tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post116971984827004872..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: You keep using that word "discussion " ...CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1169838191454389202007-01-26T14:03:00.000-05:002007-01-26T14:03:00.000-05:00Sorry, Anonymous, your point is elusive yet again....Sorry, Anonymous, your point is elusive yet again. Are you saying that this adjective-noun combination is grammatically valid, or are you saying the George Bush is actually a great orator?M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/13408488215496128814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1169835219166993522007-01-26T13:13:00.000-05:002007-01-26T13:13:00.000-05:00oratorn.greatadj.adj. + n. = legit.go back to grad...orator<BR/>n.<BR/><BR/>great<BR/>adj.<BR/><BR/>adj. + n. = legit.<BR/><BR/>go back to grade school, guysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1169755569420959082007-01-25T15:06:00.000-05:002007-01-25T15:06:00.000-05:00Eiredrake, sorry to take the fun out of your post,...Eiredrake, sorry to take the fun out of your post, but once you apply the adjective "great" to "orator", even to the first definition of "orator", it completely disqualifies the application of the phrase to Bush. Unless you use one of the twenty-three dictionary.com definitions of 'great' that does not have anything to do with being "very good" at something (like say, "great with child" or "one generation more remote from the family relative specified" instead).<BR/><BR/>Bush may be an orator, but by nobody's standard should he be considered a "great orator"!Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16610949491162295262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1169754135216852322007-01-25T14:42:00.000-05:002007-01-25T14:42:00.000-05:00Power is still the greatest aphrodisiac.Invest som...Power is still the greatest aphrodisiac.<BR/><BR/>Invest someone with social power and there will be no shortage of uncritical butt kissing. Just ask any bully boy about his hangers on.<BR/><BR/>Conflating the protagonist of a story with the mantle of a hero because the story is told from the biased pov of him/her is far far too common among readers.<BR/><BR/>And that's the portion of the populace that actually reads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1169753155135107902007-01-25T14:25:00.000-05:002007-01-25T14:25:00.000-05:00To respond I did something that no right wingnut w...To respond I did something that no right wingnut would ever do: I did a little research before making a claim.<BR/><BR/>After looking up the definition of an orator I have to conclude that Bush is in fact a great orator ( if you choose the right definition ). I went to Dictionary.Com which brings up definitions from several different dictionaries.<BR/><BR/>or·a·tor (ôr'ə-tər, ŏr'-) <BR/>n. <BR/><BR/> 1. One who delivers an oration.<BR/> 2. An eloquent and skilled public speaker.<BR/><BR/><BR/>So perhaps your buddy Demers is merely referring to the first definition and not the second.<BR/><BR/>If his only criterion for being an orator is the ability to speak then he's correct. By that definition a 'speak n spell' would also be a great orator.<BR/><BR/>As an American I agree with CNN's assessment of Bush from right after Katrina hit: Worst Disaster Ever to hit the USAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1169748887538295612007-01-25T13:14:00.000-05:002007-01-25T13:14:00.000-05:00Yes, "Rarely is the question asked, is our childre...Yes, "Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?"catniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444186590009089070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1169748004852682902007-01-25T13:00:00.000-05:002007-01-25T13:00:00.000-05:00The sensible Right (whoever they are these days) r...The sensible Right (whoever they are these days) really should have dealt decisively with the Ann Coulters, Michelle Malkins, the Ezra Levants and the whole of FoxNews a long time ago (by at least admitting that these people know nothing about the issues they opine on), before letting this ill-will build up to the point that it has now.<BR/><BR/>I'd probably have engaged in discussion with more conservative bloggers if their commenters hadn't usually consisted of so many appalling, brain-dead wingnuts. I usually couldn't cinch up my gorge tight enough to endure a comment thread at a typical conservative blog.<BR/><BR/>As it stands, I don't think I'll take a conservative seriously ever again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com