Freedom Fries

Freedom fries is a political euphemism for French fries in the United States. The term came to prominence in 2003 when the then Republican Chairman of the Committee on House Administration, Bob Ney, renamed the menu item in three Congressional cafeterias in response to France's opposition to the proposed invasion of Iraq. Although originally supported with several restaurants changing their menus as well, the term fell out of use due to declining support for the Iraq War

boards of FL wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries

It's bad enough that American's have to live with the result of bad republican policy.  Do we really need to export that to the rest of the world?

Sorry, France.  

SheWrites wrote:We were traveling from Switzerland to Germany when I was pregnant with my son. We skirted through a corner of France to do so.   I had to pee.  We stopped at a rest area on the autobahn or whatever they call it in France.  A French woman was cleaning the women's bathroom.  She would not let me in.  I said "sil vous plait" and pointed to my baby bump.  She mumbled and would not let me use the toilette.  

Left a bad impression to say the least.   We stopped a few klicks down the road and I said "God bless Germany and piss on France."

It was the next year when the French would not allow our jets through their airspace to bomb Gadaffi.  I was not surprised and figured the chamber maid had made her way into Parliament.  

I love French fries and French toast.  I never boycott good food.

Markle wrote:

boards of FL wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries

It's bad enough that American's have to live with the result of bad republican policy.  Do we really need to export that to the rest of the world?

Sorry, France.  

Strange, I seem to recall that semi-retired President Obama is a far left Progressive...Democrat for the linguistically challenged.

Yes, we do owe France a deep, sincere apology for having allowed such a horrendous act of war to have happened to you on our watch.

boards of FL wrote:

Markle wrote:

boards of FL wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries

It's bad enough that American's have to live with the result of bad republican policy.  Do we really need to export that to the rest of the world?

Sorry, France.  

Strange, I seem to recall that semi-retired President Obama is a far left Progressive...Democrat for the linguistically challenged.

Yes, we do owe France a deep, sincere apology for having allowed such a horrendous act of war to have happened to you on our watch.

We owe the french an apology for mocking them when they - correctly - did not support the invasion of Iraq.  It was fairly clear that there was no active nuclear program, UN inspectors had access, and many had predicted that the region would fall into chaos once we came in a created a new power vacuum.

The french were absolutely correct in their assessment, and we - well, republicans - mocked them for that decision.  And France is paying the price for that today.

SheWrites wrote:

boards of FL wrote:

Markle wrote:

boards of FL wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries

It's bad enough that American's have to live with the result of bad republican policy.  Do we really need to export that to the rest of the world?

Sorry, France.  

Strange, I seem to recall that semi-retired President Obama is a far left Progressive...Democrat for the linguistically challenged.

Yes, we do owe France a deep, sincere apology for having allowed such a horrendous act of war to have happened to you on our watch.

We owe the french an apology for mocking them when they - correctly - did not support the invasion of Iraq.  It was fairly clear that there was no active nuclear program, UN inspectors had access, and many had predicted that the region would fall into chaos once we came in a created a new power vacuum.

The french were absolutely correct in their assessment, and we - well, republicans - mocked them for that decision.  And France is paying the price for that today.

The French were not part of NATO from 1966 through 2009.  For them not to participate was par for their course in both the Gaddafi raid and the Invasion of Iraq.  

Yes, boycotts and mocking are childish.   Remember that, BOF.

boards of FL wrote:

Markle wrote:

boards of FL wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries

It's bad enough that American's have to live with the result of bad republican policy.  Do we really need to export that to the rest of the world?

Sorry, France.  

Strange, I seem to recall that semi-retired President Obama is a far left Progressive...Democrat for the linguistically challenged.

Yes, we do owe France a deep, sincere apology for having allowed such a horrendous act of war to have happened to you on our watch.

We owe the french an apology for mocking them when they - correctly - did not support the invasion of Iraq. It was fairly clear that there was no active nuclear program, UN inspectors had access, and many had predicted that the region would fall into chaos once we came in a created a new power vacuum.

