Today's vocabulary word
Jack Bogdanski
Pitiful -- adj. -- 1. Inspiring or deserving pity. 2. Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy: "When a sitting President of the United States requires a signed loyalty oath for admission to a speech he is giving on government time, that is freakin' pitiful." See pathetic.
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Aug 12, '04
I'd prefer to have him sign an honesty oath - but that's not likely to happen.
Aug 13, '04
It sounds exactly like something Saddam Hussein would do. Only if he found out someone wasn't being loyal he would just have them executed... Still the similar "dictator" approach: If you don't love me, I don't want you around. (I can't help but think this stems from a severe inferiority complex).
Aug 13, '04
Let's see: the president DID sign an oath to "protect and defend the constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic..." He's done such a pathetic and pitiful job of living up to that oath that even moderate Republicans are deserting him in droves.
Aug 13, '04
sphinc·ter Pronunciation: 'sfing-t&r Function: noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek sphinktEr, literally, band, from sphingein to bind tight 1) an annular muscle surrounding and able to contract or close a bodily opening; 2)a Bush malapropism for Hussein instead of "sinister"; 3) the dominant muscle being exercised by Cheney during sessions of congress;