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Friday, March 20, 2009
John McCaslin :: Townhall.com Columnist
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Regarding the AIG bonus bonanza and numerous economic bailout packages, a Tennessee constituent of Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn said it best when he told the congresswoman: "I'm tired of the government spending money I have not made yet for programs I don't want."

HERE WE GO AGAIN

Once again, as often happens when the going gets tough, France and everything "French" gets a share of the blame.

When President Bush marched into Baghdad and France didn't follow, the French became adversaries. To the extent that potato-loving Americans stopped ordering "french fries" in favor of "freedom fries."

Now here we bob in the turbulent wake of the AIG bailout and the French are again the enemy.

"AIG took bailout money and then gave millions to executives in bonuses," Rep. Ted Poe, Texas Republican, noted this week. "To make matters worse, AIG gave bailout money to foreign banks, like in France."

And?

"The French are the same people who vilify the United States, blame the world's problems on us, and have a disdain for everything American," he said. "I think the U.S. has bailed out France enough. We helped save France in World War I, saved them again in World War II, and took over in Vietnam after they failed there - but with little or no gratitude from the French!"

BRAIN AWARENESS

It should not go unnoticed that 45-year-old actress Natasha Richardson died of her head injury during Brain Awareness Week.

Rep. Joe Sestak, Pennsylvania Democrat and a military veteran, pointed out the same day Miss Richardson succumbed to her ski-related injury that out of the 1.8 million American men and women who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan, an astonishing 360,000 "have returned with a brain injury."

Approximately 90,000 of the troops will have "lasting" brain damage, the Pentagon confirms.

MARINE PROMOTION

Speaking of the U.S. military, as of this week there are 100 congressional co-sponsors of legislation to redesignate the Department of the Navy to be the "Department of the Navy and Marine Corps."

The Marine Corps is a legally distinct military service within the Department of the Navy, although the National Security Act of 1947 defines the Marine Corps, Navy, Army and Air Force as the nation's four services. Continued...
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John McCaslin is a contributing columnist on Townhall.com and author of Inside The Beltway: Offbeat Stories, Scoops, and Shenanigans from around the Nation's Capital .

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Reply # 1
Date: Mar 22, 2009 - 1:42 PM EST
France: whose side is it on?
RE France: in the Falklands War, British soldiers found themselves strafed by French-made aeroplanes, and these planes sand the HMS Sheffield with French-made Exocet missiles.

Furthermore, France continued to arm Iraq after Western countries (including itself) had agreed not to sell arms to the country, with the result that American forces personnel as well as British found themselves facing French-made matériel.
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Date: Mar 21, 2009 - 10:30 PM EST
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Well, a couple of interesting articles inserted into what is normally pretty pointless.

Thanks for using your instincts and not just putting in stuff.
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