Word for the Day, Tuesday, May 24, 2005

verbivores | 5/24/05 | xs

[xsmommy]

Word For The Day, Tuesday, 5/24/05

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".

irresolute

adj ;ir·reso·lutely adv. ir·reso·luteness or ir·reso·lution n.

1.Unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided. 2.Lacking in resolution; indecisive. Ex: "the committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute" [ant: resolute] 2: lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly; "stood irresolute waiting for some inspiration" [syn: hesitant, hesitating]

SYNONYMS:changing, doubtful, doubting, faltering, fearful, fence hanging, fickle, fluctuating, half-hearted, halting, hesitant, hesitating, infirm, pussyfooting, shaky, tentative, timid, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, waffly, wavering, weak, weak-kneed, wimpy, wishy-washy, wobbly

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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[xsmommy]

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Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

Here is my example with WFTD.

I guess somehow John Podhoretz is finding VICTORY in the irresolute BS that we saw from the spineless Pubs yesterday on the senate floor. But i don't know if i am buying it just yet:

DON'T TURN VICTORY INTO DEFEAT, PART 2 [John Podhoretz]
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I'm already receiving middle-of-the-night e-mails condemning my position (and some praising it) in favor of the avert-the-filibuster deal. The major point I couldn't get to because the baby was crying is this: Despite the language in the deal about how the Republicans won't bring up the nuclear option until 2007, there's other language in the deal that clearly gives the Republican signatories the option to pull out of the deal should Democrats misbehave.

This deal is therefore effectively about the judges it mentions -- and about them only. Every future nomination will be decided as follows. If the Democrats insist that the next nominee(s) are bad enough to invoke the "extraordinary" right to filibuster, the Republicans have the right to say the Democrats are full of it, kill the deal and go to the nuclear option immediately. .

Thus, the agreement is only binding to the extent that Democrats do not filibuster -- since it will be very difficult for the Senate Republicans to allow them to get away with the "extraordinary" right claim about a mainstream conservative nominee.

To my mind, that's the true essence of the political deal here. Every time the Democrats who signed it move toward filibuster, the Republicans move toward busting the deal.

And that's basically what Mike DeWine of Ohio, one of the GOP signatories, said last night to the Washington Post: "Republicans said they are free to back a ban if they believe Democrats act in bad faith and filibuster a nominee whose credentials do not amount to an 'extraordinary' circumstance. 'We don't think we're going to get there,' said Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), adding that he will not hesitate to vote to ban judicial filibusters if he concludes the Democrats are abusing the right." Posted at 02:41 AM

Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid

No pushing at the door please!

[theDentist]

I am irresolute after last night's betrayal by the RINOs of the party.

[xsmommy]

get up, what are ya, a bunch of RINOS?

[LonePalm]

First? Top Ten?

My wild oats have turned to shredded wheat.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[xsmommy]

i was so aggravated about it, i had trouble falling asleep!

[TheGrimReaper]

122 Years ago...

24 May 1883

The Brooklyn Bridge opened, connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan.
The next day, 5/25/1883, local politicians opened the Brooklyn Bridge Toll Booth.

[xsmommy]

yeah? so? ; )

[TheGrimReaper]

Call your Senator, call the RNC, call Bill Frist....one word: BETRAYAL.

[hobbes1]

The worst part about it is, the Democrats wold hav ehad to vote for Cloture anyway.


These morons gave them something for nothing.

[xsmommy]

that pansy@$$ from SC particularly needs a thrashing.

[secret garden]

The irresolute RINOS have me wondering which option best serves the conservative cause.

[TheGrimReaper]

I'd recommend a hard spanking for him, but am afraid he would enjoy it too much. :-|

[TheGrimReaper]

I prefer the thermonuclear option right about now....

[MortMan]

Frist descends, irresolute,
From the chamber of ill repute,
Manifesto in hand,
He sold out this land,
On the wager that voters are less than astute.

[secret garden]

Mark my words. The lifetime bachelor will not be re-elected.

[xsmommy]

they are FOS, they are pansies trying to spin it as a victory, they have no stones.A+++

[secret garden]

You and I both! I hate caves. Everyone and their brother knows there is only one party that will honor their word and there is nothing to prevent the dems from bailing on their so-called agreement. Color me disgusted.

[xsmommy]

i agree with you both. as someone on another thread said, he needs to go about hairdressing or interior decorating for which he is better suited.

[theDentist]

I dreamt I was at a McCain campaign stop and I kept yelling "Sellout! Sellout!!".