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Word for the Day, FRiday, September 14, 2012 - Rhetorician
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Posted on 09/14/2012 5:02:56 AM PDT by tioga


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”.

Rhetorician

Noun

    1. An expert in or teacher of rhetoric.
    2. An eloquent speaker or writer.
    3. A person given to verbal extravagance.


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....

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


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To: secret garden

Her weight was down almost another two pounds. The mass in her stomach is worth watching, too. Meanwhile, she charged the front door barking this just now to welcome Skyler home. She perked up pretty fast. Two days of meds and she actually almost ran to the door.


41 posted on 09/14/2012 9:01:30 AM PDT by tioga (Biden is the intellect of the Dem party. Clint Eastwood)
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To: Texan5

I was thinking last night “we’ve seen this movie before....”


42 posted on 09/14/2012 9:06:58 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (The DNC loves abortion so much they will now be called the D&C)
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To: tioga

Glad to hear she’s doing better. Meds are good.
Seeing universities having bomb threats called in. Hell breaking loose feels imminent under this moron.


43 posted on 09/14/2012 9:07:10 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Chaos for sure, but since when does Al Qaeda call in warnings? They would just blow them to smithereens.


44 posted on 09/14/2012 9:32:20 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

As I saw on another thread

Al Qaeda is alive,
Our emabassies are burning,
And Chrysler is Italian.


45 posted on 09/14/2012 9:39:44 AM PDT by NeoCaveman ("If I had a son he'd look like B.O.'s lunch" - Rin Tin Tin)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

True-and it is not a movie that needs to be shown again-ever. Do we really need a president ever so often who is so convinced of his star power that he campaigns for his own re-election while the world burns? I’ll bet Nero never thought he’d have wannabees after a couple thousand years...


46 posted on 09/14/2012 9:40:01 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

New Boardwalk Empire this Sunday.


47 posted on 09/14/2012 9:46:19 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: tioga; xsmommy

Chaos is what terrorists do best-and everybody has to run around putting out the fires, because no one knows which are real and which are decoys. With a clueless amateur in charge, they are having a frightfest while he stands around like a deer in the headlights-or maybe that infamous rabbit...


48 posted on 09/14/2012 9:49:15 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SoothingDave

Excellent - our whole family watches this show - kids will come over for dinner too - win/win!


49 posted on 09/14/2012 9:57:10 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (The DNC loves abortion so much they will now be called the D&C)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
I was thinking last night “we’ve seen this movie before....”

That 70's Show.

50 posted on 09/14/2012 10:01:29 AM PDT by NeoCaveman ("If I had a son he'd look like B.O.'s lunch" - Rin Tin Tin)
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To: NeoCaveman

If it’s the 70s, then we’ll have a lot of snow and the Steelers will win the Super Bowl.

I’ll be in the basement listening to my Styx albums and playing Atari.

(If Obama is Carter, where is our Styx this time? They wrote numerous anthems to lift up the spirits of the downtrodden and celebrating the spirit of the worker.)


51 posted on 09/14/2012 10:04:21 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: tioga
The Great Rhetorician Obama somehow continues to find favor with Americans, despite the fact that he is basically all talk and no action... And when he does act, it's usually to the detriment of the nation and its citizens.

For example, his State Department tries to mollify fanatical Middle Eastern mobs with a disgusting "pre-apology" even as we could see the riot reaching the walls of our Egyptian embassy.

Then, Romney becomes the object of criticism by the Media Hit Parade for plainly speaking the truth of the situation, while the Empty Chair orients himself with the direction of the prevailing winds before addressing the issue. Of course, choosing a position that first puts America at fault is a criterion he holds fast to.

I think it's rather ironic that SNL picked a comic by the name of "Pharaoh" to portray The One -- you can just see him decked in royal garb, holding the chariot reins with that smug countenance and looking down a chin held high.

While it's debatable that he actually received the "worst economy ever" from George W. Bush, it's too bad that Obama didn't inherit a core set of AMERICAN principles to govern by, which the former President held without question. Thank God we have and are able to train heroic men and women willing to defend this country, since it appears that our Campaigner-in-Chief is unwilling to do so...

52 posted on 09/14/2012 10:20:03 AM PDT by mikrofon (NObama '12)
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To: mikrofon

A++ Obama owns this mess. Romney will fix it.


53 posted on 09/14/2012 10:26:51 AM PDT by tioga
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To: SoothingDave

No Revis Island on the banks of the mighty Monongahela Sunday.


54 posted on 09/14/2012 12:24:56 PM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
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To: NeoCaveman; xsmommy; SoothingDave; Texan5

DH came home last night with an entertaining story. The loud mouth Dem at his office was on a rant carrying on about “apologizing” for a film while the embassy was being overtaken. He was livid. DH was still chuckling. First time he heard the guy critiquing theWon. Usually, he’s a fan.


55 posted on 09/14/2012 12:25:24 PM PDT by tioga
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To: hobbes1

No? I expect to see some Tebow wildcat. Or at least the threat of it.

I’m hoping the defense stands up to Sanchez better than they did to Manning. Except for the neat little mind game that Polamalu pulled on him, Manning was able to do what he wanted.

And here’s hoping we can get through a game without losing another offensive lineman. Cause we have no more in the cupboard.


56 posted on 09/14/2012 12:34:19 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

It’s going to depend on the DB play.

Now that the Brian Scottenheimer era is over, Sparano seems committed to getting the ball out quickly.

First time in Six years I’ve not been screaming DELIVER THE EFFING BALL for 60 minutes.


57 posted on 09/14/2012 1:00:34 PM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
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To: SoothingDave

I think this should be a pretty even game with the injuries on both sides.

A far better benchmark of where the jets have progressed, than playing against the Jill’s and the Amish Popgun


58 posted on 09/14/2012 1:03:05 PM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "St.Sarah, the1Tru Conservative that REFUSES to unite us and Save America"you)
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To: tioga

That is funny, and I’ll bet he got a kick out of it. I think a lot of staunch Obama worshippers have gotten a jolt from the reality cattle prod the last couple of days-people being murdered doing their jobs when evil runs loose is a wake-up call.


59 posted on 09/14/2012 2:11:59 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5; xsmommy; NeoCaveman

Good God in heaven...Twitchy has a page on the FPL saying Romney is arrogant to run against theWon. Was Obama supposed to run unopposed? This is a joke, right. He didn’t really say that did he? Even FPL cannot be that stupid.


60 posted on 09/14/2012 6:28:32 PM PDT by tioga
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