5/08/2008
French Musicians against French President Sarkozy
« No doubt to be allowed keep silent! »
Rap, punk, rock and the same French song: artists let off stream against the president. On the Web, in studios and same front Of Fouquet
http://hebdo.nouvelobs.com/hebdo/parution/p2270/articles/a374261-.html
Often, when he(it) walks(works) in the street of his(its) step dancing, Djamal the musician, a shade(shadow) of mustache and the cap back to front, turns around to see if he is not followed. Succeed in meeting him(it) holds some treasure hunt. Parano? Not safe(sure). For some months, he happened of funny things. His(her,its) mail reaches him(her) systematically unsealed. His(her,its) mobile phone mysteriously began posting(showing) four times in succession the numbers of his(her) correspondents. Twice, the page which he(it) had created on Myspace disappeared without explanation. When he(it) opens his(its) jacket, he(it) shows the black T-shirt which he(it) does not leave: Nicolas Sarkozy's photo blocked by a slogan: « he will never be my president, no, Torapamavoa Nicolas. »
Djamal is « Minister of the anti-propaganda » of " Republik torapamavoyenne », « collective to gigoteur anti-Sarkozy ». His(her) accomplices are « minister's wife of countercurrents », « of the anti-depression » or « Secretary of State of the subversive creation ».
Consisted in 2006, "Torapamavoa Nicolas» became a tube on the web.Two titles(securities), "Castoapovcon» (after Nicolas Sarkozy's visit in the Agricultural show) and « Speaks to my dwarf », allegedly rappés by « Carla Fatale and Cécilia Bazooka », follow the same road. In everything, more than 3 million seen videos! For the first anniversary(birthday) of Nicolas Sarkozy's arrival to the Elysee, a parody of « The cash, it is smart » (Le Fric c'est chic) , version karaoke of the global success of the end of 1970s, starts in whirlwind. Freakt out by Chic.
On the site ( 1 ) which he(it) animates(stimulates) with his(her) friends, Djamal created, actually, a hyperreactive, subversive and playful news agency where « France according to » is peeled(analysed), mocked, reviled. « No doubt to be allowed keep silent », says Djamal, in the pretext about which the universal suffrage spoke and that, circulate, there would be nothing more to see...
Le Fric C'est Chic Sarkozy un an ! Torapamavoa Musique Video
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Not easy nevertheless, since his(her,its) election, to hold the rhythm of the contesting " antiSarko ". « When the French people voted, it is difficult for an artist to go against the universal suffrage. As far as, notably in the world of the rap, there was an illness to support Ségolène. They were against Sarkozy, but for nobody, underlines Laurent Bournot, general manager of the programs of Skyrock. And then the bling-bling side, the jabberism of which they can feel close, the ostentatious wealth can please a part(party) of the young people. »
Henceforth, it is the mockery which gets the upper hand. So, « to celebrate the first anniversary(birthday) of the young » in his(her) way, the humorist Christophe Alévêque ( 2 ) again gathered(combined) his(her) " choir of the thousand doves » in front of him(it) Of Fouquet, resuming(taking back) the kitschissime song intoned by Mireille Mathieu place of Concorde in the evening of the election of his favorite president. « I shall not calm down! », this acid clown warns who cannot refrain from scratching there where that already hurts. « On May 6th, 2007, we had looked the electoral evening with friends. It was unreal. When we heard(understood) the speech of the guru, looked at Cécilia who wanted to bite him(it) and heard(understood) Mireille Mathieu, there, we did not any more want to laugh. I put the image of the TV in black and white. Astounding! We would have considered returned in the years Guy Lux. That, the break? It was not any more tomorrow. It was the day before yesterday. » Manu Larrouy, him, is a perfect stranger. A young thirty-year old composer-songwriter in the speeds(looks) of contemporary troubadour, who, meagerly fed for ten years by the RMI, defines himself as " a modern poet ". In some months, he(it) is going to take(bring) out his(its) first disk to Mb Town. Main title: « a guy in the cool ». « In France of right, the one who cracks himself her(it) », he(it) prevents(warns), in a ballad bittersweet, « I will not go to dance this evening in Of Fouquet ». On Web, the parodies of « Somebody said to me » of Carla Bruni are whispered to the vitriol. « Mickey said to me », hummed by one made languid in short skirt with pea and big cuddly ears, is doubtless the version most soft: « to I am told that a RMI, that does not cost much / And that the homeless persons do not feel(smell) the rose / We say that the president is a perfect bastard / that the purchasing power, he(it) fights the coconut... » In the realm of the big to défouloir, punk versions, tecktonik, R*B, rap, heavy metal or French song, there is for all the tastes. Sarkophage, punk-rock group, opened its site ( 3 ). "Sarkocescu», one of his(her) presenters(driving forces), badge(swipe card) of Rachida Dati version Bazooka in the lapel(backhand) of its perfecto and Prof. of socio in civilian life, explains that the group plays everywhere in France when the bosses of theater or bar « do not cancel at the last moment by fear, with the similar name, of a descent of cops ». Amateur videos posted on internet are registered(recorded) in a maid's room, a house in the suburbs or straight from the pavement, according to the stage setting henceforth ground by the singers-worship of « the Song of Sunday » (4), the small absurd but more and more political jewel in the course of time(weather) - of Clément Marchand and Alexandre Castagnetti: 9 million videos seen since February, 2007!
