terrorist hand clasp?

[Enrique]

I'm just asking...

[madeline_con]

1. Exactly.

France is our "friend".


From the USAID website:

Madagascar
The Development Challenge: Madagascar's new government, led by President Marc Ravalomanana, is demonstrating the will and commitment to tackle the country's immense development challenges, notably widespread poverty and corruption.



Other Donors: Madagascar's major donors are the World Bank, European Union (EU), United Nations System, France, United States, and Japan. The World Bank has identified governance and institutional development as its central theme. The World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and EU provide budget support linked to improved public financial transparency and accountability. The World Bank, EU and France support reform and strengthening of the judicial system. The World Bank also leads efforts to reform the trade in gems.

http://www.usaid.gov/policy/budget/cbj2005/afr/mg.html


More on Madagscar's mineral wealth:



http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Madagascar-MINING.html

[SemiCharmedQuark]

2. Blarg. He looks like an evil little elf.

[stevedeshazer]

3. I thought France was all Freedom Fries and Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys?

Wha happen?

[krispos42]

4. Uh, oh, looks like the French president has "lapels of mass destruction"

Bush will no doubt double Pentagon spending in an attempt to make American lapels wider than French lapels.

And the double row of buttons the French have? Obviously wealthy Americans are going to need another massive tax cut to compete.

[LBJDemocrat]

5. That's not the French president

That's Silvio Berlusconi.

[krispos42]

7. Shhhh...

Don't correct Bush; you'll just make him angry...

[az chela]

6. How pathetic that this joke of a man is doing a farewell tour

and people are actually meeting with him.If I were a dignitary i would refuse to be in the same room with him.
I just hope that noone thinks he is a president but a female imposter