Boycott the Frogs

[celticon]

France has every right to disagree with America. But France has moved from simple dissent to active hostility toward America.

French President Chirac warned East European nations that
if they side with America, France will oppose their
membership in the European Union.

This week, William Safire reported in the New York Times
that France has been secretly helping to arm Iraq -- and
has been helping Iraq build long range missiles. These
same missiles may soon be used against American soldiers.

Just as France is exercising its right to disagree,
Americans can exercise their right to boycott -- and avoid
helping companies and countries that do not stand with America.

French Products and Companies to Boycott:

* Air France. Air Liquide. Airbus. Alcatel. Allegra (allergy
medication). Aqualung (including: Spirotechnique, Technisub,
US Divers, and SeaQuest). AXA Advisors

* Bank of the West (owned by BNP Paribas). Beneteau (boats).
BF Goodrich (owned by Michelin). BIC (razors, pens and lighters).
Biotherm (cosmetics). Black Bush. Bollinger (champagne).

* Car & Driver Magazine. Cartier. Chanel. Chivas Regal (scotch).
Christian Dior. Club Med (vacations). Culligan (owned by Vivendi).

* Dannon (yogurt and dairy foods). DKNY. Dom Perignon.
Durand Crystal

* Elle Magazine. Essilor Optical Products. Evian.

* Fina gas stations and Fina Oil (billions invested in
Iraqi oil fields). First Hawaiian Bank.

* George Magazine. Givenchy. Glenlivet (scotch).

* Hennessy. Houghton Mifflin (books). Jacobs Creek (owned by
Pernod Ricard since 1989). Jameson (whiskey).
Jerry Springer (talk show)

* Krups (coffee and cappuccino makers).

* Lancome. Le Creuset (cookware). L'Oreal (health and beauty
products). Louis Vuitton.

* Marie Claire. Martel Cognac. Maybelline. Méphisto (shoes
and clothes). Michelin (tires and auto parts). Mikasa (crystal
and glass). Moet (champagne). Motel 6. Motown Records. MP3.com.
Mumms (champagne).

* Nissan (cars; majority owned by Renault). Nivea.
Normany Butter.

* Parents Magazine. Peugeot (automobiles). Pierre Cardin.
Playstation Magazine. ProScan (owned by Thomson Electronics,
France). Publicis Group (including Saatchi & Saatchi
Advertising).

* RCA (televisions and electronics; owned by Thomson Electronics).
Red Magazine. Red Roof Inns (owned by Accor group in France).
Renault (automobiles). Road & Track Magazine. Roquefort cheese
(all Roquefort cheese is made in France). Rowenta (toasters,
irons, coffee makers, etc.). Royal Canadian.

* Salomon (skis). Sierra Software and Computer Games. Smart &
Final. Sofitel (hotels, owned by Accor). Sparkletts (water,
owned by Danone). Spencer Gifts. Sundance Channel.

* Taylor Made (golf). Technicolor. T-Fal (kitchenware). Total
gas stations.

* UbiSoft (computer games). Uniroyal. Universal Studios (music,
movies and amusement parks; owned by Vivendi-Universal). USFilter.

* Veritas Group. Veuve Clicquot Champagne. Vittel. Vivendi.

* Wild Turkey (bourbon). Woman's Day Magazine.

* Yoplait (The French company Sodiaal owns a 50 percent stake).
Yves Saint Laurent.

* Zodiac Inflatable Boats.


Question; *Why do the Frogs own all these formerly American companies? *Tom Todd

[pRIMrose]

[quote]Question; Why do the Frogs own all these formerly American companies? Tom Todd [QUOTE]

Hi Tom http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wavey.gif

And I'm sure we'd be even more shocked to know how many "formerly American" companies now belong to Germany, Mexico and many others. Daimler/Chrysler comes to mind. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tqrolleyes.gif

And those who have not sold out, have moved out. It's hard to compete with slave labor.

[celticon]

Especially while we protect them from attack at our expense. Tom Todd

[Terri]

I'm going to move this over to Activism. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Der Alte]

A short and simple answer - we have become a nation of consumers, not manufacturers. The bottom line is making money and other countries love to invest in and buy successful American companies. We do the research and build the product(company) and the owners sell to whoever has the big bucks.

[French]

The question is: will you be able to live without buying the products of all our companies?

[celticon]

French; Yes we can, and with the revelations that so many of those companies are French owned I imagine we will create some home grown competition and see how long they last. Tom Todd

[m.s.u.matt]

Good Morning all.

Celticon and everyone else..you can email President Bush. Go to www.probush.com and look for the section that reads contact the President. It gives you phone numbers, fax numbers (so you can fax letters of support) and of course email. I try to email everyday.

Enjoy.

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[azwhitewolf]

Quote[/b] ]The question is: will you be able to live without buying the products of all our companies?

