Freedom fries on the march.
By on Aug 2nd, 2006 at 10:10 am
Freedom fries on the march.
“Freedom fries” and “freedom toast” are off the congressional menu. “Three years after House Republicans trumpeted the new names to get back at the French for snubbing the coalition of the willing in Iraq,” both fries and toast have been returned to their traditional names.
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Never doubt the courage of the French — they discovered snails were edible. :)
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:17 amNever doubt the cleverness of the French…they’ve duped everyone else into thinking snails are a delicacy.
^_^
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:21 amyou know why?
Cause France was right
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:25 am#2 – I’d tip my hat to you, Trip, if I had a hat. :)
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:26 amCUT -N- RUN!!
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:26 amThis is it! WE’VE LOST! The Jihadis will be landing in Florida! They’re at my door right now! ARGHHHH!!
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:27 amThank goodness. This was one of the most lame and idiotic things our government has ever done.
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:29 amAnd I never understood why they called them Freedom Fries.
What does the Iraq war have to do with Freedom?
How does invading another country make you free?
The Bible thumpiong warmongoring evildoing repugs, have turned been using freedom as an excuse to wage war on any country we don’t like.
I think the better turm should have been Tyranny Fries
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:33 amPerhaps someone could lobby to get the “French fries” called by a more proper appellation, that is, “Belgian fries”?
Vive la France!
And, perchance, would it be possible to get some news concerning the mission of the French Foreign Minister who is the only diplomat currently working towards a Middle East peace?
“What?!! Well, shit, let me get Condi over there to trump them damn frogs!” -GW
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:35 amThey acted like little children naming this freedom fries and toast. I guess they don’t have better things to do with their time. Do nothing congress.
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:35 amI think the better turm should have been Tyranny Fries
Comment by Jebus loves me
Or better yet, to describe this administration, how about an order of “SMEAR” FRIES to go along with a large “Bull Shit” Diet Coke
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:35 amHave certain representatives of yours finally realised that you’ve got other problems but to re-name food that contains the name of some other country that disagrees with their policies????? ;o)
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:37 amThe French knew better about Vietnam as well.
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:42 amthey in congress should have named the navy bean soup on their menu to ‘flatulence gruel’
and these idiots represent US
it’s a real funny joke ha ha
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:44 amThe stupidity and ignorance of Republicans knows NO BOUNDS…
W Ketchup (Teresa Heinz) and Freedom Fries proves that…..
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:44 amA neocon meal:
Quail du Cheney with individualized Condi-ments
Rove Loaf – a hard crusted bread that makes you very thirsty (see drinks below)
choice of a Bush Lite Beer or Con-job Kool-Aid
Rumsfeld Surprise for dessert (you don’t know what you’ll get, if at all, you know?)
Billed, of course, to future generations
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:48 amThey could also pass ordinances that the male members of a species of small beetles be called either Lord or Earl Bugs. This is a form of sexual harassment that should be corrected post-haste.
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:56 amFaux news and bill O’reilly will have a field day “French Toasting” the (must be Democrat) congressional kitchen chef for this one. Let’s see could it include?
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:57 am
But Jon Brandt, a spokesman for Mr. Ehlers, doesn’t want to talk about it, either. “Officially the committee has no comment on the matter,” he said. “I really don’t see how this is a story.”
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I really think these guys need something better to do all day than to think up childish word games and take part in frat house antics.
Jeeeeezzz.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:02 amCan you imagine some history student in, say, 2050 reading about this and wondering WTF?
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:03 amHow ridiculous was this whole ordeal in the first place?
I hadn’t seen a single use of “Freedom fries” until last weekend, go figure. But then again, any restaurant that puts “Freedom fries” on the menu on their own, is all right by me.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:03 amAlan:
As long as that student in 2050 is in China, since by 2050 we won’t have public education system any more. Damn socialist ideas wanting education for the p00r.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:06 amFreedom Fries and Freedom Toast. Two terms forever symbolized as pure American ignorance and stupidity. Way to play that the stereotype to a T guys!