Music producer, Loïk Dury who presided(officiated) for ten years on Radio Nova makes the tour(ballot) of France of the premises of recording with the groups of which he takes charge. « It is there, he tells, that of perfect strangers come all the tribes of the music let off stream on every Saturday evening. » When we tighten(stretch out) the ear, behind the pad doors, with for only weapons a guitar, a battery(drum kit) and a microphone, it is always the same song: « Fuck Sarko! » But naturally, that will never pass on the radio.
(1) Http://torapamavoa.blogspot.com
(2) Http: // www.aleveque.com
(3) Http: // www.sarkophage.propagande.org
(4) Http: // www.lachansondudimanche.com
Agathe Logeart
The New Observer
Nouvel Observateur
3/03/2008
Der Spiegel : A provocation of Paris

With that, Sarkozy transformed the first-ever exchange between the countries' future leaders into a PR event. And now, with Sarkozy having been in office for less than a year, fears that the man in charge at Elysée Palace isn't completely reliable have been confirmed. It has been a long time since a French president has so sorely tested the patience of the German government.
Anything but Friendly from a German Perspective
It's not so much the self-promotion that seems to drive Sarkozy's foreign policy -- officials at the chancellery and at the foreign ministry in Berlin have become used to that. For instance, he claimed that the EU's new Lisbon Treaty came about mainly due to his superior negotiating skills. He also made sure the world was aware that he alone was to thank for the release of five Bulgarian nurses from Libyan prisons last summer. Sarkozy likes to invoke the "great friendship" that he insists unites him with "dear Angela," but what he then says and does is often anything but friendly, at least from a German perspective.
FROM THE MAGAZINE
Find out how you can reprint this DER SPIEGEL article in your publication. But now Sarkozy's impulsiveness has truly infuriated the Germans. Many in Berlin now wonder if he is at all interested in good relations with his German neighbors after he cancelled a long-planned meeting with Merkel in the Bavarian town of Straubing, originally scheduled to take place on Monday. Sarkozy, his aides said, was unable to attend the meeting because of his "overbooked schedule," as if a meeting with the German chancellor were some minor event. Meanwhile, Sarkozy traveled to South Africa, as planned, and he apparently found enough wiggle room on his calendar for an excursion to Chad. Instead of the Straubing summit, the two will meet on Monday night in Hanover for a brief working dinner after opening the IT trade fair CeBIT together.
A tête-à-tête between German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück and his French counterpart Christine Lagarde, which had been scheduled for last Tuesday, also had to be cancelled. Sarkozy, who had scheduled last-minute visits to a number of factories in the French countryside, wanted Lagarde to accompany him instead.
No Clarification
But it's not just appointment books that have recently been at odds. The French president has not proven shy about brainstorming on the foreign policy front. But most of his ideas are received in Berlin as provocations. One example is his proposal to establish a Mediterranean union (more...) that would strengthen ties with North African and Middle Eastern nations. German diplomats see it as an attempt to establish a French-dominated, second-tier EU as a counterweight to the EU's expansion into Eastern Europe, which benefits the Germans geographically. So far the French have avoided explaining what, exactly, they envision, and even a visit by presidential advisor Henri Guaino in mid-February provided no clarification.
REUTERS
Berlin is not a fan of Sarkozy's Mediterranean union.
Sarkozy's latest initiatives are of the foreign policy variety, already a difficult topic for Merkel given the controversy over the German military's Afghanistan operations. When France assumes the rotating EU presidency in July, Sarkozy will launch a veritable eruption of ideas -- promoting more energy security, a cleaner environment and better integration of immigrants. But the most important item on his agency will be the question of how Europe can better protect itself against its enemies.
So far, the exact contours remain vague, but judging by what has been leaked in Brussels so far, the restless Frenchman has big plans. For example, Sarkozy wants to completely reconfigure the EU's defense structures. If the president has his way, the organization's six biggest countries -- Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and Poland -- will join forces to form an elite group. He envisions a European military core -- not unlike the euro zone with its shared currency or the Schengen Agreement which guarantees borderless travel.
The plans for a combined fighting force are already well along. Each of the six member states would provide 10,000 troops, an effort that would eclipse all joint combat forces to date. The idea, though, is hardly new. As far back as 1999, the EU agreed to form a 60,000-man military European Rapid Reaction Force, but the plan petered out due to insufficient participation.
