bodypilot90 0 #1 May 15, 2003 Here's a reminder that too many French companies are taking your American dollars back to France. Every dollar, held by a foreign entity, is an 'uncashed check' against the health of our economy. Air France Air Liquide Airbus (airplanes in commericial use) 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 Perigonon (champagne) Durand Crystal Elle Magazine Essilor Optical Products Evian Fina (petroleum products) and Fina Oil (billions invested in Iraqi oil fields) First Hawaiian Bank George Magazine Givenchy Glenlivet (scotch) Hennessy (liquor products) 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 Mephisto (shoes & clothes) Michelin (tires & 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 & Saatachi Advertising) RCA (television & electronics - owned by Thomson Electronics - France) Red Magazine Red Roof Inns (owned by Accor group in France) Renault (automobiles) Roquefort cheese (all Roquefort cheese is made in France) Rowenta (toasters, irons, coffe makers, Royal Canadian Salomon (skis) Sierra Software & Computer Games Smart & Final Sofitel (hotels, owned by Accor group) Sparkletts (water, owned by Danone) Spencer Gifts. Sundance Channel Taylor Made (gold clubs & equipment) Technicolor T-Fal (kitchenware Total Gas Stations UbiSoft (computer games) Uniroyal (tires) Universal Studios (music, movies and amusement parks - owned by Vivendi US Filter Veritas Group Veuve Clicquot Champagne Vittel Vivendi Wild Turkey (bourbon) Woman's Day Magazine Yoplait (The French company Sodiaal owns a 50% stake) Yves Saint Laurent Zodia Inflatable Boats Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meathorse 0 #2 May 15, 2003 Why just pick on the French here? I'm sure they buy American stuff anyways. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #3 May 15, 2003 Quote Aqualung I never knew Jethro Tull where French... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laurel 0 #4 May 15, 2003 I'm not a huge fan of SOME Frenchmen, either, but I think there are more positive ways we can better our relationship with them. Unless they get really mouthy and then we can sic the Germans on them - Just kidding...................................................................... PMS#28, Pelogrande Rodriguez#1074 My Pink M Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot90 0 #5 May 15, 2003 I'll add more lists. But remember the what the french did to help SH in Iraq next time the dig up a mass grave. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meathorse 0 #6 May 15, 2003 QuoteBut remember the what the french did to help SH in Iraq next time the dig up a mass grave. What'd they do? Supply the Republican Guard with Jethro Tull CDs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r2hubert 0 #7 May 15, 2003 Hahahaha!!! Dude you crack me up with your posts... And the best is I'm sure you are serious when you post those... -- Renaud SMA #9 "Mind is like parachute. It only functions when it's open." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crapflinger2000 1 #8 May 15, 2003 In a global economy, boycotts along national lines hurt EVERYONE. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dterrick 0 #9 May 15, 2003 Quote I never knew Jethro Tull where French Jethro Tull was English Jethro Tull (1674-1741) Born: 1674 at Basilson, Berkshire Agriculturalist Died: 1741 at Hungerford, Berkshire Jethro Tull (1674-1741), born in Basildon in 1674, was a major pioneer in the modernisation of agriculture. The son of a Berkshire farmer, he trained for a legal career, but financial problems compelled him to opt instead for farming. Determined to improve agricultural methods and increase yields, Tull experimented at Howberry farm, Crowmarsh, near Wallingford with a seed-drill which could sew three rows of seeds simultaneously. Later, he devised a horse-drawn hoe to clear away weeds. In 1731, Tull published his ideas about farming and plant nutrition in The New Horse Houghing Husbandry: or, an Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation'. Despite initial resistance to Tull's revolutionary ideas, they were eventually adopted by large landowners, and in time formed the basis of modern agriculture. Tull died at Prosperous Farm, near Hungerford on 21 February 1741. *** History leson over. Now about your conjugation Seb... (please throw me out of the plane for being a smartass) Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #10 May 15, 2003 I was just kiddin homie dang shii-it gettin serious up in this mofo.. Now come on over to my crib there shii-iiit cause like I got me some Hennesey he-ere see... Check it, cause I'm just a Frenchie who's on the mic check it... