Written by: Beck

No government institution would ever dream of deliberately spending more money for less return, and that's especially true for instances when the reason to spend more money is Art. Yeah, I can find about four things wrong with that previous sentence as well, and I don't mean the syntax either. Let's start anew, shall we?

The French are idiots. There we go, much firmer footing.

Officials closed the terminal to passengers Sunday shortly after its roof collapsed, but rescue workers had remained, clearing rubble and assessing safety. Airport authority officials say police evacuated the building as a precaution and will assess the situation later.

Earlier, officials said they had retrieved four bodies from the rubble and lowered the death toll from the five announced Sunday. All the victims are believed to be foreign nationals who were passing through the terminal, an architectural showpiece that was opened 11 months ago at a cost of $900 million...

French officials have ruled out terrorism, but there is no word yet on what caused the collapse. President Jacques Chirac has ordered a full investigation.

Oh! Me! Me! Call on me! I have a suggestion. Maybe things went wrong when sound engineering principles went out the window in the name of creating "an architectural showpiece."

(Link credit to JeffG.)

And while we're on the subject of the French and ways in which they suck, the beautiful people at the Cannes film festival weren't satisfied with a 20 minute long standing ovation of Preparation H Fahrenheit 9/11. No, they felt compelled to give Moore the Palme D'Or Best Film award as well.

Not that I really had any respect for France left, but imagine for a second that I did. Yes, yes, hard to imagine, I know, just try. Got it? OK, I just lost that last bit of respect.

(Link credit to Merde in France.)