The french were absolutely correct in their assessment, and we - well, republicans - mocked them for that decision. And France is paying the price for that today.

TEOTWAWKI wrote:Actually the 1986 Qaddafi bombing was where it was first used to shame the French but i guess since it was just restaurants and talk show hosts using the term and no congressman picked it up to get attention...it never happened..

PkrBum wrote:

boards of FL wrote:

Markle wrote:

boards of FL wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries

It's bad enough that American's have to live with the result of bad republican policy.  Do we really need to export that to the rest of the world?

Sorry, France.  

Strange, I seem to recall that semi-retired President Obama is a far left Progressive...Democrat for the linguistically challenged.

Yes, we do owe France a deep, sincere apology for having allowed such a horrendous act of war to have happened to you on our watch.

We owe the french an apology for mocking them when they - correctly - did not support the invasion of Iraq.  It was fairly clear that there was no active nuclear program, UN inspectors had access, and many had predicted that the region would fall into chaos once we came in a created a new power vacuum.

The french were absolutely correct in their assessment, and we - well, republicans - mocked them for that decision.  And France is paying the price for that today.

Now the french call this an act of war and escalated... while obama calls it a "setback" and continues some oddball half measure strategy that isn't designed to actually accomplish anything. Who's right there? Why doesn't obama do as he promised and get us out?

SheWrites wrote:

boards of FL wrote:

Markle wrote:

boards of FL wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries

It's bad enough that American's have to live with the result of bad republican policy.  Do we really need to export that to the rest of the world?

Sorry, France.  

Strange, I seem to recall that semi-retired President Obama is a far left Progressive...Democrat for the linguistically challenged.

Yes, we do owe France a deep, sincere apology for having allowed such a horrendous act of war to have happened to you on our watch.

We owe the french an apology for mocking them when they - correctly - did not support the invasion of Iraq.  It was fairly clear that there was no active nuclear program, UN inspectors had access, and many had predicted that the region would fall into chaos once we came in a created a new power vacuum.

The french were absolutely correct in their assessment, and we - well, republicans - mocked them for that decision.  And France is paying the price for that today.

The French were not part of NATO from 1966 through 2009.  For them not to participate was par for their course in both the Gaddafi raid and the Invasion of Iraq.  

Yes, boycotts and mocking are childish.   Remember that, BOF.

gatorfan wrote:I can't stop laughing. For the first time in history renaming french fries have caused a terrorist attack. I've been to France numerous times and can say they don't like Americans for the most part unless they need something.

What a bunch of BoFshit.

boards of FL wrote:

gatorfan wrote:I can't stop laughing. For the first time in history renaming french fries have caused a terrorist attack. I've been to France numerous times and can say they don't like Americans for the most part unless they need something.

What a bunch of BoFshit.

Where are you getting the idea that renaming french fries caused a terrorist attack?

gatorfan wrote:

boards of FL wrote:

gatorfan wrote:I can't stop laughing. For the first time in history renaming french fries have caused a terrorist attack. I've been to France numerous times and can say they don't like Americans for the most part unless they need something.

What a bunch of BoFshit.

Where are you getting the idea that renaming french fries caused a terrorist attack?

Well now I just don't know unless it's from your own insinuation:

"mocked them for that decision. And France is paying the price for that today."

You do remember posting that, right?

Your ADD is acting up, ask your Mommy to get your Rx refilled.

Markle wrote:

Yes, we do owe France a deep, sincere apology for having allowed such a horrendous act of war to have happened to you on our watch.

Bob wrote:

Markle wrote:

Yes, we do owe France a deep, sincere apology for having allowed such a horrendous act of war to have happened to you on our watch.

France,  I personally apologize for letting the ragheads do an act of war on you on my watch.   I shoulda not let that happen.

boards of FL wrote:

gatorfan wrote:

boards of FL wrote:

gatorfan wrote:I can't stop laughing. For the first time in history renaming french fries have caused a terrorist attack. I've been to France numerous times and can say they don't like Americans for the most part unless they need something.