Id Freedom kiss those congress guys for their patriotism.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:12 amSee and read Republican Oversight, Republicans’ New Lapel and Republican Cuff-Links in Gallery 1 at http://www.editorialpaintings.com
Thanks
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:13 amthis is the first step towards the demise of the great country of america! the fast food is either with us or against us in the war on teareer. the days of bill clinton and al gore glorification of the french and their fancy FRIES and TOAST were, up until yesterday, in the dustbin of history!!!
it is a sad day in the cafeterias of umerica today! they have won!
bring back tom delay–he will set us on the correct path towards neoconservative utopia again.
god bless you all, and god bless umerica!
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:20 am#13,
Most all French colonies all erupted in violence, leaving them with the worst societies in the world –
Haiti – murder capital of the world
Vietnam – communist, leading to “boat people” refugees
just to name two …
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:20 am#26 – JMH,
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:26 amI can think of 13 colonies that revolted against the British.
Freedom fried toast on fox newz for freaks = junior slamming ketchup soaked greazy spuds while chewing with his pie hole open and talking with his mouth full.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:29 amLeader of the free world = War Pig w/o table manners . . . . only in umerka.
yes, i agree completely with mr jason shamdler. the french have added nothing but death and destruction to the world. and, they don’t bathe. the french could learn much from umerica, and fine americans such as mr jason shamdler.
his insights, his wisdom, are truly a gift from god.
god bless america, and god bless americans like jason shamdler.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:30 am#27
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:31 amAnd look what they are doing to the world right now. Don’t they have the most citizens in jail per capita of any other country? Aren’t they in the top 5 of executions of their own citizens?
#27 – If you want to compare ex-British vs. ex-French colonies, here’s a rough study.
It’s striking how much better off ex-British colonies are today.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:32 amGOPers in DC are the weirdest and dumbest people who have ever existed > every one of them must resign from office, or be voted out, or impeached > PERIOD.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:32 ammmmm, i love this thread!
there is nothing more exciting than spending the morning mocking the french!!! my nipples are as hard as rocks right now, and i’m boy!
thanks jason.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:36 amDont knock the french
I can name
28 countries the US has Used Weapons of Mass Destruction Against
7 countries the US has used Chemical & Biological Weapons Against
70 countries the Us has had Political and Military Interventions since 1945
26 countries the US led Perversions of Foreign Elections
Even Its own people America Has used Chemical and Biological Weapons against
Watertown, NY and US Virgin Islands (1950)
SF Bay Area (1950, 1957–67)
Minneapolis (1953)
St. Louis (1953)
Washington, DC Area (1953, 1967)
Florida (1955)
Savannah GA/Avon Park, FL (1956–58)
New York City (1956, 1966)
Chicago (1960)
dont knock the french even though their tanks have 1 forward gear and 5 reverse gears
Thats a mighty clean sheet USA
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:36 amthis must mean that THE TERRORISTS HAVE ALREADY WON…. NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:39 am#31 … take a closer look at that study and get rid of all of the british “colonies” that are really commonwealth countries or first world countries … i think that you will see a lack of statistical differentiation between french and british colonies.
It is truly ridiculous to try to use the colonialist history of a country to condemn it in the present. Most French will readily admit the deep problems with their colonialist past. However, if you want to discuss this, then you must condemn all European countries. Where does this leave you?
Let us look at the present. Who is the only country actively and diplomatically working towards creating a ceasefire in Lebanon? Hmm, last time that I checked, that would be France.
Interesting that the American media hasn’t picked up that story.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:39 amHISTORY OF SECRET EXPERIMENTATION
ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS
I now understand the US goverments mentality of its own people and why they are like they are. Freightening experiments
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:44 amOooo I see now.
ROLE OF FRANCE
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:47 amAlthough mocked by the Israelis, the French, because of their historic role in Lebanon, doubtless will play an important role in putting together an international force and terms of any political settlement. -motherjones website.
#36 – I’m sure the French would admit “deep problems with their colonial past”. They really wouldn’t have much of a choice, now would they?
However, I think it’s been shown that the most accurate predictor of economic success is legal tradition. This study suggests that, although not absolute, countries that emerged with an English Common Law tradition (as opposed to French Civil Law) developed much more robust and effective economies. The evidence is largely indisputable.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:49 amChase,
I think it could be argued, that the colonial traditions, is what has helped create the current crises in not only the middle east, but also in Africa. The Europeon habit of slicing up areas based upon arbitrary lines, has led to the Kurdish problem for both Turkey, and Iraq. And has help feed anti-western sentiment across the middle east.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:53 am#40 – Couldn’t agree with you more. Iraq is a perfect example of arbitrary borders leading to internal strife.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:58 amLebanon:22 November 1943 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration) National holiday:Independence Day, 22 November (1943)
lemme see, that’s what about 63 years of violence and border wars?
