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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 6. November | 108 comments (108 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Aw, come on, Jerome. They're just having a little fun, as far as I can tell. I highly doubt that either Carla Bruni or Michelle Obama gives a damn.

And "(mostly) French"? Don't go all Caribou Barbie on us.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Nov 6th, 2008 at 08:07:19 AM EST
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Re: Shrug (none / 1)

(mostly) because Carla Bruni is Italian, originally.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Thu Nov 6th, 2008 at 08:35:36 AM EST
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Re: Shrug (none / 0)

I know. Just kidding you.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Nov 6th, 2008 at 08:46:55 AM EST
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Hence the Caribou Barbie allusion ... (none / 0)

... to Gov. Palin going on about "real" Americans and, by implication, the majority of us "phony" Americans.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Thu Nov 6th, 2008 at 10:51:13 AM EST
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