At certain moments, always unforseen, I become happy... I look at the strangers near as if I had known them all my life... everything fills me with affection... It may be an hour before the mood passes, but lately I seem to understand that I enter upon it the moment I cease to hate.
- William Butler Yeats
Please do not call people names on this thread- that includes labeling any group "trash" or any other bigoted name. It doesn't matter if you lean left, or right, or are in the middle- name calling is separate from ideas, and the sooner we realize it, the sooner we can have real discussions and not silly trash fests. There are threads for name calling, and this is not one of them. Thank you ...........................................
Just a friendly American voice to say - Bravo France!! Merci Beaucoup
I'll be toddling off to Cartier to show MY support for France!!! And Yoplait? Well merci for that too, my French brothers and sisters.
Show your solidarity with the French- shop early and often!!! And to help you with your shopping list, here are some excellent French products:
French Products and Companies to Buy lots and lots of: :
** 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) make sure you try the WHIPPED Yoplait- oh my that's good. 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 Got the signature perfume? It's great. 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. Miphisto (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). <b/>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. |