Posted on 06/17/2005 12:10:49 AM PDT by Destro
PS: I am not a German.
And why is that, exactly?
See #41
Changing the name of a food product is on par with that Orwellian warning of how language can be used as a tool against free thought.
Oh lighten up, for Pete's sake, or better yet, have a drink- it's Friday. I think it was rather bold of her to do that in an academic environment, as we all know where they normally stand on poltical issues.
You clearly haven't read Osama bin Laden's insane rants about the West "stealing the wealth of the Ummah."
What in the dickens do you think he's talking about, dates? Carpets?
If I remember correctly, wasn't it that dimwit Sheila Jackson Lee who called for the fries to once again reference the cheese eating surrender monkeys? (not her words)
"Delays in rebuilding good will are costing Americans lives" ( 9/17/2003 ) "President Bush is now urging that all parties put aside 'past bickering.' Delays in rebuilding international good will are costing Americans lives in Iraq, and billions of dollars to the American taxpayers," Lee wrote last week in a letter first reported by the congressional newspaper Roll Call. "A symbolic start to that effort would be reinstating foods in the House cafeterias and dining halls and their traditional 'American' names — french toast and french fries." But House Administration Committee Chairman Bob Ney, R-Ohio, who initiated the menu change with Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., said they'll continue to fight for their freedom fries. Ney said that the day after Jackson Lee wrote her letter the French came out with an untenable timetable for elections in Iraq, confounding U.S. efforts to win United Nations backing for the reconstruction effort. "They were noncooperative and arrogant then," before the war, "and they are again noncooperative and arrogant," Ney said. "I haven't seen a huge change." Ney said that was originally a gesture toward the French "has become an international food fight. It means something to a lot of people." "The whole premise behind the gesture was to support our troops in Iraq," said Lanier Swann, spokeswoman for Jones. "The congressional passion in support of them has not waned and the French position has not changed." Source: Fox News 91 Comments
So what you're saying is that Europe and Japan was just one big whore house??
Sorry pal .. but not everything is about sex
They start a war and and we are a disgrace because of a name change on food??
PS ... My Grandfather was gased by the Germans in WWI
I clearly don't give a damn what Bin Laden thinks nor says
Which is pretty irrelevant to the main point.
But it doesn't really matter. The oil is ours (the West's) and we are going to be in Iraq for the next 30 years, minimum, to ensure access to it.
The Arabs have proved beyond measure that are not currently the proper custodians for the world's largest oil reserves.
The German lynched in St Louis in 1916 had nothing to do
with the war. He was killed simply for being a German
and that is inexcusable.
The German lynched in St Louis in 1916 had nothing to do
with the war. He was killed simply for being a German
and that is inexcusable.
I am not aware of that story ... but yes that is inexcusable
However, I don't know what tha has to do with my post
Germany did not start a war with America - we declared war on Germany for bogus reasons. Lastly, German culture and language and German Americans did not declare war on us so there was no justification for "socializing" the language for political purposes.
For bogus reasons???
Words fail me
The Lusitania was indeed carrying war supplies to Britain.
What were the reasons we declared war on Germany in WW1?
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