Freedom Fries and Toast

headscratcher4 said:
Kitchner Ontario, I think, was once either Berlin or New Berlin Onatrio...
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Anyone remember "Schwastika, Alberta"? I heard that the mayor of this town was quoted as saying something like:

"Hitler be dammned. We were called schwastika long before the nazis, and we will be called schwastika long after" or something like that.
 
Even better is the town of Swastika Ontario, located here: http://uk.multimap.com/wi/59353.htm

Give them credit for their early 1900's name, much before the Nazi Party gave it a bad name. They refused to change their name during WWII or after - that takes nerve.
 
Reminds me of that stupid Fishkill /Fishsave controversy. Idiocy is not party specific.

RANT!
I can't believe we are about to go to war, the economy is in the crapper, gas prices through the roof, unemployment increasing, everyone hates us, Congress gave Bush the powers to do whatever the hell he wants with Iraq, we may send thousands of Americans into battle, there will casualties on all sides and potentially repricussions for years to come, we are fighting a war on terror, and these F*cking morons are getting busy changing the menu. The idiots are

Walter Jones, R-North Carolina http://yahoo.capwiz.com/y/bio/?id=442&lvl=C
Bob Ney, R-Ohio http://yahoo.capwiz.com/y/bio/?id=477&lvl=C
 
While we're at it, let's get rid of all the words that were added to English from the Norman Conquest.

Since Germany is also opposed to the war, let's also get rid of all the words that have their origin in a Germanic language as well.
 
Sanamas said:
While we're at it, let's get rid of all the words that were added to English from the Norman Conquest.

Since Germany is also opposed to the war, let's also get rid of all the words that have their origin in a Germanic language as well.
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Yikes!! English IS Germanic! :D
 
Next to a school by a crossroads in northern Wisconsin was a cinder-block establishment. A sheet of plywood leaning up against it was spray painted with the announcement: Master Bait
 
not really ot, but an interesting tidbit:

Ever wonder why the Germans call themselves "deutch" and we call 'em germans?

The root of the name "Dutch" is teudor, that's what the Romans called them. When they came across the Germans, they said "Oh, these guys are the same as the Dutch", but they way they put it was "These guys are of the same seed as dutch". "Same seed" was condensed to "Germani", hence Germans.

How 'bout Greeks? The Greeks call themselves Hellans. They were slaves to Turks for about 500 years. The Turkish word for slave is "Greco". So, we are techincally calling 'em "slave".

Chinese people call themselves "Tong-yan". The Ching dynasty is what westerners associate China with, but the Chinese prefer to remember the Tong dynasty.
 
Oh, good grief! Does this mean we have to start calling German Sheperds "Alsatisns" again? And think of all the people with their FRENCH Poodles (which are actually GERMAN dogs). Doubly heinous!!:rolleyes: "Euro Poodles?"
 
kourama said:
Is it me or is america a heartbeat away from 'victory gin' and 'victory cigarettes'?

In order to control the masses, you must control their minds. To control their minds, you must control their language.

I get a sick feeling in my guts when I hear the term 'freedom fries' I really do.
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Kourama, clearly you are in desperate need of a stay in The Ministry of Love, to straight out your obviously confused and diseased mind.
 
SCREW THOSE POLITICIANS, I STILL EAT FRENCH FRIES AND FRENCH TOAST... Freedom anything-that proves this is a game of words, not prinicples.
 
I had some nice herbed brie on crackers for a snack tonight.:D
Like Renata said: look at all the problems this country is facing right now. And these guys have their panties in a bunch over fast food? Did they just wake up one morning and say "Today I shall make myself look like an idiot on a national scale?"
I haven't been reading any op-ed pieces lately. What's the read on the rest of the country? (If the answer is "America applauds", don't even answer. Too depressing)
 
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