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DaveW
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03-14-2003 11:45 AM ET (US)
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Edited by author 03-14-2003 11:46 AM
I had to look him up, and, by god, he even LOOKS like a preteen, tho he was born in 1954. Many interesting nuggets on his own Congressional webpage. "Leadership: none" "Faith: not available"
Among his achievements is membership on the Joint Committee on Printing and the House Committee on House Administration (from whence he presumably issued the Freedom Fries mandate). His education consists of a BA in education, but he's never taught. There are two reasons for being an ed major: you want to teach, or it's the most mickeymouse option available.
Anyway, I think he should be Bush's choice for VP next time: they're a couple made in heaven. And I can see why the gays would have been insulted.
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| Paul Rinkes
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03-14-2003 10:54 AM ET (US)
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I'm telling you, I know Bob Ney.
He's a publicity-hungry, think-later-act-now, superficial prettyboy Congressman.
But I repeat myself. He won his toughest race when it became unofficially known that his opponent started spreading "Ney is gay" slurs, barely trying to hide that it was them.
Ney's district (at the time -- he's since been gerrymandered) is very, very conservative, working class Democrat. Once word got out that he was being slandered, sympathy for him pushed him over the top. Oh yeah, he was part of the GOP class of '94, which helped too.
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| Adam in Poland
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03-14-2003 09:21 AM ET (US)
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03-13-2003 04:39 PM ET (US)
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Edited by author 03-13-2003 04:41 PM
Eli the Bearded wrote in /m28: DaveW, read the constitution lately? Article. I. Section. 2. Clause 2: No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, … The U.S. Constitution is only referring to physical age, not mental. It is clear from the story that the U.S. Representative in question has not yet achieved a mental age of twenty-five years.
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DaveW
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03-13-2003 01:51 PM ET (US)
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So Ney must have been grandfathered in, so to speak.
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Eli the Bearded
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03-13-2003 01:09 PM ET (US)
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DaveW, read the constitution lately?
Article. I. Section. 2. Clause 2: No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, ...
Section. 3. Clause 3: No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, ...
Article. II. Section. 1. Clause 5: No Person except a natural born Citizen ... shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, ...
There are plenty of age restrictions on the jobs already. Oddly, perhaps, but I don't see any age restriction on supreme court judges.
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03-13-2003 12:49 PM ET (US)
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I figure the good congressman Ney is angling to become sec of state after the last adult in the Bush administration leaves. In the meantime, Ohio might want to think about requiring candidates for Congress to be at least 8 years old. I'll be writing the congressman to suggest that.
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03-13-2003 11:09 AM ET (US)
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I hope everyone's calling their congressmen and complaining about this disgusting waste of taxpayer money. I did.
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03-13-2003 10:42 AM ET (US)
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Just when I thought that our leaders could not get any dumber they yet again prove me wrong. Dont they have better things to be wasting their time and my money on? This is just another attempt to divert attention away from the real damage that they are doing to my country. It is a lot easier to trash friends than it is to deal with an economy that is in the toliet (unless you are rich) or discussing in a serious manner the real costs of going to war.
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03-13-2003 10:27 AM ET (US)
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This is the stupidest thing ever. Even if you feel the French are two faced and ungratefull and shifteless and weak - what does this kind of an effort show? that we are all petty and spitefull?
this garbage was on the cover of every major newspaper and news site. its embaressing.
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| tremendo
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03-13-2003 09:57 AM ET (US)
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Edited by author 03-13-2003 10:03 AM
The whole thing started at a local restaurant (french word) here in Beaufort (french name), Carteret (french name) County, N.C. It was a prank in a community with strong military ties, only miles from both Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune (also french) military bases, and it has been blown way out of proportion by the media, and now our house representative. About French Kiss, the same guy proposes "Liberty Lick".
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03-13-2003 09:38 AM ET (US)
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Maybe "Free Thinkers" instead of "French"?
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daen
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03-13-2003 05:49 AM ET (US)
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Let me speak frankly freely : I'm stunned.
