Lame Duck

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awkward…

yes! i’m not weird anymore :grin:

Wow. just missed it by a split second. :shock:

Wow aLx are the new TA prospect? Is your F5 smoking :lol:

REQUEST “Lame panda” perhaps? haha, great video! :mrgreen:

i’m gonna pass this hw thingy…

Backward … or Quackward. :grin:

Marina
Wow point guns at each other and play nice :roll:
This is a really bad idea ??
But here is a good jad to start the war :lol: :lol:

Obama’s followers/Groupies have no
good reason but he’s not a Conservative . :grin:
chill out I am making fun of easy this could go all to hell .</b<

And you can do it again tomorrow :grin: i’ll be gone the whole day and night to some aviation centre to fly in a simulator and some other stuff :mrgreen:

Not being an American voter, I can’t comment on the homework question, so I’ll set another homework question for all the other foreigners: –
Can you think of any more amusing animal terms used by stock exchange traders?
I’ll start off with “The Dead Cat Bounce”, which refers to a brief recovery in the price of a stock which has suffered a rapid, catastrophic fall in its value.

Marina wants to know if I’m voting for John McCain or Barrack Hussein Obama, ie. Republican or Democrat.

My big brother liked to start trouble when we were kids.
He would get these ideas for ME to do. I learned this
simple rule to find out if it was really a good idea or not.

You first :mrgreen:

Marina; You have more gosh darn photos of yourself in one week than I have of myself in a lifetime.

HwK: I always analyze all candidates until I have made-up my mind, since I haven’t yet I can’t–but also, sorry, won’t on the HFW site as I don’t believe it belongs here…What about the nonpolitical pledge you made? Lameduck is a word & great to learn (I’ve often wondered), there are so many political words that would be timely, who’s voting for whom IS politics, sticking to what you say is character.

George Bush, “You mean it doesn’t have anything to do with that
‘Rubber Ducky’ song on Sesame Street? Ahh shucks! I love Earnie…

Rubber Ducky, you’re the one… (quack, quack) you make bath times lots of fun…”

He he he 1 girl show, whats those two nuts hanging from you belly button then? Youv’e seen the pictures.

D: NONE OF THE ABOVE. :evil: :evil: :evil:

Gonna be a hell of a ride between now and November. :shock: :shock:

Really won’t know till I close the curtain.

HotForWords, we need some more Smiley’s.
One for Muhaah
Another for Sexy
Another for Stupid Ass Loser Politicians
Another for Petting Kobe

Ah, the elections!

George is no longer up for it.
Makes his wife Laura real sick.
Is George feeling down? Yes, a wee bit!
Do we care? No! He’s such a lame _____.

Soccer or football?
Mary Ann or Ginger?
Betty or Veronica?
decisions, decisions… :grin:

Oh my, what happened to your hair at time 1:05? :oops: :razz: :wink:
Kobe comb, circa “Recess”? :lol: :lol:

don’t forget apples for teacher

50.000th?

Yeah, bet he pardons a bunch of criminals, too… :mrgreen:

Sorry, Marina.

I’m not turning in homework this time. I happen to be of the opinion that it’s my privilege (actually, my right as an American) to vote in complete privacy.
I apologize in advance if this view seems presumptuous, but I strongly feel that this is an improper question to pose to your students given the fact that we are guaranteed privacy in the polling place by law as American citizens. Seems to me it can only serve to polarize people into different camps. For the same reason, I also don’t really want to know who among my friends here on HFW will vote for whom because I like them just fine as they are now: nonpartisan.

I have made the mistake of discussing my personal political views with others in the distant past and very seldom has it worked to my advantage or helped to advance the success of my chosen candidate in any way whatsoever. I have even lost the friendship or support of some acquaintances and people of influence in my life who then chose to judge me based upon that one slip of what I consider proper etiquette (don’t discuss religion or politics with anyone but your spiritual guide or your ballot, respectively). Once it was with my boss, who I was certain held similar views. I’ll never make that mistake again! So I learned never to disclose for whom I’ll vote or how I may have voted in the past unless by some unlikely circumstance, there is some anecdotal relevancy.

Can you believe there are people wanting Bush to run again. There are two major things wrong with that. :roll:

I’m not hotforpolitics this year. Oh yes, I’ll vote. For whom? Not for Obama. He’s not the Wright choice. Not for McCain. He’s so old, his name is going to change from McCane to McWalker. I always vote my conscious, and usually that means voting third party, even if it’s just a protest vote. Maybe I’ll do a “write in” ballot this year. That would be fun.

Excellent lesson. I loved it. I noticed you had trouble pronouncing duck twice at 2:48 where your sister inserted the beep. Had me rolling on the floor again. Who am I voting for? HotForWords of course. :wink:

two? the people and bush?

So you’ll be voting for Paris Hilton, then? :grin:

Very thoughtfully put, pennsyltucky9. Hopefully, everyone will read your cautionary statement before they commit themselves here. Perhaps we can just poke fun at the candidates. They certainly deserve that. We still have freedom of expression (as long as we obey the PC police).

I’m with you on this one….. Stand by with the fire extinguisher!

hey teach!
i’d like to request the origin of the word “terrific”
it’s a good adjective, but it looks like “terror”…

Wow – not one person with the nerve to disclose their candidate of choice, ay?

Well – I’ll start then: I will be voting for John McCain.

As in horror / horrific? You’ve got a point.

More likely it will be John McCain vs. Hilary Clinton,
Obama has stepped on his unit and she smells blood in the water. The convention is going to be real good. :grin:
You heard it here first :grin:

When Bush was at the Olympics, was he a Peking Duck? He was caught peeking at those tattoos that only putting on a bikini can reveal…

“craic” do you know this one

hello teacher,
i was wonderingwhat the origin of the word ” jonas” was because i love the jonas brothers and i have never heard of the name jonas before
~penelope301
p.s i think i want barak obama to win cause mc cain is really old. lol

Bob
Not being a registered or legal resident voter is not a problem as long as you vote Democrat. :lol:

I want the American people to win. That rules out Obama and McCain.

Thanks for your support, livid E.

Even just poking fun at the candidates on a forum like this one seems tantamount to welding steel girders together while standing knee-deep in a room-sized pool of gasoline. Tell you what: I’ll just watch from wa-a-a-ay over here.

I can’t believe I’m actually saying this, but we could do worse!

Privacy in the voting booth has nothing to do with individuals asking each other about their candidates of choice. People do it all the time. Obviously, we all have the right not to answer any question posed to us. However, Marina has just as much of a right to ask.

Also – in my opinion – open discussion about who people are voting for is essential to democracy and a free society. If we all just keep our opinions to ourselves, then one of the fundamental purposes of the First Amendment – free and open political debate – is lost.

I, too, have encountered people that base who they will associate with on their political leanings and views. Aside from extreme and radical and hateful views, I can’t understand people like that. I think it shows a lack of maturity. Like that certain person a few months back that some of you may remember — she went off half-cocked threatening Marina with revenge from some liberal website because McCain ads were popping up on the hotforwords website. A sign of maturity is the ability to express one’s views, and hear and attempt to understand the views of others, without getting one’s panties in a bunch.

melikadothechacha.org :roll:
Was the towers an in side job too :lol:
I hope he does pardon the border agents.
I smell smoke. :twisted:

I’m shocked at these incendiary remarks! :shock:

Buck up, pennsyltucky and lividemerald! Stiffen your resolve! When the fur starts to fly is when the fun starts!

Once more into the breach dear friends!

Cry havoc! And let loose the dogs of war!

I like bush. :grin:

….oh, wait…. were you talking about President Bush? Oh, nevermind…

Hey hotforwords i would like to request the word girlfriend

please…. let’s be politically correct here … it’s Beijing Duck…. :lol:

…but frankly….any man that could keep his eyes off those volleyball players would be somewhat “suspect”….. I don’t blame the prez a bit!

Okay, try talking to Hillary about Barack Obama. I’ll bet she can’t do that witthout geting her panties in a bunch! (Unless, of course, she wears boxers. In that case, I withdraw my objection.)

I’m a McCain man. Don’t want the loony liberal left running the country. The looney liberal left congress, lead by Nancy Pelosi has an approval rating of lees than 9%, a testament to her leadership.

hello, i wanted to know the origin of the word “guitar”. i play guitar, and was just curious of where the word came from.

also im voting for Obama :razz:

I haven’t decided who to vote for and probably won’t decide until the end of October. Both presumptive nominees have taken stances that i feel are serious negatives. Of course, we could write in ‘HotForWords’. :lol:

I’ll bet Hillary is keeping Bill on a leash. I know he would really rather be in Beijing….

Asking for “guitar” on the Lame Duck page is definitely putting out a red herring.

Capt J
Being a Man of the Navy. You understand that the Captain has to do what is right not what is popular. The right thing is always hard and never makes you popular or feel good about your self. We need a Leader not a Mother.
Can you give me a name of a great Navy Man who was Nice and kind
Loved puppies and children, holding hands with the world and singing ” We are the World.” not a Hollywood movie Captain :lol: :lol: .ing :cute: :sweet:

I’m all fur fun, but…

Won’t use an extinguisher, I’m working on a bladder full of beer instead. Great stuff: La Goudale, 7.2% by vol. and each 25 oz. bottle has a cork like Champagne. I’d never had it until a few month ago.

I’ve been very vocal about my choices before, the line I’ve developed is “Hey, I really don’t feel like being castigated for my vote.” I love politics, it’s a dirty, nasty world–by the way it is a world much different then 95% of voters have any idea. It’s also a world that I’ve had a great insight into. I don’t believe that HFW is the place as this can be beyond all of that…I greatly admire what you wrote above. I knew someone who voted in Iran when Ayatolah Khomeini was the spiritual leader. You voted at the Mosque where they had a large ‘yes’ box & a small ‘no’ box and you put your form with all your personal info. into whichever box, infront of and with state officials looking–she voted ‘no’ and left Iran shortly after.

PT9, you hit the nail right on the head with that statement. :mrgreen: People sometime only vote for popular people and are to lazy to do any research if its a candidate they would want for president. :sad: All the public TV news polls are eroding the voting system. It become a popularity contest that only can be won with money. Im sure our fore fathers didn’t intend for this to happen. People wonder how Bush become president in the first place. Our current voting system has been compromised. Its no longer valid. :mad: Even our voting system here in Washington State for governor was compromised. Dean Rossy won two machine counts only to be defeated the third time by a human hand count. Since when are humans more accurate than a machine counting twice? :shock: Its a broken system and no way tin sight o fix it.
I gave my life for this country to server in the Gulf war and now I feel it was only to support a corrupted government system. :oops: I feel as an accessory to the crime. :cry: So what else is new? Its worst in other countries. I just wish the US or some country would get it right. When did our values become corrupt? :neutral:

I too have made the mistake of discussing my personal political views. I have been punished for doing so. :cry: I though no harm would become of it but I was very very wrong. I wish I could have taken what I said in the past back. Oh well can’t cry over spilled milk. :???: Same goes for religion. As you said, first rule of fight club is not to talk about fight club! Second rule of fight club is … Sorry got off the wrong track, I couldn’t help myself. :mrgreen: Don’t discuss your stand religion or politics with anyone. Resist all urges to do so. You can talk about it but don’t reveal which side of the fence your on. It will only cause you grief. I to will do the same as you PT9. I agree with you as we agree with the fore fathers that started this great country. Voting was designed to be private or there would have been no reason for a ballot box.

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I am an Independent. I vote for who tells the most believable lies.
I liked that outfit at the end. :wink: That’s how you used to dress for class. Dress to impress. :smile:

Oh you scared me there for a moment.

i want to know where the expression
“that’s the way the cookie crumbles” comes from
what cookie?
do al cookies crumble the same way?
:?: :???: it just intrigues me mind

I’m not a even resident and only a very infrequent visitor.
Anyway, as Marina said on the last O’Reilly show, Democrat and Republican both mean the same thing.
If a publican is someone who keeps a Public House (Bar), what is a Re-publican?

HotForWords,

Have you noticed it’s been a couple of hours and we haven’t killed each other yet. :grin:

With all that I said, talking about the election would get HFW site ranked higher google search and among blogs.

