Thanksgiving: en France, on fait passer un ancien président à la casserole.

On this Thanksgiving evening, American families will share the traditional turkey... I have estimated that today, tens of millions of turkey will be eaten in the US. In France, this year, we have finally decided to celebrate Thanksgiving. But instead of condemning 70 million turkeys to bo roasted in our kitchens, we have just targeted a single individual: our former president Jaques Chirac, who has just been put under formal investigation for public funding diversion occuring when he was mayor of Paris. Between 1977 ansd 1995, he may have diverted some fundings to provide fictive jobs to various people. Until now he has escaped investigation thanks to his presidential immunity but those times are gone... Surprisingly, it was quite difficult to find any allusion to this event in US and english media. I have even looked at the famous anti-french english tabloid called "The Sun"... Nothing... Nada... Kedalle as we say in french. I have found one article in the New York Times. To summarize: don't believe those bloody english who say that french rugby players eat babies on Thanksgiving. And we don't eat ortolans nor cut heads off anymore but we never go on strike when its time to eat foie gras. Happy thanksgiving (-: