FIFA 2010
Editorials, Sports - Tweet this! June 11th, 2010World soccer can whip up a nationalist frenzy like nothing else. This is also a time when French Bashing becomes popular in many circles; sports writers and commentators for instance. This year will be no exception if France qualifies for the next rounds. wins, loses or … does anything at all really.
A reminder of things past:
- In 2006, even in Canada, we had to contend with snide comments from George Stroumboulopoulous (who never apologized) and Bob Magee at CHFI (who apologized graciously).
- In 1998, France’s win against Brazil marked the beginning of a new wave of surrender jokes in America including Letterman’s Top Ten: “Top Ten Signs France Is Celebrating Their Soccer Victory: 8. Surrendering to Germany.”
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July 11th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Je viens de découvrir qu’il fallait payer maintenant pour avoir accès au blog de Bremner.
J’espère que ça va faire baisser la fréquentation de ce blog nauséabond.
J’espère surtout que les français qui participaient à ce blog ne vont pas accapter de payer pour se faire insulter par des xénophobes comme rocket et les autres.
Murdoch et sa bande de raclures sont assez riches comme ça.
July 11th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Je viens de découvrir qu’il fallait payer maintenant pour avoir accès au blog de Bremn er.
J’espère que ça va faire baisser la fréquentation de ce blog nauséabond.
J’espère surtout que les français qui participaient à ce blog ne vont pas accepter de payer pour se faire insulter par des xénophobes comme r ocket et les autres.
Murdoch et sa bande de raclures sont assez riches comme ça.
July 27th, 2010 at 12:41 am
An elderly French citizen is murdered by Al-Qeda. Anti-French Americans celebrate. In other news, recently the Lebanese government is increasingly worried over4 the anti-French stance by Hezbollah after attacks on French UNIFIL troops. It is plainly obvious to everyone with half a brain, that American Conservatives /Republicans have more in common with Hezbollah terrorists than they care to admit.
France has been fighting Islamic terrorism LONG before 9/11, but you wouldn’t know that by reading comments on the Fox”News” website. Question, can hezbollah sleeper cells in the US register as Republicans in time for the next elections? Palin may need them.