It's easy for Americans - some in particular - to say the French are silly, or naive, or to change the name of French fries to Freedom fries. I tend to disagree. They are also more fashionable, know more languages and eat better food (French fries aside).
An article in today's Christian Science Monitor only supports my thesis - as the French are supporting a campaign to encourage residents to quit driving into town. Noting that reasons to find alternative transportation (or as those punchy French call it, "clever commuting") continue to grow (global warming and rising fuel costs, to name a view), those clever French folks are actually taking action.
Of course, we've reached a tipping point in America too. You know when GM introduces a hybrid, change is afoot.
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