Yes they are are….
Didn’t the teacher do a sniper video?
Hiding behind a raq and taking pot shots. :lol:

well i just joined, nor do i care what page its on. it said to ask by commenting on a video and the link gave me this one. so all i did was ask on here.

Fur is fine for dogs …

I wanna know why Monkey Bread is called that. There’s no monkeys in it!

I would sit and talk to anyone about politics and often do. That’s much different than just listing (or discussing) in a public forum. I like to discuss politics with people who really, really know, not just armchair headline reading overly opinionated knee-jerking quags.

When it comes to politics, sometimes it is best to have a “hands off” policy. I hope GW followed that advice when he squeezed up next to you while posing for this photo, Marina.

I’d rather she shave…

Don’t worry, Rizzo, lividemerald was just teasing, as we all do. Welcome to the club and enjoy your duck.
When you’ve finished, you can send the bill to lividemerald. :lol:

Yea because the next person that starts a flame war will be expelled :twisted: . I don’t think Marina realizes how much power she has over the student body. :???:

Welcome!

I second that vote!!!!! :mrgreen:

How is John today ?
He and Bill talking about the best ways to
lie to the media. when you get caught ??
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Run a way rrr gonna blow :twisted: :twisted:
just funnin ……relax :grin:

PUTIN?

You go on ahead, Prospero811.

I was once idealistic and outspoken too. It proved time and again either to accomplish nothing or flat-out not to be a good idea. People will do whatever they choose to do based upon their own personal values, beliefs, and frames of reference, and I have already expressed mine. I think Marina made a mistake.

For what it’s worth, you can make as many insinuations as you please; I don’t mind being called chicken or even labeled as immature (the very idea of that is actually quite refreshing at my age!). But know this, my friend: some people are just more circumspect in their judgement of what is and isn’t appropriate than you may be.

. Thanks for your input.

thx for welcome, i ve been watching hotforwords videos for sometime but only just joined the site.

thx lol

So how did Ronald Regan win? He was 69 when he took office. Nearly the same age as McCain is now. I think McCain will be 73 if he where to take office in 2008.

I think I like my fur just as it is. There are better venues for this than on an etymology site. I’ll still be here to clean up the battlefield later.

First off is there is no way can be elected again. Second haven’t they learned their lesson yet?

MY WORD REQUEST IS ==> “oops a daisy”

Yes, but 69 sounds sexy, not old.

I thought I smelled smoke.
Can I be the first one sent to the gallows ??
A martyr death for freedom of speech would be so cool :lol:
Do I have to be pro Bush or will any opinion you do not like do. ?
Can PT9 pull the leaver too. sweet :grin:
It’s all fun and games until someone gets an eye poked out :lol:

Word requests :mrgreen:

Deception, Mercy, Promise, Remorse, Scream.

We all enjoy a little gallows humor…

My Dear Teacher, speaking of politricks, could you investigate the origin of the phrase, “politics makes strange bedfellows”. Thanks.

Bush went from Same Duck in 2004 to Lame Duck in 2008. The Bushes and the Clintons are wannabe Reducks.

i always wondered that since HORRIBLE and TERRIBLE are
synonyms
why is it HORRIFIC and TERRIFIC antonyms?

Prospero811,
I agree with you about openly discussing political view. I would encourage that. If we keep our opinions to our selfs that would also defeat the propose of sharing our views. What I think PT9 (correct me if im wrong PT) was trying to point out was don’t declare who you plan to vote for at the pole station. Otherwise why have a private voting booth when you publicly stated who your voting for? It just doesn’t make any logical sense. You basically let the cat out of the bag for all to see. :cool:

An old guy put it into perspective for me once.
He said the GOP are wagon and the DNC are the horses.
One without the other will not get much done.
And we need a driver to keep as on the path.
Not a groom to brush the horses and paint the wagon.

hi Marina, first of all, i wanna tell u dat u r super cute.
anyways i want to reques diz word! PASSPORT??
where did it came from?? PASS-PORT
thank you take care mami

You mean like Bush and Kennedy on immigration? When was the last time you saw a teddy and a duck in bed together?

Sorry OK4now I think I called you a she one time. :wink: ooops

Like Putin? :shock:

Ronald Reagan won when Jimmy Carter stepped down several hours before the polls even closed in the western states. The final results would not have been counted until the following morning, yet the election was already over. Perhaps Carter presumed Reagan would take California because he had been governor there once. I wonder what the real count was had Carter not done so.

Bygones!

I saw an ad for Marina. I think I’ll vote for her. Does anyone still have a link for that Marina for pres in 2008 video? The one with the ad on the side of a bus.

Where did the word “Filibuster” come from?
I’m voting for Obama…McCaine looks just like every pain in the neck boss I’ve ever had.

Hey Marina could you find out where the expression “The coast is clear” comes from

barack obama

Yea, Too much experience is really not cool or hip.
Paris is only in her 20s and the French will love us. :lol:

It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

Then it’s just FUN!

You’re right, I guess Mary Jo Kopechne could be referred to as a “bird” but she probably wouldn’t have drowned had she been a duck.

It had nothing to do with the 21% interest rate and gas lines around the block.
High unemployment and placating to the Iranians?

memories….. sweet memories :smile:

Nice analogy. :smile:

Waddle he do with it?

You are not the first to ask for guitar. Maybe Marina should do it. 100 Guitar request should show there is a need.?
I always thought it had to do with the fact, cat gut was used as strings. :shock:

The phrase first appears in print in 1531 where it describes a vessel which had safely cleared the coast, then later Shakespeare used it in Henry VI as a reference to visibility. Neither of these references touch on its true insinuation; it is a reference to smuggling … or some nefarious operation. My source: “Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions” by Bill Beavis and Richard G. McCloskey – Note: Im not a 100% sure if this is book is correct. Maybe Marina or some other philologist could shed some light on this. :grin:

usually the term includes two partnerships that produce interesting results such as, “politics and religion makes strange bedfellows”

Marina, why did your hair become suddenly mussed after you said “A lame duck cannot keep up with the flock and becomes easy prey.”??? Then it was fixed again!?!? :shock: Did some dastardly villain try to make you easy prey?
You’re opening a big can of worms by asking people who they’re going to vote for! I plead the 5th on this one!!!
Let me ask you: What’s going on with Russia invading Georgia? Whose side are you on in that one? And are you still a Russian citizen or are you an American now? (You can also plead the fifth if you want.)

i figured i wasnt the first to ask, i figured it couldnt hurt ask anyway. i do seriously think it would be awesome to find out where the word originated from.

Hello Marin

I’ve heard of oopsy daisy when parents lift up their kids. But I think your version is the most common one.

Ups-a-daisy

Welcome to HFW rizzo7890. You asked your question in the correct page. :wink: I hope your word gets chosen for a future lesson. Keep an eye out for it. :smile:

thx, and dont worry i will. :grin:

russia was not invading georgia just like that. abkhazia and south ossetia were calling russia for help. russia is the only protecting power they will accept.

:shock: :shock: :shock: :lol: :grin:

Morning Marina.
Well I’m voting for…. oooh shoot, I’m not allowed to vote! Iäm not even a Unitid State Citizen…. How boring…

Otherwise I’m voting for Moderaterna hehehe.

Awesome video As always tho, and do you know why americans uses pounds and foot and inches instead of the metric system that was made to be more efficeint and better then the old foot and inch one?

I thought Bob made it?

what the h*ll is a
GRIFFIN GRIN
i heard on the news referring to something a politician does

I’m having platypus for dinner. I’m not paying the duck bill.

Ah dopey me. :???:
I get what’s going on here. :idea:
It’s got nothing to do with the November election. :eek:
Here’s how I figured it. :roll:
It’s summer :arrow:
You go to picnics :arrow:
What do they serve at picnics :?:
Baked Beans :smile: Fiesty Baked Beans :smile:
Beans, that’s the ticket. :idea:
This is a test to see if we have been paying attention. :wink:
HotForWords wants us to eat Old Greek Salads. :razz:
Ancient Greece, Black and White Voting Beans, Spill the Beans, See how the voting’s going. :grin: That’s it!!
And the duck connection is easy. :roll:
The spill the beans lesson ended with a slip up “Spill the Bill” :oops:
A Duck’s Bill :arrow: Hence :arrow: QUACK!!!! (Says the duck who’s foot has been stepped on) A Lame Duck. :lol: :lol:
Sister Words called and said so, so you know it’s true. :wink: :wink:

Muhaaah!!!

okay thanks but u still didnt explain the origin and meaning of it you just told me a different spelling of it

I was commenting on electile dysfunction.

marina pls do video on the word ===> “oops a daisy” or its spelled “ups-a-daisy”

Hello Marina, you’re looking gorgeous as always. I think i’m voting Mccain this November. Its not like hes super awesome or anything but yeah. Heres some intersesting facts though, my Uncle is Obama’s Personal Life Guard at Sandys Beach today! As you alll know Obama is in Hawaii on vacay, and the secret service ask my uncle, whose the head life guard at Sandy’s, to be Obamas persoanl life guard. I thought that was cool, im not voting for the guy but come on hes the biggest celebrity in the world according to Maccains ad lol. Also my other Uncle who lives on Kauai made an Obama impersonation vid check it out: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZBuJiSyfCg

How did South Ossetia wind up being a Georgian bedfellow in the first place. My understanding is that this separatist region has a population more sympathetic with Russia. Maybe we should just let South Ossetia proclaim its independence? And if they fall under the influence of Russia, then so be it. That is where their sentiments apparently lie, anyway. I think the president of Georgia is just being politically manipulative. Is it wise for us to piss off the Russians when we will be relying upon their Soyuz to ferry our astronauts to the ISS and back between 2010 and 2015?

Thanks, CaptainJack

I agree that the media tend to cause more problems than they seem to solve. What’s really scary is the advent of whole networks devoted entirely to news. They often beat tiny little stories (or rumors, or out-of-context misstatements) to death on days when there really isn’t a whole lot to report, just because they’re on the air 24/7 and are overburdened with a ridiculous array of “experts,” “analysts,” and “consultants” who need a paycheck and so their opinions get treated as gospel truth.

This can blow the majority of their stories way out of proportion as a result. Not to mention they’re most often sponsored by corporate networks of commercial interests which have the financial clout to dictate which news to bury and which news to over-analyze ad nauseum.

Listening to European news stations can give a much more even-handed and diverse range of world news than most of the channels I’ve seen on American networks, but one really has to seek them out and so, for the average citizen here who has a regular 9-to-5 schedule and a raft of personal responsibilities such as kids to tend, meals to prepare, etc., European newscasts rarely even get noticed let alone taken into account in the mainstream of public opinion here in the USA. We’re kept in a bubble. Consume, consume, consume is the message they send us most often. Just look at all the car ads.

speakin’ of lame: the seven-million dollar man got robbed

annudder :cool:

oops heres the link for the vid its funny: My Uncles Obama Impersonation

I think Ted Kennedy should have been asked to serve as Obama’s personal lifeguard.

County?

here’s a surprise – i’m voting for McCain, for REAL change, not promises…

Obama simply scares me – but he thinks i’m “bitter” anyway…

annudder :cool:

To avoid losing an eye, just DUCK and RUN! (Unless you’re lame, of course. Then you hold ground, subscribe to the “eye for an eye” theory, and attack!) Enjoy your comments pennsyltucky9. I’m keeping an eye out for you. (Okay, so that was a bit lame…)

Bush’s presidential library is said to warehouse the lame duck tapes. Sounds ducky to me.

Click on the blue Ups-a-daisy under Jack’s comment and it will give you the origin and other related facts. :smile:

Good one Lividemerald. He had better or we’ll trim his bushes for him :lol: :lol:

Now you’ve torn it, We never make fun of a Marina’s hair. :???:
Get a rope boys…. sum’n need a hang’n

No question, I’m gonna elect neither the changey-guy nor the old guy but Paris Hilton.

