LiberalGeek in the Land of Ascots

Today, Republican Bill Lee kicked off his campaign for Governor. His afternoon stop was in New Castle just a few miles from work, so I stopped over to meet Maria Evans and see what’s happening with Judge Lee.

The scene was the Old Courthouse in New Castle and the turnout was good. The place was packed to hear Charlie Copeland introduce Mike Castle and Castle introduce Lee. The crowd was what you would have expected. A variety of people (at least a variety of ages) were there along with some guys with some heavy-duty video equipment. I was a little annoyed by a woman in the audience that gave the older white person equivalent of “amen” when Bill Lee talked about home-schooling and charter schools.

Your Liberal Media

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Definitions

Words have meaning.  And when we use them in a sentence, we intend to convey a meaning.  Otherwise, all we do when we speak is just make a loud, annoying noise.  

In order for one person to speak, and another to understand what is spoken, it is essential that words have a common meaning.   Indeed, words cannot be allowed to have their meaning changed, for when words are intentionally manipulated to have a new meaning, it is an attempt to create a new reality.  

Yet, during the Bush years, and even prior to that, we have seen many attempts by Republicans and conservatives to take words and redefine them for their own purposes.  In fact, not only do Republicans redefine them, they give the words their opposite meaning most times.

The Republicans have been very successful at this exercise:
  • Healthy Forests Initiative = Cutting Down Trees in the Forest
  • Clear Skies Initiative = Allowing for More Pollution
  • Precision Bombing = Cluster Bombs
  • Pacifying a Town = Destroying a Town
  • Patriotism = supporting without question President George W. Bush in all he does and says.
  • Democracy = when Republicans win elections.
  • Fraud = when Democrats win elections.
  • American = Republican
  • Liberal = Terrorist and/or Fascist.

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