UK Guardian: Nicolas Sarkozy courts rightwing voters with Schengen zone (open borders) threat
Nicolas Sarkozy has stepped up his courtship of hard-right voters by threatening to pull France out of the EU's borderless, passport-free Schengen zone unless Brussels clamps down on illegal immigration.
The rally was seen by many as Sarkozy's last chance to fire up his support-base in a faltering campaign for reelection. He is struggling to reverse the trend in the opinion polls which for months have consistently shown the Socialist frontrunner François Hollande easily beating him in the final presidential vote in May.
Sarkozy has been criticised by political opponents for shamelessly courting supporters of the extreme-right leader Marine Le Pen by proposing a referendum on illegal immigrants, complaining there were "too many foreigners" in France and raising the spectre of unsuspecting French people eating halal meat without knowing it.
At the rally in Villepinte, he maintained his staunchly rightwing approach, but shifted the slant to Europe. He suggested unchecked illegal immigrants would threaten European "civilisation" and "our way of life". He said that if there were no concrete results in Brussels on tightening borders within a year, he would pull France out of the Schengen system, Europe's open-border, passport-free travel regime which involves 26 countries. The free-movement of people is one of the cornerstones of a united, integrated Europe.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/11/nicolas-sarkozy-french-elections-2012
Sounds like he got some of his right-wing anti-immigration talking points from the manifesto of Andres Brevik, the Norwegian mass killer.
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Does he think that a bite of halal chicken will turn you into a secret Muslin??
Many Gentiles select kosher meat (e.g. Hebrew National hot dogs) simply because they're better. To my knowledge none has surreptitiously converted to Judaism.
and they are halal. I couldn't tell you which direction Mecca is in, nor have I felt the urge to pray to it. I ate a kosher dill pickle at lunch, too, along with my ham sandwich 
I can see now how my comment made absolutely no sense. Butterball is a brand of turkey here. I'd venture to say that most Americans know what they are. They are nothing like UK butterballs LOL.
That's kind of funny. I can only imagine that you thought I'd lost my mind
EDIT: On second thought, do I want to know what your version of a butterball is? I'm assuming it's not the confection.
bearing in mind I've not bought one for at least 30 years - both turkeys and chickens had copious amounts of butter whatever injected/implanted into them prior to purchase. I'll have a nose around next time I'm out and report back further. 
