To: 101stAirborneVet
437 posted on
04/18/2013 8:50:27 AM PDT by
RedMDer
(May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
To: onyx; trisham; TheOldLady; RedMDer; DJ MacWoW; moose07; deoetdoctrinae; vox_freedom; bd476; ...
438 posted on
04/18/2013 9:07:55 AM PDT by
Lady Jag
(If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
To: FReepers; Patriots; FRiends
Bread and Circuses is a metaphor for a superficial means of appeasement.
In the case of politics, the phrase is used to describe the creation of public approval, not through exemplary or excellent public service or public policy, but through the mere satisfaction of the immediate, shallow requirements of a populace.
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443 posted on
04/18/2013 9:45:38 AM PDT by
Lady Jag
(If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
To: FReepers; Patriots; FRiends
444 posted on
04/18/2013 10:11:57 AM PDT by
Lady Jag
(If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
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