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France Tells U.S. to Sign Climate Pacts or Face Tax
NY Times ^
| 2/1/07
| Katrin Bennhold
Posted on 02/01/2007 7:38:21 AM PST by LibWhacker
PARIS, Jan. 31 President Jacques Chirac has demanded that the United States sign both the Kyoto climate protocol and a future agreement that will take effect when the Kyoto accord runs out in 2012.
He said that he welcomed last weeks State of the Union address in which President Bush described climate change as a serious challenge and acknowledged that a growing number of American politicians now favor emissions cuts.
But he warned that if the United States did not sign the agreements, a carbon tax across Europe on imports from nations that have not signed the Kyoto treaty could be imposed to try to force compliance. The European Union is the largest export market for American goods.
A carbon tax is inevitable, Mr. Chirac said. If it is European, and I believe it will be European, then it will all the same have a certain influence because it means that all the countries that do not accept the minimum obligations will be obliged to pay.
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To: mkjessup
level that damn thing with a pair of JDAMsNah. Even the Nazis didn't do that. They just flew a monster Swastika flag from the pinnacle, for all froggies to look at, night and day.
To: TexConfederate1861
I am sure going to miss my Gray Goose Vodka, but....oh well!WTH you drinkin' froggie vodka for anyway. Sheesh.
To: proud_yank
"Go right ahead France...."
With Shillary as our next pres, ol Jacko may just get his way. DO NOT underestimate Shillary and Co.
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posted on
02/02/2007 4:50:45 PM PST
by
hophead
("A questions not really a question, if you know the answer too.")
To: RockinRight
"U.S. Tells France to F Off or STFU"
Don't be so fast. If Shillary is our next pres, this all may come to be reality.
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posted on
02/02/2007 4:52:29 PM PST
by
hophead
("A questions not really a question, if you know the answer too.")
To: All
(Excerpt)
"....
That brings us to... well, you know where that brings us, to the French. The French, you might as well gas up the dinghy and go fishing with Fredo because you are dead to me, okay. You know something? These pricks are now putting they're putting swastikas on our flag in France. You've got all those boys buried in Normandy. And after we had the good taste to chisel the armpit hair off the Statue of Liberty you gave us, you know something, I always thought that tint was oxdized copper. Little did I know it was green with envy.You know something, I say we don't let these guys on the war train now. They don't want to be involved, fine. I say the train pulls out, leave them on the platform and say listen you're not allowed to fight with us now. You guys want to get your hands dirty at this late date, you'll have to run them through your own hair.
"If you're in a peace march and the guy next to you has a sign that says Bush is Hitler, forget the peace thing for a second and beat his ass, because he is not Hitler." |
You know something, everybody's talking about post-liberation Iraq and who should take care of it. Listen, you know they need the oil and you know there's a lot of dirty paper on the French providing reactor parts that we're going to unearth. I'd have a back channel call from Bush to Chirac and I'd tell him, listen, pal, you know who's going to handle the day-to-day necessities of the noble Iraqi, it's you, my friend. Consierge is a French word, isn't it? You know something, if they couldn't I say we invade Iraq and then invade Chirac. You run a pipe -- you run a pipe from the oilfield right over this Eiffel Tower, shoot it up and have the world's biggest oil derrick. We got a picture of it right here. Yeah. Listen, I would call the French scum bags, but that, of course, would be a disservice to bags filled with scum. I'm just saying listen, I'dlike to have allies too. What's happening in this world right now, we have a competency chasm. We are getting real good at what we do and the whole world is going to hell in a handbasket. As that gap gets wider, they'll hate us more and more and more. We are simultaneously the most hated, feared, loved and admired planet nation on this planet. In short, we are Frank Sinatra and you know something, the Chairman didn't get to be the Chairman lying down for punks outside the Fountainbleu. Now listen, I don't know what I think of George W. Bush when he first got in, but I've grown fond of the man, and maybe it's the times we live in. They say he's not an environmentalist. But every time I see his ranch on tv, it looks pretty nice. You know something, if we all took care of our own, we'd have a great environment |
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(Excerpted)
See the full transcript here:
Dennis Miller Rant - Tonight Show With Jay Leno
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posted on
02/02/2007 5:07:18 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: LibWhacker
You want a trade war you fromage-eating frog? Bring it on.
226
posted on
02/02/2007 5:11:20 PM PST
by
toddlintown
(Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
To: LibWhacker
227
posted on
02/02/2007 5:13:46 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: mainepatsfan
228
posted on
02/02/2007 7:13:23 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
(Drive-By Media: Fake news, fake documents, fake polls)
To: PeteB570
Ah, I see (f)rance still believes everything can be solved with a tax.Ever find a liberal that didn't?
229
posted on
02/02/2007 7:41:18 PM PST
by
EndWelfareToday
(Live free and keep what you earn. - Tancredo '08)
To: hinckley buzzard
Because it is the SMOOTHEST Vodka I have ever tasted! :)
230
posted on
02/02/2007 7:53:40 PM PST
by
TexConfederate1861
(Texas Secessionist Conservative, US Navy Veteran, Orthodox Christian.)
To: LibWhacker
Pimp Chirac. The United States of America does not respond to "demands" from Terrorists -- or their Allies.
Shut up, or we'll give you part of Louisiana back --say New Orleans?
231
posted on
02/02/2007 8:59:36 PM PST
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: LibWhacker
This must be logical in NYC, Boston, Chicago or L.A...
Oh! and Seattle..
232
posted on
02/02/2007 9:22:05 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
To: Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; Fedora; Fred Nerks; ...
To reprise: I guess if the fascist demagogue Chirac gets his way, all those Jags, Benzes, and Beemers (not to mention the Italian gas-guzzlers) will have to stay in Europe from now on.
Bring it on, Jacque-ass.
Report: Chirac Eyes Carbon Tax for U.S.
Las Vegas Sun | February 01, 2007 at 10:56:22 PST | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted on 02/01/2007 2:10:24 PM EST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777494/posts
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posted on
02/02/2007 10:16:41 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(I last updated my profile on Wednesday, January 31, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: LibWhacker
"Carbon tax?"
Yawn.
I seem to remember your country took a pretty good hit when many Americans poured your precious French whine (sic on purpose) down the gutter.
France, if you want to play hardball... you'll lose.
234
posted on
02/02/2007 10:20:21 PM PST
by
Trajan88
(www.bullittclub.com)
To: Stoat
235
posted on
02/02/2007 10:26:44 PM PST
by
FreeKeys
("The duplicity on the part of the French is truly astonishing, or , ahem, truly French."-Krauthammer)
To: RinaseaofDs
Victoria BC, every two years or so, gets a chance to vote on whether or not to build a sewage treatment plant.
I've read that before. It is my understanding that Victoria also has its share of environmentalists and liberals too...
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posted on
02/02/2007 11:38:39 PM PST
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: TonyRo76
In another demonstration of France's world-class industrial prowess [sarc]...did you happen to catch this yesterday?!?
See post #43 :-)
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posted on
02/02/2007 11:40:08 PM PST
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Yuck! That is disgusting.
238
posted on
02/02/2007 11:40:48 PM PST
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: hophead
With Shillary as our next pres, ol Jacko may just get his way. DO NOT underestimate Shillary and Co.
I don't for a second. I am quite thankful to have just started my career, with one of those large, eeeevil oil companies, where I may have the opportunity to work abroad in a few years (i.e. tax-exempt). I like the idea of them not exercising their generosity from my wallet!
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posted on
02/02/2007 11:43:22 PM PST
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: FreeKeys
240
posted on
02/02/2007 11:57:02 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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