Not Cheap for EU Partners
As an alternative, the EU decided to establish "Battle Groups" consisting of 1,500 troops each, which, at the urging of the French and the British, were intended primarily for missions in Africa. But the program has never been a true success, suffering from chronic staffing shortages because, again, few of the EU partners are interested in participating.
For Sarkozy, there are two main reasons to promote a European military. The plan makes it easier for him to fully re-integrate France into NATO, which he has declared to be an important goal of his presidency. It would also help him get other nations on board for military excursions in France's former African colonies -- support he would need when, as he plans, the size of the French army is reduced.
Clearly this would not come cheaply for his EU partners, but that appears to be a secondary concern for Sarkozy. According to the French plan, each of the "Big Six" would be required to devote 2 percent of its gross domestic product to the military effort. But aside from France and Great Britain, the other four countries envisioned for the six-nation military core currently spend less on defense. Germany, for example, spends only 1.2 percent of GDP on its military. In the current climate, it is hard to imagine that a majority in the German parliament would support expanding the country's current defense budget of €29 billion ($43.5 billion) to the €50 billion ($75 billion) the French plan would require. Berlin has consistently rejected similar demands from Washington.
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The situation at NATO is a case in point for how uninhibited -- some would say inconsiderate -- the French are in pursuing their interests in Europe. It remains unclear how the French military, which left the military structure of the alliance in 1966 at the behest of then President Charles de Gaulle, could be reintegrated today. Nevertheless, French military reconnaissance teams are already scouting the terrain at NATO command centers to determine which of the 16,000 positions they could fill with their own people in the future. In doing so, they have made it clear that their president will not be satisfied with third- or fourth-tier positions.
Since the alliance was established close to 60 years ago, a US general has traditionally held the top position of Supreme Allied Commander Europe, or SACEUR. At the Mons, Belgium headquarters of John Craddock, who currently holds the position, a Briton serves as his deputy and a German performs the demanding task of chief of staff. All three officers hold the rank of a four-star general.
A German officer recently asked French Army Chief of Staff Jean-Louis Georgelin whether Paris, in return for agreeing to return to the NATO fold, would demand that a second, French deputy be installed. "What do you mean, 'deputy?'" the Frenchman replied. "I want to be SACEUR!"
Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,539003,00.html
Sarkozy Carlyle and 911 ...

Carlyle Hires UBS’s Sarkozy for Financial Deals
March 3, 2008, 8:10 am
The Carlyle Group, the private equity firm, said Monday that it had hired Oliver Sarkozy, one of UBS’s top investment bankers for financial services deals, to work as co-head of a similar practice.
Mr. Sarkozy, the joint global head of UBS’s financial institutions group (and half-brother to French president Nicolas Sarkozy), will join Carlyle in April and will remain based in New York.
His group will search for investment opportunities amid today’s global banking and credit crisis.
“Olivier is a remarkable addition to our financial services team,”
David Rubenstein, a Carlyle co-founder and managing director, said in a statement. “He has an incredible track record and network that will help Carlyle capitalize on the dislocation in the financial services sector and extend our record of success to this important and growing part of the global economy.”
Before UBS, Mr. Sarkozy worked at Credit Suisse. Some of the deals he has worked on over the past year include ABN Amro’s sale of LaSalle Bank to Bank of America and Sallie Mae’s attempt to sell itself to a group of investors.
Go to Article from Bloomberg News »
NB :http://www.michaelmoore.com/warroom/f911notes/
http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0522-07.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNPJ9utU9sI
French President Sarkozy : "f**k off, asshole!" somebody even did a nice little rap song on this
http://walisabeth.blogspot.com/2008/03/casse-toi-pauvre-con.html
Casse-toi, Pauvre con!
I know, I know, it took me a while to react to this one - I
really did not have time until today to go and look for stuff on this "incident" involving our favorite Chief of State.To make a long story short, while visiting the Salon de l'Agriculture last week, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was, as expected, shaking everyone's hand. At one point, an individual for whose hand he was reaching told him this:
- Ah non, touche-moi pas... (Oh no, don't touch me...)
To which Sarko replied: - Casse-toi, alors... (beat it, then...)
The guy went on, saying (note the use of the "tu"):- Tu me salis... (you're making me dirty...)
Sarko then went a bit ballistic and sent him off with:
- Casse-toi, alors, pauvre con.
(a mild translation would be "beat it, jerk!", but personally, I am going with "f**k off, asshole!")
Yeah, what a classy guy he is!
For your viewing pleasure, here is the video of this incident:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnrWhcgeQWo
In the meantime, there's already pins and t-shirts circulating with those now famous words. Here's a good example:
The center of the first pin on the left reads:
"Ensemble, tout est possible" ("Together everything is possible,") which is the UMP (Sarko's party) slogan.
