----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> To: lbo-talk <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:15 PM Subject: freedom fries hit the House
> French Fries Get New Name in Congress
> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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> Filed at 11:22 a.m. ET
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> WASHINGTON (AP) -- House cafeterias will be serving fries with a side
> order of patriotism Tuesday with a decision by GOP lawmakers to replace
> the ``French'' cuisine with ``freedom fries.''
>
> ``This action today is a small but symbolic effort to show the strong
> displeasure of many on Capitol Hill with the actions of our so-called
> ally, France,'' said Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, chairman of the House
> Administration Committee.
>
> Ney, whose panel oversees House operations, ordered the House
> Administrative officer to change the menus in House office building
> cafeterias to read ``freedom fries'' and ``freedom toast.''
>
> The House action follows moves by several restaurants around the country
> to remove ``French'' fries from their menus to protest French opposition
> to U.S. military action in Iraq.
>
> Also leading the anti-French campaign was Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., who
> noted in a letter to colleagues that Cubbie's restaurant in Beaufort,
> N.C., in his district, was now serving ``freedom fries.''
>
> ``Watching France's self-serving politics of passive aggression in this
> effort has discouraged me more than I can say,'' Jones said.
>
> Members of Congress have been sharply critical of France for threatening
> to veto a new U.N. resolution holding Iraq in violation of disarmament
> agreements and paving the way for a military strike against the Saddam
> Hussein government.
>
> Another Republican, Jim Saxton of New Jersey, has introduced several
> bills to ban Pentagon participation in this year's Paris Air Show and to
> make sure that France does not participate in any reconstruction
> projects in Iraq.
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