Anyone who would make a relation between this thread and the "hug a tree" philosophy is deeply troubled Did you have a harsh childhood WCOMtrader? 'cause I can tell you that those who were bullied at school are not the tree huggers héhé, they are the psychos ready to shoot you at gunpoint. Remember mate, hate breeds hate. Or maybe I got it reverse, are you the bully, and you wanna go give a wedgy to the Iraqis? I guess that makes your point even better héhé. Well in any event, CNN.COM reads: 'The game is over' So let us all accept the fact and trade with the trend. PS: I don't fit in either category, am I still sane?
HILARIOUS...now that i look at that i have no clue why i put that in my profile... ...if you really dont know what fantasy sports is all about, maybe your a homo that doesnt like sports but that would explain why you are combing through men's profiles looking for some kind of homo date...sorry to disappoint you, none of that here
I didn't write this and I am unable to find the original source. The poster who put this up where I found it claimed that this was posted on Beanâs Bar. Wherever that is. EDIT: Found a link: http://silflayhraka.blogspot.com/2003_01_19_silflayhraka_archive.html#90229835 The Military History of France So, after 58 years, the French have decided that they prefer Vichy after all. It's hardly surprising. When the Vichy regime was in power, one could pretty much do what one wanted when it came to those troublesome Jews. Yes, there were shortages and lots of Germans around, but that's not much different from the present. Plus, just like today, the truly intellectual could take pride in the notion that they were part of something larger than a piddling little nation state. And really, "Liberté, égalité, fraternité!" is just so passe. Vichy knew that too, which is why they were replaced with Travail (work), Famille (family), and Patrie (fatherland). Not that those are any better. The modern Vichian motto might as well be ignorez, retarde, apaisez. Ignore, delay and appease describe the French character as well as anything else, excepts perhaps "Unions, Vacations and Occasional Showers!". You can hardly blame the French. France is example number one when comes to natural selection of a nation's character. Gallic Wars - Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian. Hundred Years War - Mostly lost, saved at last by female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare; "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman." Italian Wars - Lost. France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians. Wars of Religion - France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots Thirty Years War - France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her. War of Devolution - Tied. Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux. The Dutch War - Tied War of the Augsburg League/King William's War/French and Indian War - Lost, but claimed as a tie. Three ties in a row induces deluded Frogophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power. War of the Spanish Succession - Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved every since. American Revolution - In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare; "France only wins when America does most of the fighting." French Revolution - Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French. The Napoleonic Wars - Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer. The Franco-Prussian War - Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night. World War I - Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline. World War II - Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song. War in Indochina - Lost. French forces plead sickness, take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu Algerian Rebellion - Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare; "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese and Esquimaux. War on Terrorism - France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald's. Let's face it. When it comes to war, France gets rolled more often than a Parisian prostitute with a visible mustache. They've been beaten so many times there's no fight left in them. There's no national anthem in the world as ludicrous as France's To arms, to arms, ye brave! Th'avenging sword unsheathe! March on, march on, all hearts resolved On liberty or death. Oh liberty can man resign thee, Once having felt thy gen'rous flame? Can dungeons, bolts, and bar confine thee? Or whips thy noble spirit tame?
On page 198 of the following thread rs7 was kind enough to post a letter from Joe Lieberman which reflects the french psyche very well. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=200507#post200507 freealways
All I have to say is this : http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=13763 Don't be fooled by the medias. They just want to make everybody crazy so to support the politicians point of view. They use Polls to say look it's scientific but more and more manipulated. For example just before french elections they said 90% of french wnated to create their own business hahahaha bullshit !
Joe Lieberman is seriously the most uncredible politician ever made available to this country. Lieber means better in German if my memory is still ripe, he has nothing of a better man.
Swoop, I would say that Lieberman would run rings around the two of us as far as clear thinking is concerned. What part of his letter has upset you ? Which part isn't a fair reflection ? It is clear to me, as it would be to many others, that France has sold out their integrity, the most valuable asset one can possibly have. freealways