Posted on 11/02/2004 6:01:31 AM PST by VRWCmember
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
scrutinize \SKROO-tuh-nyze\ verb
1. to examine closely and minutely *
2. to make a scrutiny
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Example sentence:
Signora Bernasconi scrutinized the painting, said to be by Fra Angelico, and declared it a fake.
Did you know?
A close look at the etymology of "scrutinize" reveals that the word stems from the Latin verb "scrutari" (meaning "to search" or "to examine"), which in turn probably comes from "scruta" (meaning "trash," or more specifically "a mixture of worthwhile articles and trash"). "Scrutari" gave us the noun "scrutiny" in the 15th century, a word which originally meant "a formal vote" and then "an official examination of votes." "Scrutinize" retained reference to voting, with the meaning "to examine votes," at least into the 18th century -- and even today in Britain a "scrutineer" is a person who counts votes.
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The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
It was delicious. Especially when they stopped trying the dinky little passes early in the game and began giving it to Curtis regularly. Made the Fish look like they weren't worth a thimbleful of John Kerry's spit.
HAH!!! So the liberals would use it on President Bush for the shrub thing, and we of course can use it on Kerry!
So how come the fraudulent voters tend to vote Democrat?
Are they supporting the fraudulent candidates?
Gee ... losers, whiners, loafers, artificial people, and the dead. Who says the Donks don't have a big tent?
Haha....... and how appropritate to link liberals with erectile disfunction, or is that electile disfunction?
This may have changed when they instituted early voting - for example if you were going to be out of town on election day, you may have been allowed an absentee ballot - not sure.
I have no idea why we have early voting and they don't in the Northeast......... but at least with early voting they get to see you in person, whereas with absentee ballots ANYONE could mark it and return by mail........so I would think early voting would cause less fraud than absentee.
Nice tagline. ;)
OH I would have swooned.........lol
For him??? Baggy blue jeans, wrinkly T-shirt and a Nike inner city cap pulled down on his head. He offered his 3 year old daughter his "I Voted" sticker but she said no. They struck me as the type who raise their own kids. She sat patiently on her mom's lap, looking through magazines together, while dad was inside voting. Faith carried her out, on her hip.
BTW, Cyber went a different way to work this morning via the precinct where we vote. He saw over 100 voters there. He scrutinized and scrutinized to find someone he knew. He found her. She said overall it President Bush all the way.
We'll be voting at noon here and checking out who was naughty and who was nice.
Are you sure she doesn't want Dick Clark? I mean he's been in people's business for a long time. And he's got a first good name.
I think Dick Cheney has commando every single day with the exception of one day off a week.
OH yea him! lol.......I like men who look like men! I don't want some pretty boy with perfect hair who is worried about getting some dirt on his trousers or scratching his manicure......... lol
Fer goodness sake, these poll workers have to take a class. Were they not listening?
ROTFLMAO. I'm considering going to CBS just to laugh.
whoa! that is COOL!!!
Shouldn't you be out there voting? For Bush?
It's a fun place to live.
If you run into the President, tell him I'd vote for him at the drop of a hat.
We get an address list of all "R" voters, with phone numbers.
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