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French Fried Logic

by John Cole|  March 13, 20039:43 am| 1 Comment

This post is in: Foreign Affairs

You can count me as a Frog-hater of the first order. I have not liked them since I lived in Germany a dozen or so years ago. They smell, they are rude, they are overtly obnoxious to all Americans, they intentionally gave bad directions, they didn’t have ice cubes, and overall, the place just sucked. yes, I am generalizing- I did have a few positive experiences in France.

Regardless, there is no point to renaming French Fries and French toast (to freedom fries and freedom toast, respectively) is. Matt Yglesias links to this Joe Conason story pointing out that “French Toast” is actaully an American invention:

[A] gastronomic historian writes: “French toast was not invented in France. In fact, it was invented in Albany, NY. Tavern owner Joseph French is credited with inventing the famous breakfast in 1724. Supposedly, Mr. French didn’t know the proper usage of the possessive apostrophe and, instead of ‘French’s toast’ he put ‘French toast’ on his menu.”

Interesting. More interesting is the France/Belgium debate over the origin of french fries. I had always thought they were french fries because they had been ‘frenched.’

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The Good Guys

by John Cole|  March 13, 20039:34 am| Leave a Comment

This post is in: Excellent Links

Go here and learn how you can help to support our troops, regardless what your position on the war is.

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Day By Day

by John Cole|  March 13, 20039:30 am| 1 Comment

This post is in: Humorous

I see that Day by Day by Chris Muir is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Good. Glad you others are following my lead.

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Now Do You Understand?

by John Cole|  March 13, 20039:27 am| 1 Comment

This post is in: Foreign Affairs

These are not serious people, and they are not serious nations. Thus, we should quit trying to take them seriously:

Sharp opposition, both from Europe and Iraq, was voiced today to a new British proposal setting out six ways for Saddam Hussein to prove his commitment to disarmament and avoid an invasion.

In Paris, the French foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, said the plan, which would give United Nations weapons inspectors in Iraq a short extension, perhaps to March 24, did not address the key issue of seeking a peaceful end to the showdown with Iraq.

Security Council members are scheduled to meet today to consider the proposal, which is intended to win support for a draft resolution authorizing war against Baghdad.

Mr. de Villepin said France rejected the “logic of ultimatums,” and added in a statement: “It’s not a question of giving Iraq a few more days before committing to using force. It’s about making resolute progress towards peaceful disarmament, as mapped out by inspections that offer a credible alternative to war.”

The Iraqi opposition to ultimatums leading to real disarmament came as a complete surprise- the French opposition less so.

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The Impotent ICC

by John Cole|  March 11, 20035:03 pm| 3 Comments

This post is in: Foreign Affairs

The world’s first permanent war crimes court swore in its first 18 judges Tuesday to try the 21st century’s worst crimes in a move hailed as the biggest legal milestone since Hitler’s henchmen were tried at Nuremberg.

Amid pomp and ceremony, the judges at the International Criminal Court, or ICC, 11 men and seven women, were sworn in to try people accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Insert your own snarky joke. Who are they going to try? Mugabe? Doubt it, too cozy with the French. What about Hussein? Woops- too cozy with the French.

I know- Sharon, Netanyahu, and Bush.

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More Evidence

by John Cole|  March 11, 20034:54 pm| 3 Comments

This post is in: General Stupidity

No, Saddam Hussein was not directly responsible for the events of 9/11. But would you fools please quit pretending that SaddamHussein and terrorism have no connextion. Hussein, by definition and practice, is a terrorist. Here is simply some more evidence, not that any is needed:

Saddam Hussein has opened a training camp for Arab volunteers willing to carry out suicide bombings against U.S. forces in case they invade Iraq, Arab media and Iraqi dissidents said Tuesday.

The dissidents, speaking by telephone from Jordan, said scores of Arab volunteers have gone to a special camp run by the Iraqi intelligence service near the town of al-Khalis, 40 miles northeast of Baghdad.

