There are no words to describe how insulting and stupid this is
There is a smiley for it, though:
My philosophy on life, honed over lo these many years of observation of the human condition, fits this situation nicely:
People are fucking nuts.
Like most republicans (notice I didn’t write conservatives), this lady loves rhetoric over reality.
That is the republican mantra. If it sounds good, it must **be ** good.
I’ve given up on expecting anything intelligent and well thought-out to emerge from the mouth of a republican.
From the article:
Now, I’m all about Representatives representing their consituents. That’s the way it’s supposed to be. However, couldn’t there be a way to help one person without passing a bill for all people? Since when do the demands of one person necessitate a legislative action?
I’m not sure if this is better or worse than the “freedom fries” thing on the scale of stupidity, but it definitely ranks. The French-bashing fashion made into law… this should be fun.
I feel like Amy Tan on The Simpsons: “I’m embarrassed for both of us.”
As long as she’s pitching self-righteous snits, does the idiot propose we return the Statue of Liberty to France?
I mean, she wouldn’t want to look petty or stupid or anything. “Give us back our war dead, you ungrates, but we’re gonna keep that symbol in NY harbor you gave us that we’re so proud of.”
I’m becoming very, very fed up with elected officials shaming my country.
Veb
I think we should meet France behind the bleachers after school and beat them up.
To hell with Iraq–lets attack France!!!
Fuck, this world is going down the tubes.
What I fail to understand, is why the following tidbit of information has been made more public: According to one of France’s former Ambassadors to the UN, France has already given the US permission to use France’s airspace, if it needs to, in the war with Iraq. Seems to me, if that it were more widely known, it’d go a long way towards smoothing things over between the US and the French.
Quit eating it, moron.
Er, make that, “What I fail to understand, is why the following tidbit of information hasn’t been made more public…”
**Tuckerfan, ** nobody wants to hear anything positive about the French right now. It’s more fun to bash them and rename our greasy foodstuffs.
Yeah, but I’d think that folks would love to be screaming, "SEE! SEE! They say they’re against the war, but they’re gonna let us use their airspace! They didn’t let us when we went after Libya!
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Hey, 'United We Stand", right? So either unite or get out.
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I find this really sinister. Someone doesn’t agree with our policies, let’s totally vilify them and blacken their name.
Regardless of the rights and wrongs of America’s or France’s respective positions, this is just freaky. The French-bashing that’s going on is at best bullying, at worst race hate.
I think it’s a good idea. We should have brought them home and buried them in Arlington to begin with.
1945 != 2003
Oh, quit bashing the US government, people. I think it’s great that we let 6 year olds become senators.
[Orbifold wracks his brain for an “1984” joke, but can’t think of one…]
Anyway, I can’t help but wonder if there are any French dead from the U.S. revolution buried in the United States. Anyone know?