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i dont see why DanS is so surprised by what chirac said.
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Who said I was surprised?I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891 -
Who said I was surprised?
well, maybe you werent
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Chirac
His perception of the global Anglo-Saxon threat is pretty much in tune with mine.
Freedom is just unawareness of being manipulated.Comment
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Originally posted by The Vagabond
Chirac
His perception of the global Anglo-Saxon threat is pretty much in tune with mine.
We've been after you ever since the days of The Muscovy Company.
Give us your blinis, caviare and sour cream now!Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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/me is proud to call himself an anglo-saxon opponent of a powerful europe.A French Non to the EU constitution will "boomerang" against France and delight "Anglo-Saxon" opponents of a powerful Europe, President Jacques Chirac said.
"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
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What would be really funny would be the French No vote being followed by a Brit Yes vote because the death of the last Brit automotive company could help Brits to think that unlimited liberalism is not as good as claimed by the current fashionable economic theory.
The manufacturing industry in the US has also been killed for the same reason, but as God was never interested in this subject (as you know, there is no mention in the Bible), corrective actions were not taken, and will not be taken in the future, that is before the end of the word, which is anticipated before long.Statistical anomaly.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.Comment
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We've been after you ever since the days of The Muscovy Company.
Give us your blinis, caviare and sour cream now!
Shirac whining about "anglo saxon influence" in culture
enshrining capitalism in the constitution
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Originally posted by Az
Chirac whining about "anglo saxon influence" in culture
They have the Academie Francaise to keep out le weekend, le shopping, le sandwich and le red hot jazz baby, but French people will persist in buying food at Marks and Spencer's, wearing Levi's jeans, and listening to Massive Attack, Skunk Anansie and watching Alfred Hitchcock films and 'Blade Runner' .
I'm reliably informed, they even like Edgar Allan Poe and American film noir. Or should that be filme black ?
Or does American use of French words still count as Anglo-Saxon domination, or is it permissible ?Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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In Chirac's mind no election issue is to lowly to bring anti-Americanism in to blame.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Did you know? These three words are used "as is" in France, and have no French equivalent outside of Québec.Originally posted by molly bloom
They have the Academie Francaise to keep out le weekend, le shopping, le sandwich
I'm reliably informed, they even like Edgar Allan Poe and American film noir. Or should that be filme black ?
"film" is the French word as well
"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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To be fair with Chirac, it's merely a cheap and demagogic argument. Chirac isn't obsessed with antiamericanism. He's obsessed with winning. Demagogery has always been his forte, and his amazing repertoire isn't limited to antiamericanism (in the current case, it's more about anti-Englishism really)Originally posted by Oerdin
In Chirac's mind no election issue is to lowly to bring anti-Americanism in to blame."I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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Except for sandwich. We use that one too.Originally posted by Spiffor
Did you know? These three words are used "as is" in France, and have no French equivalent outside of Québec.What?Comment
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Chirac is a nationalistc ditzhead.
Nationalism promoting supranationalism?
Yep... throw Chirac out. And then whom will they replace him with? Le Pen, A neo-fascist nut? Jospin, A Socialist? (don't think the US would like that...). You can hate Chirac as much as you like, but you know he'll only ever be replaced by another Frenchman.I see my boycott is having an effect. Now the French will destroy the EU and throw Chirac out. Everything is going according to plan.
I think Chirac lamenting the invasion of anglo-saxon culture into France is a little rich however. Only 200 years ago they were trying to do the same to the rest of Europe.... and in 1066 they made certain that a large slice of "anglo-saxon" culture would forever be French....Comment
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So your saying that Chirac is the best they can possibly do? That's pretty sad don't you think.Originally posted by Dracon II
Chirac is a nationalistc ditzhead.
Nationalism promoting supranationalism?
Yep... throw Chirac out. And then whom will they replace him with? Le Pen, A neo-fascist nut? Jospin, A Socialist? (don't think the US would like that...). You can hate Chirac as much as you like, but you know he'll only ever be replaced by another Frenchman.
Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul TighComment
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Actually we just find it amusing.Originally posted by dannubis
but it is indeed funny to see how you americans get all worked up if someone 'attacks' your culture.
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