[MadIvan]

Kudos to the French for one thing - one less vegetarian in the world is something to be grateful for.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[goldstategop]

Sssssssh....... the PETA wackos will probably want to lynch him.

[BlessedBeGod]

Yeah, I guess the French are good for something. Maybe we won't bomb them after all.

[Qwerty]

I don't get it.. what's the problem with vegetarians? Many of them just don't like the taste of meat, for one.. but besides that... why would you care about what anyone eats?

I guess I'm missing what makes this a conservative issue.. or any issue at all.

[Looking4Truth]

I'm sure that the guy has had some wonderful meals in Paris, but he hasn't had a real steak from the USA yet.

I can say this because when I lived in Europe as a DOD civilian, no beef could beat the American commissary beef.

Too bad he's in France. If he was in a country that still had an American presence to speak of, maybe some gracious G.I. family could have him over for dinner. He'd never look back.

[dennisw]

He came over from the dark side

[lysol@whitehouse]

Brilliant! Let's hear it for obesity, heart attacks, slaughter houses, and tasty charred animals. Who gives a poop about suffering when taste buds cry out for sumptuous deceased and putrified animals?? With a modicum of cooking knowledge a plant-based diet is delicious, healthy, and full of energy. I work out each day, and have MUCH more energy than my meat eating friends. I wonder how many meat-eaters could tour a typical slaughter house operation and then defend this outrage?? BTW the Vegi-Burger at Burger King along with a dry baked potato loaded with chives make a great alternative lunch for those interested in changing fast food habits.

[Ditter]

Welcome back!

[lysol@whitehouse]

Makes you stop and think when you learn that many of the most influential and interesting people throughout history have been vegetarian...
Pythagoras, Buddha, Plato, and Plutarch
Dwight Yoakam
Mahatma Gandhi
H.G. Wells
Joe Namath
Leonardo da Vinci
Sir Isaac Newton
Shania Twain
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
AND many, many others...this might suggest that a plant based diet may reflect a healthy and virtuous attitude. Doesn't appear to damage the intellect, either ;-)

[aruanan]

Kudos to the French for one thing - one less vegetarian in the world is something to be grateful for.

That's exactly what went through my mind.

[Hang'emAll]

If it doesn't have a face, I won't eat it.

[B-Chan]

My wife and I were also converted from the ranks of the meatless by the culinary temptations of Paris. The only restaurant we could find within an easy walk of our riverfront rive Droit room on that cold aftternoon was this little mamán et pére place off the Rue de Rivoli. It was one of those small, menu-less restaurants -- the kind of joint where Pére pours you a glass of the house red while Mamán goes upstairs to the kitchen to bring down whatever's on the stove that day.

In our case, it was sliced roast pork with lentils, served mixed and steaming hot on plates of blue china. The smell was like someone in Heaven had left the kitchen door open. We took one look at each other, rolled our eyes to the skies, and dug in.

French politics are one thing. French food and wine are another. While I have little use for the gang of cut-rate DeGaulles over at the Elysée Palace, I'll say proudly and for the record that the food, wine, and general joie de vivre of France are the finest in the world. Vive la France.

[Wolverine]

Meat eaters snackers and cola drinkers

[Luna]

I used to be a meat-eater, now I'm a happy vegetarian.

And it has nothing to do with animal rights!! It's just a healthier way to eat.

[TexasRepublic]

Kill It & Grill It bump!