Yeh another war will certainly bring peace, it always does, right?
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:58 amChase,
A mathematically based study by economists that “proves” something is not science and it is most definitely disputable. Let us not forget that science never “proves” but seeks to “disprove.”
Economics is some of the worst pseudo-science ever invented.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:59 amChase,
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:04 pmWhile the economies of the broken British empire might be more advanced the the French, I would like to point out that the British were ruling Iraq from 1918-1932 and then strong armed them during and after WWII. Also India with the conflict over Kasmir with Pakistan has come from the time of British rule. So you have the cener of the worst conflict in recent history between two former British colonies(Iraq and the US) and nuclear tension in SE Asia due to British meddling. France gave up Vietnam.
LANGURWALLAH FRIES?
On another serious topic here, I just found out what a Langurwallah is. For the rest of you uninformed progressives, it a man who trains and controls a langur.
I just learned that on the MSNBC home page. It was posted right next to the latest take on Mel Gibson’s big gaff. Anyway, it seems that monkeys are getting into the train cars in India so they have decided to use a Langur, a fierce-looking primate to scare them off, and have hired a langurwallah to accomplish it.
Which give me my inspiration here. If the Democrats were to get control of congress in November, they should use that idea to get the monkey out of the White House. And if it worked, we could re-rename the french fries to Langurwallah Fries in recognition.
Pass the ketchup.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:19 pmUh… I think the 13 colonies he was talking about were the birth of our nation? What is it withthese neocons, were they born with no sense of humor? Or decency… or patrotism…
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:23 pmwasn’t it he fat, corrupt and useless Denis Hastert that pioneered this nonsense ? A leader of true vision yuck yuck!
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:32 pmHow about some Langurwallah Candidates and campaigns in 2006 to go with those Langurwallah Fries? Swiftboating vs Langurwallah!
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:38 pmLOL – you guys love statistics when it backs up your myth of global warming and any other sacred belief, but are quick to dismiss stats when they refute your slant on the world. Never thought you would go to bat so strongly for a weak ally like France, but then again, considering the constituents the Dems support in the US, you are used to poor partners.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:46 pm“Officially the committee has no comment on the matter,” he said. “I really don’t see how this is a story.”
Well, because you made it a story when you trumpeted the name changes before the invasion of Iraq. Duh!
What simpletons. The whole lot of them.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:48 pmI love freedom fries.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:49 pmHow about some Langurwallah Candidates and campaigns in 2006
Comment by PLC (PatrioticLiberalChristian)
PlC, I’m trying to be serious here, so I hope you aren’t just having fun with me. Still, your idea is a good one. With the Reform Party basically going the way of the Neanderthals and the Abrahamoff scandal, maybe it is time for a third party (or turd party, whichever is funner). The Langerwallah Party.
That mean looking primate up above, Roy Blount, looks like a Langerwallah type of candidate, don’t you think?
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:50 pm#26
“…Vietnam – communist, leading to “boat people†refugees…”
Sounds like Cuba. Oh, man- who was the colonizer who screwed up THAT place?
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:52 pmFreedom fry. Big Bush lie. Childern die.
I think the French still owe us from 1945. Perhaps they should come liberate us from the Tryanny of Emperor George!
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:52 pmJoe Sixpack
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:58 pmI’m having fun and being serious. I want progressive candidates who won’t “monkey” around when the neocon attack message machine starts firing in their direction. I want progressive candidates who fight back.
What’s the matter with these coward Republicans? Why not run on the war, you were zombies for your pResident before, why so afraid now? Get out there, stand and hold hands with the Chimp, kiss his ass, and have the unified stand that we are for “stay the course”. Bring the Chimp with you to campaign stops, why are you stopping? Not so tough anymore eh?
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:00 pmIt’s striking how much better off ex-British colonies are today.
