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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 07/27/2004 : 05:27:02
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I put this in Politics, but it would fit just as well in Humor or perhaps even Health -- after all Reagan, in another moment of mind-loss, gibbered that it is a vegetable that should be on school menus.....
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Forget Iraq. Forget the world economy, or terrorism, or America's deteriorating global image. What the 2004 US presidential election is really about is a fight over politically incorrect fast food.
First came the infamous furore over French fries - renamed "freedom fries" by a certain faction of patriotic Republicans. Now battle has been joined over the accompanying item on the menu - tomato ketchup.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=544398
The idiot season is truly idiotic this year. :laughter:
Edited 'cause it's hard to type and chuckle at the same time. 
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Edited by - filthy on 07/27/2004 05:32:07
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 07/27/2004 : 08:44:27 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Not to steer this the wrong way, but here's The Straight Dope on Ronnie and the ketchup.
Hmph. Might'a known Cecil'd have something sensible on it. Phooey! Takes all the fun of Reagan-bashing away, freakin' know-it-all, spoil-sport. 
I well remember the actually hilarious kerfluffle over this idiotcy. Ronnie caught a lot of maybe only a little deserved flack over it, not least from myself. It is in reality, a prime example of good intentions, and we all know what that happy ol' road to hell is paved with. 
On the other hand, there are some kids who actually like lima beads a lot better than ketchup -- I was one of them and both of my daughters as well. Substituting a weak condiment for an honest veggie is stupid.
And the ketchup wars continue. The other day, I bought a small bottle of Heinz with nothing more on my mind than having something to put on homemade onion rings and I like Heinz. Now that there is silliness involved, I think I just might buy another. 
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Maverick
Skeptic Friend
Sweden
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Posted - 07/27/2004 : 11:08:12 [Permalink]
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| I can only hope that these people actually know that the rest of the world is looking at them, that we can see them while they're working hard for homeland security by renaming french fries, condemning nipples and now boycotting ketchup... and that we sometimes laugh at them. |
"Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy." -- Carl Sagan |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 07/28/2004 : 03:21:45 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Maverick
... and that we sometimes laugh at them.
My impression is that it's more a constant howler.
(Mixed with a nagging feeling of an impending doom that will drag all humanity into oblivion.)
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Renae
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Posted - 07/28/2004 : 05:16:46 [Permalink]
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Just the phrase "conservative condiment" makes me giggle.
Maybe they should trademark "W". Kinda like "fair and balanced."
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