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A people who have the guts to disagree with Bush. Unlike most other Western European countries, they have never been at war with the USA, and have been actively allied with us in the Revolutionary War and World War I.
The battlefield of Europe: The French generally dislike war due to the fact that almost half of the battles of modern Europe were fought of French soil, and the French civilians have perished by it, on their land, for over two millenia.
The second country (America was the first) to have a major revolution which favored Democracy (it didn't work out all that well). They even gave us an enormous statue for that fact.
So why are we supposed to hate The French?
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The Germanic-speaking descendants of three tribes, the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, who came from Denmark, northwestern Germany, and Holland, who settled in what are now England and southern Scotland in the fifth century, displacing the native Celts. Though they had close cultural ties with Scandinavia, they were on the recieving end of the Viking Raids from 793 to 1066, when the Anglo-Saxon government (now mostly under the control of Vikings) was annihilated by the Normans, a powerful group of French-speaking Vikings.
Beowulf is a notable example of Anglo-Saxon verse.
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1. What francophobes call Le Grande-armee.
2. What France hasn't done in a while.
3. Something that hasn't happened in a very long time.
Napoleon's Frogmarch soundly defeated armies from Russia and Austria at the Battle of Austerlitz.
Germany has invaded France again, they've taken Chirac prisoner, and are currently busy rebuilding the Bastille and melting down the Eiffel Tower for ammo! Looks like time for a Frogmarch!
Our Government's being honest to the people?! That's a Frogmarch!
FOOTNOTE: This is a joke; I don not hate or scorn the French (though I can understand why some people do), and I do not call the French "Frogs" in everyday life. If you care to read my honest view on France and its people, go to (French).
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Historicaly, russia has actually been a very strong country. The person who posted above forgot to list the people who the Russians pwned, aka the Teutonic Knights, the Mongols (eventually, after being beaten by the Mongols for a couple of centuries), King Charles of Sweden, the Prussians, Napoleon, and the Nazis.
Even with all that, Russia, is growing weaker nowadays, mainly because of all the restrictions that other countries put on it.
But I have a hunch that Putin will become the next Tsar of all the Russias.
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Ships used by Scandinavian warriors (Vikings) and traders from the 5th to 12th centuries. They were long (up to 150 feet), and looked much like enormous canoes. They were powered by both oar and sail.
These ships allowed the Vikings to travel to places as far as Iran and Cape Cod. If it wasn't for the Longship, the Vikings would not have been able to become a feared prescence in Europe.
Some facts about Viking longships:
Under certain weather conditions, a Viking Ship can outsail a modern racing yacht!
A ship was considered a Viking chief's most prized posession. They were given names like "Steed of the waves" and "Long Serpent".
They were "Clinker Built", with overlapping strakes running from bow to stern. This allowed them to ride on the waves, instead of being crushed by the vicious North Sea waves.
Though they were very fast, Viking Ships stood very little chance in a naval battle (except against other Vikings.
Without the Viking Ship, there would be no Vikings.
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The Marxist symbol representing the factory workers, the sickle representing the farmers. Together they represent the uninted Proletariat.
This has now become corrupted by greedy tyrants such as Stalin and mao, to be a symbol of corrupt, totalitarian "Communist" dictatorships.
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Faux news
The only two major difference between Fox and The Daily Show:
1. The daily show does not claim to be "fair and Balanced" like Fox does.
2. While John Stewart tells the truth with a major Liberal spin on it, people like Bill O'Reily (affectionately known as Mr. Falafel) tell outright lies.
No wonder the station is named after an animal commonly associated with sneakyness.
Fox News: The foul breath of the neocons
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