Cheers,
Gelyon

Did anybody buy a car this year? I know CaptainJack didn’t. Those are ads of desperation, I think. Detroit is in dire straits…

RRR do you smell smoke then you need a Fireman, I still have one hose that works. :lol:

Me too have you got any extras. :razz: :lol:

She has gelyon’s vote…

So Lividemerald would you take the position if you were to be a write in by most of us? I’ll vote for you. :grin: :cool:

You must have coulrophobia…

I laughed at the long F************ck :P

I agree with Gelyon, im with Paris!!

I’d like to make a slight correction on your comment to Prospero811 also, Captain sir.

I would not answer an “exit poll” at a polling place about how I voted for the same reasons as I outlined my personal preferences for individual privacy above (I vote by absentee ballot anyway, so it actually wouldn’t apply to me ever), but the main thrust of my statement originally was that I am not compelled to make any attempt to debate my politics, sway other voters’ opinions, or find out what anyone else thinks about it. I also don’t like to be seen or want to watch anyone else taking a poop (just as an example). It’s a privacy issue, and I respect others’ privacy so I expect (perhaps demand is more appropriate) to be treated likewise.

Truly, and I mean this in the most sincere way, I hope that doesn’t disappoint anyone. If so, the law protects me on that issue of personal choice of whether to share my views or not. You already know by seeing my replies to date that I can and do go on and on about issues for which I feel passionate. So trust me: it isn’t a good idea to get me started on the issue of politics anyway! But it’s all good. Thanks for bearing with me.

Keep a hand on the tiller and a weather eye to windward!

You mean it doesn’t refer to a bar of see-thru soap? I always thought the real meaning was transparent, but this definitely clouds the issue…

Wierd? Never thought you were that.
Extraordinarily Lucky, diligent, whatever..
Power to ya! :mrgreen:
You might give James a shot at it when
he gets back. LOL! The lag time on
his server is just enough to hang a
wait state behind you. It would make
his day if he could be first, once. :mrgreen:

When you guys find Utopia let me know.
8000+ years of man that I know of. Man has been looking for it from day one..
Everyone thinks their lives are the worst ever in history. The poor now days are you ones the drive out dated cars are over weight and only have one new TV :lol: and a cell phone ,$300 dollar snickers …….

Capman911, probably any average guy would do a better job than either of these two will do. I’ll be glad to take the position as this country’s new president if Marina will agree to be my intern.

You’re gonna dine-n-dash? I thought you were just echidna round.

For my money, the most believable lies are usually compliments.

If you ever get bored, try to read
Plato’s Republic. Make sure you
have a BIG dictionary! I put it down
after the first two pages – deep….
They don’t talk like that anymore. :mrgreen:

Sarkozy will be a lame frog someday. Maybe he already is.

Technically there is no “South Ossetia” since that implies that the area is not part of the Tskhinvali region of Georgia but a separate republic. I keep reading about “Ethnic Ossetians” which I now understand is what the politically correct media calls the mostly Muslim area. If the facts I got are correct, the area is about 2/3′s Muslim. I am perplexed as to why the Muslims would ask Russia for help in their attempt to secede from Georgia when Russia killed so many Muslims when Chechniya tried to break away from Russia and establish an independent Muslim Republic.

LMAO! Good call….here it is! :mrgreen:

I say we write in Hillary anyway. She has the backing of her husband and he really wasn’t such a bad President. He just liked cigars. :lol:

:oops: :oops: sneakers :oops: :oops:

Amen on that. Do you smoke cigars :?: :lol:

The news comes on every day whether there is anything to report or not. If not, then they’ll find something. I use to say in L.A. that if they could start a forest fire and not get caught they surely would, if they could trigger an earthquake guess what…they would. It’s all a big game of gotcha and recent studies; most TV reporters wouldn’t know how to classify or analyze a scientific paper if you gave them a week, but there they are stating “recent studies suggest…” “Eggs are bad”, four years later “eggs are okay!” “This just in: teens with bad grades are more likely to get pregnant.” Then a few weeks later you have a father yelling at his 15 year old daughter, “The reason I’m worried about your grades is that I don’t want you to get pregnant!” Welcome to the moden world babe, and we’ll talk during the commercials, “Oh, not yet this is my favorite commercial–it always makes me laugh.”

Did you click on my link?

Dear Marina, It was nice to see you in that nice summer dress! For a while, I thought the weather was so cold in Southern California that you had to wear all those T-shirts! I hope you get more warm weathere there!
For your homework, I plan to vote for Sen. McCain. Did you vote for Dmitry Medvedev? I hope you won’t ask more political questions since it could reduce your audience by 50%.
Also, I notice that you sometimes bleep out an English curse word. Do you only use bad words in English now, instead of Russian ones? You’ve learned our language very, very well, obviously! Your dear student, Seesixcm6

Hahahahahaha!

I had a really hard time reading it too ….through the smoke
the pictures where cool too… :wink:

They say he can be an SOB sometimes.

Funny you should mention that soap. Its the same brand I use. Im thinking of switching to something else.

I don’t think he did. He’s asking for it further up the page again.

I wonder want the out come would be religitics.

What the heck was I looking for in that link? Too much stuff, not enough direction. I hope it wasn’t the Nike ad that auto-starts when the page opens. I paused it immediately. Oh well.

Obama scares a lot of people.

Ouch! Struck a nerve on that one!

I’ll vote for her too. Nice vid. She has calmed down a lot from what she used to be, wild.

I agree with the Captain in that political views
serve to bring moral and philsophical ideas
as issues to debate. Partisan politics, such
as is evident in this election year, promote
an “us or them” arguement often fraught
with personal attacks against parties and
individuals. Still, issues like abortion, or
right to life, merges personal moral
convictions with politics because laws
have changed, for better or worse.
Gun control, abortion, etc have been
used by politicians for distraction; to
keep more relevant issues off the table.
Does anyone remember the debates
from the Kerry-Bush election cycle in
’04? Expect to see more of the same
nonsensical debates this fall.

Heres another daisy http://www.daisy.com/history.html

Well of course, how stupid of me! Where else in the world can you get arrested and thrown into a jailhouse designed by Frank Lloyd Wright? Talk about upper-crust…

lol I think he’d find issue with the no drinking on the job policy. That might fly in congress but not in the water! haha

How in the hell can someone ranking 8th get the grand prize! Why? Because they didn’t care who wins. They got all of us to visit their stupid site so they could push their advertising on to us like cattle to the slaughterhouse. You know whats even funnier. We, the consumers love to pay mega corporations to do this sort of advertising. What a waste of good money in this vicious circle we call the rat race. :roll:

Hey Marina
I am requesting a word. I was wondering where the word “ludicrous” came from. Thanks and i hope you can post the origin of the word “ludicrous” on youtube!

easy :shock: Capman I think I still like ………….forgot what we were talking about :lol:

Fur is fine for dogs, cats like fur also, ever seen a cat without fur?

Welcome to HFW chriss1719. You just reminded me that I have some passport issues I need to get working on. I have to get my TWICs card, and some other damn expensive card. They all do the same thing but not interchangeable. It just another scam for the government to fund the mega war companies.

Hey, i hav a word/phrase request- where does the phrase “for pete’s sake” come from. And who is Pete:???: Thanks and I love your videos especially ur russian ones since im russian too :D.

hello marina i thought of a phase i heard it is “winner winner chicken diner” what does that mean i asked my self that after seeing 21 so if u could be so kind to answer it would be !sweet! just like u :shock:

The same phenomena occurred during
the last days of the Bill Clinton administration.
Die hard hold out supporters made requests
to change the amendment blocking a third
term. The bitterness was evident during the
transition by such acts as removing the “W”
key from White House computer keyboards.
Guess who paid top dollar to make those repairs?
the taxpayers! No charges were ever leveled
against those responsible, not even a wrist slap!
It set a bad precedent, allowing Sandy Berger
to get away easy for the more heinous crime
of removing and destroying public records.
Did you know he still has a security clearance
that would allow him to do it again???
No wonder people have lost faith in the
government system. Power corrupts…

You can lead a horse to water but for some reason you can’t get them to drink. I don’t think I will understand. NEXT!

As the state I live in (Maryland) will overwhelmingly vote
for what ever candidate the Democrats nominate be it
Obama or Clinton, I most likely will vote for Ron Paul as
a protest vote.

And a five star video as always

I think I’ll just see who wins the coin toss. Who every I vote for will only make me regret it later. One things for sure, I never voted for Bush. Not one time.

Oh, so you are voting for Obama.
All the write in votes cast for Ross
Perot, Gore Vidal, etc. went to the
Clinton candidacy in the electoral
college. Then there was the big
huff about how Bush “stole” the
election when, again, the electoral
college cast their votes. Picking
a third party only wastes your
vote as there are no third parties
in the electoral college.

You got my vote LE! :mrgreen:

Obama will be the next president. It’s really very simple when it comes to our two party system… Bush is so unpopular that the swing voters will decide that they’d rather have a Democratic president in the White House come 2009 rather than another Republican. Never in American electoral history has a deeply unpopular president of one party been followed by another president of that same party. The middle, independent voters decide American elections, not the Republicans of the right or the Democrats of the left, and the middle will be choosing Obama because they are tired of how badly the Republicans got things under Bush. It’s all fairly cut n dry.

heh heh! shades of Bush Sr.!
“read my lips..” :mrgreen:

Even Karl Rove projects that Obama wins by around 80 electoral votes:

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/25/1223199.aspx

here you go! :mrgreen:
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/09/25/hotforwords-for-president-2008/
I love her plan for the economy :smile:

And everyone asks me why I just want to get on my sailing yacht and sail way from all this craziness. :roll:

Almost forgot… lame duck presidents are actually incredibly weak political figures, even if they still have some power. The point is is that they are a shadow of what a real president with real political capital is. A lame duck president is also regarded as a failure, since a successful president is supposed to sustain their leadership and popularity throughout their entire term. Lame duck status is about as bad as it can get for a politician, especially a president.

hi if i was American i would vote for obama cause mcain seems a tad bit old. i’m not following the elections but that’s my opinion.
on a separate note i would like yoiu to do a video explaining where the term donkey kong came from. i mean why donkey and not monkey. also where does the kong in donkey kong and king kong come from.
i hope you do it and thanks in advanced. also sorry for not signing up to your website earlier i only signed up tonight

who will be his running mate?

Where did he go? I can’t find him anywhere.

This was answered down lower or here is an alternative Heres another daisy http://www.daisy.com/history.html

Nobody said it would be a
comfortable choice. So, pick
the one you are most able
to stomach – either way. :mrgreen:

Jay?…first vid on the left side just under the winners…

complete with his #1 rank…

annudder :cool:

When you have a country full of sheeple its easy to lead them to shearers with a little distraction. Remember its not the president the runs the country. They are just puppets now days.

Melika, I don’t agree that you are agreeing with me on what you agree with me on is to be agreed apron only to be agreeable. Make sense? If so let me know because im completely confused with that statement I just made. Im just playing.. I need to take a nap..yea that sound nice. :mrgreen:

Captjack
Your concern for Marina is noted, but keep in mind that a boring sappy milk toast site would be the kiss of death long before a controversial site.
History attest this . Just look at any TV or radio show. Do you really think you what this site to be like Sesamestreet.org
? Just be polite and no threats of death or mayhem. More people MORE MONEY DON’T RUN PEOPLE OFF

Excellent comment. You are right on, the whole out look of the American people being tired of the Republican BS we went through for 8 or 10 years now.

Did you know she has a vested interest
in the natural gas industry? Explains
why a vote to allow drilling for oil will
never come to pass under her watch.
Could you imagine it? Natural gas
powered cars? Ever see a natural
gas cylinder explode? Hoo boy!
Be sure to put the baby in the back
seat next to it! :mrgreen:

:mrgreen: cookie? i like cookie!

I have been to Maryland two or three times for fire classes at the National Fire Academy. It was a beautiful place to just to site see the whole week I was there. It is an old nunnery and has a lot of history to it. We went to Gettysburg and visited the battle grounds and visited both the North and South sides of the grounds. Great place. Maryland.

Marina did a word game using cookie.
It doesn’t cover this usage, but you
might find it worth the watch.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/06/03/cookie-game/
to get the answer, go to the top of the page,
second pulldown menu, far left button – words/lessons
enjoy :mrgreen:

Pennsyltucky9, you just hit on my biggest reason I try my very hardest not to watch television or read the newspapers.

