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Boycott Grinds on Against French Food, Wine, Travel (Frogs hurting)
USA TODAY ^
| May 1, 2003
Posted on 05/06/2003 6:25:04 PM PDT by HighWheeler
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To: KEYSTONE
Well then, I hope you enjoy your brief stay.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:55:28 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: HighWheeler
**''We're going to talk directly to the American people,'' says Robin Massee, a tourism spokeswoman.**
LOL! She need to talk to Jacques Chiraq!
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:55:49 PM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Kiss Me Hardy
Some good California and Oregon wines too!
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:56:40 PM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Kiss Me Hardy
I agree. I heartily recommend "Dallas Conte"...product of Chile. I'm pretty sure the vines came from France. Both the Merlot and Cab are fabulous. $8.99 here in Boston for the 2000 year. Can't get the 1999 anymore. Should go for 20 bucks. Don't care for their Chardonney, but it could be me. Everyone I serve it to likes it.
Check it out.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:56:48 PM PDT
by
Mr_Peter
To: KEYSTONE
I don't appreciate your language.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:57:49 PM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: stboz
I agree with you about Aussie wines and they are incredible. I am living in Australia at the moment and the variety is amazing. If only the public knew how much they backed us and how little they get in return...(no free trade agreement yet) Then more people would be visiting Australia and drinking their wine. I have a good feeling that things are about to turn around.
To: SamAdams76
I agree about the basic Rosemounts, which are a regular tipple at our house. But I picked up the Reserve a week or so ago and was blown away by the value for money. We've been buying Spanish and Italian wines, too, but I'm not so familiar with the different vatrieties of grapes. It's always fun learning, though.
No more Chateau Neuf d'Pape in our house. Ever!
To: SamAdams76
Hey Sam, Check out the Dallas Conte. I know you are from the Boston area. You can get it at that damned expensive grocery store over on Charles Street, right across from the Common. Cheers.
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:00:39 PM PDT
by
Mr_Peter
To: HighWheeler
I hope all this boycotting spills over to the Dixie Chicks. You would really think it would.
To: Kiss Me Hardy
And, it killed me to not order Grey Goose Vodka last weekend. Had to go back to Stoli. After 2, it doesn't matter anyway.-)
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:03:13 PM PDT
by
Mr_Peter
To: itwasntme
And the great thing about the Aussies is that the local media slandered the prime minister ever step of the way. They hated him for supporting the U.S. and he had the courage to do it anyway, even when the polls were against him.
And you know what makes Australia's support even more noble: The Clinton Administration absolutely screwed the aussies' lamb exports to the U.S. with tariffs and seriously hurt their economy.
Yet they didn't let any of that obscure their moral sense and signed on for Iraq just because it was the right thing to do.
Aussie. Aussie. Aussie. Oi! Oi! Oi!
To: vollmond
Why would Americans travel to France these days? It's obvious we're not wanted.
I wouldn't feel safe.
Visit France?
A country that is already 10% Muslim (even if one in ten of them is a radical...
I'm staying the h-ll away).
And a country that was reportedly passing out as many visas to Iraqis before the
bombing started. Heck, I'd be afraid to visit a country now loaded with escaped Baathist
Party Members (aka Saddamites).
Yeah, I'd visit France if I wanted to hang a bulls-eye over my heart.
Of course, I suspect getting a knife in the back would be more the modus operandi
for these sadistic b@$tards.
No thanks, I'll see the USA in a Chevrolet.
Or visit our friends in the U.K., Australia, Poland or other Coalition friendlies.
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:05:24 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: Salvation
"I don't appreciate your language."
I'm not Salvation, but I don't see his post. Apparently the censors got it off. Can't make a comment about what would get your panties in a bunch, but bassed on you optional tag line it probably wouldn't take much. Have a nice nighty.....
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:08:35 PM PDT
by
Mr_Peter
To: Salvation
As you can tell from my spelling, I'm deep into my second Vodka.....Cheers.
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:10:00 PM PDT
by
Mr_Peter
To: HighWheeler
I'd go and take an expensive French vacation, if for the duration of the trip, the French would only speak German, and I pay in deutchmarks.
To: Mr_Peter
From Newsmax:
"Note: ...People have written in that Grey Goose vodka is French, but FrogWeenies.com writes, "After a thorough check of the brand, we are confident Grey Goose is an American brand, owned by an American company." People have sent NewsMax more reports of French companies, but we will not add them unless we can confirm them."
To: Kiss Me Hardy
I agree with you that Aussie wines are great. I discovered the Aussie wine several years ago and it gets better each year. French wines are to dry for me and now I wont drink it anyway. Between the west coast wineries and Australia, if France disappeard who would notice.
To: HighWheeler
I felt a bit guilty the other day when I bought some Kaiser Rolls - I wonder how they ever kept that name ...
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:27:48 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Let's Roll)
To: HighWheeler
* Restaurants. Andre Rochat, owner of three French restaurants in Las Vegas, will go to court to pursue charges against a caller who threatened him. The restaurateur's business is off 25%. ''I'm an American citizen,'' Rochat says. ''What about my rights?''
You have no right to customers, although you do have a right not to be threatened.
Maven
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:36:58 PM PDT
by
Maven
To: itwasntme
I agree with you about Aussie wines and they are incredible. I am living in Australia at the moment and the variety is amazing. If only the public knew how much they backed us and how little they get in return.. Hmmm... How about a
Coalition Of the Willing Free And Regulated Trade Zone?
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posted on
05/06/2003 7:40:54 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
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