Posted on 07/05/2007 4:31:59 PM PDT by blam
whine, whine, whine...
Before anyone expresses the typical moronic glee, we should remember that France has just elected a President and a Chamber of Deputees that is fiercely pro-America and supports the war on terror. In the last election, the United States elected a Congress that is fiercely anti-American and opposes the war on terror.
By contrast, the CEEV wine trade association welcomed the reform. "If we wish to remain world leader, we need a market-oriented [approach] allowing European wines to be more competitive both in the internal market and in the external markets," said Lamberto Vallarino Gancia, head of the CEEV.Duh. Protectionism never works.
Is this about ‘wine growing’ or ‘the whine growing’?
You thread-killer. LOL You’re right of course, but...
Not too unhappy about this, as a minister of the French goverment is a truther, http://dailymotion.alice.it/video/x1c5tv_sarkozy-contre-bush, and thinks Bush is behind the 9/11 attacks. The attitude of the interviewer is also disgusting.
Here is her email: cboutin@assemblee-nationale.fr
And here is the French Embassy’s US contact page: http://www.ambafrance-us.org/comment.asp
Let the grapes rot. I’ve had enough.
Good lord, apparently, wine prices are worth murdering for, but defending the country from Islamist infiltration is not. I guess the wine-terrorists will show up once all alcohol is banned under Sharia.
Thnik that maybe they’ll like some cheese to go with their whine? :0)
Are you suggesting that if these winegrowers can just hang on for a while longer, the negative feelings many Americans have towards France may change and we may start buying French wine again? If so, you may be right.
Pro-American? You haven’t seen the French Government’s minister, C. Boutin, videotaped saying that Bush is behind 9/11?
http://dailymotion.alice.it/video/x1c5tv_sarkozy-contre-bush
Pro-American?
Sure.
I thought they grew grapes.
Good. Hope are wonderful Washington State wine industry is helping bury the french.
As an aside, this line struck me:
“He said times were so bad that several winegrowers had committed suicide since the beginning of the year.”
The reporter passes this along as fact without any information beyond “he said.” You should see what the Palestinians SAY about the Israelis!
Every country needs to start demanding that their press report facts and not emotional stories with unverified hearsay.
What I'm suggesting is that it is unbelievably absurd and idiotic for a "conservative" to boycott wine from conservative Sarkozy's France if he buys it instead from Lynn Woolsey's Sonoma, California.
sounds like sour grapes to me...
Well said, and all too true.
The EU has an annual budget of 1.3 billion euros (£880 million) to help the wine sector but currently spends around 500 million euros a year simply getting rid of wine for which there is no market.
I would like to know why it takes so much money to get rid of so much wine? I know a lot of people who would dispose of it for them for free.:)
Christine Boutin is Housing minister (not exactly in a position to affect Franco-American relations), and the only reason she has that portfolio is because she's a strong social conservative and because not appointing her would be seen as a major snub by Sarkozy to religious conservatives.
If you think that Boutin's views are shared by the rest of the Government, you're living in la-la land.
Please recall that wine, even cheap French wine has alcohol.
Alcohol is forbidden by Islam.
Therefore, the death of the wine industry is a boon for Islam and therefore the New France.
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