Fun with Politics (33)

I heard on Lou Dobbs that everyone in America should be outraged that the Air Force is commissioning refueling planes from France.

 

I don’t know, what’s the big deal? I assume they did their research, and the planes in France must be better, if that’s where they’re going to get them. If I were an Air Force pilot, I certainly wouldn’t want an iffy refueling plane hovering besides me in Afghani airspace. Now, don’t get mad; you know I’m right.  All this talk about buying locally made stuff is all good and well, but I’m sure the Chinese don’t want their tykes playing with Thomas the Train toys either, even if they were made in the factory where mommy has been making $0.15 an hour for the past ten years.

 

Maybe there is another reason: The planes in France must be prettier. After all, this is the home of Coco Chanel, and Yves Saint Laurent.  A French woman won the Best Actress Oscar this year.  France was right about the war in Iraq.  France has been able to do what some of us in America can only dream of: elect a Jewish President.  France has the Louvre, and the Centre Pompidou; it has castles and palaces, it has history and culture. Granted, they also have the Eiffel tower, but we can forgive them for that.

 

Remember Freedom fries? Anybody who wants to get upset over this whole Air Force non-scandal should protest, not by giving them a snarky nickname, but by not eating them at all. That way, at least the French can’t make fun of you for being fat.