The Inquirer, in between sticking their tongue down Wes Clark's throat, has an interesting article about a woman in France:

The commotion over these radical notions has thrust Herold into the national limelight. Quickly, the attractive Reims native has become a symbol for those French disillusioned with the status quo. A conservative British newspaper invited her to London, where she was wined and dined by parliamentarians and the Tory party leader. She conversed in impeccable English honed during a year at the University of Birmingham.

Herold's appeal has not stopped in Britain. She defends American policies and describes herself as a staunch advocate of free enterprise, longer work hours, globalization, and the right to eat at McDonald's. Choice and individual responsibility are her frequent themes.

"The state shouldn't forbid you to do things that just concern you," Herold said in an interview. "Some people love working 35 hours. Others want to work 70. If you want to work more because you want something for your family, you cannot" in France.

Her group favors same-sex marriage, access to abortion, assisted suicide, and decriminalization of drugs and prostitution. Its members backed the U.S.-led war in Iraq and, before the war began, demonstrated outside the U.S. Embassy in Paris, hoisting placards supporting the U.S. position.

But in France, resistance to change can be well-organized and widespread. Premier Jean-Pierre Raffarin's recent reform proposals, including extending the period that public-sector workers must work to gain full pension benefits, sparked some of the fiercest strikes in recent history. Raffarin also has proposed cutting France's exorbitant income-tax rate by 3 percent. When his government's next round of changes is unveiled later this month, the public-sector unions promise more demonstrations.

Perhaps there is hope for the French. Unions probably hate this woman for even imagining changing the status quo. This is what unions in the US would aim for given the opportunity.