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Lawmaker (Sheila Jackson Lee) Wants to Put 'French' Back in Fries
Reuters ^ | 9/16/03

Posted on 09/16/2003 9:47:20 AM PDT by areafiftyone

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To get international help to rebuild Iraq, Congress may have to eat some French fries and French toast, according to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. Saying it is time to put aside differences with France, the Texas Democrat circulated a letter on Monday urging the U.S. House of Representatives to put back the word "French" in fries and toast on House cafeteria and dining hall menus.

Lawmakers ordered them renamed "Freedom" fries and "Freedom" toast last spring, reflecting anger at France for its opposition to the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein as Iraq's president.

But times have changed, Jackson Lee said, and now the Washington is trying to get France and other members of the United Nations to contribute money and troops to help stabilize Iraq and rebuild its devastated infrastructure.

"President Bush is now urging that all parties put aside 'past bickering,'" she said in her letter. "A symbolic start to that effort" would be reinstating foods on the House menus "with their traditional 'American' names -- French toast and French fries."

Rep. Bob Ney, head of the House Administration Committee, ordered the changes in March. The Ohio Republican took the action at the suggestion of Rep. Walter Jones, a North Carolina Republican


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KEYWORDS: freedomfries; freedomtoast
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To: Paradox
It was pretty dumb in the first place..

Aye. So it was.

21 posted on 09/16/2003 10:13:19 AM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: familyofman
Actually fries were invented by the belgians! I think the UN should look into the matter!
22 posted on 09/16/2003 10:17:01 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
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To: areafiftyone
WHY OH WHY DON'T YOU GERRYMANDER HER DUMB-A$$ HOME!!
23 posted on 09/16/2003 10:19:31 AM PDT by mabelkitty
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To: areafiftyone
Well, OK, we'll rename the menu item, but we're going to need something a lot more substantive than French support in foreign affairs in return.
24 posted on 09/16/2003 10:24:19 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: areafiftyone
When she's finished with Congress, she can always get work punching up scripts for minstrel shows...
25 posted on 09/16/2003 7:06:07 PM PDT by Solamente
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To: areafiftyone
"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." ~ Mark Twain ~
26 posted on 09/16/2003 7:08:39 PM PDT by HoustonCurmudgeon (PEACE - Through Superior Firepower)
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