Posted on 03/19/2014 4:46:08 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, March 19, 2014-- jawboning
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".
jawboning [jaw-bohn-ing]
n : the use of public appeals and other forms of spoken persuasion (as by a president) to influence the actions of others.
Origin: 148090; jaw + bone
Related forms
jawbone, jawboned verb
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True, proven in 2008, 2012, and in your governor’s race.
I will even give them 2008, because the white guilt was overwhelming— they NEEDED to elect a black pres. But by 2012, no. There was no excuse for that. And yes, Terry McAuliffe, carpetbagger, had no business being elected governor.
I don’t understand the white guilt thing at all, unless it is liberal guilt for making things WORSE with the great society propaganda and programs.
Assboning is about all Obama’s tame and propagandist ABCNNBCBS media is doing nowdays.
Then again, that’s also all that Obama wants them to do between now and “his” election in November.
As someone whose forebears were all in eastern europe during the period of slavery, i feel no white guilt whatsoever. in fact i only feel guilt for things that I DO, not what anyone else does, be they in my family or not.
I agree that voter fraud is a huge problem. And states keep passing voter i.d. laws which are quickly challenged by Eric Holder’s “just-us” department. The fantasy that voter i.d. laws are somehow racist has become an on-the-ground reality.
It is interesting (to me) to recall how this fantasy was created. There was an analysis of who actually had a state-sanctioned i.d. which could be used at the polls. I don’t recall the numbers exactly, but, for the sake of discussion, something like 99% of whites had such identification, while the number for blacks was 98%. That is, statistically, not much of a differential. But, by flipping to the negative, they were able to say that 1% of whites didn’t have an i.d., but TWICE AS MANY blacks had that problem.
Pretty clever. Of course, states offered to make every effort to see that anyone who needed an identification card could get one at little or no cost, but that didn’t satisfy the fraudsters.
We need to keep the House, win the Senate and the White House. Then, we can get realistic legislation passed that will put a dent into voter fraud.
...I will take the former KGB officer in that face off.
I needed to hear those words this morning....I am only responsible for what I do, not my family. Sounds good.
A++
Compared to Obama’s foreign policy—Syria, Benghazi, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and now Ukraine, Obamacare seems like a huge success.
Pain free this morning? How much housework can I get done? I am about to find out. LOL
You can come to my house and do some if you still need to find out more.
hope you get lots done, and pain free!
i am frank to say that i do not enjoy housework/cleaning. i will have to do some on Friday bc i am having my st james mom friends over for coffee to celebrate one of their birthdays, after AM Mass on Sat.
this administration is 100% political.
EXACTLY what I was going to type! That guy has a male body, not a woosy metro male body!
We don't feel white guilt because we don't view minorities as lesser humans incapable of making their own decisions, using their own inner strenght to get an education, jobs, homes, and make their own decisions about their lives and families.
Wow, that is ballsy!
Another word for this would be "colonization." You can't trust a population to run their own affairs so you have to do it for them.
In this jawboning exchange with the former Tonight Show host,
Obama was at a clear disadvantage right from the start...
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