Well, I assume that only 30 will be arriving then unless they want to be deported just for the fun of it.
I'm surprised that in such a huge bastion of liberal loons they can't find takers for those people that think largely, just like them, but hey.
I have mixed feelings on this.
Ok, they're French, but they're just children. It might be a good time to impress upon their youth that America can be a wonderful country and the people aren't the monsters that Jockstrap has lead them to believe.
Still, I wouldn't feel compelled to invite a stranger into my home, either. There was a time when such things were more common, but the values were also more common. I don't believe it's the same situation today. I wouldn't want to keep a potential anti-Christ heathen in my home near my children for months at a time. Feed them a meal, show them charity, yes. Beyond that, the French have worn out their welcome in my house.
So really, I can't blame the country in general for feeling that way.
Still, a few months of being exposed to Judeo/Christian values might save some of the children. Perhaps the group should have actively pursued such homes knowing the children might have a better chance of finding welcome there...wait a minute...you know the French are going to do that intentionally...
Their loss...
I'm not near NY, but I may be able to make room for an 18 year old French girl. If she shaves.
Not conflicted, are we?
If one were "to impress upon their youth that America can be a wonderful country and the people aren't the monsters that Jockstrap has lead them to believe", then NYC might be less than ideal place to do so, for one might be looking for a place more representative of the country. How representative are Hillary voters?
That's really too bad, especially as there are some kids in this group who might have brains. (They'll probably scrounge up the requisite number of families needed.)
It sometimes happens that a bunch of French kids or teens will get onto one of the little tour boats which go up and down the Rhine river. When that happens, the other passengers will invariably get off the boat and demand their money back, and get it.
A bizarre story this is. That said, I wouldn't take one either.
That was my first thought as well. Let's not stoop to Chriac's level; let's rise above. They are just kids.
Perhaps no one can afford all the cheese. It is rather expensive you know.
"Exchange" implies that an equal number of American kids are being shipped off to France. Sounds like blatant child abuse to me! LOL
A Peewee hockey league from Massachusetts was "Just children", also, when they made the mistake of visiting Montreal, where they were reviled, humiliated, mistreated and vilified.
They were invited back to Canada by one of the human provinces, where they were royally entertained. Who knows? This may have prevented a war a generation from now!
(Been to Quebec and France. The difference is the airfare.)
This group must be run by morons if they have 92 kids coming this week and only 30 homes. It sounds as if they intend to just bring them over and coerce New Yorkers into accepting them. I say let the officers of World Exchange keep the remaining 62 in their own homes. They can amuse themselves by singing "We Are the World" and dreaming of no borders.
Well, I assume that only 30 will be arriving then unless they want to be deported just for the fun of it.
I'm surprised that in such a huge bastion of liberal loons they can't find takers for those people that think largely, just like them, but hey.
I'm surprised. New York is full of America-hating, France-loving Kerry voters...
"Quick, Ferguson! Is that a grisette?"
Did you not read that this was going to be in New York City?
The best news I heard so far this weekend.
Since French obstructionism in the UN became an open issue, the Hermes store on uber posh Madison Ave. has not flown its traditional French flags...in the hope shoppers would not hold their nationality against them.
A couple of years ago my husband's cousin's son from the Netherlands came to visit and we all showed him a great time. He said he couldn't believe how nice Americans were. What did he think we were a bunch of monsters? Even strangers went out of their way to show him places to go skateboarding. The anti-American propaganda is so prevailing that they really need to see our Nation and people for themselves.