Fries lose their freedom at W feast for French.

[bigtree]

Freedom fries are no more.

President Bush hosted a dinner last night for French President Jacques Chirac that included filet of beef with Bordelaise sauce and French fries.

"They enjoyed a dinner complete with French fries, and Bush himself called them French fries," a diplomatic source told the Daily News.

French fries were renamed Freedom fries on Air Force One and a Capitol Hill cafeteria after France refused to join in the war in Iraq.

Ironically, French fries were created in Belgium.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/283218p-242712c.html

[Jacobin]

1. They're NOT French Fries

They are pommes frit

[rkc3]

5. Oui.

[unblock]

9. actually, they're pommes frites

and "pommes" is the frenche word for apple, so go figure. maybe i'll post the answer to that riddle later....

[Jacobin]

12. Thank you

My french is a bit rusty.

:hi:

If memory serves, a potato is actually a pomme de terre (apple of the ground)

I love the way the french think.

[unblock]

15. correct. "pommes de terre frites" would be a bit of a mouthful

[neweurope]

13. "Pommes de Terre" "earth apples" = potatoes. Old German expression

"Erdäpfel" means the same.

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[LiberalVoice]

2. Ironically

Bush was conceived on a large wheel of French cheese.

[Fridays Child]

3. It's way too early for a visual of Poppy doing BarBar.

But is there ever really a GOOD time for that?

[LiberalVoice]

7. Well I figured early was best...

I mean would you rather go to bed with that in your head?

[Goathead]

4. Mais, bein sur!

n/t

[htuttle]

6. I bet he got the recipe from former Canadian PM Poutaine

[bryant69]

8. Luckily President Bush brought a large bit of amnesia gas

so that all the Frenchies and Europeons will forget what a dimwit he is. And what he was saying a year ago.

Heck, President Bush can't remember waht happened a year ago--why should Europeons remember that far back?

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[GiovanniC]

10. It Is Mighty Big of Bush to Call French Fries "French Fries"

Clearly, this is a coup for diplomatic relations everywhere!

How low are our standards when Bush is basically congratulated for bullshit like this?

A bunch of whiney bastards in Congress got pissed off at the French for the crime of being correct, changed French Fries to Freedom Fries, French Toast to Freedom Toast, and French Ticklers to Freedom Ticklers... and now Bush gets a big pat on the back for his diplomatic skills in finally calling french fries "french fries."

[neweurope]

14. Don't worry, European politicians look at this as the antics of retarded

children.

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[GiovanniC]

16. I'm Glad That Europeans Know the Truth

And it's nice to see examples in Europe of what a free press would do if we had one here in America. However, the problem is that here in the USA, Bush is considered downright gracious by calling them "french fries".

It's like if a child walks up to another child, kicks them in the shin, throws sand in their eyes, and steals their toy... then receives massive amounts of praise from the teacher when they eventually get around to giving the toy back.

[neweurope]

19. Good example :) Aahhh... let's talk not of French Fries but of pretzels...

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[Bettie]

11. This reminds me of a scene from a movie....

Better Off Dead.

I can just see Laura saying "I've prepared dinner Mon Dieu, French bread, French dressing, French fries, and to drink, Peru!"

Yeah, elegant eats there at the White House.

[drbtg1]

17. "Two dollars! Two dollars!"

Thanks for reminding me of that great popcorn movie. Especially after post #2, a vigorous mental sorbet was definately called for.

[ElectroPrincess]

18. I had no idea that you could groom a puppet to behave like

a duplicitous Monarch?!? But kudos to *'s handlers because they pulled it off. What I found hilarious while viewing his declarations at Brussels right before CSPAN Journal this AM = after * finished his speech, the audience applauded appropriately and stood up. However, as soon as he took one step off stage, behind the curtain, this applause ABRUPTLY halted. Almost like it was machine drive. LOL

Damn, the Europeans hate *'s arrogance and posturing ... it seemed like he was declaring himself Emperor of Europe TOO! Bet they're scared out of their minds? That would make the Neo-Con warmongers happy - but does NOT settle well with those of us who can still appreciate the importance of grooming diplomatic relationships among nations.

[bigtree]

20. They act like they're scared, kissing his ass and all

I suspect it's just return posturing. After all, with most of our debt foreign owned, they (politicians) have nothing much to gain by our extrication from Iraq as long as that means spending their country's money and traversing that political mine field of putting their soldiers in the way of the mess there.

[nostamj]

21. "Bush himself called them French fries,"

utilizing all that remained of his diplomatic capital in the effort.