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Must_B_Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 04:55 AM
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I think I've discovered what's going on with Bush
One entry found for tyranny.
Main Entry: tyr·an·ny
Pronunciation: 'tir-&-nE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -nies
Etymology: Middle English tyrannie, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin tyrannia, from Latin tyrannus tyrant
Date: 14th century

1 : oppressive power <every form of tyranny over the mind of man -- Thomas Jefferson>; especially : oppressive power exerted by government <the tyranny of a police state>

2 a : a government in which absolute power is vested in a single ruler; especially : one characteristic of an ancient Greek city-state b : the office, authority, and administration of a tyrant

3 : a rigorous condition imposed by some outside agency or force <living under the tyranny of the clock -- Dixon Wecter>

4 : a tyrannical act
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not systems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 05:11 AM
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1. No don't say that!!!
Someone may be listening and quit voting democratic
because the will think us shrill.

Just act like everything is normal.

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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 05:44 AM
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2. All the signs and symptoms fit to a T
T for tyrant
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-04-03 07:30 AM
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3. are they trying to sneak in in the patriot or victory act
a clause for suspending elections in a time for war? so that we can be kept in s atate of perpetual war, just so baby W can play king?
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