I do have a problem with the attached email, and will exercise my use of the "delete" key as soon as I have noted that there seems to be some degree of confusion on the American side of the Pond. Having lived in France, I can tell you that the majority of the French people LIKE Americans, and that what is going on (with some possible ulterior motives) is a disagreement between the Prime Minister of France and the administration in power in the U.S. The French view of the American President is largely that he is suffering from Mad Cowboy Disease, but doesn't reflect upon the quality of the American people as a whole, nor the country in which they live. Before we make the entire French nation out to be "bad guys" and boycott the few products they export to us (hurting their merchants, not their P.M.), we should, perhaps, attempt to rethink the situation. We have (collectively) in the past caused suffering by the peoples of various nations due to the despots they have ruling them. Very few nations on this Earth have the ability to control who rules their land. Most have the right to vote, but in many instances they either don't exercise that right, or their political structure is such that voting does no good, since there is but one party represented on the ballot. When you get right down to the "brass tacks", the current President of the United States was not elected by popular vote, but was rather appointed by the Supreme Court. While this action flies in the face of the Constitutional structure of the United States, most of us have little problem with that fact, and the majority of us will stand by decisions made on our behalf by the government which is representing us. If we disagree, we have the right to express that fact, and if that doesn't satisfy us, we have the right to leave this land. Many in this world are not so fortunate. Mike, IBSSG > [Original Message] > From: <CDVal808@aol.com> > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 3/18/2003 1:16:33 PM > Subject: [BSChat] SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN FRANCE > > SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN FRANCE > > March 4, 2003. Today it was reported that a severe earthquakes have > occurred in 10 different locations in France. The severity was measured in > excess > of 10 on the Richter Scale. > > The cause was the 56,681 dead American soldiers buried in French soil > rolling over in their graves. According to the American Battle Monuments > Commission there are 26,255 Yankee dead from World War I buried in 4 > cemeteries in France. There are 30,426 American > dead from World War II buried in 6 cemeteries in France. > > These 56,681 brave American heroes died in their youth to liberate a > country which is guilty of shameful unspeakable behavior in the 21st century. > > May the United States of America never forget their sacrifice as we find ways > to forcefully deal > with the Godforsaken unappreciative, forgetful country of France! > > We should also note that we pay Millions of dollars on RENT for these > cemeteries plus the cost of Maintenance, let us remove them ( our military > dead) and give their land back to them. > ----------- > I am a lurker and saw this on another list and just HAD to send it. Ok, I > will go back to lurking. > > Cindy > IBSSG > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237