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The utter nonsense about
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:13:02 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Ted Dolotta <Ted () Dolotta ORG> Reply-To: Ted () Dolotta ORG Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:07:27 -0500 To: IP list <dave () farber net> Subject: The utter nonsense about french fries, french toast, french dressing, etc., is utterly idiotic. After all, no one in the U.S. stopped eating hamburgers or spaghetti during World War II ... [By the way, the anti-French-food nitwits missed one: I think that "croissant" should be renamed "freedom crescent" -- it has a nice, Jihad-like ring to it -- don't you think?] But -- speaking as someone who spent WW II in Europe, I find the following item from the Sunday New York Times beyond the pale; it's downright sick: ... Representative Ginny Brown-Waite, Republican of Florida, has introduced legislation that would allow the remains of World War II veterans buried in France to be brought home. "The remains of our brave servicemen should be buried in patriotic soil, not in a country that has turned its back on the United States and on the memory of Americans who fought and died there," Ms. Brown-Waite said. "It's almost as if the French have forgotten what those thousands of white crosses at Normandy represent." I wonder whether Ms. Brown-Waite actually visited these cemeteries ... Ted Dolotta ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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