Sugar Daddies to Dictators

[anniegetyourgun]

As soon as I saw the headline, I knew it had to have something to do with the French.

[livius]

French banks seem to be almost anywhere U.S. banks are absent.

What an interesting article. Bump.

[knews_hound]

WOW

Stunning implications on the future of the EU, our relationships and the fate of Europe ping.

Your thoughts?

knews hound

[observer5]

I always know the French are arrogant morons, but that are outright slime-buckets is somewhat new to me.

The French suffer from a cronic inferiority complex, ever since Adolf kicked their butt. The remain this mediocre country that is only known for that big tower.

[Travis McGee]

Phoque les phroggies!

[Ooh-Ah]

Also with this article:

Financing the Axis of Evil

Some countries financed by France but not by the U.S. In bold, countries in which French banks are the leading lenders.

	Total loans, in millions of dollars	France's contribution in percentage terms	France's contribution (in millions of dollars)
Somalia	44	100	44
Djibouti	108	91	98
Sao Tome	9	89	8
Burkina Fasso	245	89	217
Madagascar	768	87	670
Burundi	82	87	71
Mali	282	77	217
Benin	89	70	62
Mauritania	179	69	124
Comoros	13	62	8
Rwanda	45	56	25
Sudan	332	53	177
Lesotho	27	52	14
Saint Vincent	367	51	186
Togo	130	40	52
Mozambique	646	37	239
Central African Rep.	20	35	7
Niger	49	31	15
Cuba	1,801	30	549
Laos	39	23	9
Cambodia	54	20	11
Vanuatu	122	17	21
Syria	514	16	80
Dominica	124	15	19

Source: Real Instituto Elcano

[JRandomFreeper]

Nobody believes Mr. de Villepin thinks of the Americans as friends and he comes out sounding slippery and insincere.

France in general is parochial and naive when it comes to international politics. Modern history proves this since the little fiasco in Indo-China. When you have such a small population of people who are narsisstic and so self-important that it has become a caricature... well, what can you expect?

What ever became of their 'aircraft carrier' ?

/john

[knighthawk]

With a little luck I am outta next year.

[talleyman]

very interesting - bump!

[WileyC]

I've always thought that newly freed regimes (as long as it's a truly clean break, such as in the new Iraq) should repudiate all debts incurred by the former government.

Some would argue that this would hurt the new governments ability to attract loans and aid, but quite the opposite is true. Who's a better credit risk: a nation saddled by hundreds of millions of dollars of debt, or an oil-rich nation with no debt?

This policy, if backed by the freedom-loving nations of the West, would mean that banks/countries would be much more leery of loaning to corrupt regimes in the future.

[lilylangtree]

Aren't the fabulously wealthy de Rothchilds huge French bankers from an old European family and do they play a part in the French banking policies?

[newbieO1]

Rothchilds commercial bank was forcibly nationalized by Mitterand. The family is now back but is active in investment banking, which is a very different business.

[Stultis]

Le Ping du Perfidie Française!

MUST READ!!

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this.

The answer on how to handle this problem is a simple one.

Where do the French get the money to finance these terrible dictators and terrorists?

The answer is simple from the big French businesses looking for newer markets.

How do we stop this from happening:

The answer is a simple one.

Boycott French Products, services and companies. When they have no money to finance evil, the financing will stop!

Boycott their products, services, companies and don't go on vacation to their $hitty country.


French Products to Buycott

Make it a lifestyle to avoid French products or products made by what appear to be a non French company in America. The reality is that many of these companies like Wild Turkey are owned by the French.

Let them fear the American Street---our combined wallets.

"France has burned too many bridges!"

Lets keep burning those bridges that the slimey and worthless frogs keep trying to build post Iraq.

$crew the $limey Frogs with a Boycott and no vacations in Slimey Frog Land!


French Products to Buycott

We can resist their wines which usually come in behind the good Napa Valley Wines and Australian wines in blind tasting without French Judges like in the Winter Olympics.

We can do without French Products and services for the rest of this decade. Here is a list of French companies and their products to avoid for the rest of this decade. Please keep this list and send it to your relatives, friends and fellow conservatives via e and snail mail!

*New additions to the list.

Air France

Air Liquide

Airbus

Alcatel - Based in Paris France, Provider of communications equipment, including ADSL equipment, terrestrial and submarine optical networks, public switching, fixed wireless access and intelligent networks.


Allegra (Allergy Medication) - Produced by Aventis Pharmaceuticals based in Strasbourg, France

Aqualung (Including: Spirotechnique, Technisub, US Divers, and SeaQuest)

AXA Advisors

*Bacou-Dalloz-Makes Industrial protective devices

Bank of the West - Owned by BNP Paribas

Beneteau (boats)

BF Goodrich - Owned by Michelin

BIC (Razors, Pens & Lighters) - Started in 1945 by Marcel Bich. Originally based just outside of Paris. Began trading on the Paris Stock Exchange in 1972. 40.5% Publicly traded. Bich family still owns 33.5%.

Biotherm (Cosmetics)

Black Bush

Bollinger (Champagne)

*Browning Firearms**

Car & Driver Magazine

Cartier

Chanel

Chivas Regal (Scotch)

Christian Dior

Club Med (Vacations) - Owned in part by Paris based CDC (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations)

Culligan (owned by Vivendi)

Dannon (Yogurt & Dairy Foods)

*Danone -Lea and Perrin, Evian and other food/water

*Decatholon Super Sport Stores or MVP Sport Stores*

* Dassault Systemes-(CATIA design software)*

DKNY - LVMH acquired 100% of Gabrielle Studio Inc., the privately owned licenser of Donna Karan trademarks back in 2001.

