April 23, 2003

• France defends opposition to Iraq war despite tough words from Powell - For the U-S it's a matter of consequences. For France, its anti-war stance is a matter of principle. more...
• French Whine About Wine Sales - March wasn't a good month for French wine. France's biggest wine federation says there was a noticeable drop in exports to the U.S. last month, following strong exports the previous two months. more...
• Fest celebrating French culture draws praise, ire -Supporters of France's resistance to a U.S. led war with Iraq will celebrate the country's culture at a downtown festival next week, but those who oppose Franco-Ithacan Friendship Day say the event is a misguided effort. more...
  

April 17, 2003

• German professors say 'non' to English - OK, couch, cool, and party — good Germans should not utter such words according to a group of German academics who want to ban select American words from their native tongue and replace them with French equivalents. more...
• French anti-war stance turns into a bomb for businesses dependant on US - A US backlash against French products and businesses has started to bite, dashing hopes in Paris that appeals in the US to punish France economically for opposing the war in Iraq would go unheeded. more...
  

April 2, 2003

• Its name is mud: Sales of French wines and other imports dry up as boycott drags on - The stomachs of American gastronomes -- er, food lovers -- are rumbling, as the boycott against French food spreads like mayonnaise -- uh, an oil and egg emulsion -- across the land.
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• WAR GRAVES DESECRATED - French anti-war protesters have desecrated a cross at a First World War British military cemetery. Slogans were sprayed in red across the base of a large cross marking the entrance of the cemetery in Etaples, near Le Touquet on the Channel coast.
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• Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Baghdad - more...
• Take a break from French bashing - Few people support the coalition effort in Iraq more than I do. But we not only need some TV images that don't show sandstorms and tanks blown apart and buildings on fire, we need a respite from French bashing. more...
  

March 31, 2003

• U.S. companies move ahead with Paris Air Show plans - Despite a major disagreement over France's refusal to back the U.S.-led war on Iraq, U.S. companies say they will attend the Paris Air Show, one of the world's premier showcases for aerospace products. more...
• State snubs French, pushes local wine - A group of state lawmakers want you to boycott French wine because of the French government's opposition to war in Iraq. more...
• US opts for homegrown products - US consumers are hardening their attitude towards products and companies from France and Germany because of those countries' opposition to the allied campaign in Iraq. more...

March 30, 2003

• Nissan downplays French ties - Nissan Motor Co. is playing down the role of its largest shareholder, Renault SA, in a bid to soothe U.S. citizens angered by France's opposition to war in Iraq. more...
• Call for boycotts largely ignored - more...
• Freedom means nothing without dissent - more...
• What's really "UP" with France & Iraq anyway? This is what is up with them. - from 3/14/03 - France, China and Syria all have a common reason for keeping American and British troops out of Iraq: more...
• REVENGE AS FRENCH LOSE £10BN DEAL - Tony Blair has told officials to halt a £10billion defence contract won by a French firm - as revenge for Jacques Chirac's veto on UN backing for the war on Iraq. more...
  

March 29, 2003

• Why Boycotting Wine Won't Work - Alan Reynolds of the Cato Institute explains why boycotting French wine won't work. more...
• Central Lake party store owner says 'au revoir' to French products - Bill Charbonneau says he knows one small party store owner in a small village isn't going to cause shock waves in Paris. more...
• Texans boycott the French - Some Central Texas residents are protesting France's lack of support in the war with Iraq. more...
• It's French's Mustard. What's in a name these days? - more...
  

March 28, 2003

• French government insists it wants U.S. to win war - France's government angrily insisted on Friday that it hopes U.S.-led forces win the war in Iraq, signaling fear in Paris that its image as an untrustworthy friend could seriously damage long-term relations with Washington.
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• French Wine Becomes Target of Texas Politicians - With world tensions running high, a group of conservative Texas politicians believe it's time for Texans to pay a high price. more...
• Wireless technologies caught in Iraq crossfire - A political flap has erupted over Pentagon plans to deploy a GSM cellular network in post-war Iraq. more...
• Eatery’s French flag desecrated - Someone vandalized a French flag that flies outside a local restaurant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. more...
• Distaste for things French? - Retailers in Sacremento, CA with imported goods from France feel some tension these days.
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• French can't wait for the dust to settle - French and United States companies have entered battle over the potentially lucrative business of reconstruction of Iraq after the assumed victory for coalition troops. more...
• 'No French food' for US Marines - Republican members of the US Congress have asked Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to boycott a French firm catering for the US Marines. more...

