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Background chatter

admin — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:25:18 +0000

Comments about “freedom fries” have been showing up a lot in the background chatter, they stem from news stories about Walter B. Jones Jr, a Republican Representative who famously brought the new name to the White House Cafeteria. Jones has since expressed regret for the “freedom fries” incident, and has become a vocal anti-war Republican. Jones [...]

Chris Matthews’ address to the class of 2008

admin — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:21:31 +0000

“In the years since our decision to go to war in Iraq, resisted by our old allies, there’s been a chauvinistic stupidity about the value of other countries.You know, the French fries, the freedom fries, the attacks on old Europe.” Chris Matthew’s address to the class of 2008, Washington University in St. Louis. Selected passages : [...]

You’re On Notice!

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:09:34 +0000

Obsession With Surrender (II)

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:44:54 +0000

Another “surrender” cliché was found today in a restaurant review penned by Ken Scrudato for BlackBook Media. “Who says the French surrender too easily? Le big shot chef Alain Ducasse, for one, is a Gaul with gall.” (…) “After his eponymous and debut New York restaurant finally raised the white flag in 2007″ Our immediate response [...]

Obsession With Surrender

admin — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:31:26 +0000

Putting down the French, no matter how trivial the issue, is just too easy for many journalists, pundits and talking heads.In the last month we were graced with surrender jokes by CBS’s Craig Ferguson, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and “surrender monkey” slurs from a Jonah Goldberg Canadian Mini-Me known as Don Martin. On Friday, Sean Michaels, [...]

What do you call 67 000 dead French citizens? A joke according to Electronic Arts Inc…

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:17:09 +0000

Between 1940 and 1945, France was the second most bombed country of the War after Germany. By liberation, the Allies had dropped 600 000 bombs on 1500 cities, towns and villages. The Allied bombing campaign killed over 67 000 French civilians and wounded tens of thousands more. Most hit were, Boulogne, Clermont-Ferrand, Saint-Etienne, Caen, Le Havre, [...]

More Surrender Jokes: Jon Stewart

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:30:12 +0000

With Official French Bashing (2003-2007) now as irrelevant as Fox News, “surrender jokes” should have been on the way out. The opposite now seems to be the case with a renewed effort from some columnists and comedy writers, including of all people Jon Stewart and The Daily Show.

The Long Tail of Bigotry: Don Martin and France in Afghanistan

admin — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:58:02 +0000

Canadian columnist resorts to Anti-French slurs We at Miquelon.org, are not interested in editorializing France’s position vis à vis NATO, nor Nicolas Sarkozy’s new commitment to Afghanistan. Political experts and well-versed columnists often discuss the merits of those foreign policy choices at length. However, when a columnist, likely under the pressure of a deadline, resorts to [...]

Re: James Douglas Muir Leno

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:16:13 +0000

Dear America, Some of you have finally witnessed that Jay Leno is an insensitive, patronizing buffoon. While interviewing Ryan Phillippe, over his first role as a gay teen on daytime television, Jay repeatedly teased his guest with requests like: “Can you give me your ‘gayest look?’.” Critics are now voicing their concern, most notably Jeff Whitty, [...]

French Bashing Channel Losing Ground

admin — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:52:10 +0000

The so-called “fair and balanced” news channel, world famous for its frequent and incessant French Bashing, is losing ground and relevancy in America. The channel has been the focus point of a number controversies lately, including Bill O’Reilly’s astonishment over the civility of the patrons of a Harlem restaurant and his comments over starting a [...]