Word For The Day, Thursday, August 7, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/7/03 | Teacher

[RikaStrom]

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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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tenacious \ten*a*shus\, adjective
tenaciously; adverb
tenaciousness; noun

1. Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view.
2. Holding together firmly; cohesive:
3. Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive
4. Tending to retain; retentive:
5. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly. --Ainsworth.
6. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn..

They are free men, tenacious of their liberties and alert to lurking danger. - Ray V Denslow

Etymology: [From Latin ten x, ten c-, holding fast, from ten re, to hold. See ten- in Indo-European Roots.]

[Slip18]

I don't think Arnold ever left. He just needed to finish up his studio stuff before he could put his hat in the ring.

Even though he is a RINO, he will be good for CA. He is a tenacious character, to say the least. I'll betcha he'll win by a landslide.

[RikaStrom]

And just look at the two of you strolling in. ;-)

[RikaStrom]

Morning Gas, he's back, but is that a good thing, or a bad thing?

[RikaStrom]

LOL, yeah... but how out of it do you have to be to be caught doin' it on top of a cop car??!

[hobbes1]

They say in Business dealings he is a brutal negotiator, one wonders if he will be able to clear at least part of the field on his side of the ticket....

[xsmommy]

Drudge said there will be filth and dirt slung about before long. i think it is a good thing. i like him, rino and all, what else can you expect in CA?

[Slip18]

Hey, I'm retired. Yeah, right! I've retired into a housewife. LOL!

[Gabz]

Sheesh - here I am chattering away with you in the other classroom!!!!!

[Texan5]

Good Morning!

The Senate's chicken eleven
Hide out in Marriot heaven.
Tenaciously clinging to power
In their rented ivory tower.
Are we taxpayers footing the bill
For their exercise of "free" will?

[RikaStrom]

Well, he is a RINO, but mercy knows CA needs something. As for the dirt and muck that's about to be slung, remember Arnold is a "STAR" which means any dirt and muck about him has already been dug up and spread. I doubt that the dems will be able to come up with anything new.

[Slip18]

Thank you, Miss Rika. I'll be tenanciously on this thread after I finish the one last piece in my first garden. My back hurts a bit this morning from digging for the past two days . . . It's nothing that will stop my tenacious personality. What needs to get done, needs to get done.

My dad always said I had a tenacious personality. Do you think he meant I was anal retentive?

[xsmommy]

texan you are impressing the heck out of me with your truly inspired Tex Dem pomes!

[xsmommy]

i would think not, but drudge said he got a call from someone who said that they have pix that maria has never seen..... She's gotta know the score, i would think.

[xsmommy]

i mean, Good God, she IS a kennedy!

[RikaStrom]

I hope not. It has constantly been said that the Texas Dems were paying for the hotel out of their own pocket and not taking their Senate salary while they are gone.

I believe I read a story that had one dem saying he is going to have to find a cheaper hotel if this carries on much longer. A$$hole. (the dem, not you)

A+

[hobbes1]

That's not a good thing, it's a great thing.......


A California style Republican in te state House makes the country more conservative the day after the election than it was the day before.


Not so if Davis manages get by the rather lackluster crowd, that was opposing him. MCClintock has a great record but low name recognition outside of his constituency, ad the Core Conservatives.....And the Dems will not let this be a low turnout race.Their Presidential hopes in 2004 will not even be a fantasy if they cannot produce the states electoral votes, and a Republican in the state house damages that possibility enough to force a massive diversion of resources thatmight otherwise be employed in other close states.(PA-Michigan-Fla....etc)

[Slip18]

Of course she knows the score. She's a Kennedy for goodness sake.

[RikaStrom]

I'm thinking he'll win too.

A+

[Conspiracy Guy]

Arnold supporters tenaciously await the election.

[xsmommy]

GMTA!