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2004-11-04 Europe
Washington Recognizes Macedonia, Greeks Seethe
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Posted by Steve 2004-11-04 10:44:36 AM|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Hail, hail Freedonia!
Posted by mojo  2004-11-04 11:16:29 AM||   2004-11-04 11:16:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't recall any childish outburst from Mexico with the 47th State of the Union named New Mexico. Not that I care, but just don't recall.
Posted by Don 2004-11-04 11:23:07 AM||   2004-11-04 11:23:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 LOL! Watch out Bushitler has lit the powder puff of Europe.
Posted by Shipman 2004-11-04 11:23:57 AM||   2004-11-04 11:23:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 It is about time.....The ancients didn't accept Macedonia (Phillipe/Alexander's)as Greek, to them they were barbarians...
Posted by Dan 2004-11-04 11:33:31 AM||   2004-11-04 11:33:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 W to Greece: Grow up
Posted by Frank G  2004-11-04 11:40:18 AM||   2004-11-04 11:40:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 What has Greece done for us lately?
Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-11-04 11:52:32 AM|| [http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentEvents/]  2004-11-04 11:52:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Dan - No kidding. The Greeks looked down on the Macedonians until Alex went on the biggest joyride in history. Then suddenly he's on of the boys...
Posted by Laurence of the Rats  2004-11-04 11:56:31 AM|| [http://www.punictreachery.com/]  2004-11-04 11:56:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Washington's move short-circuited deliberations by the United Nations ....

Memo to the U.N.
Posted by AzCat 2004-11-04 12:01:41 PM||   2004-11-04 12:01:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Anybody else going to watch History channels special on Alex?

Posted by raptor 2004-11-04 12:39:31 PM||   2004-11-04 12:39:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Nah. I read the book.
Posted by Fred  2004-11-04 1:05:17 PM||   2004-11-04 1:05:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Showoff.
Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-11-04 1:16:58 PM||   2004-11-04 1:16:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Yeah! Who knew Frank could read?...
Posted by mojo  2004-11-04 1:45:02 PM||   2004-11-04 1:45:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Say what?
Posted by Frank G  2004-11-04 1:53:30 PM||   2004-11-04 1:53:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 You could decorate the whole country in calico and call it "Aunt Florence" for all I care.
Posted by Mike  2004-11-04 3:37:34 PM||   2004-11-04 3:37:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 If they were smart they'd call it The Grand Duchy of Fenwick.
Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-11-04 3:53:29 PM||   2004-11-04 3:53:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 But I really like those Macedonia nuts...
Posted by tu3031 2004-11-04 4:14:55 PM||   2004-11-04 4:14:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Dang, I expected to see 100+ comments on this (y'all know why..heh heh heh).
Posted by Pappy 2004-11-04 10:18:02 PM||   2004-11-04 10:18:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Why do this?

"Macedonia is also a member of the U.S.-led military alliance in Iraq and was recently visited by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for a medal award ceremony. The vast majority of Greeks, by contrast, opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq."

There's your answer...actions have consequences.

Pappy - you stirrer! (tut tut tut)

mojo, I think you mean Fred, not Frank...
Posted by Tony (UK)  2004-11-04 10:34:11 PM||   2004-11-04 10:34:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 And in the second act after the election, the Bush administration now recognizes the Former Republic of Greece as Lesbos.
Posted by C. Powell 2004-11-04 10:40:54 PM||   2004-11-04 10:40:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Whenever I see the phrase "NATO ally" in the news I know that what follows is a story of seething or betrayal or both.
Posted by Classical_Liberal 2004-11-04 11:50:02 PM||   2004-11-04 11:50:02 PM|| Front Page Top

00:08 Kalle (kafir forever)
00:06 Asedwich
23:55 Kalle (kafir forever)
23:50 Classical_Liberal
23:41 Pappy
23:37 AzCat
23:37 Kalle (kafir forever)
23:35 Darth VAda
23:27 Anon1
23:23 Pappy
23:16 Mike Sylwester
23:14 Pappy
23:13 Zenster
23:09 Zenster
23:07 Darth VAda
23:05 Pappy
23:01 Classical_Liberal
22:54 Old Grouch
22:50 98zulu
22:49 Anonymoose
22:48 RWV
22:47 smn
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