Krieg den Fritten!

Hi,
Ich bin fuer kuenstliche Intelligenz!

c ya
n3o

Na wenn die nix besseres zu tun haben.

Zitat

Neben den Pommes frites wird auch der "French Toast" in die Freiheit geführt und demnächst als "Freedom Toast" in den neuen Speisekarten geführt.

Dann doch lieber einen "Trockentoast" oder nicht ?

Jo, habs auch gerade bei den AOL-News gelesen.

Was soll man dazu sagen? Wenn die anderen einem nicht nach der Nase tanzen und eine andere Meinung haben, dann macht man halt solche Kinderspielchen und benennt die "French Fries" in "Freedom Fries" um. :flop:

Nach dieser zynischen und kindischen Aktion werden die Franzosen sicher ihre Meinung ändern :cool:

Greetz Erfydeluxe

das bestätigt mich leider wieder in meiner Überzeugung:
Die amerikanische Führungsriege ist nicht ganz dicht.:(
Der Norbert

Und dass selbst die Amis das nicht Ernst nehmen zeigt ein Artikel der NY Times...

Zitat

An Order of Fries, Please, but Do Hold the French
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

WASHINGTON, March 11 — The French may have Champagne, Brie, croissants and even kisses. Americans, at least in the cafeterias of the House of Representatives, now have freedom fries and freedom toast.

With frustration rising in the Capitol over French opposition to President Bush's policy on Iraq, Representative Bob Ney, the Ohio Republican who is chairman of the House Administration Committee, which is responsible for House operations, ordered the word "French" stricken from all House menus. The action was unilateral. No vote was required.

"It's a symbolic gesture," said Mr. Ney, who is of French descent and speaks French fluently. "Not to slap the French around, but people are not hot on the French government right now. This is just to send a message to the troops to say that here in the Capitol, we are not happy."

But one man's symbolism can be another man's silliness. In a city where the prospect of war looms like a foreboding cloud, where lawmakers keep "go bags" packed in their offices in case of biological or chemical attack — and where Democrats and Republicans find little to agree on in any event — some in the minority party were quick to condemn Mr. Ney's action as, well, small potatoes.

"Making Congress look even sillier than it sometimes looks would not be high on my priority list," said Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts.

"There's a potential war going on. There's a lot of debate about is Congress being actively involved in foreign policy. It's bad enough not to be able to do anything, but I think self-caricature is a poor substitute for thoughtful discussion."

Of Russia, China and France, the three nations threatening to veto a United Nations resolution urging war with Iraq, France has been the most unequivocal in its opposition, which is why the French have aroused the ire of House Republicans.

"They have isolated themselves pretty well," said Representative Tom DeLay, Republican of Texas and the majority leader.

But as the great French fry debate raged in the House, Senator Robert C. Byrd, the West Virginia Democrat who has long bemoaned his colleagues' lack of serious debate on the war, took to the Senate floor. Through a spokesman, Mr. Byrd declined to comment on the French fry/freedom fry uproar. But his speech made clear he did not view a fight with the French, over fries or otherwise, as sound foreign policy.

"The day after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America, the French newspaper Le Monde proclaimed, `We are all Americans!' " he said. "Eighteen months later, the United States and France are hurling insults at each other, and the French are leading the opposition to the war against Iraq. In country after country, the United States has seen the outpouring of compassion and support that followed Sept. 11 dissolve into anger and resentment at this administration's heavy-handed attempts to railroad the world into supporting a questionable war with Iraq."

By the time Mr. Byrd delivered his speech, the lunchtime offerings on the House side of the Capitol complex had already been changed. A sign in the food court in the House Longworth Office Building — which, for the record, also serves tacos, vegetable lasagna, Greek salad and Chinese lo mein — announced: "Update: Now serving in all House office buildings. Freedom fries."

A highly unscientific survey of cafeteria patrons found opinion to be either neutral, or anti-French. "There ain't a whole lot of need for the French," said Roger Todd, an official with the Albany, Ga., chapter of the Communications Workers of America, who was in town on a lobbying trip. "I would just as soon call them freedom fries, even though I'm a Democrat."

