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AzNick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:04 PM
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As a Frenchman, I am delighted to read this
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1843168,00.html

I suppose all the francophic references in this article are used to mock those who like to criticize France and it's 5 weeks of paid vacations, 35-hour work week and it's awful healthcare and education system.

Now what I am doing in the US? Well, I moved here for the love of a woman (can you make it more caricatural of the romantic French guy?)
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:05 PM
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1. No, Pepe, I couldn't.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:11 PM
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6. ...
:rofl: :spank: bad, bad, bad!
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:18 PM
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15. .
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Emillereid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:07 PM
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2. Why not take the woman to France -- I would move to France in a heartbeat if I
had the chance.
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AzNick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:10 PM
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5. Her son would not agree
Edited on Mon Sep-22-08 09:11 PM by AzNick
No 24/7 drive thru Taco Bell.

No kidding. Learning French, he was ok with that. Spending 2 more hours at school each day... he even was ok with that. Watching South Park in French.... he was ok with that.

But... no drive thru Taco Bell? You had to be kidding, right?

Seriously.
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Emillereid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 12:27 AM
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29. Mind-boggling! He stays in the U.S. for taco bell? Does he know what's in that stuff.
One of my daughter's friends worked there and after he saw what it really was he couldn't eat it anymore. The refried beans start out as a powder that is reconstituted with water. YUCK!
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leftrightwingnut Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 12:50 AM
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30. Other fast food restaurants stick to liquids and slurries.
Bring up the tanker truck, hook up the hoses and pump it into the restaurant. Then the employees dispense it right onto the grill and containers with those hoses hanging out of the ceiling.

Why mess around with that melamine-laced powdered stuff?
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Indenturedebtor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 01:11 AM
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33. Um the worse faux mexican laxative in the world vs
the most highly regarded cuisine in the world.... Introduce him to one of Murika's inventions - heavy psychological medication for children ;) No really he'll love it! :crazy:
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4 t 4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:13 PM
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9. Five weeks payed vacation and..
35 hour work week. I think that sounds great. The american dream is a farce. They have sold us a bill of goods. Like the woman that told bush she worked 3 jobs. His reply "That's uniquely American" what a bunch of Bull Shit they have sold us. I'm with you! Wake the fuck up sheep-le, we have been sold a bill of goods.
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cabluedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 01:15 AM
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35. Work, work, work. That way you can die before SS and Medicare kick in.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:07 PM
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3. J'aime France.....Les Etats-Unis could learn a lot from France.
Encore!
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AzNick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:13 PM
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8. Both country can learn from each other
I always said the perfect country would be halfway between the two (and no, not geographically).
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:08 PM
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4. Welcome to America, welcome to DU, I apologize for the U.S. president. n/t
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AzNick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:13 PM
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7. I've been here 10 years but thanks!
I always hesitated to apply for citizenship for years, as I felt I would betray my country of origin.

And then Barack Obama happened and I felt extremely motivated.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:16 PM
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12. Wow, how cool. I still apologize for the ass our country sent to the world. n/t
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:17 PM
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13. "always hesitated to apply for citizenship for years, as I felt I would betray my country of origin"
VERY nice sentiment.

My parents always stayed Spanish even though they lived in Brazil for more than 30 years and had a son (me) there. Taught me to always stay Brazilian.

Far from me to decry people who take on another citizenship, but... sometimes one just loves their country no matter what, not in a jingoistic "rah rah" way, but in a "it's my family" way.

:patriot:
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4 t 4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:25 PM
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16. And people here keep saying "This is the greatest country
in the world' Just watch BBC, Wake the fuck up everyone You have ALL been HAD. Why can't people read more, study more, and get a clue. Watch international news. We work harder and much longer hours per day and years in our lives than almost any other country that isn't a third world country, for Much, Much less. Wake the fuck up Everyone. I couldn't be more serious most of Europe takes at least 4 weeks vacation, we can barely get two off in a row in this country. WAKE UP EVERYONE!!!
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:14 PM
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10. Mon Dieu!
:rofl:
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:15 PM
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11. I haven't read the article, but my husband's former boss
is from France and works here (also married an American). He's doing A-OK.

But I'm with another poster; you guys went the wrong way! I wish I had an opportunity now. I was a 'jeune fille au pair' in Paree' in 1973 for about 6 months. I was too young and missed home a lot. Now, a few years later would have worked. I have a nice warm spot in my heart for France. The boys, the baguettes, the wine, the 'oldness' of it. Loved it.
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morgan2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:17 PM
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14. such a weird pointless article
what is the point? to make people ashamed we're acting "like france?" But then saying we've always acted like france, but more like france than france does... what a bunch of convoluted pointless drive.
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4 t 4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:31 PM
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18. What?
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AzNick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 10:14 PM
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27. The neo-con like to mock France, and yet...
They would like to turn the US into France... 1981 France, not 2008.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 01:49 AM
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37. LOL
you are fucking clueless
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:30 PM
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17. OK - So How Do I Move To France?
I'm tired of the US. We are, collectively, idiots.
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4 t 4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:34 PM
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20. I don't know...
Edited on Mon Sep-22-08 09:37 PM by on the EDGE
figure it out. After all you come from the Greatest country in the world.
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:58 PM
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24. 60 Years Ago It Was The Greatest Country, Perhaps Ever
Now it's other than that.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 11:20 PM
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28. No kidding. If it happens again, I'm done. Can I afford France? nah. nt
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:33 PM
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19. Is it possible for me to go rent a room there, ride a bus, and NOT take a tourist tour?!1 n/t
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AzNick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 10:13 PM
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26. Yes, probably ...
I mean, if you post an ad, ask if a Frenchie would be ready to welcome you in his/her house and shows you around (and I mean... grrrrraround), while you do the same in return, why not?

I don't see how this would not be possible.
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:35 PM
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21. Welcome to Dumbfuckistan.... We used to be America....
We may be once again....
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4 t 4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:39 PM
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23. That's right Dumbfuckwhatever...
you are no longer in America. Wake UP.
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cabluedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 01:13 AM
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34. Doubtful.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 09:38 PM
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22. Bonsoir, et bienvenue à DU !
Edited on Mon Sep-22-08 09:44 PM by FrenchieCat
Vous venez de quelle région de la France?

Moi, J'étais né à Paris; le 12ème.
Mais J'ai émigré en Amérique dans les années 70.

Educational opportunities in France are not all that.....
As a French emigrant with a daughter currently Senior at Harvard,
I can attest to the fact that she would have never had that opportunity,
had she had been born in France.
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closeupready Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-22-08 10:00 PM
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25. Hah, ha! This is good.
Thanks for posting. Er, merci! :D
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leftrightwingnut Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 01:02 AM
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31. Our government went so far right it folded in on itself and went socialist.
In nature, anything unregulated by predators or limited by resources surges and crashes repeatedly. That includes bacteria, rabbits and yes, humans.

In civilization anything unregulated is unstable, accident-prone and reckless. That includes, to name a few, drinking, sex, driving automobiles, business and banking.

A fitting end to the * administration.
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 01:07 AM
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32. France to Mesa?
She must be quite a woman, after all, you've gone to hell for her.

:hi:
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 01:48 AM
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36. PREACH IT, FRENCH MAN
YOU KNOW THE SCORE :hi:
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 01:56 AM
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38. Bonjour mon ami
I know all about zee Franco-American love.

I am in love with a Frenchman. The only reason I don't move there in a heartbeat is my young son here in the U.S.


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