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To: George W. Bush

juggernaut n. large heavy motor vehicle; overpowering force or object.

Nope, don’t think so.


5 posted on 11/07/2007 5:07:51 AM PST by Ditter
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To: Ditter
The original meaning of "juggernaut" is much more appropriate and frightening, given Ron Paul's suicidal posture of appeasement of Islamofascism, and the cultishness of the Paulistas and other Libertarians:

"It used to be said, apocryphally, that worshipers of Krishna threw themselves under the wheels of the Juggernaut wagon in an access of religious ecstasy, so juggernaut came to be used metaphorically in English for an irresistible crushing force. The British application to large trucks did not become firmly established until the late 1960s."

13 posted on 11/07/2007 6:16:22 AM PST by hellbender
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To: Ditter
Here's another historical note on the origin of the word "juggernaut":

Juggernaut \Jug"ger*naut`\, n. [Skr. jagann[=a]tha lord of the world.] One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindoos. [Written also Juggernnath, Jaganath, Jaganatha, etc.] Note: The principal seat of the worship of Juggernaut is at P[^u]ri in Orissa. At certain times the idol is drawn from the temple by the multitude, on a high car with sixteen wheels. Formerly, fanatics sometimes threw themselves under the wheels to be crushed as a sacrifice to the god.

14 posted on 11/07/2007 6:21:07 AM PST by hellbender
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