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Word of the Day – Dictator

  •  Noun: Dictator361px-Bashar_al-Assad_(cropped)
    1. a person granted absolute emergency power; especially :  one appointed by the senate of ancient Rome
    2. one holding complete autocratic control
    3. one that dictate
  •  Synonyms:
    1. autocrat
    2. absolute ruler
    3. despot
    4. tyrant
    5. oppressor
  • Usage:
  • “The good news for President Obama: His detractors no longer think he’s a socialist. The bad news: He’s now a dictator.” ~ Washington Post article
  • Encountered:
    • Over and over that Obama is a dictator

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Vanity Plate for the Day – FIT-EE

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This one was on the back of a (drum roll please) Honda Fit. I suppose it could be an electrical engineer into FITness…

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Word of the Day – Communism

  •  Noun:  Communismroflbot122314
    1. a theory advocating elimination of private property
    2. a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed
    3. a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    4. a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
    5.  a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably
    6. communist systems collectively
  •  Synonyms:
    1. commie
    2. comrade
    3. Red
    4. socialist
  • Usage:
  • “Publicity for an event sponsored by the Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity served up a blunt Obama-is-a-communist message over the weekend, as Talking Points Memo reports..”
  • Encountered:
    • Over and over that Obama is a communist

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Quote for the Day – William Feather

william-feather-2“One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.”~ William Feather

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Vanity Plate of the Day – NJ DVL

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This one was on a black Dodge Avenger. There is a school of thought out there that all folks from New Jersey are devils…

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Quote for the Day – Neil Gaiman

neilgaiman“You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we’re doing it.” ~~ Neil Gaiman

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Vanity Plate for the Day – DIOKO

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This one was on the back of a Chevy mini-van. It also puzzles me a little bit. A Google search revealed possible Biblical/Greek meanings. Given the area I live in that makes sense. Possible Biblical usages would include:

  1. to make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away
  2. to run swiftly in order to catch a person or thing, to run after
  3. to press on: figuratively of one who in a race runs swiftly to reach the goal
  4. to pursue (in a hostile manner) in any way whatever to harass, trouble, molest one
  5. to persecute
  6. to be mistreated, suffer persecution on account of something without the idea of hostility, to run after, follow after: someone metaph., to pursue
  7. to seek after eagerly, earnestly endeavor to acquire

I also found usages referring to athletic training and equipment.

You pick.

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Quote for the Day – Thomas Merton

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“Our idea of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him.”~ Thomas Merton

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Word of the Day – Traitor

  •  Noun: TraitorBenedict_Arnold_1color
    1. one who betrays another’s trust or is false to an obligation or duty
    2. one who commits treason
  •  Synonyms:
    1. betrayer
    2. backstabber
    3. double-crosser
    4. renegade
    5. fifth columnist
  • Usage:
  • “February 04, 2010 “Newshounds” –  Newt Gingrich visited the Hannity show last night where he predictably spewed venom against President Obama. But Gingrich outdid himself when he repeatedly suggested that Obama is a traitor who “appeases” our enemies – such as Iran and the Taliban – and double-crosses our allies and troops.”
  • Encountered:
    • Over and over that Obama is a traitor

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“I told them this story:
In the forest, there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. Every day, the straight tree would say to the crooked tree, “Look at me…I’m tall, and I’m straight, and I’m handsome. Look at you…you’re all crooked and bent over. No one wants to look at you.” And they grew up in that forest together. And then one day the loggers came, and they saw the crooked tree and the straight tree, and they said, “Just cut the straight trees and leave the rest.” So the loggers turned all the straight trees into lumber and toothpicks and paper. And the crooked tree is still there, growing stronger and stranger every day.” ” ~ Tom Waits

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