In case it hasn't been made clear yet, we, as a country, now officially suck: French Fries Get a New Name in Congress

Yessiree, French Fries will no longer be called French Fries in congress, but "Freedom Fries."

1) Boo fucking hoo, the French don't agree with us. Of course, if anyone in congress or most of our country would notice, most of the fucking world doesn't agree with us either. Even countries that support us, like England or Spain, don't really support us. Or at least the people don't. And in most cases, only because we're either buying them off or threatening them with everything under the sun. Of course, to realize this, it would mean not obsessing over Joe Millionaire and actually not only watching the news (because TV news sucks) but reading the news.

2) French Fries are not French. They are and have never been something served in France other than in McDonald's. Whatever they are, they are called "Pomme Frites." Of course, once again, it would mean actually getting our collective heads out of our ass and learning something about another country. Getting back at French by not calling French Fries "French" is like getting back at the Scots by refusing to call Scotch Tape Scotch.

3)Doesn't congress have like five billion other things they have to do right now? Like debate what the hell we're gonna do before, during and after the war? Or fix the economy? Or health-care? Instead of cutting all the inevitable programs that will be cut because of our increasingly huge budget- aka programs for the poor- can we just cut out salaries for lame-ass, redneck, maroons living off of our dime by working in Congress?

4) Can we come up with something more retarded then "Freedom Fries"?

Because the columnist on Slate already pointed it out, I'll just give you the link to the discussion on what this means for things like French Tickler or French kissing.

For further proof of just how much we suck as a country, consider this poll in the New York Times. Despite all the fuck-ups and all the screw-ups and all the muck-ups diplomatically, the numbers are increasing for people who support going to war without U.N. approval. Meaning Bush has managed to make everyone believe that it makes sense to go after a country that defies U.N. Resolution's by defying U.N. Resolutions.

Hello?

But then, on the other hand, " 45 percent of Americans said Mr. Hussein was "personally involved" in the attacks" despite the fact that there's no fucking proof. Are people only watching Fox News? Do people even read anymore? Should every person who runs a News channel or News show quit immediately for not doing a very good job?

We so suck.