More French madness. I can't say I'm head-over-heels about the French. I used to work for a French company, and they never kept their disdain for Americans a secret. I've heard everything from the typical arrogant insults to outright paranoid anti-American rants (e.g. the CIA is trying to steal the company's secrets). I just didn't understand it. I never had any problem with any of them. In fact, most of the people who didn't immediately distrust me because of my citizenship were really decent folks. In the U.S., this imbicilic jingoistic crusade that the mouthbreather isolationist/patriotic contingency has gotten themselves wrapped up in is really starting to reek of bona fide fascism, and frankly, its getting embarrassing. Now (and here's proof that I'm not making this up) French's mustard feels compelled to publicly dissociate themselves from their brand name Stop. Please. Just stop. Yer killin' me over here. Who are these people that think 'Freedom Fries' and 'Freedom Toast' are a clever bon mot? Where?! I want to see one. What other witty barbs do they have? In protest, I'm going to eat a Tastykake French Apple Pie every day until this idiocy stops.
(I wonder if anybody has started a letter-writing campaign to Franco-American Spagetti-O's. They're clearly Anti-American enemy sympathizers)