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As Salon contributor and former congressional staffer Mike Lofgren observes in a memorable column this weekend, that was also when Rep. Bob Ney, a soon-to-be-disgraced Ohio Republican, decreed that French fries would henceforward be called “freedom fries” in the House cafeteria.

As a former House of Representatives staff member, I recall with some bemusement the 2003 edict by the chairman of the House Administration Committee, Bob Ney, that in the House cafeterias, French fries would henceforth be labeled “freedom fries” in light of French President Jacques Chirac bailing on George W. Bush’s Middle East crusade.

He noted that items such as French fries and breakfast cereals contain more ingredients in the U.S. than in other countries and said, without evidence, that scientists have made “a deliberate choice not to study the things that are truly making us sick.”

There was a food truck offering free burgers and french fries.

It was like hot dogs and hamburgers and french fries.