Sunday Open Thread: France Edition
Oh, we were all such idealists back then weren't we? Three things I'd like to say about the French-
1. I don't really blame the Canadians (just a diddy that I picked up from South Park, which I really never watched either)
2. Louisiana Purchase wasn't as bad of a deal as I've made it out to be (I watch the series "Swamp People" and realize that these guys are the last Americans who understand freedom, though now that the cameras are down there I'm sure new regulations and govermental bureaucracies will follow.)
3 And thank you for the Statue that continues to be our symbol of Liberty. (we promise to clean her up as soon as we can scrape off the Progressive Politicians who have been piling on her as of late ).
Oh, and I won't even mention "Freedom Frys" if you don't…
France was one of the first countries to send troops to Afghanistan. Their special forces have seen a lot of action.
France has a lot of commies and far left nut cases…..but so do we….in our case we even have a commie in the White House. But there are millions of conservatives in France who hate the moslem invasion, who hate the loss of their freedoms and the destruction of French culture.
Dear Leader played up his role as a "World Leader" before the election and immediately after. He appealed to commies and socialists and anti-western culture nuts everywhere. I hope when we throw both he and his ideas out in 2012, that the new president will be someone of Reagan's stature. A conservative leader who will support and champion freedom and the moral superiority of Western Culture throughout the world.
Instead of sending troops to France to fight as we did in two wars with the soldiers saying: "Lafayette we are here" we can send a message of the moral supremacy of Western Culture and Philosophy that will inspire our conservative brethren in France to also stand up and take back their nation from the forces of collectivism and fight the rising tide of islam.
Many years ago while spending time in Paris, I made the effort to visit Lafayette's grave. It's located in a secluded private cemetery (Picpus) in the back yard of a convent, and you need an appointment to visit it. Most French people I know didn't even know it was there. Just a few feet away from Lafayette, are two mass graves of people beheaded by the guillotine at what is now known as Place de la Nation. There was an American flag over his grave when I visited as well.
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