I am calling for an american invasion of Europe

[BelgianMadCow]

Those of you who Never Gave Up,
who voted in spite of uncertainty whether it would count,
who have spread the word, or the video, or the blog post,
and who have won a landslide victory over evil
and who have shown to give a damn

please all come on over RIGHT HERE to my place.
You will be greeted as liberators.
I will throw flowers at your feet.
We have excellent beer, chocolate and french fries too.

Those of you who have thrown away the standing or America in the world,
who have ordered war crimes in an illegal war for profit,
and who have used every possible wedge issue to keep the people artificially separated while
trying to keep them dumb consumers,
The Hague has many vacancies.

Flowers? Bruges, Belgium.
Crucifixion? To the left.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. Don't look at him! Come to Brazil instead!

The Pan American Games are next year IN MY TOWN and I want to meet me some DUers!

DO come. All the greets and flowers and good food the other guy promises plus some things you can only find in Brazil! (nudge nudge wink wink) :evilgrin:

[BelgianMadCow]

4. Nooooo! We have better weather

counting on global warming here

:-)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

30. In seven months? Methinks you've watched "The Day After Tomorrow" one too many times.

Rio in June = nice, non-scorching weather.

If you have a Belgian chocolate addiction, just buy it at the duty-free shop!

= :thumbsup:

= :thumbsdown:

[McKenzie]

2. This Brit invaded a couple of times

Spent ages strolling through Bruges looking at the historic architecture (my profession is all about this stuff), loved the decaying seaside resort feel of Ostende and got stuck in Menen on my way to Ypres during a train strike.

I like Belgium and will return one day.

[AspenRose]

3. I dunno....Belgium has some awfully good chocolate.

:D

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. All the more reason to invade.

"We will crush our Belgian enemies, see them driven before us, hear the lamentations of their women, and sample their fine dark chocolate truffles."

-Conan the Barbarian.

[BelgianMadCow]

7. No War For Chocolate!

but if you must, please only SAMPLE as you wrote (had me grinning there).
We do not want permanent bases gobbling up all the good stuff!

[tainted_chimp]

6. Thanks BelgianMadCow!

i'd love to!
i'm a huge fan of your fries, beer and chocolates!!

I still can't believe all that has happened.
and how much there is to do now.

thanks! :toast:

[BelgianMadCow]

9. Welcome!

I'm kinda shellshocked myself. Heard the senate declared democratic while driving home from germany.
I was caught up at work the day after the election. Didn't get around to cheer.

So :toast: back, to you, to the restoration sanity and to lots of help in the nationbuilding.

[Mme. Defarge]

8. Merci Milles Fois Mon Ami!!!

Quite frankly, for the past several years I have been apprehensive about traveling outside the U.S. due to shame over what my country has represented to the rest of the world. Yesterday I posted on the DU that I felt like I was living through the liberation of Paris!

I give thanks to le bon Dieu and my fellow citizens that we have been able to liberate ourselves. If that means liberating the rest of the world, then, on Inauguration Day of the new congress in January I think the world should have one big blow-out celebration bash. Just my opinion.

:party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party:

[BelgianMadCow]

10. Well, there IS a sense of liberation over here

That Rumsfeld stepped down, Pelose became leader, Bolton possibly out was in the news start of the day all day including the senate going dem.

I am sure this is only the beginning, and the fight will not be over anytime soon, but


*wait*


*lemme see here*


Yup, found it
:party:

[deadmessengers]

11. Almost moved to Belgium last year

I almost had the opportunity to take a job in my current employer's office near Brussels (Strombeek-Bever) last year. In the end, the position fell through, but OH MAN do I regret not being able to go. And "AMEN" on the beer and chocolate - Westmalle Tripel has ruined me for all other beers, and the cheap grocery-store chocolate (I liked Cote d'Or) in Belgium is better than most you can get here in the States.

[BelgianMadCow]

15. mmm Tripel yeah killer beer huh

too bad the job fell through. But I think that office is still expanding ;)

[Vidar]

12. Thanks for the offer, BelgianMadCow.

I wish I had the means. I had a lovely time there 27 years ago.

