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Hail King Henry

9.24.08 @ 12:01AM

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Perhaps he could do one on Union pour Mouvement Populaire? Let's see, now...Nicolas Sarkozy traded an unattractive wife against a statuesque Schiaparelli model, dumped her (after being publicly cuckolded), and ushered into Palais d'Elysee a sultry singer/songwriter whose background includes being a peek-a-boo model and having serial affairs with sundry celebrities, some of whom were married.

There's a delightful French phrase maisons de verre. It seems appropriate, no?
-- David Gonzalez
Wheeling, Illinois

I SAY, MY DEAR FELLOW
Re: Rob Johnston's letter (under "Finding Scotland") in Reader Mail's Panic City:

I lived in London for four years and traveled often to Scotland for business and pleasure. The English were out of joint about the results of devolution that resulted in Members of Parliament from Scotland voting on internal matters in England. One of the most controversial issues was Scottish votes regarding the English National Health System while not having any political accountability for these votes as Scotland had a separate National Health System that provided much better coverage than the English NHS. It was so much better that Brits who lived in England near the Scottish border would register for NHS in Scotland rather than in England. While these complaints were certainly made in England, they were occasional. I heard much more vitriol in England against the United States (and France) than against Scotland.

When I drove to Scotland, once I changed the radio station from BBC 2 to BBC Scotland, the Anti-English vitriol seemed to dominate the radio waves. England was the source of all the Scottish ills. I was surprised by sectarianism in Glasgow, but you certainly never heard anyone on radio or in the newspapers promoting it, while you did hear talk of Scottish succession in polite society. I have Catholic and Protestant friends in Scotland who have a common hatred of England.
-- Don Parnell
Arlington, Virginia

HILLYER'S RYDER RECORD
Re: Quin Hillyer's Easy Ryder:

When I first read your piece on Friday, I thought you delusional if not insane. This Sunday evening I think you insightful if not prescient. Please tell me McCain and the White Sox will take it all this autumn.
-- Spike Herbert
Kingstowne, Virginia

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