Pooing the Whinny

[tmcg]

From "The Dreams of George Bush," by Robert L. Borosage (which begins with a restating of Bush's SOTU in far more straightforward terms):

What ails America? By the President's account, our economy is hobbled because the rich have too little money and corporations are too accountable. Our healthcare system is broken because too many people have insurance and citizen juries give too many victims of malpractice recompense for their injuries. Social Security is in trouble because benefits are too high and too secure. Marriage is threatened most by gays who want to get married. Our Constitution requires amending to enshrine bigotry and save it from the activist liberal judges that dominate our courts despite seventeen years of Reagan and Bush appointments. Our military is too weak, even though we already spend nearly as much as the rest of the world combined on our military.

From Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition:

Main Entry: nightmare
Pronunciation: 'nit-mer
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from night + mare
Date: 14th century

1 : an evil spirit formerly thought to oppress people during sleep
2 : a frightening dream that usually awakens the sleeper
3 : something (as an experience, situation, or object) having the monstrous character of a nightmare or producing a feeling of anxiety or terror

("Mare" being "an evil preternatural being causing nightmares.")

Thanks, Robin.

Comments

[akaspeedo.livejournal.com]

("Mare" being "an evil preternatural being causing nightmares.")

That's cool, I didn't know the etymology.

[terrymcgarry.livejournal.com]

I had wondered about it for a while without ever bothering to look it up. I think it's cool too.

P.S.

[akaspeedo.livejournal.com]

I love the icon for this post. It's definitely you *g*.

Re: P.S.

[terrymcgarry.livejournal.com]

*evil grin* Thank you!