No, this is brilliant. Germans in WWII ran out of oil. But in the next war the French will power their military planes and tanks with batteries powered by windmills. They just need to raise taxes to refine the technology so it will work. :)
You know, the French were extremely bitter to us during and after WWII and even up into Vietnam. My old man was WWII Airborne, was over there and bled quite a bit in the Ardennes snow with pieces of German steel in him.
He said the French were quick to collaborate with the Germans, quick to be resentful of the Americans having to save their asses, and very, very nasty overall in their demeanor towards us. Think about it...they got their asses handed to them in less than 6 weeks, and half the country (Vichy) became collaborationist. They FIRED on American troops coming ashore at Oran in Algeria (North Africa), and DeGaulle made himself a royal pain in the ass at every opportunity.
They have no self-respect and that makes them act the way they do. They surrendered and behaved like cowards, while the English were driven into the sea at Dunkirk and then fought on alone.
I have very little respect for them. They’re socialist assh*les, and have been for a very long time.
That being said, this does not surprise me; one more way to poke “les Amis” in the eye.
And with this current MTV and American Idol generation, that does NOT remember WWII, does NOT remember the sacrifices of American boys dying for those people over there, does NOT remember seeing two, sometimes three blue and/or Gold stars in neighbors’ windows, or seeing American boys coming home missing legs, arms, eyes, it is not surprising at all that there is no outrage amongst younger Americans. They have not been taught American history, have not been educated in the sacrifices and the terrible human toll that was paid for in American blood, heartache, and horror by their ancestors.
It’s sad, and it’s pathetic, that a people’s “collective” memory could be so effectively and indelibly erased, in a few short decades.
It shows me that what we fought over there never really was totally defeated - National Socialism or International Socialism, it’s all the same old crock of sh*t, with the same old sh*thead mentality, they just call themselves Liberals or Progressives now, and they’re here doing the same thing, and we’re letting them get away with it.
As the WWII generation dies away, and people like us, whose fathers fought in that awful conflagration, die away, it will get more and more distant in the past, and the left will be able to rewrite the history, as they have done with everything else. Pretty soon, kids will be reading in “Social Studies” books about how the Great Soviet Union, under the brilliant, wise leadership of Stalin, won the entire war, and the US played only a supporting role, and then became the new enemy that tried to stop glorious socialism from bringing on the new utopia.
Unless WE make it a point to teach our youngsters what their ancestors did, the heroic deeds and stories of valor, bravery, and courage. This is part of what makes us Americans, a PEOPLE, a Nation - our history and the deeds of those Americans that came before us.
Personally, I couldn’t give two sh*ts about what the French do. They’re worthless to me. If they want to build turbines there, we can’t stop them. As good buddy Gilbo said - it’s their country. But it’s one more example to me of how pathetic and contemptible they are, that they would choose THAT spot, above all others, to build those things. I have no problem with power-generating equipment; my problem lies with that particular location, KNOWING how many American boys stained the sand with their blood to gain a foothold there - to free THEM from the Germans.
But we should remember it and make it clear to them that we owe them nothing, ever again. And because it IS “their country”, they can have the total cost of defending it on their own, and we should present them a bill for 50-odd years worth of defense spending to keep them “safe”.
And our honored dead should be brought home to rest in American soil, a place for valiant, brave boys who went away and never came home. They should rest HERE, amongst their own countrymen and their families - not in a country full of vain, selfish, and arrogant people who rolled over and collaborated, rather than fight to the death before giving up an inch of their land to an invader.
Sorry...this sh*t chokes me up and pisses me off.
/rant off...