https://freerepublic.com/tag/frenchingrates/ en-us Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:29:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4385878/posts A senior Paris official has blamed the United States in part for France's deadly heatwave. Audrey Pulvar, the city's deputy mayor for international relations, has raged at Americans mocking France's limited air conditioning - and claimed their greenhouse gas emissions are to blame. "Dear American journalists and social media 'influencers': for days, some of you have been criticising and making fun of Paris because the city does not have A/C in every room..." "As the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, you bear a significant amount of responsibility for global warming and the consequences we, in France,... GB News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4385878/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:29:52 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/866402/posts He was getting old and paunchy, And his hair was falling fast, And he sat around the Legion, Telling stories of the past. Of a war that he once fought in, And the deeds that he had done, In his exploits with his buddies; They were heroes, every one. And 'tho sometimes to his neighbors, His tales became a joke, All his buddies listened quietly, For they knew where of he spoke. But we'll hear his tales no longer, For ol' Bob has passed away, And the world's a little poorer, For a Soldier died today. He won't be mourned... Unknown https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/866402/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2003 03:01:59 GMT