Cry me a river , each of your post in the bbs show you need to learn critical thinking.
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And some show you don't even know what you are speaking about :
The crop had no failure just a new predator : Phylloxera
Predator coming from America.
Right,but with grafting an average wine root coming from Arkansas produce real wine.
Without ... well it just Arkansas wine
Thank you very much for your arrogance
The crop had no failure, just a new predator? Nice Wiki search...we all know Phylloxera is in everyones every day vocabulary. Same wiki says exactly what I originally said, the French vineyards suffered greatly. Not know what I am talking about? Same wiki you quote says "
North America". Last I looked Quebec was in
North America. It might be a good idea if you have to google something that you at least quote it right. Try "copy & paste" next time. Nice try...but
FAIL.The last two sentences make absolutely no sense in English. You might want to make a second stab on those. If you are going to be condescending, you might as well get it right linguistically.
Either way (regardless of where he gets his information), it's true, Arkansas & Missouri vineyards did help European growers after their bad years. It's common knowledge around here and I was surprised when those facts were included on a History Channel series called "The States", much less in a wiki. I thought it was just local information.
After 60 years of only growing grapes as a "side", Arkansas & Missouri vineyards are thriving. The wineries around here are becoming real tourist magnets. It's definitely on par with California wines. Domestic wines have had a real boom since the boycott started.
Some of the service folks I talk to say the word on the streets in Iraq is that they appreciate being liberated from an extreme dictator. I cannot be more proud of our American (as well as Allied) service folks. Each American volunteered to am man (and woman) for this service. If they didn't believe in it, they would not have volunteered. I am also proud of the Iraqis who volunteer to step up and be of service to their own fellow citizens.
This wasn't the first time the US sent troops into harms way (and lost many of our servicemen's lives) to liberate a country from a ruthless army under the command of a blood thirsty dictator when the US people had no direct good out of it---we have done it more times than we've wanted to since June 6, 1944.
Back on topic...it's always been a matter of respect for the office of president by Americans out of good manners. We might not like the man after his term(s), but there is still given a matter of respect...which is why former presidents are still referred to as "Mr. President" when being referred to in person.
When President Clinton came back to Hot Springs to visit his seriously ill stepfather, he thanked the nurses who were tending to him (including my wife). Each of them referred to him as "Mr. President" when speaking to him. None of them probably voted for him, but were respectful and showed good manners.
It's the same good manners & respect why you do not see people coming on these forums and making up lies and being disrespectful about your leaders.
ROX
