The Authorities also found an arse and an elbow, but were unable to differentiate effectively.

GAH! A French sympathizer!

We bred that filthy French blood out of the highland scots years ago!

Personally I find his use of DiHydrogen Monoxide (DHMO)

DHMO is a scourge on our world and must be elliminated!

Did you see the episode of Bullshit! where they had a girl go around some environmentalist rally and get hundreds of people to sign a petition to ban DHMO? Freakin' hilarious!

As I have said on other blogs, France has the size, population, and economy around the size of some US states. I care about as much about what France thinks as I do about what Californians think. Well, less, actually, since Californians can vote and make an impact on politics here.

"surrender monkeys, wearing berets, cheese eating, spineless, schemeing " that show how your are open minded. That s like i say all americans are fat asses eating donuts while watching a stupid TV show and belonging to the KKK. USA is not only "bowling for a colmbine" "supersize me" ...
That s stupid racisme.
I admit that someone can dislike a country, but i think that his opinion may be better constructed ( if this person is dumb i understand that he can t have better argument)
Zahubu who asked the question , asked the opposite question on a french forum and the result was different and without this kind of primary racism...
When you say french ppl dont care about USA, it s wrong because we care about all countries. In exemple in school we learn foreign languages ( i try to speak 3 like lot of my friend ) - we learn phylosophie ... We try too open our mind. You may try too.
The fact that we are a little country with less power than you seems to be a reason for lot of you to be disdainfull against us... So, USA is the most powerfull nation in da world... It is a reason to be disdainfull again all da world? Italy, ireland, viet nam uragay , congo etc have less power than france, but i dont say they are stupid ppl without importance.
About the story of a debt of one part over the other... thats bullshit. None of our country have a debt.
If some ppl here have a brain and is not a stupid racist perhaps he can discuss without insults...

Italy, ireland, viet nam uragay , congo etc have less power than france

And we are not denigrating them. Any ill feelings we have for France are not because they are weak, it is because they are weak and spineless but insist on imposing their will on us.

"weak and spineless" i hoped you could argue better. Lot of my friends have gone in USA in school exchange and all told me that at 18 years old in school you learn what we learn at 15 ...
Weak... in wich sens ? mind, constitution??? argue pliz ( if you can...)

"but insist on imposing their will on us" - We dont wanna impose our will. You asked us if we agree with a war. we said no ... It s look like more it s you that tried to imose your will on us. Diplomacy is made of conflict of influence. USA do tha same. Perhaps the the difference between congo and france is that we have a history that allow us to talk to the world (and whatever you say the nuclear weapon and a permanent sit in ONU and a major influence in the europe of 25). Not giving orders, but trying to convice other that our opinion is the right one. When our have an opinion dont you try to convice the personn in front of you ( or you prefere hit him ?).

"weak and spineless" i hoped you could argue better. Lot of my friends have gone in USA in school exchange and all told me that at 18 years old in school you learn what we learn at 15 ...
Weak... in wich sens ? mind, constitution??? argue pliz ( if you can...)

"but insist on imposing their will on us" - We dont wanna impose our will. You asked us if we agree with a war. we said no ... It s look like more it s you that tried to imose your will on us. Diplomacy is made of conflict of influence. USA do tha same. Perhaps the the difference between congo and france is that we have a history that allow us to talk to the world (and whatever you say the nuclear weapon and a permanent sit in ONU and a major influence in the europe of 25). Not giving orders, but trying to convice other that our opinion is the right one. When our have an opinion dont you try to convice the personn in front of you ( or you prefere hit him ?).

Weak... in wich sens ? mind, constitution??? argue pliz ( if you can...)

Political and military might.

weak : nuclear submarines. one permanent sit at ONU, major influence in CEE (europe of 25) - and if we were so unsignificant, why asking us our help , why so much talk about our opinion, why trying to imose your point of view with some trade embargo or others political mesure, why so much talk in newspapers. Lot of litlle country didnt agree with you and no such noise with them.
With short post like the last one we can not really discuss, perhaps cant you give good exemples.
I insist one more time one the fact that when a friend made a mistake when try to convice him that its an error. That s not what i call iposins our point of view.

"Lot of my friends have gone in USA in school exchange and all told me that at 18 years old in school you learn what we learn at 15 ...

The question answers itself. It doesn't even begin with Iraq. We've heard for years how America is an afront to French culture, about how you have to protect your language from being corrupted by Americanisms, and on and on.

I have nothing against you personally, but I have a feeling I am a lot older than you, and I have seen French elitist indignance in the international press all my life. You live in a very haughty, self-important, and fairly xenophobic little nation. A nation whose historical imperialism has caused a lot of ills in the world in the last few generations, I might add.

France is like the celebrity that thinks that everybody should listen to him on politics because of his celebrity status.

"France is like the celebrity that thinks that everybody should listen to him on politics because of his celebrity status."
Not completly wrong. But didnt you think that our history give us a little more experience? USA have only 2 centurys... You are a young contry.

@bakerstreet: "We've heard for years how America is an afront to French culture, about how you have to protect your language from being corrupted by Americanisms, and on and on. " it s not (only) elitism and all you say.My point of view through an exemple: a small part of france call bretagne, have a very special culture, very intersting and beautyfull, with a language specific( i could talk too of corse, pays basque ...). They try to keep alive their traditions. Can we say they are eliste or all you say? No , i didnt think so. They only try to preserve their culture, because it s would be very bad that this tradition fall dawn. I m sure that their is state in usa that have tradition or specific languages that they try to preserve, no ?
"xenophobic" : have you come in paris? u gonna see it s a melting pot too and we dont have green card and dont send mexican ppl at war promising them to giving them american nationnality... I dont think you can give us lesson on xenophobia.
"elitist indignance in french press": you seem to have a mind more open than other ppl here, so try to take my point of view when i read american or english press: u gonna see that the tittle are different for sure but not better: i dont think that an important newpaper treating of diplomacy can begin his article with :"the frogs ( or cheese eater ) ... " That s so low ...
"A nation whose historical imperialism has caused a lot of ills in the world in the last few generations, I might add." I wouldn t talk about this part because i think our both country did or have done bad things... ( who assassinated an south american president (CIA) - who gave the power at ben laden ( CIA) , who dont want to give AIDS medication formul to africa, who exterminated the indians natives ... )and i dont remember all the exemple i have read. I m young but i can see than my country had and have made mistake, u are older, can you say that your country have done and do errors?
( forgive my english i admit it is far to be perfect, but i hope you understand).
Friendly.

you got me...good one. I thought Lance was going to have to wave the French Flag...the white one.

"weak and spineless" i hoped you could argue better. Lot of my friends have gone in USA in school exchange and all told me that at 18 years old in school you learn what we learn at 15 ...Weak... in wich sens ? mind, constitution??? argue pliz ( if you can...)

Well, we DO learn to SPELL by age 15.

And I would put my intelligence against ANY French person's with the same number of years of schooling.