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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 week’s 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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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To: LibWhacker

Hey France we'll pay your tax right as soon as you write that check for saving your *ss.


281 posted on 02/04/2007 6:13:13 AM PST by Dmitry Vukicevich
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To: Nebr FAL owner
eeeekkk...then we'd have to charge em storage fees for the dock
282 posted on 02/04/2007 6:40:57 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: Stoat

283 posted on 02/04/2007 10:02:08 AM PST by FreeKeys ("Once Hillary is elected she will create a new form of secret police." -- Dick Morris)
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To: Doogle
Find an American company to make parachutes and inflatable boats for the military, and send that whiny-a** Frenchie crap back to Chirac the Worm.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

284 posted on 02/04/2007 10:04:55 AM PST by wku man (Claire Wolfe's "awkward time" is quickly coming to an end!)
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To: Stoat

285 posted on 02/04/2007 2:05:27 PM PST by FreeKeys ("Once Hillary is elected she will create a new form of secret police." -- Dick Morris)
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To: LibWhacker

Here is a tax, the USA not buying anything french.. at all.


286 posted on 02/04/2007 2:07:42 PM PST by Porterville (Through experience I have discovered that Yoda is a dumbass and Karma is a lie.)
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To: FreeKeys
Thanks very much for the images, they are great!

 

Here are 10,943 reasons that the french suck

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"According to the American Battle Monuments Commission
There are 26,255 Yankee dead from World War I buried in 4 cemeteries in France.
There are 30,426 American dead from World War II buried in 6 cemeteries in France.
These 56,681 brave American heroes died in their youth to liberate a country
which is guilty of shameful unspeakable behavior in the 21st century.
May the people of the United States of America never forget their sacrifice."

287 posted on 02/04/2007 10:19:00 PM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: rfp1234

CLASSIC!!!


288 posted on 02/05/2007 5:35:18 AM PST by seanmerc
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To: indylindy

I think he was Doctor Romano on ER. Not a nice character on that show, either...


289 posted on 02/05/2007 5:46:04 AM PST by seanmerc
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To: rfp1234

He got closer to Hitler than the French army, too.


290 posted on 02/05/2007 6:04:20 AM PST by seanmerc
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To: LibWhacker

291 posted on 02/05/2007 7:14:11 AM PST by Screamname (Guinness world records reports that the record for youngest living person is constantly being broken)
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To: ConservaTexan

Do they even sell Puegot in the States anymore?
Citroen?
The only good thing coming out of France now is vodka.


292 posted on 02/05/2007 11:54:45 AM PST by Holicheese (Beerfest could be the greatest movie ever made!)
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To: mainepatsfan
Please talk to our new ambassador:

LOL!!

293 posted on 02/05/2007 8:17:49 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: Lancey Howard

That says it all.


294 posted on 02/06/2007 4:25:42 PM PST by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: Stoat
You're welcome.

Tell me if you want me to stop!

295 posted on 02/07/2007 9:04:58 PM PST by FreeKeys ("Once Hillary is elected she will create a new form of secret police." -- Dick Morris)
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To: goldstategop
F*ck Chirac! France has NO business forcing Americans to pay any kind of taxes. France, keep your smelly snout out of our affairs! NO!!!

Actually, he wasn't talking about taxing Americans, he was talking about adding a tax to American products sold in the EU to hurt our exports, because we refused the "Kyoto" tax scam.

296 posted on 02/08/2007 7:47:56 AM PST by Kenton (All vices in moderation. I don't want to overdo any but I don't want to skip any either.)
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To: LibWhacker

That's great -- Europeans who already are suffering under Euro-flation can now pay even MORE for their consumer goods.

The 12 percent unemployment isn't enough, they're going to insist on running their nation into the ground even before the Muslims take over.


297 posted on 02/10/2007 12:56:08 PM PST by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might)
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To: pissant

Damn right.


298 posted on 02/10/2007 3:38:01 PM PST by dr_who_2
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To: LibWhacker

Europe can kiss my ass.


299 posted on 02/10/2007 3:41:16 PM PST by RetiredArmy (Marxis-Dimocrats stand for everything I hate and wish to see destroyed, including them!)
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