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith 0 #11 May 15, 2003 me thinks he meant this jethro tull http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1033921&cc=USDKeith Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,463 #12 May 15, 2003 And if you feel like boycotting companies who helped Iraq, here are a few more companies that sold weapons components to Hussein: Halliburton (nuclear trigger devices) Dow Chemical (chemical weapon precursors) Bell Helicopter (stripped versions of military helicopters) Alcolac International (mustard gas precursors) Nu Kraft Mercantile Corp (mustard gas precursors) American Type Culture Collection of Maryland and Virginia (live anthrax) All the US companies listed below sold chemical or biological weapons materials to Iraq: Celery Corp Matrix-Churchill Corp Sullaire Corp Pure Aire Posi Seal, Inc Union Carbide Evapco Gorman-Rupp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #13 May 15, 2003 Ok, i was fine with this until i saw Wild Turkey on the list. I must confess, i will not give up my turkey!!! Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigben 0 #14 May 15, 2003 QuoteI'll add more lists. But remember the what the french did to help SH in Iraq next time the dig up a mass grave. Emperor: "Good! I can feel your anger. Take your weapon--strike me down with all of your hatred and your journey to the dark side will be complete." -Ben Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #15 May 15, 2003 I had no idea there was another... Honest. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crapflinger2000 1 #16 May 15, 2003 I thought we had established a nice practice of not replying to crazy-cakes posts like this. Ooops, I guess I am guilty too. Aw hell. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dunesurfer 0 #17 May 15, 2003 Sorry but I take issue with this one: Nissan (cars - majority owned by If nissan were owned in majority by renault the car lines would share a common platform on some of the models. They do not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #18 May 15, 2003 Actually after reading through the whole post again, I was like dayum the French got it goin on with some coolio companies... I didn't notice if you included any canopy or rig manufacturers on that post either. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #19 May 15, 2003 QuoteAnd if you feel like boycotting companies who helped Iraq, here are a few more companies that sold weapons components to Hussein: Halliburton (nuclear trigger devices) Dow Chemical (chemical weapon precursors) Bell Helicopter (stripped versions of military helicopters) Alcolac International (mustard gas precursors) Nu Kraft Mercantile Corp (mustard gas precursors) American Type Culture Collection of Maryland and Virginia (live anthrax) All the US companies listed below sold chemical or biological weapons materials to Iraq: Celery Corp Matrix-Churchill Corp Sullaire Corp Pure Aire Posi Seal, Inc Union Carbide Evapco Gorman-Rupp Billvon's right - there's plenty to go around without having to single out a particular country. Some, however, are dirtier than others. It's more a matter of degree than of innocence."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racer42 0 #20 May 15, 2003 YOU..... are a man of PRINCIPLE!!!L.A.S.T. #24 Co-Founder Biscuit Brothers Freefly Team Electric Toaster #3 Co-Founder Team Non Sequitor Co-Founder Team Happy Sock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racer42 0 #21 May 15, 2003 You ever heard of the phrase "let it go".??L.A.S.T. #24 Co-Founder Biscuit Brothers Freefly Team Electric Toaster #3 Co-Founder Team Non Sequitor Co-Founder Team Happy Sock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #22 May 15, 2003 And in case you forget...the people that work for these companies over here, and the companies that sell their products are Americans and will be the ones most hurt by a successful boycott. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfc 0 #23 May 15, 2003 Quote You ever heard of the phrase "let it go".?? Sadly this is all some people have, to let it go would mean that life would have no meaning for them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #24 May 15, 2003 those are all good reasons for a boycott. I havent bought a damn thing since last august.... Im sure someone felt my wrath! or was the smelt my wrath...I should go buy some hygiene products I know the french dont use them! My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot90 0 #25 May 15, 2003 Quote I didn't notice if you included any canopy or rig manufacturers on that post either. friend don"t let friends jump french Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
