;Posted on 04/14/2014 4:58:00 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 4/14/14
;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".
bien-pensant; noun; adj.
1.Right-thinking, orthodox, conformist; conservative. [quotations ▼] 2010, Bagehot, The Economist, 23 Aug 2010: He hopes Mr Abbott wins the election in part because it would, he says, annoy bien-pensant British journalists and Leftists who oppose the Australian's positions on things like abortion, gay marriage or climate change. 2.Someone who accepts and/or espouses a fashionable idea after it has been established and maintains it without a great amount of critical thought.
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Etymology: French ; from bien, well + present participle of penser, to think
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
I know, like connecticut, it’s not all flag-burning liberals here, as well.
hubby switching out for the springtime menagerie?
He assured me that I would be able to get into the pool after two weeks....if I want to, he added.
yep....the lights on the trees are pink and purple....and he did put my star up, too.
i realize that, just like CA is not all leftwing loons either. the ridiculous OH YOU CAN MOVE IF YOU WANT bs is just stupid.
at first i thought you meant your hub said you could get in the pool after two weeks and i was going to say, won’t it still be pretty dang chilly up there for the pool at the end of APRIL???
LOL No, two weeks after surgery I can get in a pool. It should help my recovery to walk in the pool.
yes, that will be a great way to do PT.
Sorry for your loss. I saw the prayer request - your Mother made a difference in the lives of many
Nice!
Prayers for your mom-may she find peace and happiness with God-and condolences to your family.
Did you take those pics? Looks deadly! YIKES!
It is windy, and raining off and on-it was 63 when Husky girl and I went outside at 6 this AM-it is now 46, and I just got back from an estimate for a for patio in the blowing rain...
Too often the bien-pensant
Get hung up on one thing
Allowing the DC criminals
To get in yet another sting
Look over here, over here
They shout out every time-
And hearing their pet issue
Some just follow the slime
They need to wise up instead
And unite for a common cause
Before we end up in a smackdown
To undo some ridiculous laws
A++++ i am skeptical that anything will ever change.
bizarre! it’s 71 here and going up to 76. the cherry blossoms are in full bloom and the gawkers are out in full force clogging up the roadways to look at them. we were nearly late for Palm Sunday Mass yesterday because of it!
Thank you!
I believe change will come, but we will have to push and shove to get it-and a lot of people will be howling because everything they need/want is not available across the street and they will have to get off their asses and do for themselves-toward that end, I will be here in the hinterlands, doing for myself...
Of course for many people, to have to hunt/grow/barter/make their own food and other necessities will likely seem like the world has ended-and maybe that will be a bit of the end times...
I’m a rules person - I don’t think rules are for others and not me - I don’t understand why Bundy stopped paying fees. He is in the wrong there. But then again, why did the gov back down when the reid info came out? Did Reid ask them to back off? There is a lot of fishy stuff here
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