*DMC THREADS

Dom Perignon

Durand Crystal

Elle Magazine

*Emile Henry French Cookware

*Enertec makes high speed recorders used in Recon aircraft p>Essilor Optical Products

*Essilon- Varilux Progressive Lenses for eye glasses

Evian

Fina Oil - Billions invested in Iraqi Oil fields -FINA GAS STATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE NOT FRENCH-OWNED AND ARE NOT PART OF TOTAL-ELF-FINA ... FINA GAS STATIONS ARE OWNED BY ALON ISRAEL OIL COMPANY ..

First Hawaiian Bank

George Magazine

Givenchy

*Grey Goose Vodka

*GroupeSEB owns Krups, Moulinex, Roweta and Tefal Cookware

*Groupe Shneider, owner of Modicon and Square D

*Guerlain Fragrances

*Hachette Filipacchi owner publisher of many magazines sold in the USA. See the list below:***

Hennessy

Houghton Mifflin (books) International Herald Tribune - 181 ave Charles-de-Gaulle - F-92521 Neuilly - FRSource:World Business Council for Sustainable Development '00 [Domain Registration], [Corporate Profile]

Jacobs Creek - Owned by Pernod Ricard since 1989

Jameson (whiskey Owned by Pernod Ricard )

Jerry Springer (talk show)

Krups

****Lagardere****

Lancome

*Lea & Perrins a product of Danon

Le Creuset (Cookware)

L'Oreal (Health & Beauty Products)

Louis Vuitton

Marie Claire

Martel Cognac

Maybelline

Méphisto (Footwear & Apparel)

Michelin (Tires & Auto Parts) - Their phone number is: (33) 1 45 66 15 53 in France

Mikasa Crystal and Glass (purchased by ARC int'l in 2001)

Moet (Champagne)

Motel 6 - 33, Avenue du Maine- 75755 Paris Cedex 15 France

Motown Records

MP3.com

Mumms (Champagne)

Nissan (Cars) - Majority owned by Renault

Nivea

Normany Butter

Parents Magazine

*Perrier

Peugeot (Automobiles) - Pronounced "Pooh Joe", must be French

Pierre Cardin

Playstation Magazine

ProScan - Owned by Thomson Electronics, France

Publicis Group (Including: Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising)

RCA (televisions & electronics) - Owned by Thomson Electronics, France

Red Magazine

Red Roof Inns - Owned by the Accor group based in France

Renault (Automobiles) major owner of Nissan

Road & Track Magazine

Roquefort Cheese - All Roquefort cheese is made in France

Rowenta (Toasters, Irons, Coffee makers, etc)

Royal Canadian

Salomon (Skis)

Seagram's Gin

Sierra Software and Computer Games

*Sodexho Alliance* French Food Caterer for the US Marines

Sofitel (Hotels) - Owned by the Accor group based in France

Sparkletts (Water) - Owned by Danone, based in France

Spencer Gifts

Sundance Channel

Taylor Made (Golf)

Technicolor

T-Fal (Kitchenware)

The Glenlivet (Scotch) *Top Tobacco - Dist. by Republic Tobacco L.P., Glenview IL, made in France

UbiSoft (Computer Games)

Uniroyal

Uniroyal Tires - Owned by Michelin

Universal Studios (Music, Movies & Theme Parks) -

Universal Studios is owned by Vivendi-Universal, headquartered in Paris France

USFilter

Veritas Group

Veuve Clicquot Champagne

Vittel

Vivendi - Vivendi Headquarters, Paris France

Wild Turkey (bourbon)

*Winchester Firearms (US Repeating Arms)**

Woman's Day Magazine

Yoplait - France-based Sodiaal owns a 50% stake of Yoplait

Yves Saint Laurent

*Yves Rocher Cosmetics

*ZigZag (tobacco papers and roller products)*

Zodiac Inflatable Boats

*New additions to the list thanks to Freepers. If you have an addition, Freepmail me with the URL showing French ownership.

** Sad news but these two companies are owned by the Belgian Company Herstal, (French Light)

***List of 18 magazines sold in USA by Hachette Filipacchi with an estimated 50 million readers: American Photo, Boating, Car Stereo Review's Mobile Entertainment, Cycle World, ELLE Decor, ELLEgirl, Flying, Home, Metropolitan Home, Popular Photography, Premiere, Sound & Vision, Travel Holiday, Woman's Day Woman's Day Special Interest Publications.

****Lagardere owns the Virgin Megastore group in France, which it bought from Richard Branson three years ago. Its Hachette media division publishes a battery of magazines including Elle , see *** Hachette Filipacchi above. Lagardere also has a stake in the Airbus manufacturing operation. The company is capitalised at over €5bn.

[nopardons]

BTT

[SantosLHalper]

*ZigZag (tobacco papers and roller products)
*Awww, Come on dude now you'r harshing my buzz

[Grampa Dave]

LOL: "*ZigZag (tobacco papers and roller products) *Awww, Come on dude now you'r harshing my buzz! One of our freepers who used to use ZigZag papers alerted me to this latest French product acquistion.

[jjm2111]

"Phoque les phroggies!"

ROFLMAO!!!

[GHCubana]

In Fidel Castro's sweltering gulag, French banks plunked down $549 million in the first trimester this year, accounting for one-third of all international credit to Cuba.


Those are millions given by the French to support the genocide against the Cuban people making the French partners in crime with dictator Castro. Another reason why the US embargo law against Cuba is a good policy. Thank you Bush and thanks to all Americans that refuse to support the Hitler of the caribean Fidel CaSStro.
NO US WELFARE FOR FIDEL.