Comments on: Palin and McCain continue to be dumb http://www.lolife.com/2008/10/palin-and-mccain-continue-to-be-dumb/ blunt observations Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:20:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: PA32R http://www.lolife.com/2008/10/palin-and-mccain-continue-to-be-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-1383 PA32R Sun, 31 May 2009 02:14:08 +0000 http://www.lolife.com/blog/?p=778#comment-1383 I know I'm late to the lolife.com election 2008 party, but shouldn't research on the fruit fly in France be funded by, oh, say.. the French? I'm not sure how much U.S. research is funded by the French. As to the Revolutionary War and France's help, it's not untrue but it wasn't done for altruistic reasons. The allies (including the U.S.) won World War 2 with much thanks owing to the Soviet Union, and that was considerably more recent. They didn't turn out to be such reliable allies, did they? I know I’m late to the lolife.com election 2008 party, but shouldn’t research on the fruit fly in France be funded by, oh, say.. the French?

I’m not sure how much U.S. research is funded by the French.

As to the Revolutionary War and France’s help, it’s not untrue but it wasn’t done for altruistic reasons.

The allies (including the U.S.) won World War 2 with much thanks owing to the Soviet Union, and that was considerably more recent. They didn’t turn out to be such reliable allies, did they?

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