A friend in London has pointed out that perhaps Bush and Chirac weren't 
discussing Louisiana after all:

>At 21:45 2005-09-21 -0400, Fritz Efaw wrote:
>Very good Fritz.
>Last time we saw this picture they seemed to be negotiating the fate of 
>Belgium ( see 
>http://geopolmedia.free.fr/geopolitics/geopolitique%20France%202005.html ).
>
>Greetings
>Séamus MacBride
>