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20:45 / 12.03.03

Check this out!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2842493.stm

Should they maybe change the song to 'Freedom kissing in the U.S.A?'

20:47 / 12.03.03

whhops! Think I should have started this in Switchboard! Sorry guys, lack of sleep finally catches up with ya!

23:52 / 12.03.03

&8776 Only in America

00:57 / 13.03.03

Precedent: From the people who brought you Liberty Cabbage!

Liberty Cabbage being what the USA renamed Saurkraut during WW1. A history prof pointed out that Canadians shouldn't laugh at this since we permanently renamed New Berlin, Ontario 'Kitchener' at the time too. And weren't the Windsors the House of Nuremberg back then too?

15:31 / 13.03.03

the epitome

sadness slides silly
over the fields of all fear
and the cigarette girls take your name
while you sip down cheap beer

"just fill out the form",
another twenty here, another hundred down
and another endentured revenue stream
another "born-every-minute" clown

chewing on the Fries of Freedom
dollops the catchup of anticipation
roars the crunch of patriotic epitome
and the broken ego of a nation

so take down the Statue of Liberty
maybe cut her down right at the knee
because in this nation's epitome
freedom is free of history

and it well could be a damn good thing
that over the course of such suffering
we never bothered to learn our past
we never bothered to credit the cast

of history's great Enlightenment
of humanity's great entitlement
the epitome of Liberty
the epitome of what we see

for a lack of contextual reference
is the best defensive offence
when all you want to do is win
while your ego drags you 'round by the chin

from one baited trap, to the next
from one Gallup contract, to the rest
the epitome of manipulated fear
while you sip down that cheap beer

while you slip silly sadness
over the fields of fear
another Ego-tistic
in the numbers of beer

another patri-chotic
fighting sin with clenched fists
the epitome of born-lately
to the sound of slashing wrists

to the sound of what we've found
from the marketing mix official
to the sound of what goes down
in the epitome of superficial

in the pain of retribution
and the cost for all his toys
lies the broken Ego
of boys being boys

just slurping fear beer
and crunching Freedom Fries
and counting the reciepts
in the epitome of lies

17:39 / 13.03.03

I want to move.
They're doing this to protest France being against the war; what are they going to do about all the people in the country who are against the war?

Pirate Ven Will Teach You To Lambada (The Forbidden Dance)

21:10 / 13.03.03

Give them hilariously bad names.

22:23 / 13.03.03

>> the epitome (mp3)

sadness slides silly
over fields of fear
and the girls take your name
while you sip down cheap beer

"just fill out the form",
another hundred down
another endentured servant
one more of Barnum's found

chewing Fries of Freedom
cries the crowd "we need 'em"
roars the crunch of patriotic
and a touch of the psychotic

and the broken ego
of an age long ago
and exactly what it is
that we really don't know

where we didn't want to see
the cost of industry
the cost for you and me
and how really we're not so free

so take down the old girl
maybe cut her at the knee
that's because in
this nation's epitome

the freedom is free,
... free of history
ain't no visibility
just divisibility

in the pain of retribution
and the cost for all the toys
lies the broken Ego
of boys being boys

and the broken ego
of an age long ago
and exactly what it is
that we really don't know

where we didn't want to see
the cost of industry
the cost for you and me
and how really we're not so free

just slurping fear beer
and crunching Freedom Fries
and counting the reciepts
in the epitome of lies

23:37 / 13.03.03

Yes praying mantis, you should move because of french fries. Quit overreacting.

There's a restaraunt here in Pittsburgh that has changed french fries to freedom fries. I'm thinking of eating there and making a point of ordering "FRENCH FRIES" in a very loud voice. Stupid fuckers. I don't find it too surprising though. There has always been a large amount of anti-French sentiment here in the U.S. even before this crisis with Iraq.

02:25 / 14.03.03

what I want to do is a little different: order french fries and then when they serve them, stare at them blankly then get horribly belligerent with "the fuck? I ordered french fries! damnit! you're fucking fired!" then toss them. there, that's my protest.

13:55 / 14.03.03

Does this mean I can go to my local drugstore and ask for Freedom Ticklers?

14:38 / 14.03.03

Think this is going to spread to the names of other countries we're mad at? Heard a guy yesterday say "I hope this is all over by fall—I don't wanna have to eat 'freedom bird' at Thanksgiving..."

15:36 / 14.03.03

Does this make Dominique de Villepin the freedom ambassador?

15:42 / 14.03.03

Bazza Auckland sez :
And weren't the Windsors the House of Nuremberg back then too?

No, The House of Windsor came into being in 1917, when the name was adopted as the British Royal Family's official name by a proclamation of King George V, replacing the historic name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

16:48 / 14.03.03

"No, I didn't need nicotine patches; I just went cold freedom."

17:37 / 14.03.03

http://mirror.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/specials/aislin/Aislin.0314.jpg

A

01:57 / 15.03.03

Is French kissing out as well?

22:27 / 16.03.03

There's this story about a Bill to bring back to the US the bodies of soldiers buried in France.

I think someone should start a petition for France to take back the Statue of Liberty.