Comment by Chase — August 2, 2006 @ 11:32 am
What is striking is that you should be trying to establish a difference between “good” imperialism and “bad” imperialism. There is no such difference as imperialism is always perverse -I hope we can agree on this.
Although there are exceptions, it is no usrprise former colonies are at the bottom of the world’s barrel in economic, social, and overall development terms: colonisation is not meant to help the colonies but the metropolis.
Quibbling over who makes the best coloniser is absolute silliness.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:06 pm#40 The Europeon habit of slicing up areas based upon arbitrary lines, has led to the Kurdish problem for both Turkey, and Iraq. And has help feed anti-western sentiment across the middle east.
Comment by Krazny — August 2, 2006 @ 11:53 am
As I think, your country is the one with more borders defined as a straight line for miles and miles. And the borders were defined by your government ;)
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:08 pmI’m having fun and being serious. I want progressive candidates who won’t “monkey†around when the neocon attack message machine starts firing in their direction.
Comment by PLC (PatrioticLiberalChristian)
I don’t know, PLC. I think I like the idea of a monkey in office, myself. A real one, I mean, and not just one the Republicans shaved the hair off of, dressed in a suit, and put behind the desk in the Oval Office.
And if I can’t have a monkey, I’ll settle for a langurwallah.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:08 pmQuibbling over who makes the best coloniser is absolute silliness.
Comment by Gregor Samsa
Almost as silly as “Freedom Fries” and “Freedom Toast”.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:10 pmMy God…I thought that they had dropped that long ago. This country is run by incorrigible children!
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:14 pm#50
“… Never thought you would go to bat so strongly for a weak ally like France,…”
I just think it’s kind of pathetic that Republicans are SO determined to take France down a peg that they resort to putting down its colonial record. I mean, 90% of the places that were colonized in the heyday of imperialism have turned out screwed up following independance. No country that took over chunks of other parts of the world, has a wonderful record of producing stable, democratic and prosperous former colonies. Some do less worse than others, but pretty much all have a very low success rate. It takes time for the countries that got independance in the 20th century to sort themselves out. French colonies are no exception.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:16 pmNever thought you would go to bat so strongly for a weak ally like France(…)
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 2, 2006 @ 12:46 pm
Anti-French sentiment in the Republican ranks is almost pathological, there is nothing in French culture that they deem of value to the point of equating French with weakness, and being effeminate -thus revealing their own homophobic and misogynistic tendencies.
What is it about France that conservatives dislike so much?
For the record, as of 2005 French economy ranked 6th in the world and today France has the 4th largest nuclear force.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:25 pmWell, if neocons hate so much the french cuisine, they must stick then with the british one… or the british lack of… yuk!
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:25 pm#
As I think, your country is the one with more borders defined as a straight line for miles and miles. And the borders were defined by your government ;)
Comment by Evil Spaniard — August 2, 2006 @ 1:08 pm
true but the US Canada, and Mexico, don’t have the same level of tribal conflicts so popular in the Africa, and the Middle east.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:33 pmIt was a juvenile act in the first place.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:43 pmThey are changing it now because after years of realization that the war in Iraq was based on lies and deliberate disinformation they are feeling a wee bit foolish.
That had to be one of the most childish wingnut tactics in modern history and that’s really saying something!
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:12 pmThe French are a lot like liberals—they’re smug and arrogant. They’re condescending and they believe themselves to be superior. That’s why conservatives dislike them.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:16 pmAntagonist, you sound rather smug and arrogant. Do you believe you are superior to liberals? Or the French?
Because I know a lot of conservatives do believe themselves to be superior. That’s why Bush doesn’t listen to his critics. They are beneath him.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:21 pmHannity’s going to cry himself to sleep.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:23 pmIt’s striking how much better off ex-British colonies are today.
Comment by Chase
Yes, Rhodesia is a smashing success. Just smashing.
Good show, old chap.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:25 pmHannity will be upset when he asks for Freedom Fries and the waitress says, “We don’t serve those anymore. Would you like a last throes casserole? Or perhaps a transitional government omlette? I recommend the IED Hotdish, it’s guaranteed to surprise you.”
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:28 pmThe French are a lot like liberals—they’re smug and arrogant. They’re condescending and they believe themselves to be superior. That’s why conservatives dislike them.
