tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post6063873962482664438..comments2023-11-02T03:51:26.343-07:00Comments on Coalition for Fog: Allez FranceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-48442361013449679992007-05-12T19:15:00.000-07:002007-05-12T19:15:00.000-07:00If Sarkozy doesn't make a legal decree confirming ...If Sarkozy doesn't make a legal decree confirming the blatantly obvious—that Captain Jean-Luc Picard is British both linguistically and culturally—he is just another socialist poseur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-24108201780057091202007-05-09T10:08:00.000-07:002007-05-09T10:08:00.000-07:00Andy:I once referred to Jean-Luc Godard as "Le Gra...Andy:<BR/><BR/>I once referred to Jean-Luc Godard as "Le Grande Sphinct-auteur."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Joe:<BR/><BR/>Here's some of the things Sarkozy said about the EU <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5327488.stm" REL="nofollow">last year</A> and by an adviser <A HREF="http://euobserver.com/9/24015" REL="nofollow">after the election</A>:<BR/>(1) Good: Opposes adding Turkey, which I don't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-33073724194625092492007-05-07T15:49:00.000-07:002007-05-07T15:49:00.000-07:00Victor, I can't tell from that comment whether you...Victor, I can't tell from that comment whether you are pro- or anti-Godard. I have no opinion on the matter, but I do know that Bertolucci's THE DREAMERS (set in Paris during the riots of 1968) sucked beyond belief.Andy Nowickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128644133382664355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-45922652785043742972007-05-07T12:21:00.000-07:002007-05-07T12:21:00.000-07:00I would be very interested to know what Sarkozy's ...I would be very interested to know what Sarkozy's opinion of the EU is. If you read the Brussels Journal blog (www.brusselsjournal.com), you will see the sentiment that the EU is becoming a totalitarian state in its own right (Note: this is *not* an evangelical site dedicated to eschatology).<BR/><BR/>If Sarkozy is dedicated to the things he said he's dedicated to, how will that brush up against Joseph D'Hippolitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571554907399914529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-69705327590817405342007-05-07T12:14:00.000-07:002007-05-07T12:14:00.000-07:00"Moratorium"? Probably not, Andy, because so much ..."Moratorium"? Probably not, Andy, because so much of the hostility between France and the Anglophone world is both mutual and of long cultural standing. The narrow disputes of current politics merely shape it for a time.<BR/><BR/>But if Sarkozy deports Jean-Luc Godard to Switzerland, I for one will shut up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-191384413702677452007-05-07T10:33:00.000-07:002007-05-07T10:33:00.000-07:00Well, we'll see what Sarkozy does. The neocons cer...Well, we'll see what Sarkozy does. The neocons certainly went overboard on the whole "bash the French" business, but French "knee-jerk" anti-Americanism was pretty bad as well. Lets hope we see a return to more adult behavior from all concerned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-2400051901219409362007-05-07T10:11:00.000-07:002007-05-07T10:11:00.000-07:00So....does the choice by a comfortable majority of...So....does the choice by a comfortable majority of French voters for a pro-American, pro-free market, anti-Muslim terrorist President mean a moritorium on cracks by American neocons about the uselessness of all things French? I'm truly curious to know.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09302732957291243682noreply@blogger.com