CNN's Bruce Morton Urges End of Boycott of French Products: "Drink their Wine, Eat French Fries"

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[Inspectorette]

Haven't bought ANY French products in over two years. At first I missed my L'Oreal hair care products, but have found suitable replacements.

[massgopguy]

Monsior Morton, lisez mon droit!

[k2blader]

Considering some of us never boycotted French products in the first place...

[Politicalities]

French fries did indeed originate in Belgium. The name comes from the verb "to french", meaning to cut into thin strips. You can also have frenched onions or frenched carrots.

However, the potato itself is a New World plant. Didn't even exist in Europe until the Spanish brought it back. Given that, french fries have an undeniable American character, and I always thought that American fries was a much better alternative term than the overly-jingoistic freedom fries.

[GOP_Proud]

I'm sure he meant it as a joke.

[Publius6961]

What is a Bruce Morton and why should I care what he thinks?
Let me rephrase that... I don't care now or in the future what....

[petercooper]

Ivory Coast protesters

[Inspectorette]

There are NO great California wines produced south of Livermore and east of the coast.

Can't say I agree with that - the Central Coast, from Paso Robles to Santa Ynez, has some excellent wineries.

[Clemenza]

I forgot to say east of the CENTRAL coast. Santa Ynez wines are great, but difficult to find here in Seattle for some reason.

[PeterFinn]

"There are NO great California wines produced south of Livermore and east of the coast."

So sorry. Phillips Winery, a truck stop outside of Lodi, won Best Wine *overall* for their $6 Symphony at the State Fair a few years ago in the first blind judging.

Most of the wine that comes out of Napa Valley is from grapes purchased out of the Lodi area. Nasty little secret, that. I get a chuckle in harvest season when I'm on I-80 and I see the trucks carrying bins of grapes to Napa from the Valley.

The chuckle is because the wine snobs in the Bay Area pay $100-$300 a bottle for the same wines I can get under a different label for $20-$30.

Also, you'll find some sweet varietals such as Black Muscat and Semillion coming out of Amador County and they are quite respectable.

[roostercashews]

Isn't that one of Jr. Miller's "Girls that are too good looking to be on TV" girls.... or somesuch?

[timydnuc]

No Thanks! I'll drink Italian wine and POLISH vodka. Reward your friends and pi$$ on your enemies. One Polish soldier has more courage in his little toe than the whole of France. As for the Italians, the civilian (no less) that said to filthy terrorists that were about to shoot him in the head, "Now you will see how an Italian dies"! That just says it all. A Frenchman would have been soiling himself and begging for his worthless life. I admire courage, as most Americans do, screw your lousy wine, froggie....opps, I misspelled that, I mean whine.

As all of our fallen heroes from this war, and all others, they..."Are asleep in the arms of the Lord". I don't know where the French are going to sleep although I would speculate it would be with some smelly, filthy, diseased left bank whore. They would prefer it that way.

[The Great RJ]

Check out the price of French wine... for my money I'll enjoy some nice domestic wines or the Aussi wines.

I recently entertained some Australians...served South Dakota buffalo with a great Aussi merlot. No pretense out here on the prairie.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I have a dream, a dream in which Detroit is crowbared loose and floated across to Canada and superglued there.

But it is just a dream. :^(

[PeterFinn]

"The only crap that comes out of the Central Valley is Carlo Rossi and Charles Shaw."

True. That is the only crap. The rest of it is really good!!!

[Atlantic Friend]

"Oh yes, that Muslim country in Europe. I am STILL boycotting them."

Apparently, you're also boycotting truth...

[Drango]

Wherever there is a Trader Joe's there is 2 buck chuck (Charles Shaw)

[Clemenza]

I know that many of the Chards in Napa buy grapes from the Central Valley for added sweetness. Most of the Central Valley, however, is too damn hot to grow anything more than that Thompson seedless crap and some poor quality high yield vinifera, most of which is processed by either Gallo or Franzia, who are related by marriage, btw.

[Atlantic Friend]

"France has nothing to offer but their history. They are arrogant. They are infested with the Muslim scourge. They are dead to me."

Boy, do you ever stop whining ?

[timydnuc]

Oh yea, and to the Germans: I now drink my imported beers from Great Britian and good old friend Austrailia. My lovely wife has found some Aussie wines that she will never part with. Thank you Aussies, and G'day mates.