Throwing in the towel

International Herald Tribune ^ | SATURDAY, JULY 2, 2005 | G. Vernet, Rochepaule, France

[Panerai]

In response to recent columns by Thomas Friedman: Being French, I am an enemy of the United States of America. I am also an ugly protectionist; I have delusions of past grandeur; and I live in a failed state with an over-regulated economy and closed borders. We have a totally outdated social system that is not even a system after all, and certainly not social. I am unemployed, like everybody else here, but I live in comfort by retrieving benefits from the bankrupt welfare state. I am not looking for a job because I would be too afraid to find one. I am ashamed when I read Friedman's column with religious fervor in copies of the International Herald Tribune that are left behind by American tourists in Paris.

[liberallarry]

Friedman strikes again.

[Jaysun]

"When I see the benefits of an American invasion elsewhere, I also wish the United States could send a few divisions here (we shall surrender immediately if we are not on a long weekend) and occupy France until it is purged of its socialist mentality and its encroached racism and anti-Semitism."

LOL! My solution to his problem:
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." H. L. Mencken

[Kozak]

When I see the benefits of an American invasion elsewhere, I also wish the United States could send a few divisions here (we shall surrender immediately if we are not on a long weekend) and occupy France

Been There. Done that. Twice in 100 years is enough. Don't call us again, we're busy.

[Slings and Arrows]

"It is good to hate the French."
--Al Bundy
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[glock rocks]

"I have decided that we shall commit suicide by eating cheese without any wine until we die."

Pure poetry.

[bd476]

Bitter sarcasm from a Frenchman, yet it is strangely amusing.

[Savage Beast]

Meanwhile, Middle America forges ahead into a bright, ascendant future--confident, prosperous, and living The American Dream--leaving behind, in the quagmires of their own decadence and stupidity, the cesspools of Marxist Europe.

What a shame!

When Europe is a garage-sale, groaning under Islam, Middle America will drop in from time to time to pick up a bargain or two, and the children of today's Europeans will curse their parents.

And when Middle America completes its recovery of the U.S.A., today's Leftists and "activists" will be pushing mops and slinging fries, things they're qualified to do, as the rest of us soar to new and undreamed-of heights!

Fools doom themselves to their own destruction.

[wingman1]

"...but knowing that America won't be able to come and rescue us anytime soon..."

Get a job, loser.

[nina0113]

...the children of today's Europeans will curse their parents

What children?

[wildbill]

Everything sounds right to me although I don't think the guy is really a Frenchman.

A true Frenchman wouldn't surrender by committing suicide by eating cheese without wine. And I hear they have a lot of wine going to waste right now because American consumers ain't buying.

[EGPWS]

We have a totally outdated social system that is not even a system after all, and certainly not social.

They have Social Security the same as we do here!

Outdated? I'll be danged, hearing this from a frog...

After all when it comes to socialism, the frogs are the epitome of it.

[sarasmom]

LOL!
A frenchmans unsuccesfull attempt in sarcasm is a parody of truth!

[GSlob]

I see it as not so much a sarcasm but rather as a heartfelt confession on his part. Sort of the first step in going through Frenchmen Anonymous program. For how could he/they be cured of the French Disease unless they first confess to having it and agree on the curative regimen and symptoms?

[bd476]

GSlob wrote: "I see it as not so much a sarcasm but rather as a heartfelt confession on his part. Sort of the first step in going through Frenchmen Anonymous program. For how could he/they be cured of the French Disease unless they first confess to having it and agree on the curative regimen and symptoms?"

ROFL!

[Vision]

It is wrong to be French

Al Bundy

[Lancey Howard]

The Demorats must cringe when they read stuff like this (if they don't get too confused) because their entire agenda is to import Euro-style secular socialism to the United States. The Democrats' dream is that the US can someday be as great as France, Germany, and England.

[untenured]

A frenchmans unsuccesfull attempt in sarcasm is a parody of truth!

I think it was sinkspur who once said that when you hurl a rock into a crowd of dogs, the one that screams is the one that got hit.

Lok at me now: The Cult of Self-Expression.

[LonePalm]

The signature block says it all.

Il n'y a pas d'honte être français. Il y a seulement l'honte dans rester de français.
(There is no shame in being French. There is only shame in staying French.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)