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Rabbit of Caerbannog Donating Member (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:21 PM
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New republican dictionary:
REPUBLICANISMS:

Abstinence-only sex education (n.) Ignorance-only sex education.

Alternative energy sources (n.) New locations to drill for gas and oil.

Bankruptcy (n.) A punishable crime when committed by poor people but not corporations.

"Burning bush" (n.) A biblical allusion to the response of the President of the United States when asked a question by a journalist who has not been paid to inquire.

Cheney, Dick (n.) The greater of two evils.

China (n.) See Wal-Mart.

Class warfare (n.) Any attempt to raise the minimum wage.

Climate change (n.) The blessed day when the blue states are swallowed by the oceans.

Compassionate conservatism (n.) Poignant concern for the very wealthy. alternative: (v.) State execution of only those with diminished mental or fiscal capacity.

Creationism (n.) Pseudoscience that claims George W. Bush's resemblance to a chimpanzee is totally coincidental.

DeLay, Tom (n.) 1. Past tense of De Lie 2. Patronage saint.

Democracy (n.) A product so extensively exported that the domestic supply is depleted.

Dittohead (n.) An Oxy(contin)moron.

Energy independence (n.) The caribou witness relocation program.

Extraordinary rendition (n.) Outsourcing torture.

Faith (n.) The stubborn belief that God approves of Republican moral values despite the preponderance of textual evidence to the contrary.

Fox News (fict.) Faux.

Free markets (n.) Halliburton no-bid contracts at taxpayer expense.

Girly men (n.) Males who do not grope women inappropriately.

God (n.) Senior presidential adviser.

Growth (n.) 1. The justification for tax cuts for the rich. 2. What happens to the national debt when Republicans cut taxes on the rich.

Habeas corpus (n.) Archaic. (Lat.) Legal term no longer in use (See Patriot Act).

Healthy forest (n.) No tree left behind.

Homelandism (n.) A neologism for love of the Homeland Security State, as in "My Homeland, 'tis of thee, sweet security state of liberty.

Honesty (n.) Lies told in simple declarative sentences--e.g., "Freedom is on
the march".

House of Representatives (n.) Exclusive club; entry fee $1 million to $5
million (See Senate).

Laziness (n.) When the poor are not working.

Leisure time (n.) When the wealthy are not working.

Liberal(s) (n.) Followers of the Antichrist.

Miller, Zell (n.) The man who shot and killed Alexander Hamilton after a particularly tough interview on Hardball.

Neoconservatives (n.) Nerds with Napoleonic complexes.

9/11 (n.) Tragedy used to justify any administrative policy, especially if unrelated (See Deficit, Iraq War).

No Child Left Behind riff. 1. (v.) There are always jobs in the military. 2. (n.) The rapture.

Ownership society (n.) A civilization where 1 percent of the population controls 90 percent of the wealth.

Patriot Act (n.) 1. The pre-emptive strike on American freedoms to prevent the terrorists from destroying them first. 2. The elimination of one of the reasons why they hate us.

Pro-life (ad)j. Valuing human life up until birth. alternative: (v.) act of executing someone who is poor, a minority or without political connections.

Senate (n.) Exclusive club; entry fee $10 million to $30 million.

Simplify (v.) To cut the taxes of Republican donors.

Staying the course (interj.) Slang. Saying and doing the same stupid thing over and over, regardless of the result.

Stuff happens (interj.) Slang. Donald Rumsfeld as master historian.

Voter fraud (n.) A significant minority turnout.

Wal-Mart (n.) The nation-state, future tense.

Water (n.) Arsenic storage device.

Woman (n.) 1. Person who can be trusted to bear a child but can't be trusted to decide whether or not she wishes to have the child. 2. Person who must have all decisions regarding her reproductive functions made by men with whom she wouldn't want to have sex in the first place.


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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:28 PM
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1. heheh n/t
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:29 PM
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3. I was going to laugh more, but as I turned to type, I slammed my ankle
against something metal. Kinda reduced my overall mirth level :)
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Rabbit of Caerbannog Donating Member (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:34 PM
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4. Ow!
hate it when that happens....
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:29 PM
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2. .
:rofl::rofl::rofl:
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