European newscasts rarely even get noticed let alone taken into account in the mainstream of public opinion here in the USA. We’re kept in a bubble. Consume, consume, consume is the message they send us most often. Just look at all the car ads.

I used to only watch the BBC and now I don’t even like them anymore. I should watch more European news. I think a news caster that is not influenced in the mind set of Americans polluted thinking. Yes!!!! We are in a Bubble. Your so very right. Its so very translucent that very few people in the USA can see it.
Consumers is what it is to be an American way of life these days. I spend 22 years teaching the masses how to be consumers. The marketing departments rocket science techniques to turn us into consumers. Ask any investment banker if buying a car is a good investment? It has got to be one of the worst investments ever. Your better off buying a bridge. I should write a book how I brainwash the people of the US into being consumers was the best thing for their happiness. -How to get rich off of sheeple.. :grin:

Hmmm…. can’t find a recipe in my
trusty Betty Crocker cookbook…
Last time you requested this, someone
said it was a cinnamon pastry?
Can you post a link to a recipe? :mrgreen:

yeah, but he folds every hand…
Helsinki complex, maybe? :idea:

You can still vote in Idaho! :mrgreen:

Welcome to the class, kofi246!

I hope you are a patient person because sometimes it takes a long time for Marina to respond to word requests. She gets quite a lot of requests every day, and also some that are requested by multiple students. In the meantime, enjoy our forum; we have a lot of fun joking with each other and the Teacher’s Assistant, Captain Jack. Feel free to ask questions of anyone. Most of us try our best to be helpful.

See you around the campus!

That’s right Florida’s voting fiasco….. again?
Who was the thief this time? Who was Bush helping?

If their not smart enough to vote correctly
Do you think they know what is best for
the worlds largest economy. :lol:

thanks a lot i’ll go to the forums right away

Another vote in the electoral college for Obama!
Protest voting leads to regret. You’ll be happier
in the end if you vote FOR someone than to let
your tallied vote be counted for someone else.

Hmmm. I have’t heard that expression, but it may be a reference to the fact that a griffin is a mythical beast, so it gives me the impression that whatever this thing is that’s supposed to be smiling doesn’t exist in the first place.

Can you please do “Georgia” as in the Country. And since you asked us youtubers a question about politics by wanting to know who we would vote for, I would like to know what your opinion is on the Russia/Georgia conflict.

South Ossetia and the Black Sea region of Abkhazia broke away from Georgia after fighting wars against Tbilisi in the 1990s. Both have financial support from Moscow, and the vast majority of locals have Russian citizenship.

–> moscow times article.

[South Ossetia] broke away from Georgian rule in a war in 1991-1992 in which several thousand people died, and maintains close ties with the neighbouring Russian region of North Ossetia, on the north side of the Caucasus.
The majority of the roughly 70,000 people are ethnically distinct from Georgians, and speak their own language, related to Farsi. They say they were forcibly absorbed into Georgia under Soviet rule and now want to exercise their right to self-determination. [...]
Around two-thirds of annual budget revenues of around $US30 million come directly from Moscow. Almost all the population hold Russian passports. They use the Russian rouble as their currency.
[...]
Abkhazia is internationally recognised as part of Georgia but it has declared itself an independent state.
It fought a war in the early 1990s to drive out Tbilisi’s forces. The conflict killed an estimated 10,000 people and forced hundreds of thousands to leave their homes. [...]
Like the South Ossetians, the Abkhaz people are ethnically distinct from Georgians. They say they were forcibly absorbed into Georgia under Soviet rule and now want to exercise their right to self-determination. [...]
Separatist officials say over 80 per cent of residents in Abkhazia have been issued with Russian passports. Russia’s Government pays pensions to Abkhaz retirees.

–> abc news.

so, you shouldn’t be too perplex.

heh heh – cut and dried?
You assume much that is not true,
but, to be fair, let’s wait and see…

Capman911
Time out! Resorting
to generalities?
Who controls Congress?
Support your arguements with
facts, please, makes a dialogue
possible.

lividemerald, I have been highly trained to convince people that they need to buy this and that crap. I wasn’t dishonest. Don’t get me wrong. I was to convince you that it was your idea to buy this plasma tv or that cellphone. I would tell you there will be a day you will not be able to live without it. Even I tend to believe my own crap. I could not live without my cellphone. But there will be a day when I push most of it away, except the internet. hehehe
Detroit is screwed. The have to make new power plants for the disposable cars and suvs. They didn’t prepare for the fuel price increases. Toyota and Honda did. Toyota & Honda are freaking smart company. I predict in 20 to 30 years every home will have at least 3 Toyota products and Im not talking about cars. You know they are making something that looks like a Segway?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNulS-1eRws
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO5k3yGXuc8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf5szwz6Qzc
Sony robots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vwZ5FQEUFg
The importance of facial expressions in communication.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RksP_gAqSh0
Sexy robot for you guys.

Uh huh – can he predict hurricanes, too?
I think this will be interesting after November
when the actual votes are counted. :mrgreen:

hi marina that was a good one you have a way of explaining things sometimes you say something and bam i get it you looked so pretty in that pink dress or maybe it was just a top :?: anyway you looked very nice today homework Obama or McCain i am not voting i know what is coming i just waiting for it to happen you are a excellent teacher thank you :grin:

Lame Duck = Awesome definition!

Can you define = Pork Barrel?

mccain? what do we agree on?! i left a link on the txt messaging discussion.

Here’s the other Marina for President site.

http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=of3nm1&s=4

PT9 You brought up a good point about privacy. The one thing I have learned from the younger generation is privacy is of no concern to them as it is with older generations. Just look at how many video cameras are around. Also you for a few bucks you can do a background check on anyone. Companies do this all the time with out you knowing it. What you don’t know you wont question. Yes governments are limited in what they can do but all the data they collect is open for the public and companies to use. We the people have given up our right to privacy in exchange for protection from this imaginary foe. Wait I wasn’t so post to tell you that. Ok Realistic looking foe.. Thats better. :roll: I was afraid the Gmen where going to take me away.. :cool:
Seriously, we as a nation have lost our right to privacy just by giving it up that right to the government and mega corporations.

I liked that bumpersticker I read years ago that said “If god had intended us to vote, he would have given us candidates!”

So much for my opinions.

I would vote for Donald Duck before I vote for any man connected with George Bush in any way or would openly admit he would give a job to Dick Cheney (the true antichrist) in his cabinet. Hence this time around Donal Duck is named Obama. I just wish I knew what Obama stood for other than change… specifics would be greatly appreciated. But as Albert Einstien once said that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity. Hence voting for Bush the 3rd (McCain) is absolutely insane. :evil:
I will take the unknown devil over the known every time, least we might be pleasantly surprised… couldn’t be any worse! :twisted:

okay4now, If you where a news reporter, you job is to keep people tuned to your station so your advertisers stay with your station. So you have to do your very best, including kicking some knees to get ahead in this very aggressive field. So your now an advertiser needing to sell your shoes. Puma, Nike, Reebok, etc. Your going to the TV station that gets the most viewers, so you get the most bang for your buck from your ads. So as you can see we the consumer is what feeds the market. When you by those Pumas your feeding crappy TV news stations. Is just a vicious circle or aka RAT RACE.

I want to ask everyone here. If you had a nice cabin up in the mountains with unlimited food, water, power, etc. But no TV, outside influence or I should say contact with the world beyond your little 2 mile square plot of land. Could you describe what your life would be like, or how it would change from the life your living now? :neutral:

Lol, I’m not perplex(ed) aLx. Just wanted to show Marina that the storm over politics can go two ways. FWIW, the Russians are still scared shitless of the Germans. At least when Stalin was in charge, everything was quiet as a grave.

McCain ftw :mrgreen:

that is a good one :D

Canadian so I can’t vote, though if I could it would be Obama. A third Bush in the White House is a scary thought.

Maybe I’ll just cast My vote for a write-in called “The Work Ethic”,without it We would All be “sunk”.

Fortunes come and go,Rulers rise and fall,in this place We work,to help Us through it all.

Dunno Who I just quoted but it sounds kinda cool to Me. :smile:

tryant

huh? i meant, “terrific” is a good adjective, while “terror”, which seems to be its root, isn’t…

I voted for Democrats for the midterm elections and will vote for McCain for president because quite frankly I DONT TRUST EITHER PARTY to have control of both the Legislature and the Executive. Sadly, I think Obama will win.

Mariana, a word request if you will: “Decimate”
most people use it incorrectly, and I would wager more than 10% of the time :D

I doubt McCain could ever be as bad as Bush

I would have to agree with you Errin that Obama will be the next president. If the theory of the people wanting a democrat for a president. There is not a doubt in my mind. One could just almost skip the election and just make Obama the next president without to much rebuttal. But if the people are willing to over look what the republican party has done in the last 8 years then McCain will win.

Everyone that can vote, should,, and to keep our republic democratically strong http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihjb3Z3O1Lk

No, I’m right. That others are too confused to see I am matters little to me.

I spent all of 2006 knowing that the Dems were going to sweep the House and Senate, and I was right. Pretty much same dynamic going on this year.

Wait and see, and you’ll see I was right come Election Day this year. I am THAT confident in my assessment.

The Dems have had Congress for the last 2 years only out of the last 8 years. And most of those 2 years has been the Repub minority and President Bush blocking the Dem majority from doing much.

Though Congress is held in low opinion, the question is which of the two parties is held in lower esteem by the voting public. The answer is the Republican party. In a two party system, all the Dems have to do is be more popular than the Repubs, and that is exactly what they have done.

And Capman is right on when he points out that most people are sick of the Republican BS of the last 8 years. That’s a fact held up by nearly all the polls.

Not Obama :eek:

I think the whole Katrina affair showed that NONE of the Bush crowd could predict hurricanes.

But Karl Rove is no joke when it comes to assessing elections. That map was put out by his consulting firm, which means it includes polling and other applications of political science in it. Sounds like you just don’t like the writing that’s on the wall when it comes to our next president Barack Obama.

Thats what she said Capman. Maybe your wife is just making you think it still works. Ok that was a lame attempt at humor. :oops: I’ll shut up now. :mrgreen:

P.S. Is it true what they say about firemen? Well you know.. tehheh LOL :lol: :lol:

Maybe you have no clue what his happiness is about or what he should vote for. It’s his vote, and it still counts, even as a protest vote.

luna23 You reminded me another saying. “That’s the way the ball bounces!” Some famous radio announcer use to say that all the time. Who was he?

That is a very good question. No matter which one gets elected they will only have one term. There is too many problems to fix. Sorry to say I’m glad Hillary is out of the running. I just don’t think we are ready for a woman president, well at least not her. Now if Obama wins how long do you think he will last before some nutcase tries to assassinate him because of him being black. I guess one would have to look at them (Obama and McCain) both and decide which one is the lesser of the two evils. I, myself, am a democrat and will probably vote accordingly. Although it also depends on who they choose for running mates.
Like I have seen in earlier posts either one will be better than Bush. Hell Nixon would be better and he’s dead.

Now if I offended anyone with my views I do apologize.

in February 2004 Barack obama’s wife Michelle sent a fund raising letter with the alarming news that right wing politicians had passed a law stopping Doctor es from stabbing half born babied in the neck with scissors suctioning out their brains and crushing their skulls Obama is for that what has mankind come too :?:

Maryland!!! WOW I lived there till 1984 when we moved out west to Montana. It was in a small town called Sunshine, just about 5 miles from Brookevil. And about 50 miles from both D.C. and Baltimore.
Loved the Baseball games when I was a kid. GO Eddie Murry!!!!

mannydib, you have a very valid point. Having a full democratic control would not be good. No checks and balances. McCain would be a good choice to keep everything in balance.

I am reminded of a quote:

A wise man once said, “Support your arguements (sic) with facts, please, makes a dialogue possible.”

Given this information, your statement presents a quandary that begs two questions:

1) How will we judge whether we would have been happier if things can only go a certain way? We can’t have both so no comparison can be derived, unless…..

