"Freedom fries" - Page 3

Kevlar281 · #31 03-14-2003, 01:59 AM

Today this actually came up in class discussion but supposedly back during WWI and WWII many German dishes were changed as well. Sauerkraut was called Liberty Cabbage and Frankfurters were called hot dogs. I guess one of those stuck and the other didn’t.

/edit: crappy grammar

Little E · #32 03-14-2003, 05:02 AM

Everheard of a Frankfurter (sp?) yep that is a causality of on of the WW.

And the Sofitel hotel chain has stopped flying the french flag (it is a french company) Red Roof and i think motel 6 are also owned by it. But dumb greasy americans were threatening the workers in the hotels...and we wonder why people hate us...???

Someone put it great the other day when all the *freedom* was being spread. President Bush is going to circumvent the UN to get back at Sadam for circumventing the UN. hahahaha I love the irony!

Ok sorry to get too political. But i really like the idea of freedom kisses...maybe i'll go find the boy...

justamom · #33 03-14-2003, 11:32 AM

Ok-right now I'm really peeved at France, Germany, Russia. China,
Mexico AND (as usual) CANADA!!!

So WHAT if it seems "sophomoric". It's merely a reflection (as someone else stated) of our frustration. I hope the "bucks stop HERE", in AMERICA. Keep our money circulating in OUR economy. When tourism and discretionary spending exits those countries
perhaps they will rethink their STINKY attitude. For the French to promise a VETO on a resolution they haven't even SEEN is the ULTIMATE slap in the face as well a the purest form of closed mindedness exemplified throughout this terrible ordeal. (Of course they are trying to backstep on this statement.)

So much hypocrisy on the part of "Liberals" who for YEARS were screaming about human rights (China), female subjagation/mutilation/ostrication...and now we have these "ladies" flexing "Pink" power...

Have ANY of you seen the accounts of the Iraqis who have escaped after suffering horrendous torture and mutilation-escaped after seeing their wife and children RAPED and/or MURDERED???

We have bent over backward to gain support, but when we go (and I believe we will) and discover munition parts with "MADE IN FRANCE" or "GERMANY" maybe then the truth behind France's stance will be seen as it REALLY is-MONEY and CONTRACTS! This isn't a case of "Give peace a chance", this is a case of HIDING the source of the weapons and the monetary gains that will be lost by those who would be hurt by regime change...FRANCE to name one. So I will have my freedom fries and a salad with freedom dressing please! (Wow, that felt good...it's just MY opinion, nothing more.)

damasa · #34 03-14-2003, 11:38 AM

I'm still waiting for the day when the French pay off the loans that they were given after WWII by our country. Hell, I'm still waiting for them to pay off the INTEREST that they owe on them. They haven't paid us shit....

texas*princess · #35 03-14-2003, 12:10 PM

justamom,

Thank you for your eloquent post! I was thinking the EXACT same thing!

lifesaver · #36 03-14-2003, 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by texas*princess
does anyone think these 'swipes' at the French might cause them to dislike us a lil bit??

I am sure you said this in jest, but for me... Think I give a french $hit? Oooh, french scorn.

How sad it must be to be a former world power, currently a middle power with all the future world relevance of portugal or egypt, two former superpowers. lol.

Love how the French rejected Brittans plan before the Iraqi's did.

Phuckin French.

Munchkin03 · #37 03-14-2003, 12:54 PM

Man, isn't it a great day to be from Flori-DUH?

Frankly, this state's in enough trouble, and she needs to focus on that--not exhuming corpses from France. Whether you are pro- or anti-war, that's just silly.

And yes, I have seen the reports of all sorts of human rights violations suffered under the Hussein regime. THAT IS NOT WHY THE US WANTS TO GO TO WAR. No one's saying that he isn't megalomanaical and dictatorial; no one's saying that he should remain in power.

Lady Pi Phi · #38 03-14-2003, 01:29 PM

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Originally posted by texas*princess
On a more serious note (than my previous posts ), does anyone think these 'swipes' at the French might cause them to dislike us a lil bit??

Sorry, I have to say it, but the French never liked you. The French don't like anybody.

SSS1365 · #39 03-14-2003, 01:42 PM

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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
Sorry, I have to say it, but the French never liked you. The French don't like anybody.

LOL, so true! I thought everybody knew that!

texas*princess · #40 03-14-2003, 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
Sorry, I have to say it, but the French never liked you. The French don't like anybody.

But they gave us the Statue of Liberty!!! hehehe

Lady Pi Phi · #41 03-14-2003, 02:35 PM

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Originally posted by texas*princess
But they gave us the Statue of Liberty!!! hehehe

LOL, yeah so YOU'D take THEIR tired, hungry, sick, poor, etc, etc, etc

texas*princess · #42 03-14-2003, 02:54 PM

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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
LOL, yeah so YOU'D take THEIR tired, hungry, sick, poor, etc, etc, etc

oh. i didn't think about it that way

RACooper · #43 03-14-2003, 03:41 PM

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Originally posted by justamom
We have bent over backward to gain support, but when we go (and I believe we will) and discover munition parts with "MADE IN FRANCE" or "GERMANY" [/B]

As opposed to the chemical weapons stamped "Made in America"... you got to remember that the US armed and supported Saddam wholeheartedly during the 80's. All this talk about Anthrax and VX (which by the way was developed originally by the US) is a little hyporcritical... and thats a relatively common view worldwide.

RACooper · #44 03-14-2003, 03:43 PM

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Originally posted by damasa
I'm still waiting for the day when the French pay off the loans that they were given after WWII by our country. Hell, I'm still waiting for them to pay off the INTEREST that they owe on them. They haven't paid us shit....

Hey now... after all the US defalted on the war loans that the French shelled out during the War of Idependence...

damasa · #45 03-14-2003, 03:51 PM

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Originally posted by RACooper
Hey now... after all the US defalted on the war loans that the French shelled out during the War of Idependence...

Small by comparison, but true. But I still don't think that has any comparison to the money that The U.S. government loaned them in WWI and WWII. Much more than a repayment on the defaulted loans from the War of Independence. The French have made no comparable effort.

In any even, the French were also trying to help their interests in defeating the British by granting the "colonials" those loans.