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French President Jacques Chirac has promised to remedy defects in his country’s health service in the wake of the heat wave that has killed thousands of mainly elderly people.
We’ve proudly decided to become even more socialist!
The French funeral directors association said 10,416 had died during the first three weeks of August because of the heat wave and projected the death toll for the month from the heat wave would be 13,632.
10,000 people! Jeez! 100 degrees isn’t that hot, people... its that hot everyday in Texaaaas... what gives?
France, which normally has temperatures in upper 20s Celsius (80s Fahrenheit) was hit with temperatures in the upper 30s (90s to over 100 Fahrenheit). After the first week of the heat wave, French officials, many of whom had been on vacation,
that’s what we call in here in the good ol’ U.S. of A "being asleep at the wheel"
rushed back to work. The death toll soared by 3,000 in that week. In a bid to divert criticism, Chirac added: "Today, the time is for contemplation, solidarity and action. I think about each of these victims and hold out my hand and express the solidarity of the nation."
what a schmuck...
Chirac rarely speaks directly to the nation after a Cabinet meeting and tends to rise above day-to-day domestic politics. Thursday’s broadcast shows how defensive his administration feels about the crisis, which has been accused of inaction during the heat wave and the high number of deaths it caused. |