2) Shall we measure the happiness we now experience against the happiness our alternate identities experience based upon an opposite outcome of events occurring in an alternate dimension or parallel universe? Hmmm.

See what I mean? There are no facts to support a conclusion that we would have been happier if…etc, etc.

So I take your reply to mean that to support one candidate or the other must necessarily depend upon the political party against whom one is compelled to protest. In other words, we don’t vote FOR anyone, just AGAINST someone. Seems a bit of a reactionary viewpoint to me. In the final analysis we select a candidate based on our personal motivations and best judgment, and live with it, no?

Mary Ann all the way :grin:

It’s the ‘lesser of two evils’ dynamic of our two party system. Every 4 years, the swing voters decide which of the two presidential candidates are disliked less by them. McCain has a branding problem because of his association with Bush and the Republicans. Obama has quite the opposite, benefiting from being about as far from Bush and the Republicans as you can get.

What I find funny is that some wonder whether Obama’s race will factor in, that he might lose because certain white voters won’t vote for him. But the incorrect leap of logic that keeps being made regarding this is that such racist voters are going to therefore go out of their way to vote for McCain. Could be such voters just won’t vote Obama or McCain, and may decide to not vote at all. Race won’t be as big of a factor as it is getting trumped up to be, as ‘Voter A won’t vote for a black candidate’ is simply not the same as ‘Voter A will also go out of their way to vote for a white candidate instead’.

I hear a grinding noise out back. Yep, someone’s sharpening the hedge trimmers right now.

I don’t see how we solve a lot of our big problems these days by creating the gridlock of a Republican president with a Democratic Congress. I too don’t like either party, and have some reservations about the impending shift to the left of this country, but the last thing we need these days is business as usual. Still, split your vote if that’s what you feel is best.

Thanks for the correction Buzz. :smile:

I second this word request, with a specific request to find out why the country of Georgia and the state of Georgia have the same name.

why do people kiss under the mistletoe during Christmas and why is it called mistletoe?

There’s also an argument to be made that a protest vote is MORE valid than a vote for either of the two major parties. Just look at the state of the country. The two major parties have practically gamed the system so that they can promise anything and deliver on nothing, and the American voters just put up with that. Plenty of people put in protest votes or vote third party because they view the two major parties as a sham. Indeed, those that think a regular vote for a major party is the only valid way to vote need to start asking themselves what that mentality has gotten them in the last 8 years or so.

A friend mentioned a word her mom used, years ago, in referring to the wrinkly look her skin got after being in the bathtub too long: “whit-leather.” I looked this up on the net and got a disappointingly sparse definition. Maybe you could help me out?

Believe it or not Bush can do a third term. The constitution says no more than two consecutive terms. He can sit this term out and come back for another.
Before I get called on this I have researched this and talked with teachers of American Government/history and talked with Political science majors.

I have never political voted and probaby willn’t this election year either.

I heard this condition as ‘PRUNING’ as in your hands and feet look like prunes

Who are in these polls IQs of 66
What about the 30 years of dem rule of congress before the 80s
Are all the ills in the world on Bush. what a joke.
If you can give me some facts you can back up with true facts?
Who gave us the SSI we have to day
puplic schools
welfare and now black family’s are much better?? now
maybe read the fall of the Rome and see what your ideas are going to do here.
Can you tell me what you do not like about Communism? anything at all?

Hi prezleefun, many months ago, Marina made several comments where she said she would not comment on political issues as they are too divisive and that there are plenty of political issues when sorting out word origins. Here is what Marina said: (ref. barbarian video comments)

… it’s not that I don’t like politics.. I just don’t talk about them. That is not what my website is about. There are plenty of other websites for that. I talk about philology.. and believe me… there are plenty of politics in etymology! People argue about this stuff all day long!!!

So funny when major party partisans claim a vote for a third party is a ‘waste’. Look at the last 8 years… can you really say votes given to the Democrats and the Republicans were not also wasted? A vote for a major party that doesn’t give a damn about you is a waste too.

The people in those polls are people who hold Republican politicians accountable for their failures. They do not look the other way like a right wing partisan when it comes to the Republican party.

Seriously, you think the 2008 election is going to be about ANY of the antiquated notions you put forth?

After the 2004 election, Bush and the Republicans had control of government. They screwed up royally, and now most people don’t like them. Conservatives such as roadrunmch don’t get that, that the rest of us aren’t going to give the GOP such an easy pass, that we don’t excuse Republican incompetence and corruption out of some hysterical fear of the liberals destroying the world.

The people in these polls are the American electorate. They are your fellow Americans, and if you are pro-Bush, then you need to recognize you are in a vast minority these days. Save the hysteria of the culture wars for yesteryear, please. We need to move this country forward, not backwards.

And yet she cross-promotes FOXnews, which is highly political. Go figure.

She had ear sex that left her hair fluffed.

Try researching it by reading the wording of the actual amendment:

“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President, when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.”

Says nothing at all about consecutive terms. It says no more than two terms per president. Pretty straightforward.

The old stadium was torn down, they didn’t even
save the memorial to the vets.

So what you’re saying is that Barack Obama and his wife are pro-choice. I think people already know this about them. Thanks, tho! Lovely imagery you conjure up there… and so maturely done too!

I am not disclosing my preferred candidate at this time and am still weighing options. The bloopers at the end of each video are so cute!

CJack
On your Boat will their be a crew? Sure so then of a 10 man crew do you have an higher achy or are they all equals? Course not . Now 3 of the crew do not what to learn to sail. Cheat, lie and thumb their nose at you. Still want to be paid for doing nothing.
Then say your a bigot and a racist. Because 100 years ago someone that looked like you hurt a lot of people that looked like him, so now you ow him 50% of your boat. And he wants to bring a couple more on board and they don’t want to learn to sail or help but you can pay them too.
I could go on but my point is, would you run your boat the way you want Bush to run the Country?

P.S My son started school the other day, armed with a much stronger vocabulary :wink:

Wow! errin is dogging my every comment?
as if this changes the fact i have presented!
All your opinion doesn’t change the fact that
the electoral college elects the President.
The electoral college does not have a third
political party. Just two! no centrists, socialists,
or communists,etc – none! Your choice is “A”
or “B”. Choose “C”, “D”,”E”, etc. and it goes
counting towards “A” or “B”. If you wish your
vote to count as a protest, or against something,
go right ahead! My advice is that you make
your vote count for something. President Bush
won last time partly because of independent
“protest” votes going to him! The story then
was that the Electoral College should be
overturned by the Supreme Court, because
GW “stole” the election. Smoke, mirrors and
a lot of media noise later, what happened?
The electoral college decision remained.
A lot of voters were angry because they
thought their votes would not help elect
President Bush, but that’s not how it works!
My simple suggestion was this: Pick one,
and win or lose, you’ll be happier than if
you let the electoral college pick for you.

Hopefully, you understand what I said and
this ends your desire to continue picking
apart my posts so you can interject your
agenda of partisan politics. Not very
friendly of you. PT9? I think you got
way lost on your detailing to understand
what is very obvious, duh? Quoting my
words to induce me is one thing, but,
your other comments? Ridiculous..

Organized labor seems to be the problem and they only vote for money! :idea:

Even conservative talk radio hosts in Maryland have
conceded the election in the to the democrats
and that there is no way Mc Cain will win the state.

As errin said, there is no mention of consecutive terms. The 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution ratified in 1951 states that a president may not be elected to more than two terms. Aside from legal challenges, the 12th Amendment prevents a president from serving more than two terms. FDR is the only president to be elected more than twice. ref: 22nd Amendment

The idea of consecutive terms probably came from Clinton who favored repealing the 22nd Amendment in favor of serving more than two terms with an intervening term.

There is a psychological component to the term lame duck. As Marina said, a second-term president is free from electoral pressure. If the president is popular then this power is amplified and is significant. If the president is unpopular then this enhances the negative aspects of leaving office.

Thank god Bush is leaving after this year. I know who I definitely vote for.
If Ronald Reagen runs for president again I vote for him.

Hi errin, why are you puzzled? Marina stated she isn’t against politics, just that this site is not her place for her to make comments about it. Marina has already answered the advertising selections on the “barbarian video” page.

When it comes to business, the money is green no matter where it comes from. I think only the most diehard left and right businesses segregate their ads. Sometimes, that can be as futile as saying I won’t
buy anything made in China. In the end, it’s all about business :smile:

:idea: Investigate “Diffibulate” please. Always thought it was a fun word to say but ever knew where it came from. Have fun! :mrgreen: Thanks!

~Tokah :cool:

dude, you do know Reagan is dead…. :neutral:

Bear
If it were true Old Billy C would have been brought up to say the world.

I’m waiting for it as well. Shouldn’t be too much longer.

Key word is consecutive. like I said TI talked to alot of people who know this inside and out.

I like the guy, but you can’t save the world on BJ’s and cigars :lol:

Hey HotForWords, i’m curious where medical suffixes such as ..itus, …syndrome, etc. came from. Could you help me out? Thanks. :mrgreen:

You do realize if you don’t vote you have NO right to camplain about the politics f the country.

Did you really say just skip the election and make Obama Pres.
You’re taking this Russian thing a little far comrade. :wink:

Took me all day to figure it out, but I’ve decided that my vote is going to be for President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. I’ll probably have to write it in. :smile:

On a side note, I find it comical how demonized a politician gets by the other side as soon as they win their party’s presidential nomination. SUDDENLY (and quite farcically) everybody on the right thinks Barack Obama is the worst man on the planet, whereas everybody on the left has now decided John McCain is the worst man on the planet. Funny how it always works that way with partisans.

When it comes down to it, I’ll vote for whomever will take the hysterics out of modern politics. Too many people start acting like idiots when it comes to politics, demonizing their fellow Americans too easily. The adult thing to do is agree to disagree. Impassioned extremism and melodramatic histrionics need to become a thing of the past.

I won’t be voting for either candidate, because the UK hasn’t become the 51st state…yet! (Mind you, I’m still puzzled about what benefits we derive from the “special relationship”).

From what I’ve heard over here, it looks as though it will be an interesting contest. On the one hand, you’ve got Obama, who seems to have been making up for his relative lack of experience in politics by globetrotting and trying to win the support of international audiences (the very people who can’t vote for him!). On the other, you’ve got McCain, who’s got bags of experience but could be prone to ageism. However, it’s interesting how many press articles regarding the former third candidate were very negative and vitriolic. Unfortunately, it seems some sections of the US media aren’t ready for a female president yet. (I wonder how you’d have coped if you’d had our Maggie a few years back…)

Anyway, away from politics. Wowza – there are many medical prefixes, suffixes and other bits of terminology – it’s a real hot potato of a subject.

Hang on – that’s an interesting phrase to define – “Hot potato”.

Hey Marina, I saw some pretty awesome graffiti last time i was in Greenville and I wanted to know the origin of the word “Graffiti”
:grin: thanks

Btw when can i be the teachers pet :?:

You guys quack me up. :grin:

Voting for McCain. I’ve been reading both McCain’s and Obama’s websites since the elections began. I am less afraid of what McCain will do economically and in regards to national security than Obama. :shock:

err the primaries. I did not begin to track their opinion pieces until after the first of the year. (and what a strange year it has been)

errin
Who is your favorite Black Governor?
What do you think of Miss Rice?.
How many Republicans own slaves?
how many Democrats did?

Last one out turn off the lights, the party over, nap time

I’d a ho once, but then I got married. :roll:

Awesome jcr! :-)

Plus, all his male friends are asking how they can meet you and his teachers are asking if you’ll come to his school and give a presentation. I’ve unleashed a force beyond my power. Help!

worked for 8 years

:-)

Yay!!! My evil step mother said computers are useless toys. :roll: Im so very happy that you let your son use a computer and the internet to increase his knowledge.

Hey, I’m dead and I resent being tossed on a heap with Nixon!

JCR, Next the teachers will be asking Marina for her secret. :grin:

I think he meant in vitro embryonic stem cell research.

CaptainJack – None of his teachers have the secret. They are mostly rather boring, unfortunately, according to my son. However, they find Marina most interesting, I believe.

