Please Let the French Grow a Pair ...

wolf · 11-07-2004, 07:39 PM

Our chocolate supply is at stake ...

Foxnews.com's version.

11-08-2004, 12:21 PM

Huh? The Swiss make the best chocolate, anyhow.

OnyxCougar · 11-08-2004, 12:39 PM

I'm confused. So Ivory Coast was a French colony, but now it's a sovereign nation, but the northern part of the country are rebels who...? what? Don't want to be a sovereign nation? Or just don't like the current president? Can someone dumb this down for me or post a link that explains it?

wolf · 11-08-2004, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by marichiko

Huh? The Swiss make the best chocolate, anyhow.

Most of the World's supply of cocoa comes from Cote d' Ivoire.

It's the "oil" of this particular conflict.

elSicomoro · 11-08-2004, 01:08 PM

Try this, Onyx.

Beestie · 11-08-2004, 02:21 PM

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Journalist Carrie Giardano, whose said her own vehicle was approached by throngs of Ivorians who calmed once she told them she was not French.

WooHoo! I! am! not! alone!

russotto · 11-08-2004, 09:10 PM

Ecuadoran and Venezualan chocolate is quite good.

russotto · 11-09-2004, 04:59 PM

Did anyone notice that the French engaged in unilateral military action without first consulting the UN? The nerve of them!

tw · 11-09-2004, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by russotto

Did anyone notice that the French engaged in unilateral military action without first consulting the UN? The nerve of them!

The French are leading the UN force in Ivory Coast. As I recall, it was the French who spearheaded an immediate rescue of something like 100+ Americans in Ivory Coast. Where was the US military when those American lives were at risk?

richlevy · 11-09-2004, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by tw

The French are leading the UN force in Ivory Coast. As I recall, it was the French who spearheaded an immediate rescue of something like 100+ Americans in Ivory Coast. Where was the US military when those American lives were at risk?

Apparently, Vice President Cheney never sat on the board of Hershey chocolates, or else we would have had our marines in there in no time to secure the ministry of cacao.

11-09-2004, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

Apparently, Vice President Cheney never sat on the board of Hershey chocolates, or else we would have had our marines in there in no time to secure the ministry of cacao.

And don't forget all the fat DOD contracts Hershey would get to help re-build the Ivory Coast's chocolate industry!

Undertoad · 11-09-2004, 11:00 PM

There ya go, French troops fire on crowd in Ivory Coast Violence at French-run evacuation center kills 7, wounds 200, via MSNBC.

tw · 11-10-2004, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

There ya go, French troops fire on crowd in Ivory Coast Violence at French-run evacuation center kills 7, wounds 200, via MSNBC.

And the point is? .....

Undertoad · 11-10-2004, 10:39 AM

No point yet.

footfootfoot · 11-11-2004, 11:23 PM

OK, off topic a bit; blame the Hennepin, but I am reminded of Jarmusch's "night on earth" the scene in Paris where the Ivory coast taxi driver picks up the two guys from Cameroon who hassle him about his driving and then explain it to themselves as his being from the Ivory coast:
Côte d’Ivoire: Ivoirien! II voit rien! (he can’t see a thing!)

Chocolate?

Helleaux, It's what's for dinner.

WTF? Don't forget Bananas in S.A. 100 years of solitude. Those people were seriously killed. For friggin, 33 cents a pound bananas!

It boggles my Hennepin infringed mind that we can pretend to put men on the moon, we can not only rig an election, but actually make several people in the U.S. believe there was an election, but we still can't come to grips with the horrendous truth that people are willing to kill other people so that they can feel better.

Whether that "better" feeling is the result of power, money, sex or fame, (you've got your choice of seven chakras––taek your pick) nevertheless, it is always about getting your rocks off.

It doesn't matter if your rocks are PETA, Greenpeace, Halliburton, or Taliban. You know you want it.

What ever it takes to re–assert "your" "self".

Chocolate, Bananas, Oil, Sex, Power, same circuit, different wires.

OK someone get me the "Broad brush cleaner"

11-07-2004, 07:39 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Please Let the French Grow a Pair ... Our chocolate supply is at stake ... Foxnews.com's version. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis Last edited by wolf; 11-07-2004 at 07:43 PM.

11-08-2004, 12:39 PM	#3
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	I'm confused. So Ivory Coast was a French colony, but now it's a sovereign nation, but the northern part of the country are rebels who...? what? Don't want to be a sovereign nation? Or just don't like the current president? Can someone dumb this down for me or post a link that explains it? __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

11-11-2004, 11:23 PM	#15
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	OK, off topic a bit; blame the Hennepin, but I am reminded of Jarmusch's "night on earth" the scene in Paris where the Ivory coast taxi driver picks up the two guys from Cameroon who hassle him about his driving and then explain it to themselves as his being from the Ivory coast: Côte d’Ivoire: Ivoirien! II voit rien! (he can’t see a thing!) Chocolate? Helleaux, It's what's for dinner. WTF? Don't forget Bananas in S.A. 100 years of solitude. Those people were seriously killed. For friggin, 33 cents a pound bananas! It boggles my Hennepin infringed mind that we can pretend to put men on the moon, we can not only rig an election, but actually make several people in the U.S. believe there was an election, but we still can't come to grips with the horrendous truth that people are willing to kill other people so that they can feel better. Whether that "better" feeling is the result of power, money, sex or fame, (you've got your choice of seven chakras––taek your pick) nevertheless, it is always about getting your rocks off. It doesn't matter if your rocks are PETA, Greenpeace, Halliburton, or Taliban. You know you want it. What ever it takes to re–assert "your" "self". Chocolate, Bananas, Oil, Sex, Power, same circuit, different wires. OK someone get me the "Broad brush cleaner" __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-08-2004, 12:21 PM	#2
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Huh? The Swiss make the best chocolate, anyhow.

11-08-2004, 01:08 PM	#5
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Try this, Onyx.

11-08-2004, 09:10 PM	#7
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Ecuadoran and Venezualan chocolate is quite good.

11-09-2004, 04:59 PM	#8
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Did anyone notice that the French engaged in unilateral military action without first consulting the UN? The nerve of them!

11-09-2004, 11:00 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	There ya go, French troops fire on crowd in Ivory Coast Violence at French-run evacuation center kills 7, wounds 200, via MSNBC.

11-10-2004, 10:39 AM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	No point yet.

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