Boycotting French And German Products......
 

Hmmm...this is pretty interesting.....

In the last several days I've dropped by my local fave Chicago wine and food
purveyors (Sam's, Binny's, Treasure Island Supermarkets...). These are
high - end retailers who sell wine, cheese, food, etc. to a sophisticated
urban clientele...a typically "liberal" urban demographic that is comprised
of highly educated folks (many of whom are Jewish...)....

I talked to the gals and guys who do the buying for these US
stores....without skipping a BEAT they all said that sales of French and
German products are down DRASTICALLY...not because of the "bad economy",
but because many Americans are fed up with the anti - US shenanigans that
some in the EU are promulgating...so people are putting the kibbosh on
French and German and Belgian wines, beers, cheeses, and the like........

The demographic that buys these products is highly educated, *not* a bunch
of Texas rednecks.....

The guy I talked to at one of the big liquor stores said that sales of Czech
and Russian and English and Polish and Japanese, etc. beers were
UP...likewise sales of Australian and New Zealand wines were UP by a factor
of two - three...wholesalers are *cancelling* any orders for French and
German stuff...in fact one guy told me "NO one is ordering French wine or
cheese anymore...I've had many of my accounts tell me 'Screw French or
German, etc. products'...if I depended on peddling French or German products
at this time, I would be BROKE......"

One caterer friend who does lots of high end events told me: "We now have a
standing order: NO French or German wines, cheeses, etc.for any of our
clients..NO EXCEPTIONS...people are fed up...such products are not even to
be OFFERED."

Just thought I would share something here that until now has not been
reported in the "liberal" US media.....

--
Best
Greg

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 08:04:49 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
wrote:

    >Hmmm...this is pretty interesting.....
    >In the last several days I've dropped by my local fave Chicago wine and food
    >purveyors (Sam's, Binny's, Treasure Island Supermarkets...). These are
    >high - end retailers who sell wine, cheese, food, etc. to a sophisticated
    >urban clientele...a typically "liberal" urban demographic that is comprised
    >of highly educated folks (many of whom are Jewish...)....
    >I talked to the gals and guys who do the buying for these US
    >stores....without skipping a BEAT they all said that sales of French and
    >German products are down DRASTICALLY...not because of the "bad economy",
    >but because many Americans are fed up with the anti - US shenanigans that
    >some in the EU are promulgating...so people are putting the kibbosh on
    >French and German and Belgian wines, beers, cheeses, and the like........
[snip]

I hereby vow to increase purchases of products from those countries
(which in practice is likely to mainly mean France).

Michael, an American who says Thank Goodness for the French, German,
and Belgian governments for accurately representing their people and
talking sobrely and sensibly.

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

Pan wrote:


    > I hereby vow to increase purchases of products from those countries
    > (which in practice is likely to mainly mean France).
    > Michael, an American who says Thank Goodness for the French, German,
    > and Belgian governments for accurately representing their people and
    > talking sobrely and sensibly.

You louche STINKIN' Euroweenie DOUCHE bag -- you can't even spell
"sobrely".....SHEESH..!!!!!

--
Best
Greg "GAWD...!!!"

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

    > > I hereby vow to increase purchases of products from those countries
    > > (which in practice is likely to mainly mean France).
    > >
    > > Michael, an American who says Thank Goodness for the French, German,
    > > and Belgian governments for accurately representing their people and
    > > talking sobrely and sensibly.
    > You louche STINKIN' Euroweenie DOUCHE bag -- you can't even spell
    > "sobrely".....SHEESH..!!!!!

Resorting to the smelling pisstake argument now are we? Couldn't you think
of anything better ?

Anyway, that all means we get more French cheese and German wines to
ourselves.
Tim.

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 08:24:25 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
wrote:

    >Pan wrote:
    >> I hereby vow to increase purchases of products from those countries
    >> (which in practice is likely to mainly mean France).
    >> Michael, an American who says Thank Goodness for the French, German,
    >> and Belgian governments for accurately representing their people and
    >> talking sobrely and sensibly.
    >You louche STINKIN' Euroweenie DOUCHE bag -- you can't even spell
    >"sobrely"

Huh? I guess you want "soberly." Of course, you always spell
everything accurately in American English, right?

    >.....SHEESH..!!!!!
    >--
    >Best
    >Greg "GAWD...!!!"

Best? Hardly.

I'm a New Yorker and lived through months of Hell after the
destruction of the World Trade Center, you extremist moron! :-)

But all my best, you ****in' idiot! [chuckle]

Michael

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

In article ,
Gregory Morrow writes
    >One caterer friend who does lots of high end events told me: "We now have a
    >standing order: NO French or German wines, cheeses, etc.for any of our
    >clients..NO EXCEPTIONS...people are fed up...such products are not even to
    >be OFFERED."



I now have a principle by which I buy products, too.

I buy only EU products. Guess why.
--
Marie Lewis

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

In article ,
Gregory Morrow writes
    >You louche STINKIN' Euroweenie DOUCHE bag -- you can't even spell
    >"sobrely".....SHEESH..!!!!!


I am always impressed by the elegant way in which you express yourself,
and your open-mindedness.

