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Politics : Support the French! Viva Democracy! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (327)	3/19/2003 1:01:25 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7834

' French Web site to Send Bush Pretzels for Peace Tue Mar 18,11:05 AM ET PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. citizens have turned on French fries and toast to vent their frustration at France's anti-war stance on Iraq (news - web sites). Now the French have joined in the food war -- with pretzels. A French Web Site is urging people to send pretzels to U.S. President, who fainted and fell off a sofa in January 2002 after gagging on the salty snack. The Web Site, bretzelforbush.com , says the pretzels will be stored at a secret location before being sent to the White House in a historic mass action. The retaliation follows moves by some in the United States to change the names of French fries and French toast to Freedom fries and Freedom toast. The pretzels are on sale for seven euros ($7.56) each, with one euro going to a children's charity. So far some 250 euros have been raised for the charity. "We think that to oppose war is not to be against the American people, but simply against the politics of the Bush administration," the Web Site says. After the fainting incident, Bush lamented not heeding his mother's advice to chew pretzels before swallowing and his wife Laura joked he was now "practicing safe snacks." story.news.yahoo.com