What a bunch of BoFshit.

Where are you getting the idea that renaming french fries caused a terrorist attack?

Well now I just don't know unless it's from your own insinuation:

"mocked them for that decision. And France is paying the price for that today."

You do remember posting that, right?

Your ADD is acting up, ask your Mommy to get your Rx refilled.

I do remember posting that, though I never insinuated what you seem to feel I insinuated.  Here, let me hold your hand and walk you through this since you don't appear to be equipped to comprehend this on your own.  In 2003, the Bush administration aggressively made its case for a pre-emptive invasion of Iraq.  France did not support that cause.  Republicans then mocked the french by renaming french fries to "freedom fries" and commonly referring to them as "cheese eating surrender monkeys".

Fast forward 12 years and it turns out that the french were clearly right and the US was clearly wrong.  Iraq turned out to be a massive foreign policy quagmire, just as the french predicted.  Today, the french are paying the price for our misguided foreign policy decision (Paris attacks).  It is our misguided foreign policy that is to blame for the Paris attacks, not the renaming of "french fries".   To be as clear as possible for gatorfan, France is paying the price for our foreign policy decisions in 2003 - the very decision that they did not support and that we - well, republicans - mocked them for.

It's amazing that that needed to be broken down so specifically for you.  

Here's a pro-tip for you, gatorfan.  Follow this and you won't find yourself in these type of situations.  Anytime you read something that I say and then conclude that it is completely outrageous - such as "Did he just say that the Paris attacks stem from french fries?!?! What?!?!" -  maybe you should first check your reading comprehension before replying.  It is much more likely that your reading comprehension is failing you that it is that I said something that idiotic.

gatorfan wrote:

boards of FL wrote:

gatorfan wrote:

boards of FL wrote:

gatorfan wrote:I can't stop laughing. For the first time in history renaming french fries have caused a terrorist attack. I've been to France numerous times and can say they don't like Americans for the most part unless they need something.

What a bunch of BoFshit.

Where are you getting the idea that renaming french fries caused a terrorist attack?

Well now I just don't know unless it's from your own insinuation:

"mocked them for that decision. And France is paying the price for that today."

You do remember posting that, right?

Your ADD is acting up, ask your Mommy to get your Rx refilled.

I do remember posting that, though I never insinuated what you seem to feel I insinuated.  Here, let me hold your hand and walk you through this since you don't appear to be equipped to comprehend this on your own.  In 2003, the Bush administration aggressively made its case for a pre-emptive invasion of Iraq.  France did not support that cause.  Republicans then mocked the french by renaming french fries to "freedom fries" and commonly referring to them as "cheese eating surrender monkeys".

Fast forward 12 years and it turns out that the french were clearly right and the US was clearly wrong.  Iraq turned out to be a massive foreign policy quagmire, just as the french predicted.  Today, the french are paying the price for our misguided foreign policy decision (Paris attacks).  It is our misguided foreign policy that is to blame for the Paris attacks, not the renaming of "french fries".   To be as clear as possible for gatorfan, France is paying the price for our foreign policy decisions in 2003 - the very decision that they did not support and that we - well, republicans - mocked them for.

It's amazing that that needed to be broken down so specifically for you.  

Here's a pro-tip for you, gatorfan.  Follow this and you won't find yourself in these type of situations.  Anytime you read something that I say and then conclude that it is completely outrageous - such as "Did he just say that the Paris attacks stem from french fries?!?! What?!?!" -  maybe you should first check your reading comprehension before replying.  It is much more likely that your reading comprehension is failing you that it is that I said something that idiotic.

What a loon, you managed to say nothing of interest using a whole lot of words. The day will never come when I need a tool like you to explain anything to me. When you get some real world experience and get out of your Mothers basement then perhaps you will understand the world is not what you think it is.

Have a Freedom Fry boy-child.

gatorfan wrote:I can't stop laughing. For the first time in history renaming french fries have caused a terrorist attack.

gatorfan wrote:What a loon, you managed to say nothing of interest using a whole lot of words.