The children have taken over the crèche (sorry, it's "nursery" in NewSpeak I guess ...) ; the inmates have taken over the asylum.
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| Woot
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03-13-2003 05:13 AM ET (US)
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Chips, mate. We call 'em chips!
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03-13-2003 03:50 AM ET (US)
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>French wines are now to be called "Victory Vino." Didn't Winston Smith drink Vicory Gin? Greetings from Airstrip One. Mike
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03-13-2003 01:41 AM ET (US)
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I just feel bad for French Stewart. Inspector Gadget 2 came out on DVD the very same day as this news broke, and now nobody's going to buy it because of the evil Republicans.
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03-13-2003 12:23 AM ET (US)
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It's jingoistic bullshit, foo. And we'll be embarassed about it eventually. Probably after folks remember that if it weren't for the French the Founding Fathers would have been rounded up and hung after a failed Revolution.
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03-12-2003 11:59 PM ET (US)
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Doesn't the "French" in French fries refer to the way they're cut?
No more cutting your vegetables in thin strips, traitor!
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03-12-2003 11:39 PM ET (US)
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French toast was developed in 1724 by NY tavern owner Joseph French. French Fries are not French but Belgian.
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| Laurence Aurbach
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03-12-2003 10:44 PM ET (US)
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And of course the Statue of Liberty was designed and built by a French sculptor, and was a gift to the U.S. from the French. So we'll just have to keep the thing out of sight for the time being. Maybe put a black shroud over it.
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03-12-2003 10:16 PM ET (US)
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This "Freedom Fries" thing is so juvenile. Most Americans would probably agree, "don't hate all Muslims because of Al Qaeda; don't hate all Iraqis because of Saddam." But it's OK to hate "The French?" How embarassing for this to come from our government.
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03-12-2003 09:41 PM ET (US)
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Edited by author 03-12-2003 09:41 PM
Freedom to bomb whoever the fuck we want fries
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| Paul Rinkes
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03-12-2003 09:27 PM ET (US)
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I knew Bob Ney pretty well.
All hairspray and no substance, if you ask me ...
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03-12-2003 08:58 PM ET (US)
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Since French Fries are now Freedom Fries, does this mean that French equals Freedom?
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| zobbo
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03-12-2003 08:51 PM ET (US)
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I'm sure the French are going to rethink their stance after this bomb shell.
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| crisdias
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03-12-2003 08:45 PM ET (US)
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What about NOT EATING french fries anymore? I guess that's too much patriotism to ask. ;-)
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03-12-2003 08:13 PM ET (US)
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Edited by author 03-12-2003 08:45 PM
"Honey, where's the Freedom baster?" (i spazzed)
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03-12-2003 08:06 PM ET (US)
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It's good to see that the adults are in charge.
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| Harry Tuttle
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03-12-2003 07:56 PM ET (US)
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This is nothing new? We were kind of at war with Germany in WWII. Last I checked we were not in war with France at the moment. And don't these dingdongs have anything else to worry their little heads over?
Hope I don't come down with the Liberty Measles.
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03-12-2003 07:41 PM ET (US)
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This is nothing new. In WWII sauerkraut was commonly called "liberty cabbage"
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03-12-2003 07:27 PM ET (US)
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On a related note, Washington DC porn shops are now asked to sell 'Freedom Ticklers'.
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03-12-2003 07:25 PM ET (US)
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French wines are now to be called "Victory Vino."
Also, after yesterday's suggestion by Secretary of Cloddish Diplomacy Rumsfeld that the British may not be reliable enough to join in the IraqAttack, Congressional cafeterias will be serving fork-split Thomases' Liberty Muffins at breakfast.
Remember kids, it's still not OK to freedom kiss your freedom shepherd.
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03-12-2003 07:15 PM ET (US)
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Of course this begs the question, will German Shepherds be renamed "Freedom Shepherds?" Are French kisses "freedom kisses?"
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