Lawmaker Wants to Put 'French' Back in Fries

Reuters via Lycos.com ^ | 09/15/2003

[GeneD]

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 House of Representatives to put back the word "French" back 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.

[Lurker]

LOL!

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[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Is Sheila still sporting the hairdo that made her head look like an acorn?

[Allegra]

Is Sheila still sporting the hairdo that made her head look like an acorn?

And earned her many nicknames such as "Tire-head?"

The funniest thing about Queen Sheila is that she actually takes all these things seriously and doesn't have a clue as to the laughter she provides for all of us.

Keep it up, Sheila! Oh...and what shall we really call Hurricane Isabel? Hurricane Ishtawana or something?

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

You never hear a Rhode Islander brag about their state. We are rotten and corrupt to our socialist core, our leaders are the worst of the worst of the worst. We are stupid stupid sheep.

But we are realists.

Yet you always hear Texans brag about what a wonderful place they've got.

Sheila Jackson Lee.

I rest my case.

She makes our criminal socialist faggot congressboy Patches Kennedy look good.

[MEGoody]

Jeez, lets just call 'em 'fries' and be done with it. This is getting silly. (I've called them fries for a long, long time, and no one has ever NOT understood what I was saying.)

[MEGoody]

"Sheila just needs a big ol' Freedom kiss. Any takers?"

Sure, I'll get my son to use his size 13 boots, er, uh.

[Allegra]

Yet you always hear Texans brag about what a wonderful place they've got.

We do. And Sheila isn't enough of a force to blight it. She represents just one of many districts in Houston. If the State Legislature can get past the Dems' silly little games and get a redistricting measure passed, that just might thwart Sheila. (My Congressional District 7 in west Houston is considered one of the most conservative districts in the U.S.)

We're a much bigger and more diverse state than is Rhode Island, so naturally, we have some colorful characters both good and bad.

Overall, we are a very conservative state. Oh...and have fun shoveling snow this winter. :)

[SF Republican]

My son calls it "yellow toast" which sounds about right.

[presidio9]

Sheila Jackson Lee hard at work for her constituents.

[bmwcyle]

She doesn't know what to call her tickler.

[Redleg Duke]

Why am I not surprised that a dip-wad fool that doesn't know the difference between the Moon and Mars is focusing her limited mental capacity on something totally irrelevant!

[putupon]

Sheila just needs a big ol' Freedom kiss. Any takers?

Why did you have to post that?

[weegee]

Obviously, Queen Sheila hasn't been pay attention (again).

Those Europeans have actually insisted that we take the word "French" out of French Fries, non?

EU sparks food fight at WTO summit

If the European Union gets its way during talks at the World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun, Mexico, this week, American companies will no longer be allowed to use such seemingly generic names as bologna, mozzarella, cognac and champagne on its consumer goods.

Calling U.S. firms "pirates," the EU seeks exclusive rights for its 15-member nations to names of consumer goods associated with European regions.

Endless examples include Bordeaux, Chablis, Chianti, feta, parmesan, romano and Roquefort.

"EU producers are losing billions a year because non-European producers are free-riding on the reputation of European-quality products," Franz Fischler, the EU's farm commissioner told the USA Today.

Besides, they aren't really "French" fries unless they are served with cheese and whine.

[weegee]

Next thing you know, she will sponsor legislation to name the official candy of the US House; Of course, she'll choose the "Mars" bar to honor our astronauts who landed there and planted the US flag....

It certainly won't be a $100,000 Bar. That candy exploits poor people who buy one for 50 cents and don't find $100,000 inside!

[weegee]

"Mr. President, the French people are very upset with 'heavy' Jerry Lewis. Please sign my bill spending an additional $50million to counteract the recent weight gain Mr. Lewis received as a result of his medical treatments."

[weegee]

This little thing?

[mhking]

Sheila Jackson-Idiot-Lee alert!

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[corsair]

My reading of history says sauerkraut became liberty cabbage during World War I, not WW-II. Whadya think bicycle thug?

[bicycle thug]

LOL! I would bet you are correct. It does sound more like a WW I thing. Thanks for the correction.

[corsair]

Since I don't take my cues from either Hurricane Sheila Jackson Lee, Bob Ney or Walter Jones, I never stopped saying french fries and french toast or french kiss. I never stopped thinking the French are even sillier than Sheila Jackson Lee, Bob Ney and Walter Jones, either. ("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.")