Look who knows so much. Well, it just so happens that your only mostly dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Now, mostly dead is slightly alive. Now, all dead…well, with all dead, there’s usually only one thing that you can do. INIGO says “What’s that?” Go through his clothes and look for loose change. :mrgreen:

– MIRACLE MAX

Check the “Horny” video under “lessons” in the menu bar at the top of the page. That should help answer any questions about why people kiss.

Labbatt is a Canadian brand of beer. So if I’m reading the clues right, it’s even less likely that labbatt78 will ever get to vote for Reagan since dead people (like Ronald Reagan and myself) can’t run for office in Canada like they can in the US..

Defibrillate?

Yes, please!

No newt access?

You got it wrong here. A ‘lame duck’ is legislatively weak but in no way does that equate to being a weak political ‘figure’, and popularity has nothing to do with it–even though lame duckers usually enjoy a little lift in popularity.

Having been raised in outer suburbia, it would be a bit of cultural deprivation shock to me after the first couple months. I tend to like having a city a comfortable distance away yet not so far that access to necessities is unduly restricted. But I’ve spent time alone in the wilderness,and always felt quite resistant to going back the “real world” afterward, as a rule. 5 weeks was the longest I’ve ever spent without human contact. Not too sure about doing that in a cabin the whole way through a northern winter though. I’d need distractions.

Oops I should have added that you could have a few neighbors and family or friends. :oops: Also the weather would be like spring or summer in the mountains.

Hello Marina! thank you very much for sharing with us! i really appreciate it! you are so nice! and a very good teacher i learned a lot out from your videos. i am one of your dear students! i would like to request a word i heart it last week and i have no idea what it means. so here it is “FUNAMBULIST” if you have time please investigate this word!! i hope to hear from you soon.

Take care, bye

John.

earmark

I have heard the term Lame Duck as a do nothing person or group like “this is a lame duck congress.” I have heard that term on the news before and all of congress does not get voted out at once, unforgently. I don’t know who I will vote for I feel we need a strong third party, but with the choices I have now it will be Mc Cain.

uh. i use “fuck”, too. it’s kind of a universal curse word or something.

I am going to vote for neither…..As I am an Australian :shock:

I love the new flash thing advertising your recent lessons/events that you put on your site marina. It looks cool :cool:

no fucking way, you use fuck too! you forignors are pretty fucking smart lerning american real good. i did not know so many forignors know our word for fuck. the world is fucked up. ware are you from, you sound russan.

just teasing, as we all do

say what?

pt9,

a little confusion over here. “media” is not tv only. so, are you reading newspapers? if not, why?

Pennsyltucky – don’t get me wrong – I did not insinuate that you were immature. I insinuated that the people that would react as you described – getting mad or ending friendships – over politics are immature. It is fine to not discuss your political beliefs or candidates of choice. And, I don’t call it “cowardly” either, although on that point I am a bit more outspoken than many.

If you thought I was attacking you – I wasn’t!

Accept my apologies for a poorly worded post.

Another Small town, Religion clinging, Gun toting American who’s voting for McCain!

Annoy a Liberal, support our troops!

u got anything against russians? if u do: fuck u! yes, we can speak english, 2!

Can any Liberal explain to me why gas prices have soared while Congress has been controlled by the Democrats the past 2 years? And yet they still refuse to allow us to drill for oil to reduce our dependency on foriegn oil….

Vote Democrat…It’s easier than working!!!!

I’m voting for Marina!! Finally, a President who’ll bring World Peace, jobs, and looks great in a Bikini! Well, lots better than Hillary Clinton!

Give al-Qaeda a chance, vote for Barack Hussein Obama.

Hey, I was wondering if you could investigate the origin and meaning of the term “The Bee’s Knees”
Thanks in advance :wink:

your reply sir.

hello my dear teacher:) I & A are the smallest words (least amount of letters) in the english language- can anyone think of any others? :)

Hmmm… no resolutions before the UN
by Russia regarding Georgia? Cool!
A new accepted precedent. Did y’all
notice that Condi Rice is on the diplo
tour RIGHT NOW? Shit’s going to fly… :mrgreen:

Barack Obama gets my vote, and my wife’s vote.

We have Al-Kaiba ;)

One of my Favourite Family Guy Clips

She’s got my vote!! :cool:

1 – no letters :shock:
2 – again… no letters
4 – same thing ;)
8 – same :P

I’m voting for the old man.

seesixcm6, when I am speaking in English I might yell out “fudge” once in a while….. what? You thought I said something else? :-)

As for asking political questions.. I was truly curious to see what percentage was going for each candidate. And, you are correct.. it’s probably 50% either way.

BTW, how’s sister..as in..not the attention whore?

Yeah.. when I saw that, I lost all respect for Nike and their campaign.

the bloopers were hilarious :mrgreen:

If I say a lot of people holding office are lame canards before they become lame ducks am I just driving in a circle :?:

As your neighbour, you Americans should vote for the party, leader, you feel is the least interested in running your life, We in Canada are involved in voting all the time, One of the latest polls conducted was by, I believe, Sports Net Canada. Asking who the Canadian people thought would win more Olympic golds…Canada or Michael Phelps, So far Michael is in the lead.
Our government underfunds or Olympians, they train full time and have full time jobs as well, at Tim Hortons, Mcdonalds…etc. :sad: The Government spends money on important stuff, like drug testing.

Thanks kaibanator! Took me all day to get that thing working.. I hope it works out! It looks cool at least :-)

So funny kaibanator, probably a little truth to the clip as well.. you never know!

Dear Marina, Yes, I apologize to you. I’m sorry I thought you said…something else. You are so beautiful, exquisite and speak so well, that it surprises me when I think you say…”fudge.”
Always your dear student, seesixcm6

man, you russans are a pissed off people! you don’t speek good english. what you said has numbers in it and little letters that are for other words. thats not english you dumb forignor! you don’t know nothing about writing right. you should go back to scool and lern about langwedge.

CJ- European news is none commercial & publically funded (most part), BBC is public but run like an American modelled for profit for the last 12+ years, they even have separate broadcasts for the U.S.. But you seem so resigned to everything having to be this way and I totally disagree :!: There is so much room for improvement & guess what that also means PROFIT! Otherwise what’s the endgame here? I mean in modern media a proffesional is someone who can smile on command–and mean it. So, great, winning is someday winding-up in the lap of luxury with a broken smile–boy ain’t that livin’, sounds great :sad: . Just to make myself clear I don’t buy into your notion of numbers/sales/profits are in and of themselves justifications for any action, they can also be soul snatchers–”Oh, that’s okay I’ll fix my soul on the weekend.” Yeah, while watching TV. Media wants all the Coke drinking Puma wearing people to tune-in, as a source it will tell you what to wear, what to do & what to think. Rich people make soap & poor people buy it, they hire clowns to do the selling.

wee maybee not speak good english yet butt wee will by you’re cuntry! than we can speak russian and u have 2 speak it 2!

Fuddle Duddle

Word Request: Cool beans! A term that one would say after something very…well…cool.

Word request: “uh huh” and “na uh” … how and why do these mean “yes and “no?”

If I recall, people like you kept saying the same thing in 2006, that a vote for a Democrat was a vote for Al-Qaeda. Come the end of that year, the Democrats controlled the House and the Senate.

Wonderful lessons! I’m brand new to the site and I really think you found a cute and fun way to interest men in words. Glad to have you as my new teacher!

How about this word: CONSUPISCENT

sirfrey

And since they have contolled Congress, the stock market has tanked, mortgage interest rates are up, the housing market is almost non-existant, people are losing equity in their home value, gas went over $4.00 a gallon, unemployment is up, etc, etc, etc.

Remind me again, why vote for the Democrats????

OK, it’s hard to type after watching your video lessons. I meant this word:

CONCUPISCENT

Sorry for the typo ! :oops:

I still laugh when I see this clip….One of the best!

Sometimes the interjection, “oh” was spelled without the H but it’s generally considered archaic in these times. Older literature such as bibles, hymnals and works by people like Shakespeare, etc. used to use it, or at least some of the older print versions I have seen sometimes included it spelled this way. Hope that helps!

Have a great day, dnafragment.

-pennsyltucky9

I’m proud to be an American
I’m voting for Mccain

I am going to abstain this election…

Why or how did the number 13 become associated with being “unlucky” or is it just me :?:

Yes, I would like to chime in again on this one!

My theory is that the Dems have perfected the art of doing nothing so that their competition ‘owns’ everything. Why get out of Iraq when you can make the GOP ‘own’ that debacle? Why do something about high gas prices when the oilman Bush and his big oil party will ‘own’ that issue as well? After the 2006 election, Democrats like Rahm Emanual and Chuck Shumer realized that they could play their same hand come 2008 to even greater results. So far, it’s working, with GOP losing three consecutive special elections this year in districts they used to fiercely dominate.

Your side should actually be more concerned about how they annoy the independent voters.

It’s funny, even if you are fiercely partisan for a political party, you are still in the minority. If you are a Republican, there are more Democrats and Independents against you. If you are a Democrat, there are more Republicans and Independents against you. Same goes with religion… no matter what religion you are part of, it is a minority when compared to all the people that aren’t part of that religion.

I guess that’s why they say to not discuss politics or religion among polite company, because the odds are against you in actually finding somebody also in the same minority as you, whether it be a political minority or religious minority.

word request, “Pepe”

word request , overheat

words request phrase, “my bad”

The point I was trying to get a cross, apparently was not that obvious. I learned something last year when I was working on the cruise ship. We don’t us TV or radio. We even try to not put any newspaper on the ship, but we always where getting demands for at least a paper so we would sometime go buy a few papers for the trip for the whiners. I watched the passengers go from being an uptight individual to a nice clam, relaxed and well like the life of Riley. I learned that the media is all crap that makes people uptight. People say its fun to watch a bit of tv to unwind and relax but it really doesn’t. You don’t need any news other than the stuff that directly involves your living. TV is all designed to get you uptight so you have to buy stuff to make yourself happy and to relax. I don’t go on vacation because my life is a vacation. If you find yourself needing a vacation then you lifestyle need to be changed. I like how ok4now put it.
“Just to make myself clear I don’t buy into your notion of numbers/sales/profits are in and of themselves justifications for any action, they can also be soul snatchers-”Oh, that’s okay I’ll fix my soul on the weekend.” Yeah, while watching TV. Media wants all the Coke drinking Puma wearing people to tune-in, as a source it will tell you what to wear, what to do & what to think. Rich people make soap & poor people buy it, they hire clowns to do the selling.”
I believe in the old saying. You can’t buy happiness. You ever buy something and a month later you asked yourself why did I buy that? Well you fell for the oldest trick in the book. So guess what would your life be like with very little news, no commercials, no prime time shows like 90210,The Biggest Loser, America’s Next Top Model, Deal or No Deal, etc, etc. No TV, but you can watch ‘funny’ movies. It would be a vacation….

One of the reasons I am an independent voter who is going to vote for Obama is because I feel that vote best sets up a possible strong third party in the future. The logic is as follows… one of the two major parties, the Republican party, is in shambles thanks to the last 8 years of Bush. After 2004, the GOP had all branches of government and took the country for a nosedive because of incompetence and corruption, among other things.

With 2008 shaping up to be the opposite of 2004, the Dems can end up controlling all of government: the House, the Senate, and the White House. Should that happen and our nation continues to take a dive under Democratic control, the stage will be set for a viable third party to occur, or for a lot of independent politicians to be elected with or without a third party.

Make no mistake about it… the two party system is in jeopardy right now. If Dems take control and fail further, the American voters will be heavily reluctant to swing back to the Republicans as a solution. I think both of the major parties know this, which is why they will be strange bedfellows no matter who wins in 2008, else risk 2010 and 2012 being the beginning of the end for the two parties which currently dominate the electoral process.

Good point, O wise one. :smile:

Why will people vote for Democrats this year? Because the Democrats are considered the lesser of two evils when compared to the GOP.

You are obviously a person who has strong conservative values. For about every one of you on the right, there is a voter on the left with strong liberal values. The bases of the left and right kind of cancel out each other come election time, and it is then the middle voters with no party affiliation that swing the vote this way or that. Because of Iraq, the economy, and Bush, there is a strong anti-Republican bias in 2008 among the middle voters. You may not like it, but it’s there, and it’s going to be a very decisive factor this year.

