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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (89971)	4/4/2003 2:08:02 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

My last 300 mile bike tour (in 1996) was around the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec province. Near the town of Perce there is a small recreation of how cod was treated and prepared for shipping back to Europe, back in the 1700's. Cod was plentiful and there was huge demand for it especially in Catholic Europe (fish on Fridays). Unfortunately, little of the wealth was invested locally; it all went back to the (Belgian, I think) company the French King had granted the cod monopoly to. Typical of French colonialism. Quebec was poor and stayed poor.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (89971)	4/4/2003 2:13:40 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, well, well..Pipes is moving up in the world. Group pans selection of Phila. man for panel By David O'Reilly Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer The White House yesterday announced that President Bush had nominated Daniel Pipes of Philadelphia, a controversial scholar of militant Islam, to the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace. An American Muslim advocacy group that Pipes has called "Osama bin Laden's representatives in Washington" quickly denounced the appointment as "insensitive" and called on Bush to rescind it. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) yesterday described Pipes as "the nation's leading Islamophobe" and an advocate for Israeli interests. Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum, a think tank based in Center City. The Institute of Peace is a Washington-based federal institution, funded entirely by Congress, whose mandate is to promote "peaceful resolutions of international conflicts." "Pipes' nomination sends entirely the wrong message as America seeks to convince Muslims worldwide that the war on terrorism and the war against Iraq are not attacks on Islam," CAIR declared in a statement. CAIR and other Muslim groups say Pipes has made inflammatory assertions about Islam, including his estimate that from 10 to 15 percent of Muslims are militant Islamists. Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for CAIR, said in an interview that he was unfamiliar with the institute "but... it [Pipes' nomination] is bad. "It says: 'We're really not concerned with your [Muslims'] sensitivities. We don't care that you perceive certain actions of the U.S. government as slights to your faith and tradition.' " Reached by phone in Washington, where he had been visiting the institute's headquarters, Pipes yesterday said he has "always distinguished between Islam and militant Islam" in his writings and speeches. "CAIR repeatedly chooses to ignore my assertion that militant Islam is the problem and modern Islam is the solution," he said. With a budget of about $16 million, the Institute of Peace has about 70 employees, many of whom are fellows, and 10 board members. The secretaries of state and defense sit ex officio on the institute's board. The Senate must approve Pipes' appointment.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (89971)	4/4/2003 3:23:55 PM
From: paul_philp	Respond to of 281500

The Quebecois don't like the French either. Oh, but they do love DeGaulle for his 'Vive Le Quebec Libire' speech in 1969. To the degree that Chirac reminds the Quebecois of DeGaulle, they will love him. Also, French Canadians hate the British more than the French. Paul

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (89971)	4/4/2003 7:45:40 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

The French in Nova Scotia seem to like the Acadians in Louisiana. When I visited Fort Louisbourg, the people there were happy to meet me because I am Cajun from Louisiana but disappointed because I don't speak French. I told them that it used to be illegal to speak French in Louisiana schools and the language died out, which is true, although there is a revival - but the children learn the French of France, not real Cajun. One Cajun grandfather, one Croatian grandfather. What does it mean to be an American?-g-