N.B. This is "irony." Look that up in a dictionary. A dictionary is a
book which explains the meaning of words. You may find one in one of
your US large cities.
--
Marie Lewis

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

Marie Lewis wrote:

    > I now have a principle by which I buy products, too.
    >
    > I buy only EU products. Guess why.
    > --
    > Marie Lewis

I refused to buy products made in Libya or Iraq.
As far as I know, the governments of France and Germany are assisting
terrorists, so there is no reason not to buy from them.

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 09:32:00 +0100, "Tim"
wrote:

    >Anyway, that all means we get more French cheese and German wines to
    >ourselves.


German wines, you should be arrested by the taste police ?

JH

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

mrtravel wrote:
    > As far as I know, the governments of France and Germany are assisting
    > terrorists, so there is no reason not to buy from them.

Nobody is assisting Iraq. But except for USA, UK and Australia, the rest of
the world wants a fair process for Iraq which does not penalise the country
and its citizens unnecessarily.

Just because you are opposed to the Bush Jr plans does not mean you are
pro-Iraq. This is a mistake made by americans who don't see why it is wrong
for the USA to want so desperatly to attack.

I find it ironic that americans are so quick to discredit France, China,
Russia, Germany and others instead of demanding real explanatiosn from their
government. Generally, citizens of a country do not truist their own
government and this is why there is an opposition and media to keep an eye on
the government.

But since 9-11, there has been no official opposition, neither political or
media to whatever Bush Jr says and this has resulted in the american public
being brainwashed.

For those who have not heard it, Nelson Mandela had publicly called for Bush
Jr to be tried for GENOCIDE should he attempt to invade Iraq without UN approval.

Whether you agree with this or not, the USA has a serious image problem
outside of its borders and it MUST deal with that image problem before it
deals with Iraq.

The security council was formed with the idea of preventing a single rogue
country from taking actions against world peace. This is why there are veto
powers given to strategic members. The security council has often been stopped
by a single veto from the USA (notably for Israel issues where the USA
protects Isreal from UN sanctions). Now, there are possibly 4 countries
willing to use VETO to prevent the USA from waging war.

The USA citizens should really demand explanations from their president on why
the USA would be willing to overrule the veto or 4 large nations and still go
ahead with unilateral war against Iraq. Doing so would undoubtedly result in
the rest of the world disregarding a USA veto the next time a resolution in
blocked by the USA only.

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

    > >Anyway, that all means we get more French cheese and German wines to
    > >ourselves.

    > German wines, you should be arrested by the taste police
    > JH

I take it you've never had Liebfraumilch in summer.
--Katrina

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

"Gregory Morrow" wrote in
news:[email protected]:


    > The demographic that buys these products is highly educated, *not* a
    > bunch of Texas rednecks.....
    >
    > The guy I talked to at one of the big liquor stores said that sales of
    > Czech and Russian and English and Polish and Japanese, etc. beers
    > were UP..

Can't be that "highly educated" if they don't know Russia is pretty much
siding with France and Germany.

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

In article , John Hill
writes
    >German wines, you should be arrested by the taste police ?
Is this a question or a statement?
--
Marie Lewis

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

In article , mrtravel
writes
    >As far as I know, the governments of France and Germany are assisting
    >terrorists, so there is no reason not to buy from them.
Have you, perchance omitted the word "not"?
--
Marie Lewis

Re: Boycotting French And German Products......
 

"Gregory Morrow" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Hmmm...this is pretty interesting.....
    > In the last several days I've dropped by my local fave Chicago wine and
food
    > purveyors (Sam's, Binny's, Treasure Island Supermarkets...). These are
    > high - end retailers who sell wine, cheese, food, etc. to a sophisticated
    > urban clientele...a typically "liberal" urban demographic that is
comprised
    > of highly educated folks (many of whom are Jewish...)....
    > I talked to the gals and guys who do the buying for these US
    > stores....without skipping a BEAT they all said that sales of French and
    > German products are down DRASTICALLY...not because of the "bad economy",
    > but because many Americans are fed up with the anti - US shenanigans that
    > some in the EU are promulgating...so people are putting the kibbosh on
    > French and German and Belgian wines, beers, cheeses, and the like........
    > The demographic that buys these products is highly educated, *not* a bunch
    > of Texas rednecks.....
    > The guy I talked to at one of the big liquor stores said that sales of
Czech
    > and Russian and English and Polish and Japanese, etc. beers were
    > UP...likewise sales of Australian and New Zealand wines were UP by a
factor
    > of two - three...wholesalers are *cancelling* any orders for French and
    > German stuff...in fact one guy told me "NO one is ordering French wine or
    > cheese anymore...I've had many of my accounts tell me 'Screw French or
    > German, etc. products'...if I depended on peddling French or German
products
    > at this time, I would be BROKE......"
    > One caterer friend who does lots of high end events told me: "We now have
a
    > standing order: NO French or German wines, cheeses, etc.for any of our
    > clients..NO EXCEPTIONS...people are fed up...such products are not even to
    > be OFFERED."
    > Just thought I would share something here that until now has not been
    > reported in the "liberal" US media.....
    > --
    > Best
    > Greg

It's a good thing that we look the other way when 14-year-old girls are
making our sneakers on slave wages in Malaysia. Or China.