Comment by Antagonist
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So,you’re personally aquainted with every liberal?
You do get around.Sort of like a winger Santa Claus:
You know if they’ve been smug and arrogant,so be a Bush-supporter for goodness sake.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:30 pm#70
Antagonist, you sound rather smug and arrogant. Do you believe you are superior to liberals? Or the French?
Comment by Kermit the Freedom Frog
I don’t believe myself to be superior to anyone, but on the same token, I don’t believe myself to be inferior either. I’m always willing to listen and to learn from others regardless of their race, religion, sex or age. Unfortunately, I don’t receive the same treatment.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:37 pm#73 Kermit:
Good stuff.Thanks for the chuckle.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:39 pm#74
Silly me… I always forget how specific I need to be when posting comments here.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:39 pmI should have said, “the liberals I’ve encountered.” Feel better now?
#58 – Say what you will, it’s very hard to dispute the difference in economic success of countries with legal systems based upon Common Law vis-a-vis nations based upon Civil Law.
Very hard indeed.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:42 pm[The French are] condescending and they believe themselves to be superior.
Comment by Antagonist — August 2, 2006 @ 2:16 pm
Not my experience at all. Not by a long, long shot.
The French seem to be almost exclusively condescending to conservatives. Strange.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:48 pmHow about Fellatio Fries?
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:48 pmOR Teabaggin’ toast.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:50 pm#69: The French are a lot like liberals—they’re smug and arrogant. They’re condescending and they believe themselves to be superior.
I’ll concede one point: this is the consevative stereotype of both liberals and the French. Is there actual evidence to support this? Of course not. Statements that can be neither supported nor refuted are the most effective way to obfuscate an argument or gum up a thread such as this one.
If you want to see smugness and arrogance, I refer you to the Bush administration, which has established a tradition of ignoring the advice of other countries, ignoring the scientific community, and ignoring the will of the American people, all in the name of a neoconservative ideology that they believe to be right, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary.
At least they had enough sense to quit with the “freedom fries” foolishness.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:50 pmSay what you will, (…)
Comment by Chase — August 2, 2006 @ 2:42 pm
Say what you will -the “least bad” of imperialisms is still bad. Arguing which brand is the lesser of evils is like arguing which STD you’d like to get.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:51 pmFrench fries and toast aren’t french………………………..
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:51 pmhow about liberal fries?- they are runny, they whine when you bite into them and they taste like shit.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:52 pmthen there is the liberal ceral queerios- it eats YOU.
liberal food like liberals make me want to puke.
#85: liberal food like liberals make me want to puke.
Thank you so much for your helpful contribution to this thread. I feel like I understand the conservative viewpoint much better now.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:59 pm#78: Say what you will, it’s very hard to dispute the difference in economic success of countries with legal systems based upon Common Law vis-a-vis nations based upon Civil Law.
I sincerely hope that you don’t intend this as support for the wildly irrational anti-French vitriol we’ve been seeing from conservatives over the past five years.
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:00 pmHate is what makes conservatives brave. Without hate for Bill Clinton, Social Security, anyhing “liberal” where would they be?
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:01 pm#75 Good for you. You should have no problem accepting my point of view. The majority of conservatives I encounter consider themselves superior to liberals. They are smug and arrogant and refuse to recognize legitimate criticism of their president, insisting that “Liberals just hate Bush,” as if we are incapable of reasoning. Many conservatives say liberals are incapable of reasoning. Many conservatives say liberals are knee-jerk reactionaries, e.g. the blame America first crowd, the anti-Bush crowd (ABB or BDS if you’ve heard those terms).
But that’s okay. Tom DeLay said rabid partisanship is good for the country. ;)
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:04 pmHow about a collateral damage cobbler? It’s red, gooey, and lumpy. Be careful, it could stain your shirt.
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:05 pmI sincerely hope that you don’t intend this as support for the wildly irrational anti-French vitriol (…)
Comment by Alphonse — August 2, 2006 @ 3:00 pm
Then you’ll be thouroughly disappointed, because that’s what it is: A defence of the irrational anti-French sentiment among conservatives.
To shore up their irrational view point, they need to come up with an irrational yardstick. In this case, colonialism. It is a perverse logic.
