The Essential President Bush [Bush did not abandon us; we abandoned him]

The Anchoress ^ | 05/22/06 | The Anchoress

[nopardons]

Thank you! :-)

That's WHY I post facts; historically accurate FACTS...to get them on the record and for clear refutation of the lies and 1/2 truths and nasty propaganda spewed out by FR's KNOW NOTHINGS.

[nopardons]

A hearty BRAVA right back at you, for this post; you're absolutely correct!

We must NOT allow ourselves to be cowed into silence, by the doom&gloom naysayers and Bushbashers, who post distorted, at best, drivel. Facts and calm debate, will ALWAYS trump emotional codswallop.

[nopardons]

Idiotic, baseless rumor.

And do NOT wish for it to be true; it would be a death knell to the GOP.

[ohioWfan]

"Codswallop" is an extremely cool and appropos word. ;)

[nopardons]

It didn't mention the presidents' supporters are CULT MEMBERS and THAT is what I took umbrage at and responded to.

If you are going to CCP ( or make it look as though you have CCPED ) something from one of MY post, please do NOT take words from some other reply/make something up and accredit it to me. Your "But I do wish that you Johny(sic)-one-notes" "quote" was NOT said by me, on this thread and besides which, I do know how to spell "Johnny". Ergo, besides being incapable of true debate, you are also a grievous liar!

I called a FOUL on the "cult" thingy. It's really too bad that you lack reading comprehension skills of a even second grader.

Your side "can't take it". It is YOUR side, who whimpers and whinges and whines and moans when called on incivil and vile behavior; not mine.

[nopardons]

It's one of my favorite words and oh so handy. The English language is just chock full of glorious words, which far too few English speakers and writers avail themselves of; sadly.

Let others fumble around and use less interesting language. Our side needs to use English to its fullest! :-)

[nopardons]

Gee, then I guess that you are NOT as familiar with AMERICAN CULTURE as you suppose you are. Lots of kids have, in past decades ( no, not I ), bribed officials to get their driver's licenses. Has anyone here, ever had to bribe anyone for plates? Sorry, I don't know about that.

OTOH, you are misusing the word "CULTURE" and attempting to force me to stick with YOUR agenda. Sorry...ain't gonna work!

When people on this forum talk about "AMERICAN CULTURE", most have little comprehension of the meaning of the term. It can encompass all manner of things...from dress to music to art to food to how we celebrate vaious holidays and just WHICH holidays ARE celebrated. Usually, though, what they appear to mean, is what is known as THE AMERICAN DREAM, which was fleshed out and cinematically and via pop music fed back to those living here, by *GASP* Jewish immigrants from middle European countries! :-)

But thanks for the attempt; pathetic though it was.

[ohioWfan]

Our elder son, a wise and wonderful young conservative used to read the dictionary for fun.

And for Christmas, he gave me a calendar called "Weird and Wonderful Words"......a couple of examples....

Sindonology - the study of the Shroud of Turin
Kenspeckle - a Scottish word meaning 'conspicuous' possibly from the Swedish.

Let's see......... the leftist nature of some of the 'true conservatives' on FR is kenspeckle. I LIKE it. :)

Or how about 'erinaceous'..........someone with the manners of a hedgehog. That one could be used around here, too. :)

[ohioWfan]

OH, nopardons.........here's a word for us to use....

Jargogled........an obsolete word meaning 'confused.' LOL! I could use that a lot with some of the pseudo-cons I run into around here. :)

[nopardons]

What a WONDERFUJL young man you are raising! CONGRATS!!!!!!

When I was young, I too loved to read dictionaries. Words really ARE "magic: and the more fluent one is, in one's mother tongue, the better. And now, I have learned a couple of new words and seen a couple of "old friends".

Many thanks for "ERNACEOUS"; it's now going to become a favorite of mine. :-)

Do you know WHY many people think that our FFS were so much more intelligent than we poor mortals? It's because they used, REALLY USED the English language so well! Lots and lots of now in disuse words, used to berate and belittle and libel others......but it sounds, to us, so erudite, because they didn't sound like today's ganstarapper wannabes, with all the F bombs and gutter slang and profanity. Yet, if you look at what they said about each other, they were WORSE! LOL

[ohioWfan]

When this boy..........now 24..........was only 13, he wrote an essay from the perspective of a Viet Nam vet suffering from survivor guilt because his two buddies were killed who were Christian, and he, who was not, survived.

It absolutely floored me.

Now he's got a degree in PoliSci/International Relations, and is about to finish his Masters in Int Rel, and is doing an Internship for a Publishing company in DC doing editing.

