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Is France "stingy"?

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FreeDuck
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 11:05 am
Don't worry, I've been secretly distributing cheesehead O'Bill shirts that say 'I'm an a$$hole' in 16 different languages worldwide. So, he knows.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 11:12 am
I had already stopped to make my mind about dome of our Americn friends here.

But it's truely impressive, how a special kind makes there jokes in the face of more than 100,000 killed.

I sincerely wonder about your reactions, if more Americans had been killed and not only some tribes of aborigins including a couple of thousands of Europeans.
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FreeDuck
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 11:15 am
Who's making jokes about the victims, Walter?
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OCCOM BILL
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 11:17 am
Francis wrote:
There's allways people trying to expose their views and confusing people.
Think of the religion of this people, their poverty..
Maybe this man was given this t-shirt and he is glad to have one even not knowing the meaning of it.
That's an excellent point, too.

Laughing FreeDuck Laughing

Get over yourself Walter. There are 1,000s of Americans missing too. A few words used to lighten a subject doesn't mean the subject is taken lightly.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 11:19 am
Okay, disregard my last:
it wasn't a joke: it's the famous kind of the sensitive American humour.
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McGentrix
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 11:55 am
Francis wrote:
There's allways people trying to expose their views and confusing people.
Think of the religion of this people, their poverty..
Maybe this man was given this t-shirt and he is glad to have one even not knowing the meaning of it.


Yeah. Right.

Why is it that the left can see the saint in a guy proudly wearing a "I love Bin Laden" t-shirt, but can find nothing but evil in the US administration?

I wonder how much Al Qaeda, Bin Laden, and the other terrorist organizations are donating to the cause.
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Francis
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 12:06 pm
McGentrix :

is your question about France or US politics?
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FreeDuck
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 12:09 pm
McG, if you were from that part of the world, who would you be rooting for? Maybe the generous U.S. aid will convince him to stop wearing that shirt.
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McGentrix
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 12:20 pm
FreeDuck wrote:
McG, if you were from that part of the world, who would you be rooting for? Maybe the generous U.S. aid will convince him to stop wearing that shirt.


Let hope it makes some sort of impact on he and his friends. Perhaps they'll stop believing the hype and realize we are not really the great satan after all. I somehow doubt it will make much difference though.
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OCCOM BILL
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 12:28 pm
McGentrix wrote:
FreeDuck wrote:
McG, if you were from that part of the world, who would you be rooting for? Maybe the generous U.S. aid will convince him to stop wearing that shirt.


Let hope it makes some sort of impact on he and his friends. Perhaps they'll stop believing the hype and realize we are not really the great satan after all. I somehow doubt it will make much difference though.
Don't be too sure, McG. When they see this off shore:

http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/images/usa/cvn72.jpg

Many will have to realize how quickly we could crush them if that were our desire... but instead we're there to help?... I think that will have some impact.
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FreeDuck
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 12:32 pm
That's my hope.
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Francis
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 01:04 pm
I remember being in some countries where US aid were welcome and peoples who were gratefull too..
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 01:05 pm
OCCOM BILL wrote:
Many will have to realize how quickly we could crush them if that were our desire... but instead we're there to help?... I think that will have some impact.


No help without a hint, eh? Following trueling the ... what is it called ...crusaders heritage?
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Magus
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 01:05 pm
Tickie must be commended for the adroit way he managed to exploit the Tragedy to denigrate the French.
...not that Lush Blimpo hadn't already beaten tickie to the post.

Tickie, who is it that issues the daily neo-con Topic List? (BTW... their clever new word- "Koranimals"- does a masterful job of objectifying the "enemy"... )
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FreeDuck
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 01:07 pm
Koranimals? Well that's just asking to be called Biblobeasts.
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OCCOM BILL
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 01:14 pm
Walter Hinteler wrote:
OCCOM BILL wrote:
Many will have to realize how quickly we could crush them if that were our desire... but instead we're there to help?... I think that will have some impact.


No help without a hint, eh? Following trueling the ... what is it called ...crusaders heritage?
<shaking head> No Walter. The Carrier you see pictured is capable of converting 400,000 gallons of seawater into freshwater daily... along with carrying a huge supply of other much needed items. Surely you understand how important that freshwater supply is? It's imposing stature and any realizations that come of it, are merely positive side-effects. Get it?
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OCCOM BILL
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 01:19 pm
Koranimals Vs. Biblobeasts Laughing
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 01:19 pm
Yes, I get it. Certainly much better than the volunteers from the firebrigade and technical relief organisation from my hometown, who can just do 5,000 liter/hour with their eqipment .... working there with a couple of other German teams since Tuesday.
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hamburger
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 01:38 pm
can't a fellow wear a bin laden t-shirt anymore around here without invoking the wrath of mcgentrix ? bahhh ... hbg
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Francis
 
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Reply Thu 30 Dec, 2004 01:46 pm
New York Times, today : are we (US) stingy? Yes

see editorial :

[URL=New York Times, today : are we (US) stingy? Yes]Are we stingy? Yes[/URL]
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