Speed record

As I woke up this morning, I heard on RFI that the TGV had broken a speed record, at 574 kmh, on the eastern line. This should be good news for France, in its hour of self-doubt, and in the last phase of a gloomy election campaign.It is certainly good news for me, since the new HST line is the one I need to link Paris with Thionville.Coming a few days after the successful visit of the Airbus A 380 to Washington, it demonstrates, once more, the excellence of French engineering. If our school system taught French children a little bit more economics, trade, profit, and investment, instead of strikes, demonstrations, and class warfare, perhaps we could even sell a couple of these wonderful train sets to the rest of the world in the future. In the meantime, my thanks go to the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg.
They built and took a financial participation in the Paris-Luxembourg spur of the Eastern TGV line. This will allow me to use that magic carpet all the way home.

Meanwhile, back in the Nation`s capital, the cherry blossoms are at their peak. Spring is definitely in the air.The democrats in Congress have finally decided to cut off funds for the war. Poor hapless Alberto Gonzales (the author of torture memos and past purveyor of dozens of death sentences to then Governor Bush of Texas), is on his way out.The rats are leaving the sinking ship.
To quote the late Chairman Mao "Let a hundred flowers bloom".