That love of words got him the job......and will take him far.

btw, I plan to use JARGOGLED the next time I run into another confused Bush basher who thinks Reagan was a god.

I wonder if Ben Franklin used it to describe anyone....... :)

[stands2reason]

"Lots of kids have, in past decades ( no, not I ), bribed officials to get their driver's licenses."


Certainly there are individual police officers susceptible to bribes. But no one HAS to bribe anyone to get normal government services in this country, because it isn't an aspect of our (get ready for it) CULTURE.


cul·ture Pronunciation Key (klchr)
n.

1.
1. The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.
2. These patterns, traits, and products considered as the expression of a particular period, class, community, or population: Edwardian culture; Japanese culture; the culture of poverty.
3. These patterns, traits, and products considered with respect to a particular category, such as a field, subject, or mode of expression: religious culture in the Middle Ages; musical culture; oral culture.
4. The predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize the functioning of a group or organization.
2. Intellectual and artistic activity and the works produced by it.
3.
1. Development of the intellect through training or education.
2. Enlightenment resulting from such training or education.
4. A high degree of taste and refinement formed by aesthetic and intellectual training.
5. Special training and development: voice culture for singers and actors.
6. The cultivation of soil; tillage.
7. The breeding of animals or growing of plants, especially to produce improved stock.
8. Biology.
1. The growing of microorganisms, tissue cells, or other living matter in a specially prepared nutrient medium.
2. Such a growth or colony, as of bacteria.


Now, see that definition 1.1

"1. The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, INSTITUTIONS, and all other products of human work and thought."


Do I have to define the word "institutions" now, or do you know that that includes government?

[nopardons]

You must be VERY proud, indeed; your son is an amazing young man, in so many different respects! Of course, as his mother, I'm confident that you had a great deal to do with the way he turned out.

"JARGOGLED"? Oh my goodness...you've got me there and I can't even find it in any of my dictionaries. LOL

I give up...what does that word mean?

This is like when I read POSSESION and wound up reaching for a dictionary, every few chapters. I have a better than average command of the English language, but every now and again, get humbled by being hit with an arcane word or three.

[Cyropaedia]

If you had bothered to look, at post #427, I have already corrected myself (before anyone else did). I caught my own mistake. I have gotten just four hours sleep in the last couple of days and I was running on fumes.

Reagan did not give blanket amnesty to all illegals living here. The provisions of the Simpson-Mazoli amendment only provided amnesty/legalization to some illegals, depending on their line of work and length of stay, they had to provide proof of employment, they could not have actually been convicted of felonies, etc. Congressman JD Hayworth in his book chronicles some of the fraud committed by illegals just so they could claim to have met the amnesty requirements specified by the '86 legislation. It's not my fault that you are ignorant of the facts.

Here is previous post by our good friend Sabertooth that covered this very topic :

Reagan Amnesty Pop Quiz – Answer Sheet

1. The Reagan Amnesty granted a blanket Amnesty to Illegal Aliens.

FALSE

The Reagan Amnesty wasn’t for all Illegal Aliens, there were many requirements that had to be met for Illegals to be eligible. Among them were certain residency requirements, no felony convictions, less than three misdemeanor convictions, medical examinations, etc. They can be found in the following subsection:

"Sec. 245A. (a) Temporary Resident Status.--The Attorney General shall adjust the status of an alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for temporary residence if the alien meets the following requirements:

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AND no matter how you spin it, Dubya will never be considered as great a President as Jefferson was. Period. Now crawl back in your hole...

[nopardons]

Someone should define and explain every word to you, as well as how each fit into a sentence and paragraph. :-)

I didn't talk about corrupt policemen and know of NO local, where the police are in charge of the DMV. Do you? And you even CCPed what I posted, as a header reference from which to leap off from. You just can't be taken seriously. LOL

[nopardons]

Why don't you go to bed, instead of posting to FR? Whose fault is It that you have only managed to get four hours of sleep, in the past few days....mine? LOL

I'm so glad that you've decided to have your own little made up argument over Jefferson; how precious. But I doubt that you actually know all that much about the man and his presidency. You've yet to refute the accurate facts I have posted about him.

But, still and all, that has NOTHING to do with this thread's topic, which you have embarrassingly ignored utterly.

[nopardons]

YIKES...I missed this post.

What a delightful word! :-)

[garbanzo]

You used to love that about him.

You know what's funny...during the Clinton years, all anybody here ever wanted was a good Christian man, honest and firm in his convictions, who did what he thought was right regardless of the polling data. You get one...and his approval ratings are at 30%.

[nutmeg]

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