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Default Take this Freedom Fries: Iran Renames Danish Pastries

Dave Smith wrote:

>Nancy1 wrote:
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>>>TEHRAN, Iran - Iranians love Danish pastries, but when they look for
>>>the flaky dessert at the bakery they now have to ask for "Roses of the
>>>Prophet Muhammad..."
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>>><http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060216/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_danish_pastries>
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>>>-bwg
>>> Jihadi in the Cartoon Intifada
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>>So, it's not o.k. to portray Muhammad with a bomb on his turban, but it
>>IS o.k. to have him endorse flaky pastry. Hmmmmm.
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>I thought it was pretty goofy when Merkins started called fries Freedom Fries.
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>I bought some Danish beer the other day. I intend to buy some Danish Cookies
>and some Danish Blue Cheese when I go shopping today.
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>The other day I was on my way to an appointment and had to stop for some gas. I
>went to the new self serve station around the corner from my doctor's office.
>When I went in to pay I discovered that it is run by Moslems. I won't be
>taking any more business there.
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Really, I thought better of you than that. Being a curmudgeon is one
thing, but bigotry is something else altogether.

Tell me you're joking, please...

Christine