September 17, 2003, 09:17
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congress to eat crow for stupid behavior?
remember the "freedom fries" row? they're considering turing them back into "french fries".
all of this stupid energy, wasted. why not just drop the adjectives, and call them "fries"? is that really so hard to do? and besides, imagine the savings: six or seven letters!
the rest of the world has the right idea: calling them "potato fries".
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLIT...eut/index.html
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U.S. putting 'French' back in fries?
Tuesday, September 16, 2003 Posted: 1624 GMT (12:24 AM HKT)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- To get international help to rebuild Iraq, Congress may have to eat some French fries and French toast, according to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
Saying it is time to put aside differences with France, the Texas Democrat circulated a letter on Monday urging the U.S. House of Representatives to put back the word "French" in fries and toast on House cafeteria and dining hall menus.
Lawmakers ordered them renamed "Freedom" fries and "Freedom" toast last spring, reflecting anger at France for its opposition to the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein as Iraq's president.
But times have changed, Jackson Lee said, and now the Washington is trying to get France and other members of the United Nations to contribute money and troops to help stabilize Iraq and rebuild its devastated infrastructure.
"President Bush is now urging that all parties put aside 'past bickering,'" she said in her letter.
"A symbolic start to that effort" would be reinstating foods on the House menus "with their traditional 'American' names -- French toast and French fries."
Rep. Bob Ney, head of the House Administration Committee, ordered the changes in March.
The Ohio Republican took the action at the suggestion of Rep. Walter Jones, a North Carolina Republican.
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September 17, 2003, 09:19
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No matter what country you are from I think it's always a good laugh when politicians do moronic stuff.
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September 17, 2003, 09:20
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September 17, 2003, 09:23
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seriously, i'm ashamed that we collectively voted these nutjobs into office.
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September 17, 2003, 09:24
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Originally posted by MikeH
No matter what country you are from I think it's always a good laugh when politicians do moronic stuff.
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September 17, 2003, 09:28
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i mean, sure, it's good for a laugh. and then you remember that elections are collective iq tests...
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September 17, 2003, 09:44
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Humour 1 / Past bickering 0
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September 17, 2003, 09:56
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They are called chips anyway here, and are a proper size so they actually have some potato in them and aren't just fat with some starch in there somewhere.
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September 17, 2003, 10:50
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the rest of the world has the right idea: calling them "potato fries".
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Ahh you mean pommes frites!
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September 17, 2003, 11:00
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or, "kamja tikki"
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September 17, 2003, 12:07
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Believe me, Sheila Jackson Lee has no power in the congress. If it's still "freedom fries" (don't know as it is), then it will stay "freedom fries".
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September 17, 2003, 12:13
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That's fine by me -- I'm taking advantage of those wonderful low-priced French wines!
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September 17, 2003, 12:17
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ITYM "lower-priced" rather than "low-priced"?
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September 17, 2003, 12:35
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yeah, we bought a caseful. 
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September 17, 2003, 12:37
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DanS is right. French wine is not low priced it is simply lower priced then it used to be.
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September 17, 2003, 13:25
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Originally posted by DanS
Believe me, Sheila Jackson Lee has no power in the congress. If it's still "freedom fries" (don't know as it is), then it will stay "freedom fries".
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I didn't make it to the ceremony, but they are indeed called Freedom Fries. The Rayburn cafeteria even had a framed little printout stating as such.
I was going to steal the sign, but for some reason the Capitol Police look down upon intern theft 
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September 17, 2003, 13:31
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I hope France tells the US where to go and how to get there.
Not that it's going to. Chirac is an ass.
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September 17, 2003, 14:04
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I guess it's better they spend their time doing this instead of voting themselves more raises.
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September 17, 2003, 14:37
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They were voted raises, along with every Federal Employee. The raises are tied together, generally. Who cares?
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September 17, 2003, 15:18
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Like anyone gives a **** how some cafeteria in the US calls their fries 
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