The so called American history is perhaps short as a colony & independent nation but we well remember 1066 & the Protestant Wind of 1588 & its job on the Spanish armada, allied with france, the colonies were ever afraid of Spain & france, till later in our history here 1750 for Sp & later fr.Then our contact with the BLACK one's the Jesuits accompanying the french & Indians ,raiding us down as far as York PA burning all while,* ( some of my Quaker ancestors were spared from the assult in 2 different raids) & killing all on the west side of the Susquehanna river. That was ended with the fall of Que. french this fear ended in 1760,s ,as well we know.
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 20:27:11 -0000
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Fw: FRENCHISMS
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@y...> wrote: > > > > --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > While these snipes are deserved, it is worthwhile > > for > > Americans, who after all sat back behind the > > protective > > wall of 3000 miles of ocean in a land that had never > > had a war fought on its own territory, to remember > > the > > actual circumstances leading up to France's > > capitulation > > in WWII. During the first 2-3 months of the war, > > France > > lost more men than America lost during the *entire* > > war. > > Their population was essentially decimated. They > > were > > clearly outclassed by the more advanced and more > > tech- > > savvy German army; it was no contest. So they gave > > up > > and waited for a better day, rather than lose *all* > > of > > their fighting men. Again, it's something Americans, > > > > with their short view of history (200 years or so) > > don't > > understand. Europeans have seen their countries > > become > > conquerors or conquered dozens of times over the > > centuries, > > and know that neither condition is lasting. > > Sometimes it's > > better to allow the predators to take over for a > > short > > while, marshalling one's strength while waiting for > > a more > > opportune time to fight. > > This putting down of the French is so amazingly > asinine. You want to see some people with balls? Look > at the French resistance during WWII. Let's make some > really funny jokes about the Germans torturing them to > death or killing their children in front of them to > get them to talk. Those silly French. They're not real > men like Rumsfield, Bush, Cheney (5X pussy cat) or > even drug-addled Rush Limbaugh. > Yep, I thought would some of those reacting favorably to the satirizing of the French think it as humorous if we just made a tiny change and substituted the word Jews for French? And if not, why not? Also interesting your comment about drug-addled Rush (ironic...) Limbaugh- heard him on the radio last Wednesday, and I couldn't believe my ears. The man is clearly no longer in his right mind. I am not particularly a Rush basher; he is no different than many of the [B***] apologists out there, but I was astonished at his inability to form or at least express a coherent thought. I honestly could not understand the point he was trying to make- he was babbling! Very weird. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <FONT COLOR="#000099">Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page </FONT><A HREF="http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM"><B>Click Here!</B></A> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: FairfieldLife-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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