French tourism suffers sharp decline

Fox News ^ | 7/29/2003 | Brit Hume, Fox News

[George W. Bush]

RCA is now French??? (Radio Corp. of America)

Been owned by Thomsen, a French corporation, for over ten years.

For middle-class people who don't travel to Europe, boycotting RCA is one of the most effective things they can do. Tell WalMart to get those frog droppings off their shelves! RCA product quality is sheer crap anyway, has been for a long time. Buy some good quality Japanese stuff instead. They're loyal allies. But don't bother paying premium prices for Sony stuff because their quality has dropped to the same as the other Asian electronics. Sony is just continuing to get a price premium by milking their (formerly deserved) reputation for having superior electronics in the past.

[Grampa Dave]

Our faithful old RCA tv about 12 years old will die one of these days.

We will buy a Japanese brand probably to replace it.

First RCA moved the actual building of their tvs out of America to places like Mexico. Then somewhere along the line the company was bought out by the French.

Think that is bad! Wild Turkey is now owned by a French Company.

[b fair]

Yep RCA sure is owned by Thomson electronics in Paris.
For that matter Technicolor is also owned by Thomson.

The bigger problem is they have laid off most of the RCA staff in the US and sent our jobs to China and didn't (read that couldn't french law) lay off anyone in France.

[Eowyn-of-Rohan]

What kind lf a French name is THOMSON? That is not French... and while I am posting, many Americans are not traveling to France because of fear of terrorism, and/or fear they are not wanted or liked by the French, NOT because they want to "screw the French".

[b fair]

It comes from the old Thomsom Bulle group when they merged in the 70s if I remeber right. Thomson has only been a public corporation for few years having been owned by the French goverment for long while.

[talleyman]

Bump!
"Millions for defense, but not a drop from France!"

[Eowyn-of-Rohan]

Thanks for the info... I think ;)

[rrrod]

wasnt france a country or something once???

[biblewonk]

The more they say it hurts, the more it turns me on.

[skeeter]

I guess that having the left wing Woody Allen as their spokesit, making fun of Americans didn't work to well.

The visual Woody encouraged of him french-kissing his adopted daughter was a bad idea, too.

On the bright side, the odds that Johnny Depp & Jessica Lange will be embarrassed by a chance encounter with a dreaded ugly American tourist/fan have gone way down.

[Mad Dawgg]

"French tourism suffers sharp decline"

This revelation inspires in me a sense of "awe."

Ok everybody, all together now...

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwh

[George W. Bush]

The more they say it hurts, the more it turns me on.

Me too. I just can't help myself...

[SupplySider]

There would have been little to no anger over a principled opposition. France was looking out for its own cozy deal with that mass murderer...

So true and never noted by the media.

[Steely Glint]

No American should ever go to France again for any reason unless he is sent there by our government.

[austingirl]

Great news!

[Redbob]

"What is 'France'?"

Correction:
What was France?

[TexasRepublic]

Gig the frogs!

[Prodigal Son]

Is the Salomon entry just the skis or Salomon boots as well?

[Prodigal Son]

No American should ever go to France again for any reason unless he is sent there by our government.

Bollocks. Tell that to Lance Armstrong and Tyler Hamilton and the hundreds of fans that went to France to support them.

[Akira]

Wild Turkey is now owned by a French Company

Wow, I did not know that, how depressing. Thanks. I feel guilty enough drinking Crown Royal.