Re: Press "1" for English

["Everywhere Man" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

That pretty much sums it up. Great post.

Roland Moore wrote:
> I have been puzzled by this post since I read it. Let me see didn't you s=
ay
> "tell be why they produce great airplane?" Well certainly that is not a
> universally accepted fact, but let's take that at face value and say it is
> so for discussion sake.You mean a single aircraft then? Where is it? Okay
> maybe a typo, a great aircraft company then? That could only mean Dassaul=
t?
> Right? Well it is a poorly keep secret that a Polish fellow (Kostia
> Rozanoff) as well as a big German influence (after World War II) had much=
 to
> do with Dassault's sucess. Unfortunately it was more German input than
> anything else. If you want to pick a French strength, you might want to
> really skip (or goose step) over that one in the future.
> I can hardly keep a straight face here when you wrote "tell me why they h=
ave
> a pretty decent army?" The French have a decent army? You're going to have
> to help me here. How far back should we go? The Gallic Wars? Sorry, no
> winners on that ticket. The Hundred Years War? Nope, Not a big sucess.
> Italian Wars? Pretty ugly. France goes 0 for 2 with Italy. And Italy has =
not
> fielded a good team since Rome fell! The Thirty Years War? France played
> left out, but got its ass kicked anyway. The Dutch War tied as well as the
> War of Revolution. French and Indian War? Well I am not a French speaker =
so
> no. War of Spanish Succession? Lost. American Revolution? We won. France
> well, the British were still there. French Revolution? If you count kicki=
ng
> your own ass as a win yes. But only if you don't count the headless corps=
es
> left by Maximilien Robespierre and the Terror. The Napoleonic Wars? If you
> don't count inventing horse meat popsicles on the Russian retreat as a win
> then no, a big loss. Franco-Prussian Wars? Lost. World War I? A tie game
> that was saved by USA. World War II? Lost. Indochina? Ho Chi Minh got Nor=
th
> Vietnam out of the deal and France got to go home. The Algerian Rebellion?
> Another Loss. I don't mean to be picky. We will say France has a great ar=
my.
> No one has ever seen it, or knows where it is, but I'll trust you that it=
 is
> there.
> Not sure about this half of the country thing. I suspect you're not a big
> history buff so I'll help you out. President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 did
> purchase about 1/2 of the United States (what is now roughly 13 states) f=
rom
> France in this deal called the Louisiana Purchase. Then Lewis and Clark w=
ent
> on this big expedition. They don't mention much of this in Canada do they?
> In short France did actually have half the country, and then sold it to h=
ave
> enough money to fund an army to lose more wars. So your point is what
> exactly?
> Well the wine thing is really just an accident of geography. Grapes only
> grow well in certain climates and soils. Britain is too cold. They make b=
eer
> instead from grain that grows well in their climate. Now if you said Fran=
ce
> makes great beer that would really be something. That was part of the rea=
son
> for the 100 years war but we won't go into that now.
> The wall is coming fast? Okay, based on all of the solid information you'=
ve
> given so far I'll be on the look out for it.
>
>
> "Petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Everywhere Man" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx> a =E9crit dans le message de ne=
ws:
> > 1162077009.736376.230240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>The rest of this country should learn to speak French because we've
> >>just like the lazy frog bastards.
> >
> > well if the french speaking poeple are such a bunch of lazy frog bastar=
d's
> > tell me why they are the only country that can send sattelite in orbit
> > with better result thent the american..? tell be why they produce great
> > airplane? tell me why they have a pretty decent army?
> >
> > if france would have 1/2 of the country you have,they would beat you ju=
st
> > by farting after taking a good lunch of good wine and cheese..
> >
> > speaking od wine,why did they produce wine for the last 300 years that
> > were thw best in the world?they were the one that developed the know how
> > on wich your country trive to produce your wine...
> >
> > Stop being a damn stupid racist ass hole,your not that best in the world
> > on all count,maybe you were said so,to help raise the spririt,for all y=
our
> > wars...but start looking over your shoulder,since Reagan you came from
> > being the biggest money loner contry,to that one asking the most...
> >
> > be carefull the wall is comming fast...
> >
> >
> >
> >