| Author | Message | ||
     Hughlysses |
Hey, our recently-least-favorite-nation did something worthwhile: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070322/ts_afp/scienc espaceufo_070322143210 | ||
| Bomber |
Hugh - -it may be YOUR recently-least-favorite-nation (and many others, I"m sure), but I think that "our" may be a bit more inclusive than would be entirely accurate -- honorable people can disagree, and remain honorable -- so, too, nations . . . . | ||
| Swordsman |
That's awesome! I love UFO stories. ~SM | ||
| Hughlysses |
Bomber, I didn't mean to imply everyone here hates France. I was just referring to my impression of the popular opinion of France in the U.S. since 9/11. | ||
| Barker |
Flying Crêpes! ah the french, the same people who bring you this video, http://www.break.com/index/french_military_test_fi res_anti_tank_missile.html | ||
| Bomber |
Hugh -- good point -- didn't mean to poke you in the eye, and if that's how my post was read, I apologize While I disagree with France's recent (40 years or so) stance wrt the Middle East, I believe it's a mistake to generalize it's way too easy to mistake a government with those it governs -- when I go overseas, I am always amazed that people ask me why our (USA) government did this thing or that, like I was on the phone with GWB on a regular basis ;-} | ||
| 12r |
GSOH required... http://www.youtube.com/watch?eurl&v=sXvhZdMYCUw  | ||
| Aldaytona |
Come on now, if it wasn't for France we wouldn't have Inspector Clouseau. | ||
| Hughlysses |
Gee, I was kind of hoping this would be more of a UFO discussion...  | ||
| Imeazy |
"Come on now, if it wasn't for France we wouldn't have Inspector Clouseau." Or the Statue of Liberty... http://www.nps.gov/stli/ | ||
| G234146 |
this is related: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Philip_J._Cor so Anyone read the book? | ||
| Aesquire |
Considering most published UFO reports, with rural folk getting captured, probed, & released, one has to ask what their motivation is. Maybe they saw "The Day The Earth Stood Still" on TV & believe they would receive poor treatment at the Govt.'s hands. ( I'd sure bet that way ) The only explanation I was ever able to come up with, is they are Frat boys ( Sorority girls ) doing the alien version of tipping cows. Borrow Dad's saucer, fly into the off limits primitive reservation, & mess with the townies. | ||
| Buellshyter |
Gee, I always thought a government is a reflection of the people. After all, we DO elect the clowns into office. | ||
| Jon |
France. It's not just for breakfast anymore. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
Did you ever notice the Placard on the Statue of Liberty? Give us your tired huddled masses etc. I think it is because France did not want the riff and the raff in their coulture. Thankfully it works for us  | ||
| Rocketman |
Americans taking the piss outta the French is kinda funny. HOW did they GET TO the Americas? While some populations, perhaps the genetic and cultural forbears of the Clovis people, walked across the "land bridge" and down the ice-free corridor in western Canada, some theorists are beginning to consider the possibility that people migrated to the Americas by walking or boating along the now submerged Beringia and the continental shelves of North, Central, and South America. While older ideas stressed that the late Ice-Age glaciers extended down and into the Pacific ocean, newer studies have shown that this was not the case. Indeed, even our ideas about the environment of the entire "land bridge" have changed markedly in the last several decades. Perhaps the "ice-free" corridor was along the Pacific coast of the Americas, which would help explain why some of the oldest sites in the Americas are in South, not North America. Other scientists have proposed a migration of boat people from Europe, basing their hypothesis on what they perceive as shared technologies and tool types between Clovis and Solutrean people who lived in France around 18,000 years ago. Presumably, European boat people would have used much the same route that the Norse (Vikings) did thousands or years later (around 1,100 years ago), when they settled in Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland, and the northeastern U.S. Rocket | ||
| Bomber |
Rocker Good points -- the genetic data we've got thus far provides good supporting evidence for both migratory paths -- interesting times to be in that field of study | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Anybody want to come & study first hand, we've always got a spare bed or two. & if you're lucky a bike to ride too. Oh yeah, & the best roads in Europe, all the Euro bike mags come to France to test, & it's not cos the coppers are lazy! (Message edited by Mr_grumpy on March 29, 2007) | ||
| Blake |
First dibs on your offer Sir Grump! Some Americans need to remember that it was the French who supported us during our war of revolution against King George. If not for les Francais, America might still be a subject of the British monarchy. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
You'll be welcome, try & give me a bit of notice if possible as I'm frequently flitting about here & there. Off to Newfieland at Easter to see Bill. To the centenary TT on IoM in June; Pyrenees for a week in Aug with some French mates to go slay the mountain twisties. And I have to go to work sometimes too!  | ||
| Mattwhite |
They have good taste in bikes. A French guy named Guy saw my Buell hat at work. Turns out he's quite fond of Buells. | ||
| Hughlysses |
BACK to the subject of this thread, I think it's pretty cool that they've publicized all their UFO files. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
I don't think so, They might find me out. Live long & prosper Earthmen. | ||
| Bomber |
Klatuu Barada Nicktu! | ||
| CJXB |
Off to Newfieland at Easter to see Bill. Now there's trouble, I can see it now, someone is going to end up in jail !!  | ||
| Jimidan |
Actually, regarding France's least favorite nation status here in the US, methinks that this has changed in the last year (although there has been no public declaration...due to the embarrassment and all  ). History and current events tell us that France was correct about the Iraq situation all along. French fries, anyone? jimidan | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
CJ it'll be ok, I'm taking Madame & the boy this time, so she can bail me out if needed. | ||
| Blake |
Jimi, The government of France agreed with everyone else in the free world that SH and his regime were concealing weapons of mass murder banned by the UN; they also agreed that Iraq was subverting weapons inspections and repeatedly violating the terms of UN resolutions; France also agreed that SH and his regime were violating terms of the cease fire. Not sure what you imagine the French government was "right" about. The hard truth is that if the French government had stood with us and the British against SH, the escalation and eventual resumption of hostilities against SH would likely have never had to happen. SH would have backed down long before escalation of the situation occurred and he certainly would not have been trying to shoot down coalition aircraft. We now also know that key influential political figures in France, Russia, and Germany were being bribed by SH to allow the massive corruption of the UN's oil for food program. We also know that the vast majority of weaponry and other large military/industrial contracts with the regime of SH involved those same nations. But hey, don't let that stop you from always blaming America first. | ||
| CJXB |
CJ it'll be ok, I'm taking Madame & the boy this time, Yea but you still got newfie in the mix, hope she's got bail money !! Sounds like you'll have a great time !! | ||
| Johnnymceldoo |
(although there has been no public declaration...due to the embarrassment and all) Im not embarrassed jimbo and Id imagine most of the folks in the great state of Kentucky arent either. |
