Freedom Fries (formerly, French Fries)

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   Grant Barrett, turn away!
   I was searching the Snopes site for something else when I found this, in the WWI tradition of "Liberty cabbage" for "krout" and for "frankfurter," well, "hot dog," which is called that because...:

BEAUFORT, North Carolina (AP) -- You can get fries with your burger at a restaurant here, but just don't ask for french fries.

Neal Rowland, the owner of Cubbie's, now only sells his fried potato strips as "freedom fries" -- a decision that comes as Americans watch French officials back away from support for possible war in Iraq.

"Because of Cubbie's support for our troops, we no longer serve french fries. We now serve freedom fries," says a sign in the restaurant's window.
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/02/19/offbeat.freedom.fries.ap/index.html

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Drew
Daddy Long Legs Don't You Walk So Fast
  posted 19. February 2003 02:11 PM