Skeptic Friends Network

Username:
Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?
Home | Forums | Active Topics | Active Polls | Register | FAQ | Contact Us  
  Connect: Chat | SFN Messenger | Buddy List | Members
Personalize: Profile | My Page | Forum Bookmarks  
 All Forums
 Community Forums
 General Discussion
 France's Chirac: We're here, get used to it!
 New Topic  Topic Locked
 Printer Friendly Bookmark this Topic BookMark Topic
Author Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  

HalfMooner
Dingaling

Philippines
15831 Posts

Posted - 06/26/2006 :  17:04:23  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message
In a charming effort to garner attention for his forgotten little dot of a country, to remind the world that France is still a colonialist power to be reckoned with, and to put his linguistic isolate of a nation on the world map, France's President Jacques Chirac has mandated the creation of a France-and-its-colonies-only rival to Google Earth.

[Backstory note: France is a rarely-noticed nation in the western part of Europe, largely forgotten since the time of Napoleon, except for use by German armies and Lance Armstrong for victory parades, and as an exotic background venue in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.]

France has also been in a snit of late, having failed to garner serious attention from major world terrorist groups, falling far behind the USA, England and even Spain in this important index of international recognition. It is apparently hoped that the higher resolution imaging on Géoportail (a French word, meaning "tail-end of the world") will aid terrorists in selecting and targeting impressive Gallic landmarks.

While the Géoportail Web site doesn't seem to actually work as of this writing, President Chirac has already made his point pour la France.


Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.

Edited by - HalfMooner on 07/04/2006 03:43:35
  Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  
 New Topic  Topic Locked
 Printer Friendly Bookmark this Topic BookMark Topic
Jump To:

The mission of the Skeptic Friends Network is to promote skepticism, critical thinking, science and logic as the best methods for evaluating all claims of fact, and we invite active participation by our members to create a skeptical community with a wide variety of viewpoints and expertise.


Home | Skeptic Forums | Skeptic Summary | The Kil Report | Creation/Evolution | Rationally Speaking | Skeptillaneous | About Skepticism | Fan Mail | Claims List | Calendar & Events | Skeptic Links | Book Reviews | Gift Shop | SFN on Facebook | Staff | Contact Us

Skeptic Friends Network
© 2008 Skeptic Friends Network Go To Top Of Page
This page was generated in 0.05 seconds.
Powered by @tomic Studio
Snitz Forums 2000