The administration has created a lexicon that masks reality through the gauzy world of euphemism.

Jewish World Review ^ | April 8, 2009 | Jonah Goldberg

[rhema]

President Obama had a grand time in Europe. He wowed the press, met the queen, gave some wonderful news conferences and got virtually none of the major policy concessions he wanted. But he did do a lot of talking, for what that's worth.

And for Obama, that's worth a lot. During the campaign, then-Sen. Obama made it clear that he thought words meant a great deal. "Don't tell me words don't matter," Obama proclaimed. " 'I have a dream' — just words? 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal' — just words? 'We have nothing to fear but fear itself' — just words? Just speeches?"

Give the man points for consistency. He has put rhetorical innovation on an equal footing with policy innovation. Exhibit A: "Overseas contingency operations." That's the Obama administration's term of choice to replace "the long war" or "the global war on terror." No doubt they were inspired by the famous Leo Tolstoy novel, Overseas Contingency Operations and Cessation of Overseas Contingency Operations, later dumbed-down by the publisher to War and Peace.

Janet Napolitano, head of Obama's Department of Homeland Security — primarily created to deal with terrorist attacks in the wake of 9/11 — has decided "terrorist attack" is too hard-edged. It's "man-caused disasters" now. "That is perhaps only a nuance," Napolitano explained to a German newsmagazine, "but it demonstrates that we want to move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur."

Meanwhile, the White House has announced that prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will no longer be called "enemy combatants." No word yet on what the new term will be. No doubt the poetic euphony of "man-caused disasters" and "overseas contingency operations"

[rhema]

Meanwhile, the White House has announced that prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will no longer be called "enemy combatants." No word yet on what the new term will be. No doubt the poetic euphony of "man-caused disasters" and "overseas contingency operations" sets a very high bar for Obama's Office of Euphemism Generation. But surely "Men Prone to Disaster Causation" or "Overseas Counter-Contingency Operators" are the most obvious choices. My friend Mark Steyn, however, suggests going another way: "Future Facebook Friends."

[x_plus_one]

Hubris was punishable by death in ancient Greece. Since the new “Order of Obama” prefers the persian totalitarian/ dictator model of government - Hubris is all the rage.

[shezza]

I’m pretty sure “Hubris” his middle name.

[edpc]

It's "man-caused disasters" now.

That's sexist. Aren't there female terrorists.....ummmm.....I mean - "disaster causers" as well...?

[Diogenesis]

Man made? Saudi and Pakistani made? Disaster.

How about an Atrocity which is an act of War?

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[RobbyS]

Love it! Barrack Hubris Obama!

[Carley]

A lot different than Giuliani telling the Saudi’s to take their 9/11 donation and SHOVE IT.

[RichInOC]

The Obama Administration is a man-caused disaster, run by differently mentally abled people.

[SgtSki]

He's a MUSLEM baby! That was his automatic bow he learned in his Madrassa school in Indonesia to pay homage to the Saudi King who was paying for his RADICAL education.

[AlanGreenSpam]

-—Janet Napolitano, head of Obama’s Department of Homeland Security — primarily created to deal with terrorist attacks in the wake of 9/11 — has decided “terrorist attack” is too hard-edged. It’s “man-caused disasters” now. “That is perhaps only a nuance,” Napolitano explained to a German newsmagazine, “but it demonstrates that we want to move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur.”
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I think I feel like I have to puke...

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

In other words, they are flaming bulls***ters, for those of you in Rio Linda. This guy 0bama is something else. Over 90% of what comes out of his mouth is either a flat-out documentable lie or is semantically meaningless gobbledygook. It’s remarkable, when it’s not busy being scary.

[Vaduz]

“Overseas contingency operations.” = Call NATO

[edzo4]

oh so Obama gave the Deavl Patrick campaign speech again?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M6x1H08aFc

[combat_boots]

The Euphesimstically transparent administration.

[happygrl]

Except for the Bow, that picture of 0bowma sauntering with the book under his arm is the one I loathe the most.

He seems so cocksure of himself, with such disregard for the Men who have filled that Office in the past, keeping our country safe and a leader in the world, so that it was there for his ego and ambition to fill.