. commission now says anyone can mix red and white and sell it as [...]