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LO, the "arab" number system was invented in India and transmitted to Europe by the Arabs.

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LO
US citizens are so starving thin that the slightest wind blows them away unless they are harpooned to the ground   nah

As its name indicates, Kentucky Bourbon is french invention nah

LO

Sure, it has.
I do think that those trusts benefiting the defense spendings are interested in propaganding that feeling to get more defense spendings and benefits. One has a name that starts whith "hal" and ends with "ton"...

Strange examples, you mix hostility to this administration with islamo-extremism hate trying to destroy occident. Did you have any report of US citizen feeling threatened in his life in Canada or France ?

LO

With such a force disbalance, I would definitively take no notice in any textbook, there nothing brilliant. Except if you would call "brilliant" a heavy weight boxing champion knocking down a 2 years old kid.
I was even surprised that some Iraqis had the unconscious  bravery to oppose some resistance.
It was obvious that the only thing to do for Saddam's supporters  was to bury the weapons and engage a guerrilla fighting.

Some more troops would have avoided iraqi institutionnal places such as ammunitions stockyards, museums, schools, public buildings, banks from looting,
that would have been less things to repair and refurbish.

Ho, I forgot, Bush's theory was "we invade Iraq, topple Saddam, bring democracy and welfare, then cheerful and grateful iraqi people crying with joy display flowers under our soldiers steps, thank us with free oil supply, and the whole world cheers Mr President Bush"

LO
Surrealistic !
The Spanishes voted Yes to the EuroConstitution WITHOUT having it all. They could get a sumarize in their press, but to have it all, they soulld have to PAY for a full edition.

I was supposed to receive the full constitution book in my mailbox, I didn't even received it.
Thanks to the web, I downloaded it as PDF, a real pensum to read it. My girl who hates to read on a screen had to go to my district town hall to get the full edition.
Took me two whole weeks to read it,    though I didn't got what is a "Social Market Economy", not any definition nor description of it,  supposed to rule the EU.
When ratificated by national parliaments, wonder if the deputies even had the COURAGE to read it all...

In France, the official referendum campaign was
"you have the choice to vote Yes or Yes."
As we are a people which like to cross the streets anywhere else except in the places we're supposed to...

LO
I voted NO to European Constitution mainly because rules of its admenments are so tough that any admenment becomes impossible.
NO again because the European Central Bank direction has no counterpower, and its politic is aimed to maintain the € value, regardless of the european economy activity level, while Greenspan's action is aimed at US economy activity level.
NO again because middle sized european countries such as Nederland or Belgium have seen their political wheight reduced by the Constitution such as Cyprus + Malta which economic level is just about nothing have the same political wheight as Nederland or Belgium.
NO also because Bolkenstein Directive allows any society to work in an union member country under laws of the originated country of that society.
Would Americans accept that an indian or chinese society would be allowed to operate in the US territory under indian or chinese laws, using workers in the US territory with indian or chinese level wages ?
That is the kind of eurobureaucrats diktat I want to be smashed.
I want a polish society to operate in France with workers under french wage level and french social laws, and paying taxes on benefits in France.
I dont fear polish workers, plenty went to work in french charcoal mines in the fifties, their children became french citizens.

Is France weakened with this NO vote ?

Not quite sure.
Why France and not Nederland ?
Many Europeans agree with the dutch and french to struggle for keeping their social rights.
British Labour eurodeputies voted for a 48 hours a week work limit at the Europarliament.
Sure Chirac is weakened, but German and France power come from economics, therefore, wether France or Germany are strong of weak rely on the amont of money they can invest in the Euro Union, in develloping technology and research, that means on their economical wealth and having less unemployment and good exportations is a more sure way to recover power than a yes or no answer to a misconceived constitution.

I don't mind France or Europe to be superpowers, I want France to be a nice country to live in !
And rigth now, too many people do not live well, so if they live better, they will vote yes further on, and so shall I.

LO
Aren't these guys big children ? 
Can't you stop with stupid préjugés ?
Where people are ineducated, you can lead them to scream anything, otherwise the are the same the world over.
Some are reactive, others cold blooded with the same distribution

LO

Red as republicans... and tanks down iraki streets ?

Lo
I suggest that a war crime is commited when a soldier obeys illegal orders, and when there is no order, a crime committed by a soldier is an ordinary crime.
And that "War on terror" is a sensless concept.
We can be at war at terrorists.

LO
In France, on 1st of May, tradition is to present (girl)friends with lilies of the valley, then to go demonstrate with trade unions.
The past 30 years these demonstrations where almost without any social aims other than to obey a tradition.
In past times, lilies of the valley grew up in forests.
They have been so much picked up that wild lilies of the valley have almost disappeared, and all are now only cultivated ones.
On 1st of May anybody is allowed to buy lilies of the valley from groceries and to sell them back in the streets.
The french communist party militants use to make money by selling the 1st of May lilies of the valley.
As this party is rather on the disappearance path, as a member of an endangered species (such as burgundy snails) protection group member, I always buy lilies of the valley from communist militants*,  authentic part of french folklore.

* They are arguing about the choice of which phone cabin in will take place their next congress...

LO

The ghost of Voltaire tickled me all that night 

So sorry, http://isaisons.free.fr/muguet.jpg this as an apology...