rave, there's something disturbingly Shakespearean in that.
---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : [scifinoir2] Re: English Language Freed! Date : Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:06:07 -0000 From : "ravenadal" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com How apropos that the Chief Justice appointed by Bush 43 would mangle the oath of office. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, keithbjohn...@... wrote: > > Well, after his performance at the swearing in today, maybe Chief Justice Roberts can fill in the gaff gap! > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "ravenadal" > > http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk-bushismsjan20,0,639700.s > > tory > > > > George W. Bush's 'Bushisms' will be missed > > > > America expects mangled dialect to make full recovery > > > > By Christopher Borrelli | Tribune reporter > > > > January 20, 2009 > > > > As of today, no longer will you watch your president improvise his way > > toward coherence. No longer will you listen with suspense while the > > leader of the free world manhandles Mother English into a balloon animal. > > > > Many agree this is a good thing. But isn't there something to be said > > for a president who is so empathetic that he understands "how hard it > > is for you to put food on your family?" Like Thomas Jefferson, who > > coined "belittle," and John Adams, who created "caucus," George W. > > Bush has also given us some unique terms and phrasings—some of which > > we don't want to see fade away: > > > > Misunderestimate. verb. 1: to fail to estimate full worth because of > > prior beliefs. Appears to date to Election Eve 2000. Different from > > "underestimate" or "misunderstand" in that the act is snidely > > presumptuous, not just a bad calculation, but one made with prejudice. > > > > The Decider. noun. 1: the person who makes the final call, without > > question or consideration of dissenting voices. In 2006, when the cry > > to oust Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld had reached a deafening > > pitch, Bush told the press he was "The Decider." > > > > Strategery. noun. 1: a vague secret plan behind an act of maneuvering. > > 2: the improvisational work of political consultants. Coined by > > comedian Will Ferrell on "Saturday Night Live" to mock Bush's oratory > > skills, it was later embraced by the White House to describe its own > > workings. > > > > Bush's poodle.noun. 1: a person who, out of misplaced loyalty to > > another, damages himself. Not to be confused with "teacher's pet." > > Coined by the British press to describe former Prime Minister Tony > > Blair and his unceasing defense of President Bush, who later offered > > this defense: "I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger > > than that." > > > > Heck of a job Brownie. exclamation. 1: ironic statement intended to > > underline how much of a screw-up the subject has become. Originally > > used, without that intent, by Bush, in reference to Federal Emergency > > Management Agency head Michael Brown and his handling of Hurricane > > Katrina. Likely to survive as an allusion to the Bush administration > > itself. > > > > cborre...@... > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