The center of the pin in the center reads:
"Pour une nouvelle politique de civilisation" ("For a new policy of civilized behavior.")
The center of the pin on the right reads:
"Pour le retour de la morale à l'école" ("For the return of good morality in schools.")
The small note at the bottom right of the image says "Déjà testé sur personne âgée" ("Already tested on Senior Citizens.")
And somebody even did a nice little rap song on this (the video quality is pretty poor, but the lyrics are rather cool):
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4i9pt_rap-du-casse-toi-pauvre-con-chanson_music
Rap du "Casse toi pauvre con" Chanson Sarkozy "Castoapovcon"
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2/24/2008
Sarkozy insult a french old men : "get out, get out, poor jerk"
the Old men :
"Not me, don't touch me
you're making me dirty"
French President Sarkozy :
"Cet out ..get out Poor jerk !"
French President Sarkozy keep smiling ...
2/20/2008
" we can wonder " on the threat represented by the Scientology.
Sects " are a non-problem " in France
NOUVELOBS.COM ¦ 20.02.2008 ¦ 12:56
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Emmanuelle Mignon, the manager of Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet(office), considers that " the list established in 1995 is scandalous " and that " we can wonder " on the threat represented by the Scientology.
Emmanuelle Mignon, the manager of Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet(office) ( Sipa)
Sects " are a non-problem " in France. It is what claims Emmanuelle Mignon, the manager of cabinet(office) of the president Nicolas Sarkozy, on Wednesday, February 20th, in an interview(maintenance) to the weekly VSD. She adds that " we can wonder " on the threat represented by the Scientology.
" The fight(wrestling) against sects allowed for a long time to hide the true subjects. But, in France, sects are a non-problem ", judges this close to the Head of State.
" The list established in 1995 is scandalous ", she adds, evoking the list of the " sectarian movements " finalized(worked out) then by the Parliamentary committee of inquiry on sects.
" We can wonder "
" As for the Scientology ", which appeared in this list, " I do not know them, but we can wonder. Either it is a dangerous organization and we forbid him(it), or then they do not represent particular threat for the law and order and they have the right(law) to exist in peace ", underlines Emmanuelle Mignon.
The French parliamentary reports(connections) consider that the Church of Scientology is a sect. The Scientology benefits however from the status of religion in the other countries, notably in the United States.
Miviludes soon connected inside
Emmanuelle Mignon indicates that the government plans "to transform" Miviludes (interministerial Mission of attentiveness and fight(wrestling) against the sectarian drift), established with the Prime Minister, " into something more effective and to finish it with the bla-bla ". " To part to publish annual reports, Miviludes makes nothing ", she accuses.
According to the manager of cabinet(office) of the president, " the idea would be to connect this new body to the Home Office, to collaborate more strictly with the services of police. The rest has to recover from the justice ".
" Assure(insure) the freedom of faith of all "
Michele Alliot-Marie, home secretary in charge of Worship(Cults), boosted(relaunched) the debate on sects at the beginning of February. She(it) notably questioned the functioning of Miviludes, as this one is exactly the object of criticisms(critics) of movements as the Scientology.
In an interview(maintenance) to the Parisian, the Minister confided(entrusted) will " to do wonders for the self-confidence of the fight(wrestling) against sectarian drift " and " to assure(insure) the freedom of faith of all ".
Several associations, among which Unadfi (national Union of the associations of defence of families and individual), had declared themselves " touched and annoyed " by these statements(declarations).
The church of Scientology said to itself the week last victim of " violations of the law of 1905 " on the separation of Churches and the State and asked that her members benefit from the freedom of conscience recognized in the Constitution.
" The faith spreads(diffuses) values "
Miviludes has to present its report(relationship) 2007 to François Fillon at the beginning of April, indicated the body on Saturday, clarifying that it is the leader of the government that means deciding to make public this report(relationship) or not.
A working document, stemming from a common meeting of the advice(council) of orientation and from the executive committee of Miviludes held on February 7th, was passed on on Friday to the various concerned ministries (Inside, Justice, Health).
Emmanuelle Mignon underlines besides that Nicolas Sarkozy is the first French president to have said that " the spiritual question has to play a role in the company(society) ".
" The collection of sense(direction) was so important certainly never as today. The faith spreads(diffuses) values, and all which spreads(diffuses) values is positive ", she assures(insures)
2/19/2008
Sarkozy would enter anti-Muslim in the government after the elections
Sarkozy would enter anti-Muslim in the government after the elections
"In France today" announces the possibility of the entry of Philippe de Villiers to the government after the municipal elections, launching a right turn to the Right.
The extreme right is not anti-Semitic speech but only anti anti Arabs and Muslims, which is why this demarche is shameful!
It says in this article:
"Nothing is done, we're just talking about it "
