Dr. Shane Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Winner Sarkozy promises a French revolution Quote: France is on course for a Right-wing revolution after Nicolas Sarkozy secured an emphatic victory over his Socialist rival, Ségolène Royal, last night to become the country's next president. I guess the French don't hate the US enough to keep this pro-American candidate from winning. I guess this means we can go back to eating french fries and drinking Perrier. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bevin Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Similar, I suspect, to what happened in Australia in their last election The populace did not like John Howard's pro-USA stance, but prefered his domestic policies over his opponents - and (like USA voters) they voted their domestic issues and ignored the foreign policy fiascos. /Bevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Murphy Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Right-wing in europe isn't as right-wing as the US. This dude is calling the US to lead the fight against climate change for example. Quote Shine your Light on the World! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Quote: I guess this means we can go back to eating french fries and drinking Perrier. No. Not me. The french will have a lot of making up to do before I give up my "freedom" fries. The French have proven to be corrupt and untrustworthy. So .... they will have to prove the opposite before we can have "french" fries again. Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted May 7, 2007 Author Share Posted May 7, 2007 My SPIN detector is starting to go off here. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Bravus Posted May 7, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2007 What makes me laugh about *that* whole kerfuffle is that turning 'french fries' into 'freedom fries' has made 'french' a synonym for 'freedom' in my mind. Not quite the intended effect. Quote Truth is important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted May 7, 2007 Author Share Posted May 7, 2007 Well the US wouldn't have gotten its freedom without France, and later France wouldn't have gotten its freedom without the US. So I guess those words have a relationship. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil D Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 The french will have a lot of making up to do before I give up my "freedom" fries. The French have proven to be corrupt and untrustworthy. So .... they will have to prove the opposite before we can have "french" fries again. Care to expand on this a bit, Red? What specifically have the French done to deserve this distrust? Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olger Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 No. Not me. The french will have a lot of making up to do before I give up my "freedom" fries. The French have proven to be corrupt and untrustworthy. So .... they will have to prove the opposite before we can have "french" fries again. Now RW. I think we should forgive these people and move forward. But I don't eat fries anymore. Is it OK if I use "Lite French dressing" to demonstrate my good will? oG Quote "Please don't feed the drama queens.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lazarus Posted May 7, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2007 The French have proven to be corrupt and untrustworthy. So .... they will have to prove the opposite before we can have "french" fries again. I trust you will, on reflection, want to apologise for such offensive remarks against the French nation. Quote Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Reflecting ..... Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted May 8, 2007 Author Share Posted May 8, 2007 IT IS OFFICIAL!!! Bill O'Reilly has lifted the France Boycott. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 OK ... IN that case ... I will lift my objection also. I will agree to French Fries again after further reflection. I trust Bill O Reilly. Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil D Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Since when did Bill O'Reilly become ambassador of good will? I wouldn't let Bill O'Reilly make those types of decisions at all... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Neil .... What hatred do you still hold against the French? Come on Neil .... Join me for some FRENCH fries. Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil D Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Neil .... What hatred do you still hold against the French? Come on Neil .... Join me for some FRENCH fries. I don't hold anything against the french...Not at all...I just wanted to know why YOU held something against the french.... Bill O'Really [pun intended], otoh, is a bald face lier...Of course, that is ***MY*** conclusion based upon a book that I read. As for joining you for some French Fries, well, I must decline...I do have certain health problem that those fries tend to agrivate....But I will join you with a Salad, and I will even add French Dressing to it for the occassion.... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lazarus Posted May 8, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 8, 2007 LOL, Bill O'Really. I like it. I'm gonna add that to Faux News, Sean Vanity, Hush Bimbo. Quote Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lazarus Posted May 8, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 8, 2007 Oh, just to save time, in case you don't believe Neil's assertion about Bill...... O'Reilly falsely claimed Bush didn't oppose 9-11 Commission. O'Reilly defended President George W. Bush from a Kerry-Edwards '04 TV ad highlighting Bush's opposition to creation of the 9-11 Commission by denying that Bush had ever opposed the commission. In fact, Bush did oppose the creation of the 9-11 Commission. (10/21/04) O'Reilly falsely claimed Iraq had ricin. O'Reilly responded to a caller to his radio show by defending the Iraq war: "They did have ricin up there in the north -- so why are you discounting that so much?" In fact, the Duelfer report (the final report of the Iraqi Survey Group, led by Charles A. Duelfer, which conducted the search for weapons in Iraq following the U.S.