Thursday, February 16, 2006
Dictionary of Republicanisms
I just finished the Dictionary of Republicanisms...I read it over my lunch hour at work, so obviously it's a short book. I had to move out of cubicle-land to an area away from those who are working because I kept laughing out loud. It's a set of definitions, A-Z, that define what Republicans really mean when they use certain words and slogans. Some examples are: (lifted from an Amazon review)
Abstinence-Only Sex Education = ignorance-only sex education.
Alarmist = any respected scientist who understands the threat of global warming.
Baby Tax = the $25,000 in national debt dumped on every newborn baby.
Clarify = to repeat the same lie over and over again.
Fox News = faux news; White House Press Office.
God = senior presidential adviser.
Incompetence = requirement for promotion in the Bush administration.
Job Growth = increased number of jobs an American has to take after losing earlier high-paying job.
Junk Science = any theory based on data, research, experimentation and rigorous testing rather than on religious texts; any science that interferes with corporate profitability.
Pro-Life = valuing human life up until birth.
Staying the Course = saying and doing the same stupid thing over and over, regardless of the result.
Water = arsenic storage device.
The ones that had me laughing were:
Laziness: When poor people don't work.
Leisure Time: When rich people don't work.
Abstinence-Only Sex Education = ignorance-only sex education.
Alarmist = any respected scientist who understands the threat of global warming.
Baby Tax = the $25,000 in national debt dumped on every newborn baby.
Clarify = to repeat the same lie over and over again.
Fox News = faux news; White House Press Office.
God = senior presidential adviser.
Incompetence = requirement for promotion in the Bush administration.
Job Growth = increased number of jobs an American has to take after losing earlier high-paying job.
Junk Science = any theory based on data, research, experimentation and rigorous testing rather than on religious texts; any science that interferes with corporate profitability.
Pro-Life = valuing human life up until birth.
Staying the Course = saying and doing the same stupid thing over and over, regardless of the result.
Water = arsenic storage device.
The ones that had me laughing were:
Laziness: When poor people don't work.
Leisure Time: When rich people don't work.
# posted by Sean LeBlanc : 6:21 AM
