The Perfidy Of The French...

Iconoclast.ca ^ | Jan. 24, 2003 | Stephen Rittenberg

[exmoor]

The Perfidy Of The French.......

So I hear that Brigitte Boisselier is in the process of cloning Picaso's ear....another day another dollar.

perfidy \PUR-fuh-dee\, noun:
The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a PROMISE or vow; faithlessness; treachery.

[FBD]

"got a link to that article? "

It's in the horsefeathers link at the Iconoclast.
Excellant website, in case you've never been there.
Lot's of funny photos, many of which you will see posted here at FR.

Headsup, Meek to an excellant article:
Their headline today: George Bush, The Anti-Clinton
Another article: Thank God George Bush Is A Cowboy!

http://www.iconoclast.ca/mainpage.html

[FBD]

Good photos of Pres. Bush at the Iconoclast:

http://www.iconoclast.ca/iMAGES/abushranch.jpg
http://www.iconoclast.ca/images/aBushInspire.jpg

I didnt quite get the title of the article right. Here it is: http://www.iconoclast.ca/content.asp

GEORGE W. BUSH IS A COWBOY -- THANK GOD!

by William Grim, Iconoclast Contributing Editor

Our good "friends" in Europe never tire of saying that President George W. Bush is a cowboy. I guess they think that is an insult, but it just shows, once again, how little our "friends" really know about the United States.

Let's consider the Cowboy for a minute and what he represents. The Cowboy is symbolic of those qualities that, in more honest times, used to be called the manly virtues: an affinity for hard work and honest dealings; independence of spirit and thought; love of family, community, country and the land that sustains them all; a commitment to fair play and justice; a love of adventure and exploration; and the willingness and courage to defend with his life those rights that had been won by the blood of so many who came before him.

The Cowboy, confronted continuously by danger -- whether from rampaging beasts, the inexplicable vagaries of climate and geography, or desperadoes -- displayed more courage in a 24-hour period than do all the denizens of the fashionable salons of Manhattan and the faculty rooms of the Ivy League combined during their entire lifetimes.

It wasn't the shrill imprecations of the chattering class that created America and made her great. No, America was founded by the blood, sweat and tears of the Cowboy and the men and women who viewed the Cowboy as the beau ideal.

It is the simple dignity of the Cowboy, the realization that there should be normative standards of behavior -- the Code of the West as Zane Grey called it -- which puts the Cowboy at odds with our cynical and morally ambiguous age. The Cowboy may not have been much of a scholar or even much of a conversationalist, but he had the wisdom of a sort that appears to be lacking in the most learned men of our age, namely, the realization that there is right and there is wrong and the ability to discern the difference between the two.

But the Cowboy is not just the most perfectly realized symbol of the moral goodness and strength of character of the American people. He is also a beacon of hope for the rest of the world. He existed, and still exists, in Mexico, Canada, and in Argentina and Brazil. The Cowboy is not just Owen Wister's Virginian or the Sacketts of Louis L'Amour. He has been immortalized all over the world, from the gaucho poems of Argentina's Estanislao del Campo to the Winnetou novels of Germany's Karl May.

The Cowboy endures in myth and legend because he stands for universal qualities that combine the virtue and stoicism of the Romans, the righteousness of the Biblical prophets, the bravery of the medieval knights, and the commitment to freedom and democracy of the Founding Fathers.

George W. Bush is a cowboy? You're durn tootin' -- and we can all thank God for that.

William E. Grim is a writer who lives in Germany and is a native of Columbus, Ohio. He may be reached at wgrim@myrealbox.comand you can read more by and about him at The Official William E. Grim Web Site.

[SAMWolf]

French Army to Market 'Ultimate Surrender' Video Game

Paris - Inspired by the commercial success of the United States Army’s "Boot Camp" video game, the General Staff of the French Army has announced plans to market "Ultimate Surrender," a video game based upon the proud military traditions of the Gauls.

In the game we follow the exploits of Lucky Pierre, an apprentice garlic salesman from Marseilles, as he joins the French Army and begins a rigorous course of combat training.

The First Level of the game is called "Survival School," and the players have to help Lucky Pierre survive 24 hours without red wine or crème brulé.

The Second Level is "Capitulation," and the goal here is to see which player can have Lucky Pierre surrender the fastest without firing a shot or getting his uniform dirty.

Level Three is "Collaboration." Here the players battle to see who can collect the largest numbers of pairs of nylon stockings and packages of chocolates by having Lucky Pierre perform sexual favors for members of the occupying forces.