-led invasion) indicates that Iraq did not have ricin. (10/19/04) O'Reilly repeated discredited claims on Iraq-Al Qaeda link. O'Reilly interrupted a former Clinton administration official who tried to correct the record on O'Reilly's claim that terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi constitutes a direct link between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's Iraq. He also allowed a conservative guest to repeat without challenge other discredited claims about Iraq's supposed involvement in terrorism -- claims O'Reilly has himself cited in the past. (9/27/04) O'Reilly fabricated "Paris Business Review" as source for success of French boycott. O'Reilly falsely claimed "they've lost billions of dollars in France according to 'The Paris Business Review'" due to an American boycott he advocated of French imports. Media Matters for America found no evidence of a publication named "The Paris Business Review." (4/27/04) O'Reilly cited phony stats to argue that taxes on rich are excessive. O'Reilly tried to "blow off" the argument that wealthy Americans ought to pay more taxes by citing phony statistics about the tax burden the rich currently bear. (6/30/04) O'Reilly confused on elementary economics. O'Reilly told a caller on his radio show, "We [the United States] have a trade deficit with everybody, because everybody wants our stuff, and we're not wild about snails" -- indicating that he doesn't know the definition of "trade deficit" and implying that the United States runs a trade surplus with France. In fact, in the first four months of 2004, the United States had a $3 billion trade deficit with France. (6/10/04) O'Reilly doctored quotation to suggest Soros wished his own father dead. During his smear campaign against progressive financier, philanthropist, and political activist George Soros, O'Reilly doctored a 1995 quotation by Soros to make it seem as if Soros wished his own father dead. (6/1/04) O'Reilly questioned if Kennedy would show up to Democratic convention ... as Kennedy spoke behind him. O'Reilly teased an upcoming segment of The O'Reilly Factor, broadcast live from the Democratic National Convention, by saying of convention speaker Senator Edward Kennedy: "When we come back, we'll let you listen to Ted Kennedy for a while, if he shows up." In fact, Kennedy had already shown up and had been speaking for several minutes, as O'Reilly need only have turned around to see. (7/27/04) O'Reilly disparaged Democrats with trifecta of voter falsehoods. In a discussion about what went wrong for Democrats in the November 2 election, O'Reilly claimed that Democrats "lost votes from four years ago"; that "18- to 24[-year-old]s didn't go" to the polls; and that "[c]ommitted Republicans didn't carry the day for the president; independents did." All three claims are false. (11/4/04) O'Reilly on the radio: Three lies, one broadcast. Lie No. 1: Bush tax cuts didn't create the budget deficit. Lie No. 2: "Socialistic" French, Germans, and Canadian governments tax at 80 percent. Lie No. 3: Canadian, British, and French media are "government-controlled," but Italian media is free. (7/7/04) http://mediamatters.org/items/200412230006 Quote Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted May 8, 2007 Author Share Posted May 8, 2007 Quote: LOL, Bill O'Really. I like it. I'm gonna add that to Faux News, Sean Vanity, Hush Bimbo. More hatred from the left. It makes me wonder WWJD. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted May 8, 2007 Author Share Posted May 8, 2007 Bill O'Reilly has never claimed to not make mistakes. He has made several retractions when he has gotten things wrong. Anyone that watches or listens to his program know that. Bill has a lot of idealogical enemies and there are a lot of left-wing web sites, like Media Matters, that feel called by God to expose him for not being as perfect as Christ. Why not take him at what he is? Why treat him any different than we treat his counter-part, Chris Matthews, on MSNBC? Both of these guys have an audience that enjoy and follow their commentary. O'Reilly makes mistakes as does Matthews. Sometimes they have to make retractions. No one is perfect. If anyone were to go through all of my posts here I am sure they could document several times I have been mistaken and the same is true for any of us. So let's not throw stones in glass houses. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lazarus Posted May 8, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 8, 2007 Quote: LOL, Bill O'Really. I like it. I'm gonna add that to Faux News, Sean Vanity, Hush Bimbo. More hatred from the left. It makes me wonder WWJD. Satire isn't hatred. Its a good way of pricking that right wing bubble Quote Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted May 9, 2007 Author Share Posted May 9, 2007 When conservatives on the right do it, it is racism. When liberals on the left do it, it is satire. Sorry, I forgot the rules. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lazarus Posted May 9, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 9, 2007 When conservatives on the right do it, it is racism. When liberals on the left do it, it is satire. Sorry, I forgot the rules. Well, there is no reference to race in the above so there is no racism. Limbaugh = Barak the Magic Negro, Halfrican. Right wing talkers like to use race in their satire because their audience likes it. Actually, Michael Savage is probably one of the best satirist but he doesn't really use race that much Quote Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted May 9, 2007 Author Share Posted May 9, 2007 Now honestly... really... honestly... How many know that Rush Limbaugh's now famous "Barak the Magic Negro" was taken from the LA Times? That's right. Rush made the parody after the LA Times called him that. The song even credits the LA Times. So if Rush is racist that means... THE LA TIMES WAS RACIST FIRST! Oh wait, there I go forgetting the rules again. When the left does it, it is satire. When the right does it, it is racist. Barak the Magic Negro BTW: the video is not from Limbaugh, only the audio. The whole song is just summarizing what the LA Times article was reporting. That is that Reverend Sharpton didn't think Barak was black enough. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted May 9, 2007 Author Share Posted May 9, 2007 Quote: Michael Savage is probably one of the best satirist but he doesn't really use race that much Micheal Savage says that we need to rename the White House because that is a racist name. He also said God must be a racist because He made the good clouds white. (White clouds are good [go outside and play] black clouds are bad [look for shelter]) Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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