[Vision2020] Mother of All Freedom Fries
Dale Courtney
dale@courtneys.us
Wed, 12 Mar 2003 04:44:10 -0800
> Patriotic fried potatoes? Image and hype galore. And this
> no doubt coming
> from the ruling House political party, the Republicans, who
> often chastise
> those who follow "political correctness." Changing the name of fried
> potatoes to avoid their harmless association with French
> cooking strikes me
> as political correctness run amok on an issue no one really
> cares about:
> what to call fried potatoes. I doubt if most people really
> say "french
> fries" when they want to order or discuss "fries." Next they
> will label
> French cinema or French literature as anti-freedom cinema or
> pacifist wimp
> literature. At least this would be about something
> significant. But french
> fries?
>
> A rallying cry for war: "Freedom Fries!"
>
> "Surreal" and "bizarre" is right!
I fully agree with Ted's assessment here. The Republicans are taking a play
from the Dem's playbook -- form and rhetoric over substance!
Give me a break!
Pax,
Dale