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The city was basically closed down for the summit. It's totally empty right now. Schools were closed, construction sites were closed off, public transport was halted, people had to have special registration just to get out of their houses, etc...

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sat Apr 4th, 2009 at 05:44:30 AM EST
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Unless you were a UMP member, apparently. I read an article yesterday stating that 90% of the people allowed anywhere near were UMP members, and most of the rest were UMP members' guests.

Kind of the Bush speeches in front of carefull selected audience.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Sat Apr 4th, 2009 at 06:01:30 AM EST
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