02-06-2006, 11:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-06-2006, 11:31 PM by Occhidiangela.)
Jester,Feb 6 2006, 05:09 PM Wrote:Oh, sure, that's well and good as far as it goes.O'Reilly's boycotts are in the same class of idiocy as the whole "Freedom Fries" stuff some fool in our Congress came up with. I had a lovely Beaujolais a couple of weeks ago, with a juicy grilled Kansas City Strip steak (just to the rare side of medium, it was.) In certain contexts, things of the New World and the ancien regime go great together. Those two are joined by whatever Kings named Louis, the Louisiana Territory, drainage, big brown rivers, French wine, Great Plains herds, and fur trappers coming down the Missouri have in common.
But what about the fact that France's economy is reeling (possibly even devastated) by Bill O'Reilly's boycott of French products?
I mean, really, the French are already practically terrorists. Why should we care about their stupid, cheese-eating economy?
God bless America!
-Jester
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Jester Wrote:God bless America!Whoa, back up there a second, do you work for Fox News? :blink:
Courage, Jester. Whoops, wrong network. :D
O'Reilly has no plenipotentiary powers, nor would his call for a boycott likely be heeded. The good little consumers he appeals to are too busy sating their tastes for something "special."
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete