OK, the french fries thing was just a waste of time and money, but this is getting ridiculous. http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/13/sprj.irq.congress.france/index.html Bill proposed to allow return of U.S. vets buried in France WASHINGTON (AP) -- In another swipe at the French, a Florida congresswoman has proposed that the government pay for families who might want to bring home from France the remains of Americans who fought and died in the world wars. "I, along with many other Americans, do not feel that the French government appreciates the sacrifices men and women in uniform have made to defend the freedom that the French enjoy today," Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite said in introducing legislation providing financial help for the reburial of veterans from the two world wars. The legislation, which faces uncertain prospects, is the latest show of congressional frustration over French threats to veto a U.N. resolution that would open the way for U.S. military action against Iraq. Earlier this week, the chairman of the House Administration Committee, Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, ordered that House restaurants change their menus to read "freedom fries" instead of French fries. French toast would also become freedom toast. Lawmakers have also introduced bills to prevent France from participating in any postwar reconstruction projects. Brown-Waite, a freshman Republican, said she decided to sponsor the bill after she was approached by a constituent who said he wanted to bring home his father, who was killed in World War II and buried in France. Some 74,000 American war casualties are buried in France and Belgium, including 30,000 from World War I. The host nations, while retaining sovereignty over the burial grounds, have granted the land in perpetuity to the United States as military cemeteries. Steve Thomas, a spokesman for the American Legion, said the veterans' group would need some time to look at the legislation. He said the American Legion has always respected the wishes of the families concerning those who died in combat, but noted that "a lot of people may not want to repatriate their fallen loved ones, separating them from their comrades, to make a statement about the French government."
I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with bletarded. Yes, I stole that joke from Good Morning Miami. No, I don't watch Good Morning Miami. I swear.
Exactly. Major, so I assume we're still on for the Final Four even though they haven't renamed the French Quarter? Lousy un-American bastards.
Major, so I assume we're still on for the Final Four even though they haven't renamed the French Quarter? Lousy un-American bastards. It will be the Freedom Quarter by the time we get there. Who knows, Congress may pass a bill requiring it.
You know how old people are always saying how bad things are getting...how the world is going to hell, but you discount it because they're old?...this stuff is making me feel old.
Other French place names we can change: Baton Rouge Bellevue, Washington Boise, Idaho Buffalo Bayou Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Des Moines, Iowa Detroit, Michigan Eau Claire, Wisconsin La Crosse, Wisconsin Laramie, Wyoming Montpelier, Vermont Ozark Mountains Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan Terre Haute, Indiana Vermont
Lee Brown will have to change Antoine to something else... I knew a guy who's parents were French immigrants here in Houston...they named him Antoine because it was a little of his old home and a little of his new home all in one.
Didn't New York City just pass an antiwar resolution? What are we going to do with them? Well crap. Everything with the word "New" in it has to go.
I heard on the news last night that Hotel Sofitel in Houston removed its French flag from in front of the hotel. The sheer mental laziness seems to have no bounds.
I heard on the news last night that Hotel Sofitel in Houston removed its French flag from in front of the hotel. The sheer mental laziness seems to have no bounds. Yup. It was for safety reasons, as they had received angry calls and such. They replaced it with an American flag for now.