Perhaps the real reminder you need is that not a single Democratic incumbent lost in 2006. Not a one. The Democrats have won every special election so far this year,.. there were three of them so far, I believe, all in former GOP strongholds like districts in Mississippi and such. You tell me why those voters voted Democrat when they haven’t done that for many years.

It’s true, people from other times in history seem to speak a totally different language than we do today. I had to read a bunch of long essays by 18th and 19th century scholars (British as well as American) and there are seemingly hundreds of words they used repeatedly that caused me to look them up, reread the whole sentence, paragraph, etc. several times just to get an inkling of their underlying meaning.

The language is constantly developing, and there is no way to stop it. Just going back writings from the turn of the 20th century is cause for keeping the fat dictionary within arm’s reach (as well as the thesaurus and google, of course!). Then we had to write intelligently about what we thought they had said, so I couldn’t just bleep over it and continue on. Argh!

Stop teasing, Baldy. :grin:

Ya, and the key word ‘consecutive’ is nowhere to be found in the 22nd amendment.

Dude, consult all the people you like, but you can also just read the damn amendment. It says in plain English that there will be no more than 2 terms for a president. It mentions NOTHING about this ‘consecutive’ qualifier you are so confused about. You can’t just take a Constitutional amendment and start pretending it has words in it that aren’t there.

If you want to proceed with this foolish obstinance of yours regarding your MISTAKEN take on the 22nd amendment, then show me where in the 22nd amendment it says the word ‘consecutive’. Until you can find that wording in there, you need to face facts that your research for this matter was flawed. “I talked to a bunch of people who know this stuff” doesn’t cut it. It’s about as effective as “my cousin knew a guy once who said so”.

On a side note, to me, this belies a very human factor when it comes to seeking the truth. All too often, people let their emotions and their pride get in the way of getting to the bottom of things and finding the truth of the matter. That’s what’s great about the truth… it is what it is, and remains so despite what a person may think of it. Indeed, those that think they can judge the truth often find that it is the truth that judges them. And yet, it goes to the very heart of human nature that many would rather believe a comfortable lie than accept an uncomfortable truth. Especially in creature comfort obsessed America!

“The lesser of two evils”? You failed to offer any response to what I said. Or maybe, that was your response. Silence.

Why would there be a strong anti-Republican bias this year because of Iraq and the economy? Congress voted to go to war with Iraq and Congress makes laws that effect the economy. The Democratically controlled Congress.

As far as the Dems winning in 2006, the same thing happened when Newt was in Congress and the Republicans won everything. Everyone was tired of the Democrats being in office. It’s cyclical.

Hey HotforWords! I was wondering if you could find the origin of the term, “Wrap it up” Thanks!

What’s this deal Condi is delivering?
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080815/capt.219e301411b04a539eb2f226dc7a6605.georgia_russia_mosb131.jpg?x=400&y=302&sig=V6Ow3RhqtoK8ZYwSH7MChQ–

I’m honestly not sure if I am voting at all… If I do vote it will be for McCain though. Normally I always vote Democrat, but… I just don’t trust Obama.

Bush 50.5% Kerry 49.5%
With margins that close
history is made
and you want to sit on the bench?
cool :mrgreen:

Where to begin…….You are correct about one thing, the Dems have perfected the art of doing nothing!! And as typical liberal, since you are short on substance, you resort to personal attacks.

First of all, the Democrats have no plan in Iraq, other then to run like cowards and demean our troops. Second, “oilman Bush and his big oil party”? When you grow up and get a job and start putting money into a retirement account, (you’ll have to do this because the Dems will have spent all your Social Security), that money will likely be in some sort of mutual fund. Since you are against make money in oil, are you going to ensure that your funds do not contain any oil stock?

By the way, Chuck Shumer is one of the biggest reasons to have term limits in Congress…….

Don’t you wish Fred Thompson was still in?
We could’ve had a hot first lady… :mrgreen:

i can’t spell it, but there’s also “i dunno”

Why compromise principles to please other people. You should vote according to what you believe, not vote to appease others, or even yourself. It is what is best for the country.

The last I heard, the majority of this country is Christian, except maybe California. And I am not, as you say, “against” Democrats or Independents. I merely hold different views.”Against” is a word liberals use to divide people for their own gains.

Gosh, I forgot he died. he was a great president when I was a lot younger. Now it’s either Obama or Mc.Cain.

Do you even know what all branches of government” are? You are partially correct, there are 3, but the House, the Senate and the White House is not the correct answer…

What specific “incompetance” and “corruption” are you referring to?

Does Obama know anything about National Security?

Go with your instincts this time……

I have a request for you.
“Jinn”. It’s origin and meaning.
Ofcourse the response to this, must be done in full hijabi outfit :)

Can I be her VP? Or maybe “Interior” Secretary??

The 22nd Amendment says this: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once….”

It says nothing about consecutive terms. He can’t be elected again.

If we would have had a woman running with just half of the integrity and honesty your Maggie had, we would have had a female president by now…..

Have you seen The Story of O? it has the most erotic scene in any movie I’ve ever watched. In French, it’s called L’histoire d’O. And it has nothing to do with the Cirque du Soleil production of O at the Bellagio. That name of that water-themed production is a play on words, as “eau” means water in French and is pronounced like the letter O.

I understand the position that a third party vote is a “wasted” vote, but I choose to vote my conscience anyway. I did vote for GW Bush in 2004 because Kerry gave me the heebie-jeebies when all I really wanted was a bottle of ketchup. In Heinz-sight, I regret that decision because Bush has been about as much fun as mustard gas.

I like to know the word mosin nagant

Sec,Rice Is my idea of great Women of all time.
I would sign up to be her TA in a minute.

Hello,

Here’s a request, and I promise I’m not being perverted. I commonly hear the word: anal. But do people mean “anile”? You see, in America, when someone says “He/she is anal”, I think they actually mean, anile, not anal, as in near the anus. Can you clear this up? thanks!

MARINA-i’ll probably vote for mccain.but i consider “all” politicians lameducks.tom.staten island.

You mean Congress has been fun all this time, don’t you?
What has President Bush done ? Oh yeah, the first health
care program support, ever. Maybe, the tax cuts? You do
understand that Congress holds the purse strings, right?
Meanwhile, the government (ie. Congress) is earning
revenues at $4000 per second off the oil companies.
If they were to support drilling, wouldn’t this number drop?
President Bush asked the Congress repeatedly to do
something to avert the dilemna we’re in. Who listened?

do your fantasies involve sexual activities?

Going out of your way to prove your bias is funny.
Do you really think they hit us because of Bush?
How differently would Kerry have handled this war?
Would We have just surrendered. Or do like Clinton
did when we were attacked? Time after time.
Maybe The same thing as Carter?
The new name for the left;
STRAW DOG DEMOCRATS.
And their moto is;
DON’T TREAD ON ME OR I WILL RUN AWAY.

Hi aLx,

First off, thanks for sending me those EXCELLENT music vid links! Sorry I don’t always respond as well or as quickly as some others; distractions abound, and I have often allowed them to supersede common courtesy. :oops:

As to your above question,

["media" is not tv only. so, are you reading newspapers? if not, why?]

Before the advent of pagemaker software, cheap PCs, and desktop publishing (I know, you’re probably thinking wow, this dude is really really old :lol: ), I worked in the newspaper industry as a jack-of-all-trades type utility workhorse. I could do all the jobs involved in pre-press production (paste-up, layout, page design, illustration, stationary [stat] camera, darkroom tech, color separations, proofreader, press photographer, ad design, logo design, and copy editor among other roles) except for ad sales, reporter, and phototypesetter. As in any serious profession, we had to keep abreast of industry developments, so the lunch room was typically knee-deep in all different sorts of newspapers, trade journals, and periodical materials stacked helter-skelter about the place. We were supposed to absorb them at a vicious rate to help give us fresh ideas about how our competitors were handling things, and between the stuff I HAD to read (those things we were working on under deadline) and the stuff I was constantly pressured to look through for new ideas(at least 5 newspapers and a couple trade journals per day between my one-hour lunch break and a couple 10-minute coffee breaks), I can honestly state that I overdosed on reading papers. If a paper falls into my lap I usually just read the comic section and political satire cartoons, do any short word puzzles and pretty much move on. Of course, I recognize that the Internet now provides all the stories one could ever find in a newspaper today and that any newspaper worth its ink has a website containing all its content including back issues, but since I’m now a full-time university student, I have so much reading to do that I have given up knowing exactly what’s going on in any given corner of the world except as it relates to my field of study. I find it far easier and more palatable to be spoon-fed my news by TV or radio broadcasts while wolfing my dinner and slamming a couple frosty lagers instead. So it would probably have been more appropriate to employ the term “broadcast media and internet” instead. I trust that answered your question, my friend.

Thanks again for the music links, feel free to send me more anytime you get inspired to do so. I also really enjoyed the “ice cream,” if you know what I mean and I think that you do. I can’t place where that link was, though. Too many posts ago, I guess. There just isn’t time to go on extended safari through the backwaters of all those old lessons.

Peace, bro. Stay sharp. The top of the hill is just ahead! :cool:

TA’s are not just abettors and sycophants .
No woman is interested in a subservient male.
But none of my fantasies involve sexual activities…anymore :lol:
Joking aside She would be a good Mentor. ..Mentora? :)

Obama preferred. (He went to my school).

Can you investigate “bungalow?”

Watch it, Bob. Someone may be sneaking up behind you with a pair of scissors to snip off your topknot!

I think it’s spelled mmMMmm. the MM is a higher pitch than the mm. But then again I don’t know :???:

My friend says this all the time. I would like to know too.

HItler used the same pretexts to invade Poland and the rest of Europe. Taking back land where there are speakers of the Mother Tongue. If Russia is allowed to invade an independent Democratic republic under any pretense, then Ukraine and the rest of the countries of the FSU are in danger. Russia wants Georgia because of the oil pipelines running through it. They want Ukraine because it is the breadbasket of Europe. If they believe Obama will be elected and they think he will be a weak leader, then they will try to get away with whatever they can. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

hey Proz,

Thanks for clearing up the earlier misunderstanding with a bit of explanation. See, I come from a different culture. When I hear the expression, “Buck up,” I associate it with the phrase that usually followed it (Buck up, ya big sissy!) which was the same as calling someone chicken, or making fun of them as they ran sniveling and crying from the scene of some bully-on-bookworm beating. Pairing it with “stiffen your resolve” brought me to the realization that I had already displayed a very firm resolve regarding courtesy, personal ethics and what I consider proper etiquette in mixed (political) company. Apology accepted.

Marina
The rule of thumb is this;
Republicans vote for the one with the biggest stick.
Democrats vote for the one that squats to pee.

How cute is it when Marina drops the ” A ” out of her sentences.
Russian does not use A as a preposition or ?

Hi Sirfrey and welcome to Hot For Words. It’s not just men here there are ladies present also, but its’ hard to tell by the nick names everyone uses. :lol: You’ll get used to them after a while and figure out who is who. Marina will see your word an add it to her list she has. It might be a while before she gets to your word as you can see by the many suggestions that she gets daily. Look around check out some of her other videos on the You Tube site. If you’ll look at the top of the page there is a lessons list of words that she has already done. Have fun on this site comment as much as you would like to others. Miss M. also does word games where we have to guess between three answers she gives us to a question. If you need any help ask Captain Jack as he is the Teachers Assistant or me or anyone else.
Mike

russian has a lot of prepositions. anyway, are you talking about the article? russian doesn’t know articles as far as i know.

I think the expression come from the process of making honey, which is sweet. So I’m guessing that’s an old way of saying “SWEET!” when we are impressed by something, but I’m not really sure. :???:

Leaned towards Obama at first but now McCain. I think Russia’s actions brought people back to reality.

