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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 11:28 AM
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President Kerry needs to do this the very first thing
This is before throwing Bush in jail, overturning the Patriot Act, all of that.

He needs to sign an executive order directing the House and Senate restaurants to take "Freedom Toast" and "Freedom Fries" off their menus and to correctly put "French Toast" and "French Fries" back on. And then encourage the private restaurant owners who have adopted "freedom fries" to do the same.

The little "freedom" bullshit was a swat at the French, our oldest ally and one of our staunchest. We wouldn't have freedom at all if it wasn't for France. The symbol of our liberty, the statue in the harbor, was made in France and was donated to us by them. So what do we do when they tell us we're doing something we shouldn't that the pathetic child in the White House wants for his rich friends? Why, we make horrible jokes about their nation's citizens being cheese-eating surrender monkeys, boycott French products and change the names of dishes because the word French is in them.

Immature, to say the least.

While changing a couple of words on a couple of menus is not as important as deporting the BFEE to some deserted island where they can't hurt anyone then erecting a permanent naval blockade around it, the symbolism will be fairly powerful.
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Goldmund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 11:30 AM
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1. And then send BushCo to exile....
Edited on Fri Oct-08-04 11:33 AM by slavkomae
...on the island of St. Helen.
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nostalgicaboutmyfutr Donating Member (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 11:36 AM
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2. then replace ' 'pug boys' at the FCC
and enforce fair and balanced at the networks....and review the laws related to the number of media outlets one can own...etc....
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rndmprsn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 11:38 AM
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3. we need new FCC rules....
that will help diversify and anti-corporatize news...

it would be nice to see an american style BBC.

throw michael powell overboard along with his traitor dad...oh yeah and goss should be one of the first to go too!
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forgethell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 12:22 PM
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4. Don't think that he can
Congress is an independent and equalbranch of government, not controlled by the President.
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