Today's special: Pettiness

Story here. Snip below.

A fast food restaurant in America says it has received huge support after renaming its French fries, in protest at France's opposition to the United States' stance on Iraq.

Neal Rowland, the owner of Cubbie's diner in Beaufort, North Carolina, said his newly-named 'freedom fries' have been a hit with customers.


Well, damn. If this is how Americans are acting now, what happens if Turkey continues to stiff-arm support for a U.S. invasion of Iraq? What the heck are we going to do come Thanksgiving?

Also, does the whole "freedom fries" thing remind anyone else of Albert Brooks' rant to his wife in "Lost in America," when he dictated she could no longer use the term "nest egg" after nearly blowing it all gambling?

P.S.

Unfortunately, it looks like the North Carolina thing isn't an isolated incident.