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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-05 12:04 AM
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French fries protester regrets war jibe
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French fries protester regrets war jibe

Jamie Wilson in Washington
Wednesday May 25, 2005
The Guardian

It was a culinary rebuke that echoed around the world, heightening the sense of tension between Washington and Paris in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. But now the US politician who led the campaign to change the name of french fries to "freedom fries" has turned against the war.

Walter Jones, the Republican congressman for North Carolina who was also the brains behind french toast becoming freedom toast in Capitol Hill restaurants, told a local newspaper the US went to war "with no justification".

(more here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1491567,00.html )
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-05 12:19 AM
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1. Is that like going to congress without a brain?
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-05 03:17 AM
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2. [Deleted--computer burp]
Edited on Sat May-28-05 03:18 AM by snot
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-05 03:17 AM
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3. I s'pose, in that both seem inevitable
Edited on Sat May-28-05 03:18 AM by snot
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-05 07:17 AM
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4. Sac da blu, Pure Kkkarl!
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