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Chirac is Les Miserables [Delicious verbal massacre of the French - MUST READ]
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| July 6, 2005
| MARTIN PHILLIPS
Posted on 07/06/2005 9:37:11 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: nwrep
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posted on
07/06/2005 9:55:06 PM PDT
by
prophetic
("I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things."--Dan Rather)
To: nwrep
To: nwrep
I love some of these comments:
And cafe worker Olivier Delao, 29, said: “Chirac has ruined everything. He has been an appalling figurehead for our country.”
To: nwrep; Aussie Dasher
...snicker...
...snort....
ROTFLOL!!!
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:10:31 PM PDT
by
kstewskis
("I don't know what I know, but I know that it's big..." Jerry Fletcher)
To: nwrep
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:16:47 PM PDT
by
JohnBDay
To: nwrep
***Tuesday he was crowing like a French cockerel ***
More like a little Banty rooster that has just been caponed!
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:27:20 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(IN GOD IS OUR TRUST! from the National Anthem, last verse.)
To: nwrep
Postal worker Pierre Lapous, 42, raged: “It’s all Chirac’s fault. If he hadn’t insulted England earlier in the week we would have won easily. London deserves its victory.” I like this man.
Student Madeleine Latour, 19, fumed: “This is a disaster. Now we have nothing. It’s all down to our stupid president. He should resign immediately.”
It must be sad to be a citizen of a nation which has NOTHING without some games.
Maybe the French are tired of being nothing.
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:31:03 PM PDT
by
bannie
(The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:38:56 PM PDT
by
neodad
(I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way)
To: nwrep
Does anyone in Paris have a life? Anyone in France? Anyone in EUROPE at all?!
No wonder it's so easy for Lance Armstrong to beat them in their own bicycle race.
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:39:46 PM PDT
by
Fudd Fan
(fiat voluntas Tua)
To: nwrep
It is hard for me to understand why either nation cares so much where the games are held. Aren't the Games usually the cause of enormous budget overruns and subsequent deficits? Aren't they an unbelievably costly boondoggle and security headache? Don't they usually leave the host country with crumbling shells where the sports were contested? What am I missing? I mean, I love the Olympics, but I'd much rather they be held at some other country's expense and I wasn't enthusiastic about the local suggestion that the Games be held someday in Washington DC.
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:40:41 PM PDT
by
Capriole
(I don't have any problems that couldn't be solved by more chocolate or more ammunition)
To: bannie
The French had been led to believe that they would win this easily; Chirac staked what remained of his personal reputation on this. It is not overstating matters that what happened yesterday has effectively decapitated the French government.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:40:59 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
To: Capriole
In the case of the French, this was one of the few things that was likely to dent their unemployment rate.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:41:40 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
To: nwrep
To: MadIvan
"It is not overstating matters that what happened yesterday has effectively decapitated the French government..."
Is there a "no confidence" vote in the French Parliament? Can the government actually be brought down over this? It would be almost as pathetic as Honduras and El Salvador going to war over a soccer match in 1969.
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:49:49 PM PDT
by
decal
(Where were YOU when AndyScam broke? Sluthering, perhaps?)
To: MadIvan
You really should send Chirac a thank-you note along with a few pounds of Haggis.
On his very own initiative he blew Paris' excellent chance for the Olympics with a few well-chosen obnoxious comments.
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:50:05 PM PDT
by
spectre
To: decal
Unfortunately not, the French President cannot be removed with a no confidence vote. I'm not sure when the next election to the National Assembly is...however, the French electorate can punish Chirac's party at that juncture. Chirac is due to be out of office in 2007, I believe.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:51:15 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
To: spectre
It wasn't just his comments; he tried to exercise "personal diplomacy" whilst in Singapore. Blair is very good at personal diplomacy - Chirac is appalling. THus, the result.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:52:11 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
To: spectre
"On his very own initiative he blew Paris' excellent chance for the Olympics with a few well-chosen obnoxious comments..."
You'd think he was a Karl Rove plant or something...
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:54:34 PM PDT
by
decal
(Where were YOU when AndyScam broke? Sluthering, perhaps?)
To: nwrep
This is just so great. And Hillary screwed it up for New York.
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:54:48 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(The Hillary documentary is coming)
To: nwrep
To a great friend Tony Blair -- congratulations.
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posted on
07/06/2005 10:55:50 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(The Hillary documentary is coming)
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