Congressional 'freedom fries' sponsor has primary challenge

The walls at Cubbie's diner used to be plastered with pictures, stickers and campaign signs for Rep. Walter Jones, who championed the eatery's idea to serve up "freedom fries" in the days before the start of the Iraq war.

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Depending on people's musical tastes, responses to reports that music has been used to torture prisoners often produces flippant comments along the lines of, "If I had to listen to David Gray's 'Babylon'/the theme tune from Barney (the purple dinosaur)/Christina Aguilera, I'd b …

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It was only four years ago that Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) and Walter Jones (R-NC) announced the official name change in Congressional cafeterias from French fries and French toast to Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast.

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Cheney: "How many additional dead Americans was Saddam worth? Our judgment was not very many, and I think we got that right."

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Milton Friedman cites Trumbo's story in Capitalism and Freedom to show how capitalism can root out discrimination. In a competitive marketplace, a company simply cannot afford to indulge its prejudices—even free-market, anti-communist prejudices.

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Take a picture of the french fries on the Bridgeport ferry, and you might as well just admit that you're a charter member of Al Qaeda

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World Leader Speaking as the Iraq War Began - Yes, the French (and others) Were Right

Most of us have read articles ridiculing quotes made by the Neocons leading up to and in the early days of the war. Paul Wolfowitz[3/2003] We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction and relatively soon.

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"And significantly more troops may be required if we are to continue to enjoy that victory, especially if this turns into an all-out civil war," Casey added, stressing that it was still too early to deem the victory a "quagmire."

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Congress has quietly shelved the name "Freedom fries" in the Congressional cafeteria. Smooth move, considering we might actually need France's help.

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It's a sad, sad day in the Capitol Hill cafeteria. After proclaiming that they would no longer eat traitorous French Fries, Bob Ney led the nation with the bold move of calling them Freedom Fries. Freedom Fries! Now that's a patriotic sounding food right there.

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Iranians have decided to rename the "Danish pastries" relished by this nation of cake lovers.

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