Most of the volunteers are Islamic activists who belong to pan-Arab groups that maintain close ties with Saddam’s regime, the dissidents said on condition of anonymity.

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Site Difficulties

by John Cole|  March 11, 20034:44 pm| Leave a Comment

This post is in: Site Maintenance

Sorry for the difficulties accessing the sites and the comments boards. Something screwy (meaning something I will never in a hundred years comprehend) happened to the server.

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No Kidding!

by John Cole|  March 10, 20035:23 pm| 3 Comments

This post is in: General Stupidity

This just in from the economists at the Washington Post:
With gasoline prices climbing to near-record levels, some Americans are cutting back sharply back on nonessential driving or trading in their gas guzzlers.

Shocking, I say.

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Welch’s World

by John Cole|  March 10, 20034:54 pm| 1 Comment

This post is in: Media

In case you missed it, Matt Welch had some interesting points to make about the press corp in general and Helen Thomas in particular in the comments section of this post. Here is a bit of what Matt had to say:

I like Helen Thomas. She about near drank me under the table nine years ago, when we met during Clinton’s visit to Prague (I was working for UPI then). She was totally contemptuous of Bubba, and clearly had been speaking her mind freely for several decades now, for mostly good and the occasional ill.

So she’s old and sometimes shrill. Great! I’ll take her over Sam Donaldson any day of the week. I think it’s just fine that the White House press corps asks rude & occasionally bizarre questions — they’re there to provoke answers, after all. Ever see that weird old dude, I presume a Washington Times type, who always tortures Ari Fleischer near the end of his press conference? Guy’s a near-loon … and I love him. Presidents and their spokes-dwarves should be made to respond to such people, who at the very least inject a small jolt of color into an increasginly gray little room.

and

BUT. I like the concept of cranks asking questions. And I don’t think Helen has descended into full crank-hood yet, though it’s certainly possible (I’ve haven’t read or seen enough of her to tell, though the last things I’ve seen have been shrill). Enough *Americans* are cranks — I’m a crank, you’re a crank. I’d love to see Richard Bennett asking the first question at a presidential press conference. Or Atrios.

On his website, he now presents this scenario:

I

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Taxpayer Dollars at Work

by John Cole|  March 10, 20034:25 pm| 2 Comments

This post is in: Outrage

How do you spell overkill?

F.B.I.

Via TalkLeft.

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Smoking Gun?

by John Cole|  March 10, 20034:21 pm| 5 Comments

This post is in: Foreign Affairs

Someone please define what exactly a smoking gun is, and what will actually constitute material breach of UN Resolution 1441. I want to discuss this issue in good faith, but it is clear to me that I simply do not understand the terms of the debate.

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Calpundit and Howard Dean

by John Cole|  March 10, 20034:19 pm| 1 Comment

This post is in: Domestic Politics

Howard Dean was on Meet the Press yesterday, and I was not particularly impressed (I love the fact that they show it again at night on CNBC so I can watch all the Sunday shows). At any rate, Kevin Drum states what he sees as the problem with Dean’s message:

I caught a few minutes of Meet the Press, where he appeared, and he seemed pretty uncomfortable with the subject.

In fairness, I think this really is one of those cases where the liberal position is hard to articulate. Why should we care what France thinks? Still, if Dean’s position is that this is a problem that needs broad international support to be resolved successfully

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The Lost Tribe

by John Cole|  March 10, 20034:11 pm| Leave a Comment

This post is in: Domestic Politics

Welcome and good luck:

Over the next two years, nearly all of the Somali Bantu refugees in Kenya

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The NYT and Racism

by John Cole|  March 10, 20031:11 pm| 3 Comments

This post is in: General Stupidity

The Instapundit points out how really stupid the Ny Times is when it comes to racism. Make sure you read the entire post.

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All Clear?

by John Cole|  March 10, 20031:01 pm| Leave a Comment

This post is in: War

Josh Marshall ‘clarifies’ his position on the war.

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