American-English Political Dictionary

[McCamy Taylor]

Having trouble making sense of American political debate? Your problem may be a semantic one. Many of the words used by politicians in the United States look and sound like English. For instance, “deficit” looks just like the word that means “the amount of short funding” if you speak English. But, in American, “deficit” means any government spending that enriches anyone other than yourself. Here are some other tricky words:

“Freedom” equals “fear.” Recall how Bush said that “terrorists” (another problematic word) envy us our “freedom”? Remember how you scratched your head over that one? What he meant to say is “Big Brother loves your fear.’ Yes, that is correct. “Terrorist” is a buzzword for “Big Brother” in His fearsome, wrath of God aspect. Do you seriously think that the United States government can not win a battle of wits with a bunch of guys living in caves in rural, Afghanistan? When the shoe bomb gets through, it is because “Big Brother” wanted it to get through.

How about “jobs”? I’ll bet you think you know what “jobs” are: the plural of “job”, what you do everyday so that you can pay the rent, right? Wrong. “Jobs” has nothing to so with flipping burgers or performing heart surgery. In American, “jobs” is defined by its opposite---“overhead”. When the new breed of conservatives talk about “increasing jobs” what they really mean is “lowering overhead.” And since a major component of the overhead of any company is its payroll, in order to cut costs, they have to cut jobs---or at least the amount of money they pay the people who work. So, when you hear that outsourcing, union busting, and mass layoffs “increase jobs” remember what “increase jobs” really means, and it will all make perfect sense.

Now the GOP’s official slogan of the 2010 midterm elections---“Jobs and Freedom”---makes sense. The party of Bush promised us “Lower overhead and more fear.” Good old fashioned American values.

Speaking of “values”, do not run to your Webster’s Dictionary if you want to figure this one out. A “value”, singular means either the worth of something or a deeply held belief. “Values” plural means “icky! as in sex with someone you would not personally want to sleep with or beating up someone you do not think has it coming or language your mother would wash your mouth out with soap if she heard you using it. “Values” is basically “personal preference” except without the “personal”, since it pretends to be a universal truth.

“Truth”? Don’t get me started. Philosophers have gone on and on about that one, but in American, “truth” means “loudest”. That is why conservatives always shout when they are on TV. That is why corporate media giants are born. Altogether now. We have always been at war with Oceana!

[rug]

1. Temporary = Permanent.

[Populist_Prole]

2. Freedom = Money

Press any neocon twit and peel back all the layers of hyperbole, and you'll come down to them saying "freedom" means a business can do whatever it damned well pleases. Of course the most hard-nosed of them will admit this up front, but that just tells you they've already made their pile and no longer require your consent or votes.

[The Wizard]

3. This is always enlightening.

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"Politics and the English Language" (1946) is an essay by George Orwell criticizing "ugly and inaccurate" contemporary written English.

Orwell said that political prose was formed "to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." Orwell believed that, because this writing was intended to hide the truth rather than express it, the language used was necessarily vague or meaningless. This unclear prose was a "contagion" which had spread even to those who had no intent to hide the truth, and it concealed a writer's thoughts from himself and others.<1> Orwell advocates instead Plain English.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Language
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm

[JackRiddler]

4. Spectacular, McCamy! Thank you.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. The Riddler beat me to it.

That's exactly what I was going to say.

[JackRiddler]

8. kick it again!

[Independem]

6. GOP AGENDA = Stop Obama = Party over Country

GOP AGENDA = Stop Obama = Party over Country


The most powerful National Medias has in just two short years brought Republicans back after creating the worst recession in history, 24/7 bashing the president and democrats has paid off with the help of other major national networks.

They are For the Rich by The Rich philosophy with total saturation of media.


“The Power for Propaganda to Prosper” Stop Obama Job #1 Take Power!

[Demeter]

7. A NEW Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce would be proud of you!

[Greyhound]

9. K&R. Reform = Eliminate. n/t