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Shunning French fare is cheap patriotism
Tallahassee Democrat ^
| Thu, Mar. 06, 2003
| Tanya Barrientos
Posted on 03/06/2003 3:26:34 AM PST by BlessedBeGod
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To: BlessedBeGod
What I want to know is just how far are these anti-French protesters willing to go?May I volunteer for the French poodle clearance squad?
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posted on
03/06/2003 4:09:40 AM PST
by
jammer
To: BlessedBeGod
You got it right! It is fun, just like french bravery jokes are fun and so forth!
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posted on
03/06/2003 4:10:07 AM PST
by
Dudoight
To: Jaxter
Someone should ask the article author to substitute "South Africa" for "France" and see if she still agrees with it. I'll bet she didn't write any articles condemning THAT boycott in the '80s.
To: dennisw
The french cars are the worst
citroen specs as worst car
Performance
Top Speed 0-60mph SQM Engine Pwr
65mph slow 63.2s 26s
24bhp@6,750
To: BlessedBeGod
Cheap patriotism is good. Dear patriotism is good. Moderately expensive patriotism is good.
It's all good!
If putting "Freedom Fries" on the menu reminds people that the French are a bunch of lying, backstabbing weasles, then why not? It's "cheap" to do so, after all.
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posted on
03/06/2003 4:15:20 AM PST
by
gridlock
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To: jammer
May I volunteer for the French poodle clearance squad? Any dog with a haircut like that is no dog at all, IMHO.
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posted on
03/06/2003 4:17:16 AM PST
by
gridlock
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To: Jaxter
Exactly....once on the boycott list, they stay on! Boycotting can turn one into a very resourceful and inventive person! Plus once you get used to doing without,you discover new things you were missing by being a one product person!
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posted on
03/06/2003 4:26:07 AM PST
by
D. Miles
To: gridlock
Cheap patriotism is good. Dear patriotism is good. Moderately expensive patriotism is good. I totally agree! The idea is to put a dent in their pocketbook. A local, and very pricey, restaurant has recently insisted upon selling only domestic wines.
My husband and I have never felt able to afford to go to Jack Ruby's, but we're going now! And we don't typically order wine, but we will do so with pride. Patriotism demands sacrifice and I'll choke down every bit of that dry-aged steak even if it kills me :)
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posted on
03/06/2003 4:27:31 AM PST
by
Dianna
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
24bhp@6,750 The smallest Harley beats that.
To: BlessedBeGod
Are you beginning to see how "absurde" this boycott route could become? No, but I am amazed this absurd twit got her drivel published. Her use of the term "(bleep)" reveals all about journalistic standards these days.
To: Stultis
Looks like she should avoid french fries just to lose some weight.
To: dennisw
Meanwhile her lifestyle is dependant on a Pew Fellowship in the Arts and a grant from the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts.That explains it! She expends all her talent and energy writing her grants, and has nothing left for her columns.
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posted on
03/06/2003 4:49:42 AM PST
by
Stultis
To: Stultis
Separated at birth?
To: HiTech RedNeck
To: dennisw
Also no more Grey Poupon for me! Try Kosciusko mustard. Far superior to that French stuff...
To: BlessedBeGod; Snow Bunny
What, I wonder, would they have us do about the Statue of Liberty, which was, after all, a gift from "les miserables" across the ocean? Squoosh a terrorist.
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posted on
03/06/2003 5:20:47 AM PST
by
jellybean
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1979763521 The Clinton Legacy Cookbook)
To: COBOL2Java
That looks good. Made by Plochman's. I've had their plain brown mustard. It may have had horse radish in it.
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posted on
03/06/2003 6:17:14 AM PST
by
dennisw
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To: BlessedBeGod
Sounds like his ox is gored.
To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
Well, when "the next guy" is also an employee at a Knight-Ridder newspaper, it's easy to be just as (un)patriotic.
I myself would call this "inexpensive" or "thrifty" patriotism. (I have a lot of practice in offering a more constructive adverb from the many times when jiggygirl calls me "cheap".) If you've got French products, hang on to them -- they already have your money; the damage is done. Just don't buy any more ones.
And yes, let's change the name of French Toast -- to Albany Toast (a la "Texas Toast" in some steak houses) or to Joseph/Joseph's Toast (a la the Reuben Sandwich, in honor of the inventor Joseph French).
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posted on
03/06/2003 10:45:51 AM PST
by
jiggyboy
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