[aldo_14]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5240572.stm

[Colonol Dekker]

Hmmm, i detect a hint of Orwell and 1982,.....................

VICTORY GIN anyone?

[achtung]

I laughed the day they announced this, and I still laugh now.

[Fineus]

The day that the name of a friend potato is politically important is a sad day indeed. This was school-yard mentality through and through.

[Kosh]

Can someone paste the article? At the moment the computer with my proxy software has no internet.

[aldo_14]

rench fries are back on the menu in the US House of Representatives, three years after the name was ditched in favour of "freedom fries".

House Republicans renamed fries and French toast in 2003 to protest at France's opposition to the war on Iraq.

The patriotic name change hit the headlines at the time but the change back is getting much less coverage.

A House official would only say that fries are no longer being offered under the "freedom" nomenclature.

The Washington Times newspaper contacted aides of the two congressmen behind the move to "freedom fries" to see if they could shed light on the change back.

"We don't have a comment for your story," a spokeswoman for Republican representative Bob Ney told the newspaper.

At the time, Mr Ney, who together with Walter Jones pushed for "freedom fries", said the action was "a small but symbolic effort to show the strong displeasure of many on Capitol Hill with the actions of our so-called ally, France".

The move followed the lead of a North Carolina restaurant whose owner said he got the idea from similar protest action against Germany during World War I, when sauerkraut was renamed liberty cabbage and frankfurters became hot dogs.

The switch to "freedom fries" was seen as reflecting the anti-French sentiment among some lawmakers who felt President Jacques Chirac betrayed the US by opposing its policy on Iraq.

The Senate cafeterias never changed their menus.

A spokeswoman for the French embassy asked about current French-US ties told the Washington Times that the two countries were working closely on the Middle East.

"Our relations are much more important than potatoes," she said.

"French fries are back on the menu in the Capitol, back on the presidential dinner menu and our relations are back on track."

[Night Hammer]

i dont really pay attention to the name, i just eat

[ZmaN]

ehh i ahte the french anyways...

[Goober5000]

The day that the name of a friend potato is politically important is a sad day indeed. This was school-yard mentality through and through.

Ah, friend potato, I barely knew ye...

ehh i ahte the french anyways...

You did?  How did it taste?

[Night Hammer]

ehh i ahte the french anyways...

You did?  How did it taste?

like surrender

[Mefustae]

like surrender

*Uproarious Laughter* Oh, that's funny!!



Now tell the one that doesn't suck!

[Turambar]

anything that a country does that works against the current administration is good for the US.  any small gesture to foil their evil plans is the most patriotic thing a person can do.

[karajorma]

I still reckon the French should have asked for the Statue of Liberty back

[Fineus]

The day that the name of a friend potato is politically important is a sad day indeed. This was school-yard mentality through and through.

Ah, friend potato, I barely knew ye...

I. hate. typos.

[Goober5000]

The day that the name of a friend potato is politically important is a sad day indeed. This was school-yard mentality through and through.

Ah, friend potato, I barely knew ye...

I. hate. typos.

You mean, "typoes"?

Think Dan Quayle.

[Nuclear1]

I still reckon the French should have asked for the Statue of Liberty back

And I'm sure the millions of American families in the early-40s would have loved to have their family members back that had to go and clean up Europe's messes, as I'm sure they'd also like their $2.2 billion that rebuilt it.

[Mefustae]

I still reckon the French should have asked for the Statue of Liberty back

And I'm sure the millions of American families in the early-40s would have loved to have their family members back that had to go and clean up Europe's messes, as I'm sure they'd also like their $2.2 billion that rebuilt it.

Well maybe if the US hadn't been filled with so many isolationist pricks at the time, the repair bill wouldn't have been so large!

[Nuclear1]

I still reckon the French should have asked for the Statue of Liberty back

And I'm sure the millions of American families in the early-40s would have loved to have their family members back that had to go and clean up Europe's messes, as I'm sure they'd also like their $2.2 billion that rebuilt it.

Well maybe if the US hadn't been filled with so many isolationist pricks at the time, the repair bill wouldn't have been so large!

Well, I'd like to apologize on behalf of the US government for having to pull the country out of a massive economic depression all the while this was happening in Europe. The last thing we needed to get involved in while repairing the economy was another pointless European war that should have not even happened.

Maybe if the majority of Europe hadn't acted like little children following WWI and decided to ignore the USA's advice to not severely punish Germany, but instead exact sheer revenge on it, the war wouldn't have even happened! Maybe if Britan and France hadn't been run by similar pricks who were looking to appease Hitler than do anything to keep him from expanding, Hitler wouldn't have been as powerful and emboldened as he had been!

[karajorma]

You like to throw WWII in the back in the face of the French but forget that without their support it's doubtful you would have even had your independence in the first place.

So how about showing them some ****ing gratitude instead of always pointing out how you rescued them in WWII.

[Mefustae]

Maybe if the majority of Europe hadn't acted like little children following WWI and decided to ignore the USA's advice to not severely punish Germany, but instead exact sheer revenge on it, the war wouldn't have even happened! Maybe if Britan and France hadn't been run by similar pricks who were looking to appease Hitler than do anything to keep him from expanding, Hitler wouldn't have been as powerful and emboldened as he had been!

Hey, it wasn't all Europe. The United State's fundamental lack of understanding regarding European power-politics was bound to cause disaster. Sure, the fact that Western Europe was quick to lay the blame on Germany did contribute greatly [i'd like to see you disagree if you had lived through the period], but I don't remember you guys making protest to Germany being left out of post-war negotiations.

Getting back to the war itself, if anyone should be credited with France making it out in one piece, it should be German leadership, they did a hell of a lot more to win the war than anyone else did.

It's also worth noting that WWII was an inevitable, it was WWI that was the pointless war created by a chain of events linked by freak chance, and a good, heaping portion of arrogance and stupidity by Europe's leaders at the time.