Noting that French fries originated in Belgium, a French Embassy spokeswoman did not seem amused. "I wonder if it's worth a comment," the spokeswoman, Nathalie Loiseau, said. "Honestly. We are working these days on very, very serious issues of war and peace, life or death. We are not working on potatoes."
There is, apparently, some historical precedent for the switch, which was proposed by Representative Walter B. Jones, Republican of North Carolina. Mr. Jones, whose district includes three military bases, was inspired by Cubbie's, a restaurant in Beaufort, N.C. Neal Rowland, the owner of Cubbie's, said he began serving freedom fries after a local history teacher reminded him that during World War I, anti-German sentiment prompted Americans to begin calling sauerkraut liberty cabbage and frankfurters hot dogs.

"We bought little stickers, stuck it over French and put a couple of posters in the window," Mr. Rowland said. "Next thing you know, we were receiving phone calls from London, Ireland, Australia and all over the continental United States."

By this afternoon, some calls were being directed to Mr. Jones, who said he did not eat fries, no matter what they were called. (At 60, he is watching his cholesterol.) He did a string of interviews, two with British television. "I thanked Tony Blair on both," he said of the British prime minister, a firm ally of Mr. Bush.

While Mr. Jones said he viewed the name change as a "lighthearted gesture," some in Congress wondered what would come next.

"If China vetoes it," Mr. Frank said of the United Nations resolution, "what are we going to call Chinese checkers?"

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greetz,
autares

Edit:
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Carsten

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Original geschrieben von parabuthus
das bestätigt mich leider wieder in meiner Überzeugung:
Die amerikanische Führungsriege ist nicht ganz dicht.:(
Der Norbert

Oder mit den Worten von Asterix: Die spinnen, die Amis.

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Original geschrieben von Martyn
Oder mit den Worten von Asterix: Die spinnen, die Amis.

Das war Obelix

Aber wenn es die Amis glücklich macht......

Wie ist es denn jetzt bei den Jungen Liebespaaren. Machen die es nicht mehr Französisch
Oh mann. Ich könnte heulen, wie ..... die sind.

Allgemein erinnert mich die Fritten-Diskussion an eine harmlose Varinate dessen, was bereits im Zusammenhang mit dem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof (ICC) Gesetz in den USA ist: Demnach behalten sich die USA vor etwaige vor dem ICC angeklagte US-Bürger mit militärischer Gewalt (!) aus Den Haag herauszuholen. Titel des Gesetzes: "American Servicemembers Protection Act of 2002 ".

Bevor jetzt allerdings allzu plumper und verallgemeinernder Antiamerikanismus aufkommt sollte man festhalten, dass es hier primär um die US-Amerikanische Regierung seit Bush geht und nicht pauschal um "Amerika" oder "die" USA...

autares: Sehr geil, der Artikel! :top:

Ich les in letzter Zeit öfters mal im International Herald Tribune. Da gibt es regelmäßig sehr interessante, und oftmals richtig bissige Kommentare. Immer lesenswert: Kolumnen von William Pfaff (teils auch vonWilliam Safire).
Auch interessant, dass die kritische Stimme von Wolf Biermann (!) gegenüber der deutschen und französischen Haltung dort mit einem bebilderten Artikel auf Seite 1 (!) Erwähnung findet...

Cool, ja fast britisch unterkühlt finde ich auch die Reaktion der Franzosen:

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Eine Sprecherin der französischen Botschaft wies darauf hin, dass die "French Fries" eigentlich aus Belgien kommen.

Cool. Aber auch ein klein wenig sinnlos. Wenn es Amerikaner gibt, die wissen was Belgien ist, wo es liegt und was man dort ißt, dann haben diese Personen mit Sicherheit keinen Zugang zu Kantinen in Regierungsgebäuden.

Auf der anderen Seite kann ich die Reaktion der Amis schon verstehen. Schließlich war ich selber lange Jahre im Kindergarten