liberty and free-enterprise were not to be found in France.

They're hiding behind Egalité & Fraternité

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

In French.

I mean, he was a missionary here, so he speaks it fluently, right?

Their efforts were interrupted when France erupted into chaos in May 1968. Student uprisings and a general strike -- fueled in part by anger over the Vietnam War -- shut down the telephones, trains and mail. Trash piled up in the streets, while store shelves and gas stations sat empty. Mr. Romney, then a leader for the region around Bordeaux, carried empty soap containers of borrowed fuel on his moped, then drove to an American bank in Paris for food money. He saw student demonstrators turning over cars, setting fires, hurling cobblestones and battling the police.

Mr. Romney described it as "a very interesting firsthand view of a very volatile setting." But his friends say the strikes were terrifying and reinforced their respect for authority. "The social system failed. The country came to a stop," said Byron Hansen, another missionary and now a car dealer in Brigham City, Utah. "It affected me and I am sure it affected Mitt."

I have noticed there are two main reactions to travel.  One group finds it disorientating.  They cannot understand how people can be so different.  In the middle of Paris, they will go hunting for a McDonalds.  They will stay in a Hilton so they can find the phones.  

What a waste.

The second group revels in the differences.  They are searching for new things to experience.  The want to learn as much new stuff as they can afford.  Every trip they take makes them more interesting people.

Guess what group Mitt falls into.  He is likely to be as ugly an American as W.

"Remember the I35W bridge--who needs terrorists when there are Republicans"

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/11/15/romney/index.html