March 27, 2003

• POSTWAR REVENGE WILL MAKE THE FRENCH TOAST - WHEN President Bush flew to Florida yesterday, Air Force One's menu featured "stuffed freedom toast" since F- - - -h is now a dirty word, but the broader question is how to fry the F- - - -h for stabbing America in the back on Iraq. more...
• Excellent site on French Humor - StrangeCosmos.com
  • Anti French - Parodies and Cartoons
  • Iraq - Saddam Hussein - Gulf War II
• French Boycott C'est Tres Difficile - The US and Great Britain have been blaming France for the diplomatic stalemate in the UN leading up to the war in Iraq. That has lead many people, including some national talk show hosts, to call for a boycott of French products and services. more...
  
  

March 26, 2003

• View this Funny Cartoon from 4Boredom.com - sent in from BL from New York
• French boycott concerns overblown -There's a lot of speculation and some real concern surfacing in Paris that French exporters and their stocks will bear the brunt of U.S. investor anger over President Jacques Chirac's current differences with the Bush administration. more...
• US envoy says French rift will heal - Relations between France and the US have been badly damaged but they will survive the current war in Iraq, US ambassador to France Howard Leach said Monday. more...
• Simply the French - read how a waiter refuses catsup to a US patron. more...

March 25, 2003

• Marines seize hospital hiding Iraqi soldiers - U.S. Marines on Tuesday seized a hospital in Nasiriya and captured nearly 170 Iraqi soldiers who had been staging military operations from the facility, U.S. authorities said. Marines confiscated more than 200 weapons, more than 3,000 chemical suits with masks more...
• French see Bush as the ugly American - article from USA Today 2/13/03 - In France's popular television satire, Les Guignols d'Info (The News Puppets), a Sylvester Stallone puppet struts on screen nightly, threatening to shoot 'em up against the Iraqis. French viewers clutching their sides in laughter understand who the show is lampooning: George W. Bush. more...
• What's This About the Ugly American - The French have the nerve to use the term "Ugly American." Check out our page of the "Beautiful French"
• MONTANA PENSION FUNDS UNCORK FRENCH STOCKS - Montana's pension funds are dumping all their stocks in French companies in a growing public backlash against France. more...
• Death to French fries - This is a war, according to General Tommy Franks, "unlike any other in history". He can say that again. more...
• French writer faces jail for calling Islam 'stupid' - Best-selling French writer Michel Houellebecq appeared in court this week facing the threat of a year in jail and a $51,000 fine because he said in an interview last year that Islam was a "stupid" religion. more...

March 24, 2003

• France's Future Role in Post War Iraq - by Alec Berg of FrenchBoycott.org - France has made deals with the Devil himself, and believes their pre-conflict contracts with Iraq should be honored. more...
• U.S. finds suspected Iraq chemical plant - U.S. forces on Sunday pressed to find the first cache of Saddam Hussein's chemical and biological weapons, seizing a suspected chemical factory in southern Iraq and checking other sites based on leads from captured Iraqis and documents. more...
• U.S. Says Troops Making Rapid Progress in Iraq - The commander of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq (news - web sites) said on Monday his forces had made rapid -- and in some cases dramatic -- progress inside Iraq. more...
• Nissan, Michelin draw heat from French connections - In response to France's strong opposition to the war in Iraq, several Internet sites are calling on Americans to stop buying French products sold in the United States, such as Dannon, Michelin and Nissan. more...
• French 'fried' in public opinion - The French have a long, distinguished heritage in Louisiana, but many area residents aren't too happy with them right now. more...

March 22, 2003

• French under attack on the restaurant front - read about the various boycott issues in Cincinnati. more...
  

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