I hate that expression! :evil:
I first heard that about a year or two ago. Why add “beans” at the end? Are they saying that it is cool to pass gas or something? I think it is simply better to stick with the word “cool”. :cool:

I can think of one possibility for ‘unlucky 13′, but I don’t know if it’s true or not. It may have something to do with Jesus and His 12 disciples, which add up to 13. And since one of them betrayed Him, I guess some people consider it an unlucky number. And since some people also observe Good Friday, they don’t like to ascociate the 13th day with any Friday. But I’m not sure, since there are a few other possibilities. :???:

McCain – Obama doesn’t have any experience and is too much of a Socialist.

“I dunno” is just the lazy “i dont know” …

:idea: Ahhh yes… that reminds me. I would like to know the origin of the word JINX, as in when you when you jinx someone or call it. It’s just such an unusal spelling word, I was just wondering how it came to be?

Cheers to that Jack, it’s just that sometimes it is mentioned that Marina’s numbers are really important, but I could give two hoots & a horn blowers whistle tail about any maniacally generated numbers game when real creation trumps all, and I think she stands a chance for just that, if it’s just going to following the well worn path. great, I’m wasting my time…again, cheers!

Eau Really? The Cirque Do So Lay? They do not! O I see, it’s in Las Vegas, Nevada. Well that’s different then! Hmmm. I’ll hafta czech ‘em out at the Fellagio, wink wink. Hey, don’t laugh that was just a legitimate typo! I can’t believe I didn’t proof this reply before I sent it. Dang.

I always liked the single-syllable lunch question: “Djeet?”

not jet

I know that Russia used to be a 1 party country, but you make it sound like this is a 2 party country.
Well itsnot. There are other choices other than the 2 u mention.
You ever think of majoring in poli sci?

I know some really hot poli sci majors. I know u would fit right in.

I vote for my hero, Ralph Nader.

I bet u even think we live in a democracy here in the good ole USA?
Don’t fall for all the propoganda you hear here in the USA.

I step off my soap box now and give it to you Marina.

73 and 88

n8zu

Chillin’ with some chilly chili. Open a window quick. :oops:

Well, Marina
Sorry for the late comment, But McCaine is by far the better Candidate, as well a the lesser of the two evils. I belive that there are a lot more better, and well qualified individuals out there. But this is what were stuck with.
Though Obama did say. If we tuned up the motor, and aired up the tires in our vehicles. It would benefit our fuel prices.
Then shure enough, I aired up my tires 2 weeks ago, and the fuel prices went down 10 cents a gallon at the Station! WOW :shock:
Now,that darn near had me submit to “Dirnking the Koolaid”, and being Assimilated into the Collective of the Obamanation.
Went to my first Koolaids Anonymous Meeting yesterday. Best thing I’ve ever done. :grin:

Content is truly KING!

Ya, your right! He who straddles the fence soon gets a sore crotch… :shock:

I prefer roast duck over lame duck anyday… :mrgreen:

what are you asking?

Yes.

Perhaps your most educational investigation ever, Marina. Kudos, for that. As a middle-of-the-road voter, I am concerned about certain issues (in order of importance): National Defense (McCain wins), the Economy (McCain again), Energy (McCain and BO are neck & neck),
Childhood education (not a word from either candidate), Health Care (hardly a word from either candidate), and Taxes (McCain). Adding them up, it’s McCain, so far.

mhm.

I have to agree with muggins. Though neither candidate is stellar, McCain will get my vote in November.

Both good candidates. Nothing so bad about them that if they were facing different opponents who had scandals that Obama and McCain would shine above them. I think that John has had more bumblings though. I also believe that John would likely be worse in the foreign policy department.
Slap me down about it but, I was wishing that Hillary was still in the running. Just my vote. When are you running for president?
:idea: :!: :!: :idea:

no i did not conjure anything up he has voted on it three times but you dot what see it because the truth hearts liberal

How did the Japanese come up with the greeting kon nichi wa? I know what it means, but who came up with it, when, why and what did it originally mean?

By the way, Homework: I am not voting either way because if I do, it won’t matter. Sorry folks. Believe me, it’s so dumb I wouldn’t touch one of those things and I wouldn’t even walk into one booth.

Love ya guys and I hope to see Bush out of the presidency soon,
Shawn Norris

Let’s get in the Olympic spirit here… how about Peking Duck?

Marina,
You know how ducks fly in a “V” and how one side is always longer than the other? Know why that is?……..There’s more ducks in that side :wink:

No, I mean “Diffibulate”. Lol I’m sure Bob knows what I’m talking about. :cool:

The Fellagio! That’s hilarious! Good one!!! :grin:

Yes, well, Congress has been a joke, and its approval ratings are nearing absolute zero. But Bush has not only failed to provide any real leadership, he has espoused some truly liberal causes. I think the upshot is that we are unhappy with our so-called leaders. We need a Beowulf in the White House. And Congress needs term limits. Desperately.

That not a word, that my name!

I’m votin’ fa Barry!

Serving up double entendre? Perhaps the roasting will commence with the next admin. The dubayou duck is not the only fowl that can be hunted. His once brazen “attack geese” are sulking in the reeds and, by rights, should be stuck on a spit.

I lost respect for Nike years ago when they were running sweat shops. One of my former bosses (Fawn) said it was pretty bad back in those days. Over the years I’ve seen mega corporations do some very bad things to consumers that really made me feel bad in the inside, because I was giving my word that what they were buying was the best product at a fair price. :sad: This is one of many reasons I left retail to get my captain’s license. I needed to go back and do something that would truly benefit people and not cheat them. :smile: Now I know my teachings are saving lives. I feel really good about my new job. :mrgreen:

Hey Capman911,
That link to the “Vote for Marina 2008″ was that a real commercial?
I haven’t heard it mentioned before this.

Yes, instead of The Gallup Poll we have the Marina Poll.

Re: Marina Poll- 100 million (and counting) views means people are counting the votes and listening to the opinions from her sites.

Hello anuddermale,
“he thinks i’m bitter”- personally or in general? I missed the speach, I guess, I’ve been busy.

As Tolstoy once said: “Peace, Warren, peace.”

Hello lividemerald,
I get a kick out of your comments. Don’t stop.
Peace, peace I like it.
It seems that I can’t spell- speech.

keeping his ducks in line takes alot of duck tape.

The Apathetic Party gets quite a few of the votes.

I’m not that liberal either.

Hello pennsyltucky9
Are you a poltergeist?
Is your keyboard the same as an Ouija Board?

Hello okay4now,
very clever :cool:

Obama was, of course, generalizing, Warren – always a dangerous thing to do, especially when what you say goes on record almost immediately. This is the quote, from an April 6th fundraiser in San Francisco [boldface mine]:

But the truth is, is that, our challenge is to get people persuaded that we can make progress when there’s not evidence of that in their daily lives. You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

Um, now these are in some communities, you know. I think what you’ll find is, is that people of every background — there are gonna be a mix of people, you can go in the toughest neighborhoods, you know working-class lunch-pail folks, you’ll find Obama enthusiasts. And you can go into places where you think I’d be very strong and people will just be skeptical. The important thing is that you show up and you’re doing what you’re doing.

Frankly it stereotypes small-town midwesterners, IMO, as hicks. I grew up in a small Indiana town, so, yes, I took it a bit personally.

Your mileage may vary.

annudder :cool:

Hello BiilyB,
Here in California our Big Brother is very interested in taking care of us.

CaptainJack, it looks like the Japanese put out the Toyota Winglet. A little sexier than the Segway! As for ASIMO, I actually saw him perform at Disneyland a few years back. He climbs up and down stairs, in addition to conducting symphonies. So he is both agile and intellectual! By the way, at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, the customer service people ride Segways around the retail shopping area (Desert Passage).

I’m from the midwest also and I went through the ’82 recession-that was scary. Free trade, outsourcing make strange bedfellows. Talking about the loss of jobs doesn’t create new ones. Did he roll up his sleeves yet? I guess I’m a bitter too.

Hey Warren, no it was made up by somebody. They used some good graphics on the video to make it look real. How’s things been going. Hear anything on the job yet? If not I will always keep pulling for you to get that job. The only thing going on right now is all of us is voting for Marina to win a trip to Las Vegas. The link is under the new video in a red square box. Take care my friend good luck :smile:
Mike

Hey Mike,
I’m catching up on the comments here and really enjoying myself with most of the views from our fellow students. I’m almost two weeks behind. I’ll send a note to you at your YT account later in regards to the job. I hope all is well with you.
Thank you

Also, what I really enjoy about this site (besides our wonderful, beautiful Marina) is that most of our “fellow students” should be or are teachers. It’s one thing to read or research an idea on your own but it’s fun to follow a thought and play catch-up. I watch the vids that everyone posts and read the articles and then I read more on my own if I like what’s being talked about.

There are a lot of smart and intelligent people on this site. I catch myself doing extra home work just to figure out what some of them are talking about. It also makes me want to learn more. I see you sentiments exactly.

Hi Warren it’s been awhile… for some reason I thought you were a Canadian, could you possibly be? California has lots of them. I think the Canadian population in LA would make it the forth or fifth largest city in Canada (if it was indeed in Canada).
Facebook is an interesting phenom, people volunteer all kinds of personal info & post what they are up to & who their friends are etc.etc.etc… If’n i were a conspiracy therorist i’d say big brother is behind it. Since I’m the oldest of my parents kids (IE Big brother) keeping track of my siblings, now that we’re all married off, with families of our own, is virtualy Impossible. Even with phone calls, email, crackberries & all the communication technology, I simply don’t have the energy. Heck I can hardly keep up with the pace Marina sets with videos every day, plus some extras & voting… whew…
I hardly have time to work all day too.

Not from Canada though I do say, “Eh” alot “don’t ja know”.
Wisconsin is where I learned to sound like that, so maybe you picked up on my “accent” and the words I frequently use- good ear(eye?). Yes, Marina is working her tail off and I work too many hours so I can hardly keep up. I read all of the comments and folllow through with the references so that takes up more time- but it really is a pleasure so I don’t mind. I like to read books for fun but this is just as fun.
Take it easy

Toyota Winglet has half the range of a Segway. Small tires limit clearance over obstacles. It is sexier and smaller but limited. I’ve used a Segway once and plan to buy one someday. Price has dropped significantly. :grin:

Where did you find this gif? I used it in the SOS answer.. but I am curious where it came from?

There is absolutely no way I’m voting for either McCain or Obama.

Hey Marina, thanks for using the ‘roflcopter’ in your clip. It’s awesome!! I am glad to see people enjoying the animation. :mrgreen:

I just did a google search for roflcopter. I looked under the images section, and it popped up somewhere in the first three pages I think.

Here’s a link to one http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/7/73/Roflcopter.gif

It’s a shame that there isn’t many ‘roflsaurus’ pictures around (apart from the one I posted here z while back).

Homework: After President McCain serves his two terms, President Palin can be the first female president, and serve both of her terms. :mrgreen:

McCain is center to the Right. Obama is 2nd fartherest to the left. I would not have chosen McCain for the selection for Republican, however, i do think Fred Thompson would have been a better choice. At least McCain tells us where he stands clearly. Obama has great flowery flowing speech, but where is the substance. I am concerned with Obama’s background. Has he ever stated his real current name? not during the DNC convention. Reporters dont use his middle name, even Republicans dont use his middle name. Go Figure.
The press has been love struck for Obama since the beginning, but why? What has Obama succeeded with that was good for our country? Hannity has asked many Obama supporters to name just one profound law that he initiated and helped get voted in to Congress. Never a straight answer. And voting “present” instead of yes or no? whats that all about?
In my book, McCain is by far the better choice. If Obama starts showing substance, i might change my mind. Oh, and Obama, use your own words instead of the teleprompter.
thanks,
neo

Bush=LAME DUCK :cool: :cool: :cool:

Homework=Obama :cool:

I’m proud to say that I voted for Obama. 8 years ago I might have voted for McCain, but not this time around. :idea:

i have a very good word request for you marina.
“chode”
i saw someone post a comment containing the word on youtube and i seem to remember hearing it somewhere before as well.
will you educate me please?

1:36 LMFAO

if i could i guess obama but mccain would be good too

or did he clip the ducks wings?: out for tea and KNEW ducks of quack policey…bees are good and have a good day, 007

Company of Thieves – The Fire Song – Live from University of Illinois
….THE KINKS – VICTORIA…love you all :lol: