Yet another sign that things are different in France than the USA. Lance Armstrong and other riders in the Tour were stopped today by protesters. The race officials held that to be a normal race incident and refused to adjust their times. A protest is a normal race incident? I guess so in a country where the unions often strangle normal life, letting garbage pile up, and where teachers overturn cars and stop traffic on highways. Oh, but the French are sophisticated, you see. We Americans do not understand that is a better way of life.