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Passage to Paris...FReep This
supplement to Houston Chronicle | 2-23-03 | BobbyD

Posted on 02/23/2003 2:47:12 AM PST by bobbyd

Stein Mart Ad ~ Houston Chronicle 2-02-03


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters
KEYWORDS: steinmart
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To: zefrog
How would you feel if your company suffered from a european boycott, because of something the Clinton administration did?

Righteous dipstick.
21 posted on 02/23/2003 3:28:49 AM PST by jwh_Denver
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To: HAL9000
You have the best of intentions, but I'm suggesting that FReeping resources should be reserved for situations where it's likely to do some good.

Thanks HAL......I know you are right down the street from me.......Please know I know better than letting a towel direct my life. I posted this because a NEW girlfriend who has just learned about FR had to show me the ad.....

and too all the other Freepers who think they know the French......I AM FRENCH.....I KNOW WHAT A BUNCH OF WUSSIES WE ARE!!!!....GEEZ....

Bunch of......

HA! Love .......


22 posted on 02/23/2003 3:30:44 AM PST by bobbyd (Damn, I've been tagged!)
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To: bobbyd
I AM FRENCH.....I KNOW WHAT A BUNCH OF WUSSIES WE ARE!!!!....

Sorry bud, but you don't have a clue!
23 posted on 02/23/2003 3:33:15 AM PST by jwh_Denver
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To: Flyer; bee muse jay
Welcome to FreeRepublic!

Like we need more dipsticks

24 posted on 02/23/2003 3:35:42 AM PST by bobbyd (Damn, I've been tagged!)
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To: bobbyd
I'm in Arkansas, so we're practically neighbors - but I was born in Texas, so that makes us fellow Texans too.

regards,

25 posted on 02/23/2003 3:37:09 AM PST by HAL9000
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To: bobbyd
Bedsheets are BREAKING NEWS??

Stop posting while drunk...
26 posted on 02/23/2003 3:38:15 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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To: bobbyd
This ad ran three weeks ago (to the day) anyway, what are they supposed to do about it now?. I'm sure Stein Mart is already sorry. The French didn't stab us in the back at the UN until after this ad had already run.
27 posted on 02/23/2003 3:41:53 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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To: hellinahandcart
Stop posting while drunk...

OK Let me pull over and listen to your lecture!

Sheesh....Glad to know I'm not the only fluzzie up at this time!

28 posted on 02/23/2003 3:43:16 AM PST by bobbyd (Damn, I've been tagged!)
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To: Flyer
It a country that elects its Government, yes I am.

Oh, puh-lease, leave this kind of bullshit for bloody leftists. The first think you're supposed to know on FR is that democracy must never supersede individualism and freedom. Tocqueville must be turning in his grave when hearing this kind of things.

29 posted on 02/23/2003 3:57:17 AM PST by zefrog
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To: zefrog
Oh, puh-lease,

In a country with free and fair elections the Government represents the people. That's what representative government is all about. That's what gives a Nation its character. If the people, in this case the French, don't believe the Government is expressing their will they change it.

Yes, I hold the French people responsible for the goofy actions of the French Government. They elected it!

30 posted on 02/23/2003 4:29:20 AM PST by Flyer (This bump's for you!)
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To: jwh_Denver
Sorry bud, but you don't have a clue!

OK...I'll pick door # 2....and I'll take a chunk of cheese to go with my wine......

31 posted on 02/23/2003 4:31:06 AM PST by bobbyd (Damn, I've been tagged!)
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To: bobbyd
Bobby - Many chains purchase ad space (especially inserts like this) literally months in advance. I'd bet that SteinMart hadn't put two and two together (i.e., recognized the french Boycott) before this was in play.

I'd strongly suggest more gentle contact, and allowing them to respond before going off on 'em.

32 posted on 02/23/2003 4:42:37 AM PST by mhking ("The word is no. I am therefore going anyway..." --Admiral J.T. Kirk)
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To: Flyer
If the people, in this case the French, don't believe the Government is expressing their will they change it.

Tell this to Spain and Britain. They're perfect examples of why this talk is nonsense.

33 posted on 02/23/2003 6:05:04 AM PST by zefrog
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To: bobbyd
Speaking of Target, the owners of Target are huge libs.
34 posted on 02/23/2003 7:04:11 AM PST by ItisaReligionofPeace ((the original))
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To: zefrog
It means you're equating the citizens of a country with its government, which is in essence the opposite of what America is supposed to stand for.

Uhm, unless it is a dictatorship, this is essentially the same thing. It hurts me to write this when I think of our previous president, but it's true, a democracy/republic represents the people.

35 posted on 02/23/2003 7:06:06 AM PST by ItisaReligionofPeace ((the original))
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To: zefrog
Could you please provide support for your assertion that around 70% are opposed in France and it is 80-90% in the UK? I don't believe you. Further, I definately recall polls showing different European countries' attitudes towards the U.S. and I recall Germany and France weren't too friendly towards us. (The Economist May or June 2002)
36 posted on 02/23/2003 7:07:55 AM PST by ItisaReligionofPeace ((the original))
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To: jwh_Denver
How would I feel? I would feel that we needed to get rid of Bill Clinton. The point of a boycott is to chagne the governments position. Piss off enough business people and the governemnt will change its position.
37 posted on 02/23/2003 7:09:46 AM PST by ItisaReligionofPeace ((the original))
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To: jwh_Denver
"I AM FRENCH.....I KNOW WHAT A BUNCH OF WUSSIES WE ARE!!!!.... Sorry bud, but you don't have a clue!"

Do you know something we don't?

38 posted on 02/23/2003 7:11:15 AM PST by ItisaReligionofPeace ((the original))
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To: zefrog
Please support your assertions with evidence. Thanks.
39 posted on 02/23/2003 7:12:23 AM PST by ItisaReligionofPeace ((the original))
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To: ItisaReligionofPeace
Here you go (MSNBC):

In Britain, Blair has seen a steady erosion of support. Three months ago roughly half of all Britons would have supported going to war without a second U.N. resolution; less than 10 percent would do so today. So far, Blair has made little headway against that tide. Over the next few weeks he will continue to argue the need to get rid of Sad-dam on humanitarian grounds, even though he got a serious rebuff last week when the spiritual leaders of Britain’s two largest Christian denominations said they doubted the moral legitimacy of the war and shared a “deep disquiet” about it.

40 posted on 02/23/2003 7:58:15 AM PST by zefrog
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