[BelgianMadCow]

16. You're welcome. I came to DU to find SANE americans, and now you

have won an important victory.

Glad you liked it back then. You still would.

I've been to the states only once, 20 years back. Only recently I can consider visiting again.

But the means department will not stretch that far either. Are there some islands in the middle? I'll bring the beer, you get me some BBQ sauce.

[tom_paine]

13. Just might take you up on that offer someday, BMC!

And a thanks to our European friends, lovers of Liberty and friends to the Real America, even as it was being tortured by Tyrants.

There is still so much to do, so much to repair, so much to heal and so much, yes, to fight for.

We Americans who stood tall on Tuesday thank all the Eurpeans here who lent us their light when it was darkest, who lent us their hope when it was most hopeless.

We will never forget the fondness for Free Europe.

[BelgianMadCow]

17. Not a problem

the small garden house I wrote about in one of my first DU posts finally got cleaned up.

Old Europe has some demons of its own to fight. And working class people (or working class minded) are in the same boat all over the world.

[tabasco]

14. Nice !

I'd be happy to visit Belgium. Been there before & love it.

Thank you for your support. :hi:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

18. I plan to invade Paris again next year.

Already have my reservations, ooh la la!!

[conscious evolution]

19. Bruges?!?!?! I been there!!

Great town.
great beer.
great chocolate.

Belgium is on my short list of countries if I ever felt the need to leave the US.

[suffragette]

20. Mmmm. Fries with mayo

Belgian fries are definitely the best.
My mouth is watering at the memory of them.

[BelgianMadCow]

23. homemade mayo

and fresh cut french fries.

Now I'm hungry. Thanks a bunch! :-)

[txindy]

21. Sounds like a plan to me.

Who am I to turn down flowers and chocolate?

I'll bring the party hats!

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

22. Great Idea!

You know, in 2004, I went to Lyon by circuitous means, and after there for awhile, invited my mother to visit. She did come, braving the ferocious cold of the Rhone Valley, and we spent the Christmas Holidays together.

She had been very anxious about me, abroad for the first time, and I knew she would not ever stop worrying about me until she saw my circumstances and met my friends. Also, I thought, it would be a good foil for the 2004 elections: if we won, she could do a victory lap, and if we lost, she could take her mind off the defeat. She was 87 years old.

We began every morning with a few chocolates and a stiff jolt or two of grog. We haunted the rues of les Pentes de la Croix Rousse, the birthplace of modern Socialism.

It was a joy and an education, as in France, there is much more public self=expression and political awareness, generally.

I think, BMC, that there are many DUers who would love to spend an hour or two with you in some sidewalk seat, watching the world go by...

[BelgianMadCow]

26. Ah la douce France...

I can see those are some good memories.

And you strike a chord with the sidewalk seat watching the world go by.

I just love doing that, essential part of holiday for me. Sitting on the low stone wall at the seafront in Nice at sunset as everybody is parading along...or on any terrace really...read some...talk some...drink some...ah well aperitif time...eat some...rinse & repeat.

But grog in the morning? really now :-)

:hi:

[porphyrian]

24. You guys have the waffles, right? - n/t

[BelgianMadCow]

27. Yup. Nuff said

somehow, my threads like this often turn into things that make people gain weight by READING them :-)

[Arugula Latte]

25. That is a wonderful offer!

I would love to come to La Belgique!

Believe me, in our darkest hours here in the Fascist Republic of Bushland, the support from wonderful people around the world kept us hopeful and inspired! :toast:

[BelgianMadCow]

28. In our darkest hour, you were there for us as well.

Be sure that is not forgotten. I have often said we would reciprocate. This is a small part of it.

Drop me a line if you plan to come across the pond.

:toast:

[BelgianMadCow]

29. DUers passing through belgium can always drop me a line

off to bed

:hi:

PS : If you are part of the Bush*co cabal, you will even get a free train trip to juuust a lil north of here.