Level Four is "Be Ungrateful to America for Rescuing Your Sorry French Ass Once Again." In this extremely challenging part of the game contestants vie with one another to see who can make Lucky Pierre behave in the surliest manner when the United States inevitably comes to the rescue of the defeated French.

The Final Level is "Pretending to Have Been in the Resistance." Here contestants compete in a battle of tall tales and whoppers as they try to protect Lucky Pierre from treason charges.

Marketing tests show that "Ultimate Surrender" is a big hit with French teenagers and young adults who are too young to have experienced France’s lightening surrender to the Germans in 1940 or its defeat by the Vietnamese in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu. "Zees is a great tool to inspire ze patriotism in ze youths, n’est ce pas?" said General Jean-Jacques Loseur, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, during his weekly press conference. "Since ze end of ze Cold War we French have not had many opportunities to surrender or to show great cowardice in the face of much weaker opponents."

When questioned about comments made in the French Chamber of Deputies that "Ultimate Surrender" makes the French Army look like a bunch of gutless mama’s boys, General Loseur pulled out a white handkerchief, put his hands over his head and said, "Oh heck, I give up."

[FBD]

Hey Meek,

RE: http://www.iconoclast.ca/content.asp

GEORGE W. BUSH IS A COWBOY -- THANK GOD!

Don't know if it was posted anywhere, but good enough to be, if it wasn't. Would you mind doing it, and giving it a big fat PING?

Thanks!

[FBD]

LOL! Good one- Sounds like prime time stuff for the libs.

Read Post #57, Mamzelle>

Then check out the reply she gets, from a patriotic Frenchman.

[SAMWolf]

LOL! The French are irrelevant, it's just that no one told them yet.

[FBD]

BTW, I looked at your FR page. You would probably agree that France is the most anti-Semetic country in Europe, yes?

[dc27]

I just fell out of my chair laughing at your post

[FBD]

Thanks! Read on, you'll see quite a bit more humor posted by others, and a Frenchman defending his country. I think in Post #57 or so, FR poster Mamzelle lights into him, and his response is: FU.

Earlier, he told me I was an ignorant monkey.
Hmmm, he must think I have some French in me...;^)

[MeekOneGOP]

Parody article from your link...

IN THE NEWS:

FRENCH PM: "IT'S GREAT TO BE COLLABORATING WITH GERMANY AGAIN!"

PARIS -- French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, in honor of France's agreement with Germany to undermine America's efforts in the War on Terror, took German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on a tour of sites in the French capital city that were visited by another German Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, during his famous Victory Tour of 1940.

"It's so nice to be collaborating with the Germans again," said Chirac during a press conference at the Versailles Palace outside of Paris. "I mean, it's not like there was any real resistance movement when Germany ruled us during World War II. And those black leather coats the Gestapo men wore. Simply to die for."

Most French citizens this reporter spoke with expressed their delight at being able to collaborate once again with the Germans. A recent poll conducted by the newspaper Le Figaro showed that 95.6% of all French people are hoping to be re-occupied by Germany within the next 12 months. The poll results also reveal that the vast majority of French women are especially looking forward to becoming the mistresses of German officers so that they can have sado-masochistic sex in exchange for silk stockings and extra rations.

"Damn those Americans anyway," said Chirac during a visit with Schroeder to the Klaus Barbie L'Ecole Superieure du Behaviour Criminale. "Everthing was going along just fine in 1944 and what did they go and do? Land at Normandy. Just like the Yanks, always butting their noses into other people's business. Well, we aren't going to take it lying down any more. This time we're going to surrender to Germany before the Germans have a chance to invade."

--- William Grim, for Broken Newz, Copyright Broken Newz 2003

[SAMWolf]

Demonstrators take part in a protest near the American embassy in Abidjan, January 28, 2003. Young supporters of president Laurent Gbagbo called for American support for their country and denounced France, its former colonial ruler, for brokering a recent peace initiative in the four-month civil war. The protests in the Ivory Coast capital underlined the problems facing the power-sharing deal agreed by Gabgbo to end the war that has split the world's top cocoa producer along ethnic lines. (Luc Gnago/Reuters)

[MeekOneGOP]

I just checked and your article was posted on FR on the 20th...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/825846/posts

[FBD]

Well, it looks like we have friends in the world after all.
France brokered a peace deal? Must have been with a facsist
dictator.

[FBD]

Thanks, I'm bookmarking it. It's a good'un huh?

[Theophilus]

I invite a better artist to improve on this.

[FBD]

I don't know, looks like a fair representation of (our partners), France and Germany to me. LOL!

[MeekOneGOP]

Yes, it's good!

[Hard_to_be_a_Christian]

Just an audio link as my response to France. Recorded with an accent so they'll understand.