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   Message 3,885 of 5,647   
   Josh Dougherty to email@BelowThe.Text   
   Re: DOWN WITH THE FRENCH!   
   24 Dec 04 05:48:09   
   
   XPost: alt.rush-limbaugh, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.california   
   XPost: alt.politics.usa, alt.law-enforcement, nyc.politics   
   XPost: alt.politics.uk   
   From: jdoc1357b9@comcast.net   
      
   "Ken [NY]"  wrote in message   
   news:4mrls0t4ep4ulej2jk67mh3r7lsh0pin9b@4ax.com...   
   >   
   > December 23, 2004, 9:38 a.m.   
   > Down With the French!   
   > Two great new books.   
   > Jonah Goldberg,   
   > NRO Editor-at-Large   
   >   
   > Ah, Christmastime. Joy to the world. God bless us, everyone. Through   
   > the rapturous din of carols and chimes, a stray condemnatory note can   
   > be heard, chastising the yuletide revelers for being too   
   > materialistic, too concerned with gifts that come wrapped in pretty   
   > paper and shiny bows. Who can help but sympathize with such concerns   
   > as the groaning hoards of shoppers appear like Huns outside the doors   
   > of Wal-Mart? That is why I am so grateful for a special Christmas   
   > present - holiday present if you must - for the whole world. No mere   
   > thing or shiny bauble, this present is an idea, glowing with an   
   > ecumenicism that fires the mind and illuminates the heart, uniting   
   > nearly all mankind in fellowship. What idea is that? Why, the total   
   > destruction of France, of course.   
      
   As a fellow American, could you please not cross-post these kind of mental   
   bowel movements to newsgroups that are likely to be read beyond the borders   
   (soc.culture.france, alt.politics.uk  etc.)?  We already look stupid enough   
   to everyone outside them.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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