Great question. Here is my list of alternatives. *

French Product (Seperated by dash) - **American product
____
Dannon Yogurt - Yoplait (licensed by General Mills)
Motel 6 or Red Roof Inns - Days Inn, Comfort Inn, Hampton...
Bic Razors, Pens, Highlighters - Gillette, Papermate, Sanford
L'oreal and Maybelline - Revlon, Clinique
Athlete's Foot - Foot Locker, Just for Feet
Michelin, BF Goodrich, Uniroyal - Cooper, Goodyear, Kelly-Springfield
RCA TV's and Applicances - Curtis Mathers TV's, Kenmore Whirpool
(Curtis Mathes TV's available at Kmart)
Sparklettes - Columbo, Aquafina, Desani

Here's a link that updates. Click HERE, then follow the link marked FRENCH BOYCOTT LIST (http://www.howtobuyamerican .com/)

[pRIMrose]

Let's don't stop with the French ~ let's add NBC/MSNBC/National Geographic ~ and Peter Arnott. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smash.gif http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/fire.gif http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/teeth2.gif

[French]

Yes, good job, boys and girls!

But boycott to French products is supported by: US

Anyone else? ..... the silence of the desert....

Boycott to US products is being supported by:

France, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iran, China, ...

Didn't you take a look at those pamphlets about boycott? You should, you'd see who's going to eat your rubbish in some weeks. I'll collect a selection for you. Many nations, many languages, many people fed up.

[m.s.u.matt]

AZ, you left one out. It appears Tony Blair has done a little of his own. Sorry about that defense contract he yanked from France.

[pRIMrose]

http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rotflo.gif You're a hoot French. When I can stop laughing long enough to type................ .....

OK ~ here goes......... let's see, France is about to lose 60 billion dollars worth of contracts with Iraq. No more "hanky panky" with the butcher of Baghdad. They chose irrelevance http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/surrender.gif ~ but what's new? http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laff.gif

[azwhitewolf]

That's MSU - I didn't see that one in time. *

French: *is this what you're referring to?

Quote[/b] ]Boycott to US products is being supported by:

France, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iran, China, ...
So what? *

WE get screwed through trade deals and taxation anyway. *What US products are YOU referring to? *

Oh... you mean FOOD? *

Here's what Egypt is calling to boycott:
Quote[/b] ]The unified list of boycotted products, a copy of which has been received by Islam Online, includes goods considered symbols of U.S. domination. Among them are MacDonald's, Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Arial (Washing powder), Marlboro, Pampers (baby diapers), Heinz productsetc. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rotflo.gif
Islam Online! *Connecting oil moguls and peasants! *"HELLO, YOU'VE GOT SADDAM" http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rotflo.gif Can I get Version 8.0 shipped to my house? I get these silly American versions every week!

Microsoft is a US company, no? *Hey French - what Operating System do YOU use? *Is it a "Symbol of Domination", or does it just make your internet experience a little easier? *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

If you were REALLY patriotic, you'd ditch your Windows and get a Macintosh... oh wait. * Apple is a US company too!

Wow - you're screwed if you want to use a computer. *Well, might I suggest a Commodore 64? *Atari 2600? *
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[celticon]

Arnett is history and Geraldo Rivera is expelled from the theatre also. Maybe they could move to France and apply for citizenship. While we are cleaning house, let's send the U. stinkin N. over to Paris where it could become a museum for world socialism and debauchery. Tom Todd

[pRIMrose]

Quote[/b] ]let's send the U. stinkin N. over to Paris where it could become a museum for world socialism and debauchery.

Works for me! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsup.gif We can put all that office space in New York to better use, that's for sure. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin5.gif

[Charie]

French, I notice that at the bottom of your postings it reads: *All in all, they're only iraqis! * -- * *Is this Saddam Hussein's battle cry? *The only Iraqis he seems to care about are his Elite Republican Guards and even they aren't safe if they put a foot wrong.

BTW, I didn't know that the French had a colony in outer space, which is where you seem to be coming from. Oh, that's right, that's the Ivory Coast, isn't it? My bad. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blush.gif

[Terri]

He's history, Charie!

He didn't have any sound arguments so he just resorted to vulgarities. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[Leelanau]

Dare I hope history for good?? I was beginning to get bored with him/her - lots of mouth/no original thought!

[azwhitewolf]

I still wanted to see how he was going to boycott Microsoft. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rofl.gif

[celticon]

http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin5.gif No one boycott's Microsoft....we have been assimilated....resis tance is futile.

[azwhitewolf]

Quote[/b] ]No one boycott's Microsoft....we have been assimilated....resis tance is futile.
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Well, I'm not so sure, Celticon. *

I haven't seen him around the posts lately.

Maybe he went to "show us!" and unloaded Windows just to spite us - only to afterwards realize that he can't get online to tell us how life is without all those nasty US corporations. * I would say his Microsoft Boycott is, indeed, working!

In OUR benefit, too! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[celticon]

There was an old movie on TV that showed the origins of the term "Boycott". *I think Charles Laughton played the part of the Englishman that was the first to experience the action.
Sir Percival Boycott was a Limey that decided to retire in Ireland to make his family fortune go farther. *He was arrogant, abusive and took great delight in cheating the locals any time he could. *Some of the local lads *planned his demise, but the local priest managed to get them together in the basement of the church and convinced them to try another tactic. *Instead of killing him, the priest said they should just treat him as though he didn't exist. *Don't sell him anything, don't accept his wages as servants, and above all ignore him as though he was not even there. *Boycott soon realized he could not even convince servants from England to come to his estate in Ireland, and he was soon out of food. *Eventually he is shown heading back to Limeyland on his cart with all his possessions. *The boycott only works when ALL the villagers agree to cooperate. *It only takes one opportunist to blow the whole plan. *Tom Todd