It’s kind of like defending the occupation of Iraq by comparing the death toll today with the one under Hussein -it is lower at present, and so the occupation is “good”. Oh, and please never mind the upward trend.
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:09 pmFor true arrogance and delusions of superiority, see PNAC.
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:16 pm#87 – Nah. I never really understood all the fuss about the French. They didn’t want to participate in the Iraq invasion, that’s their prerogative. It’s not hard to understand their aversion to war considering their recent military difficulties (not to mention the continental devastation after WWII).
My point was only that, on balance, countries that emerged from the British Common Law system have fared far better than those that emerged with Civil Law legal traditions.
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:17 pm#74
Silly me… I always forget how specific I need to be when posting comments here.
I should have said, “the liberals I’ve encountered.†Feel better now?
Comment by Antagonist
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That wasn’t so hard now,was it?
Painting with a broad brush diminishes one’s rhetorical effectiveness.
…and you’ve met every French person?
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:17 pmWhy do folks keep bringing up how we “bailed” out the French in WWII as if that means that they owe us a debt?
These same people seem to forget that the French “bailed” out the Americans in the Revolution.
They also completely forget about the Maquis and the Free French forces and the French citizenry who bravely withstood Nazi oppression.
I really can’t stand this ahistorical “we saved your butts” argument.
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:23 pmhow about liberal fries?- they are runny, they whine when you bite into them and they taste like shit.
then there is the liberal ceral queerios- it eats YOU.
liberal food like liberals make me want to puke.
Comment by I Hate Liberals
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:27 pm——————
You’re no Kermit the Freedom Frog.
Also, there will be no more second helpings… but you may go back for a stop-loss extended deployment serving.
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:39 pm#93: Nah. I never really understood all the fuss about the French. They didn’t want to participate in the Iraq invasion, that’s their prerogative. It’s not hard to understand their aversion to war considering their recent military difficulties (not to mention the continental devastation after WWII).
Thanks for clarifying.
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:43 pm#1 Zooey; LOL. you scored one.
August 2nd, 2006 at 4:13 pm#13; score one for you too.
August 2nd, 2006 at 4:15 pm#27 Walt; you scored as well.
August 2nd, 2006 at 4:17 pmOK, did I stumble onto a “blog sex” line, is this a “baseball blog”, or is it a combination like a Focus on the Family “heterosexual baseball night” thing (see thread above).
Too funny, guys.
August 2nd, 2006 at 4:53 pmThe French must be so relieved. Whew! They thought they’d never change the names back.
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:23 pmHow pathetic for the US Congress to go to such lengths, and for what? Because a country had the nerve, imagine…..the nerve, not to agree with America/BushCo.
I’ve heard the US Congress called the “greatest deliberative body”, or something like that. I wonder how long the name change deliberations lasted?
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August 2nd, 2006 at 5:32 pmlooking forward to my sunday roast chicken with republican potatoes,,
or Bush tucker ,
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:33 pm#100 – Thanks, Ho Chi Minh!
#45 – Joe Sixpack,
Would that make “Dick” Cheney a Bushwallah?
August 2nd, 2006 at 8:30 pmI wonder how much these name changes cost the government?
Probably not much, but maybe enough to pay for a few days worth of funding for No Child Left Behind … for some kids somewhere.
August 3rd, 2006 at 10:49 amThey’re mad that France supplied weapons to Saddam? Seriously, I doubt that’s the “end of story”. The right doesn’t CARE who was giving weapons to Saddam or any dictator. Otherwise they’d be ticked at President Reagan. This weapons thing became a big deal to the right after it was clear that France (not to mention Germany, Russia and 75% of the world) didn’t buy the Bush administration’s phoney reasons for wanting a war and wouldn’t cooperate in the UN. THAT’S when the right got really mad at France.
August 3rd, 2006 at 12:51 pmAS for the predictions, I love how they’re convinced Stateside that Europe is going to hell in a handbasket. I invite any right winger who’s not here or hasn’t been here to come see for themselves how dire the situation in Europe is.
Whoa! Why didn’t they return the Lady of Liberty? That was a FRENCH present too.
August 3rd, 2006 at 3:55 pmempire coke is still banned at my house tho ofc visiting Mcempire is out of the question to
August 4th, 2006 at 2:22 am