A

01:00 / 17.03.03

...or someone should hang a giant "Made in France" sign on it.

03:32 / 17.03.03

Think they'll remove all the statues of (Revolutionary War hero/Frenchman) Layfayette too? Rename the streets?

05:49 / 17.03.03

'Thank you. Yes, I'll have the freedom burger, easy on the freedom (gotta watch the cholesterol) with a side order of freedom fries. For desert I'd like a freedom apple pie and to drink, I'll have a single malt freedom.'

'Very good, sir'

10:54 / 17.03.03

A possibly interesting fact my grandmother used to tell me ad nauseum, those of you who are familiar with Jay's Potato Chips, they used to be called Jap Potato Chips until WWII. How 'bout that?

15:24 / 17.03.03

Personally, I find the idea of "Jap Potato Chips" hilarious. I have a sick sense of humor.

16:49 / 17.03.03

Slim, I was hyperbolizing.
But don't you think this renaming shit is a microcosm? I think it's so representative of how the U.S. is into 1. overreacting/indignance and 2. tokenism. I'm saying, *that's* why I want to move, not just cos the congress cafeteria renamed something on their menu.
I never eat there anyway.

22:52 / 17.03.03

You'd probably get shot or thrown in jail for being a terrorist, but the giant "Made in France" sign is a great idea. Having never been to New York, I have no idea how feasible such an action would be. Probably not fucking very, but it's an excellent thought.

I did manage to break into the statue in "Deus Ex", would that be enough practice?

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

06:12 / 18.03.03

Anyone who succeeds in hanging a "Made In France" banner on the sign has my undying love.
I think it's a little easier in Deus Ex- it's a lot shorter, for a start. (Incidentally, read a review with Warren Spector- creator of Deus Ex- the other day, in which he pointed out that the Twin Towers aren't on the New York skyline in the game... apparently they forgot to put them in.)

Me? I'm spending the day stockpiling Brie. Ah. I love these tabloid-indiced boycotts- remember when the Daily Mail was urging us to boycott Greek goods because of the spies- sorry, planespotters? I've never eaten so much feta in my life.

A

08:59 / 18.03.03

I have just employed a saucy freedom maid.

13:15 / 19.03.03

right click, download, distribute. a friend of mine did it.

05:48 / 20.03.03

In my day, we had liberty cabbage with our jap potato chips, and we wore freedom onions on our belt, which was the style at the time, see? and...

whoops. tangential. Just thinking it's a shame France couldn't sue for damages caused by the appropriation of their flag colours. I'm also wondering how my Freedom-Canadian brethren are reacting to this (guffaws or incisive snickers?)

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

06:00 / 20.03.03

Freedom and Saunders?
Oh, and from now on, I'm calling "shorts" "small trousers" in protest at Clare Short.

A small but symbolic gesture? Surely its smallness makes its symbolism all the more petty?
And how many French people eat there anyway?

08:44 / 20.03.03

Freedom bread? Freedom dressing?

The whole anti-French anti-German thing is pretty sad, but on the other hand, I was thinking this is probably the first time since I've been alive that so many Americans know who the rulers of the aforementioned countries are.

I dare anyone in the U.S. to go outside, hang a French flag and see what happens...

10:11 / 20.03.03

I'm boycotting Pizza Express until they accede to my demand that their 'American Hot' pizza be renamed a 'Warmongering Whoopass Special'.

A

02:08 / 21.03.03

From sendbackliberty.us.

Words and Phrases

The following are a list of words and phrases we want legally changed and enforced by the US Government:

Old Word...........Proposed Word
French Fries..........Freedom Fries
French Bread..........Liberty Bread
French Kissing........Tongue Kissing
French Poodles........Courage Canines
French Toast..........Freedom Toast
French Tickler........Yankee Doodle
Paris, Texas..........Liberty, Texas
Versailles, Ohio......Democracy, Ohio
Parachutes............Air-cushions
Champagne.............Sparkling Wine
Caviar................Fish Eggs
Entrepreneur..........Capitalist
Crepes................Freedom Flappers
A La Mode.............Yankee Scoop
A La Carte............On the menu
Hors D'Oeuvres........Pigs in Blankets
Au Gratin.............Smothered in mayo
Chaise Longue.........Long Chair
Decolletage...........Undressedness
Encore................Do It Again
Film Noir.............Moody Movies
Savoir Faire..........Etiquette
Chandelier............Freedom Fire
Vignette..............Piece
Toile.................Dense Monotone Fabric
Pattern (DMFP)
Armoir................Made in the USA
Couture...............Fashion
Burgundy, Bordeaux,
Merlot...............Booze
Renoir , Monet,
Gauguin..............Benson, Chase, Simmons
RSVP..................Y'all let us know if
you're coming
Brassiere.............Torpedo Silos
Garage................Car Hole

A

02:10 / 21.03.03

Aaah! All the careful spacing I put in that didn't work. Oh well, you get the picture, anyway.

05:35 / 21.03.03

Rouge.........red stuff

How are Boudreaux and Thibodaux down in the Freedom Quarter taking this?

Laissez les bontemps rouler!

My mom's coming to visit Europe for the first time in her life. We're going to Paris.

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