[xm177e2]

It's no secret that we've been working overtime to rake the Vichies over the coals here on FR...

[Robert_Paulson2]

Hey... I love the french. But they DO lack any semblance of stability. My good buddie.. Msr. Perot, pointed out that france from whence he hails... has in the 250 years or so since the formation of our ONE republic... had no less than at least 16 NEW governments formed and subsequently overthrown in their entirety.

For stability, he recommends the good ole USA... and for variety and "let the buyer beware" form of government d'jour... FRANCE is the best bet.

Some day, FRANCE will return to Notre Dame, and discover it's soul, probably sometime after the SECOND coming of Christ!

In the meanwhile, the best we can get from them, is an occasional, smug, self-righteous assent to the fact that we are autonomous, and MAY have ACCIDENTLY have stumbled up on a good idea or political position... that, and a bottle of pretty darn good whine, with a wide variety of (mostly sickening but) delicious frommage.

God Bless the French... 'cuz they sure as heck need it!