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Actually, No. Not Flemish

Flavius — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 04:52:01 +0000

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Actually, No. Not Flemish Fries.

The two major languages spoken in Belgium(where I worked for 5 years) are French , spoken by the Walloons and Flemish, a variant of Dutch , spoken by the Flamands.

You're right that what we call "French Fries" are eaten by those French speaking Walloons. And probably just as much by the Dutch speaking Flamands.

Driving into Belgium from Germany, exactly on the border, there's a wagon continually turning out Fries for returning Belge craving their daily potato fix.

Bigots always use trumped up

Michael Wolraich — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:18:48 +0000

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Bigots always use trumped up charges of aggression to justify their own aggression. Southern racists accused black men of raping white women. Nazis accused Jews of subjugating the German race. Serbs accused Bosnian Muslims of Ottoman-era persecutions. And so on.

What I find fascinating about modern American bigots is the way they've appropriated the language of civil rights, hence the NAAWP and the CADC. Instead of claiming to be victims of aggression or violence, they claim to be victims of discrimination. They say that their freedom of religion and civil rights are being violated. They constantly attack the ACLU but apply the ACLU's legal reasoning to themselves.

Thanks, DD

Michael Wolraich — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:02:57 +0000

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Thanks, DD

I was going to make a joke

Michael Maiello — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 16:58:47 +0000

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I was going to make a joke about the rugged conservativism of the frontier west with cowboys claiming to be the victims of Indian aggression but then I realized that this is old stuff.

I just found this on you tube

trkingmomoe — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 12:23:52 +0000

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I just found this on you tube from the Today show this week. I don't watch the Today show. I spent 3 weeks camped in Belgian when the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 as part of the return to force with the Army. That is when I learned about Flemish fries.

They are actually "Flemish

trkingmomoe — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 12:10:11 +0000

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They are actually "Flemish Fries." They got the name "French Fries" from the "Dough Boys of WWI." They were with French speaking Belgian troops when they were introduced to this kind of fried potato. French is the official language of the Belgian Army. British made them also but were cut very thick and called chips. We call those today "steak fries." French tries to claim the originator but they are not. It is a street vender food and eaten with mayonnaise in Belgian.

Well done. I am laughing as I

Richard Day — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 07:11:26 +0000

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Well done.

I am laughing as I write this because sometimes these 'philosophers' let their guard down and the Duck Soup guys really did.

Oh, all people are created equal it is just that some of them engage in sodomy.....

You know, black folks used to just sing as they gathered the cotton...

Then we find out that the best thing a guy can do is 'find' a fifteen year old bride cause she will work hard to defeather your ducks. hahahahahahahahh

Ever so often a Steve King will opine about Mexican folks with cantaloupe legs. hahahahahah

Or Rush will pronounce that 'Nigga' is an apt term, for whatever reasons I cannot fathom. Except that Rush is tweeking (is that a word?) to his racist, misogynist and homophobic crowd. Rush makes money doing this shite!

Am I free from my own biases? NO

But I think the left understands, at least leftish individuals, that we all have biases that must be assessed; sometimes on a daily basis.

You or your 'editors' remove some of my bias prints from time to time; so to speak.

I will go for the ad personam attacks at times.

As far as pro-European? I tell ya that American Fries stuff just enraged me a decade ago. hahahaha

Nice essay.

Short and to the point.

I should try that sometime.

hahahahahah

Actually, it's never been

Doctor Cleveland — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 06:10:54 +0000

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Actually, it's never been about abortions. Becuase Obamacare has NEVER mandated abortion coverage.

It's just contraception which, yes, many (but not all) Catholic institutions did cover for their employees.

Under #1, nuns group claims

NCD — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 05:07:35 +0000

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Under #1, nuns group claims an affront to religious freedom because of the requirement for:

“self-certifying that they are nonprofit organizations that hold themselves out as religious and have religious objections to providing coverage for contraceptive services,”

..to legally drop birth control from their health plans for non-nun employees.

It's going way beyond abortions now. (of course most of these Catholic health plans had contraceptive coverage prior to Obamacare)