http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/2/17/235010
America may be currently on a hate-the-French kick, but France's president swears he likes America and despite his nation's reputation for haute cuisine the one-time Howard Johnson's soda jerk says he also loves our junk food. In an interview published in the Feb. 17 issue of Time magazine President Jacques Chirac insisted that despite our differences over Iraq, France is not anti-American. "It's a true friend of the United States and always has been," Chirac said. "It is not France's role to support dictatorial regimes in Iraq or anywhere else. Nor do we have any differences over the goal of eliminating Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. For that matter, if Saddam Hussein would only vanish, it would without a doubt be the biggest favor he could do for his people and for the world. But we think this goal can be reached without starting a war. . "I've known the U.S. for a long time. I visit often, I've studied there, worked as a forklift operator for Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis and as a soda jerk at Howard Johnson's. I've hitchhiked across the whole United States; I even worked as a journalist and wrote a story for the New Orleans Times-Picayune on the front page. I know the U.S. perhaps better than most French people, and I really like the United States. I've made many excellent friends there, I feel good there. I love junk food, and I always come home with a few extra pounds. I've always worked and supported transatlantic solidarity. When I hear people say that I'm anti-American, I'm sad - not angry, but really sad." xponent French Fries Maru rob ________________________________ You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
