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Werd: Bailout - Part Five
The history of the word “bailout” is spotty at best. My handy not-quite-the-real-OED has no etymological definition. Merriam-Webster, who chose “bailout” as the word of 2008, gives a lame definition with a general reference to the year 1951: Date: 1951 : a rescue from financial distress So I went to …
Posted on: December 19, 2008 at 1:43 am on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total -
Werd: Bailout - Part Four
We’re bailing Thursday out with some videos. Sit back, listen, and we can explore inner and outer space together, forever. “A working class hero is something to be.”
Posted on: December 18, 2008 at 12:03 am on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total -
Werd: Bailout - Part Three
So the much belabored point of Part Two was that, in my opinion, we all realize that a bailout is needed. There are some dissenters that would argue that no taxpayer money should rescue financial organizations or our American auto makers. But anyone that seriously supports this philosophy is following …
Posted on: December 17, 2008 at 12:55 am on Filibuster Soup - 3 comments total -
Werd: Bailout - Part Two
I am not a master of finance, to say the very least. [You can find my full opinion on debt and credit here.] While 80% of the freshman when I was a senior at the University of Richmond in 2000 would go on to earn a major or minor degree …
Posted on: December 16, 2008 at 4:04 am on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total -
Werd: Bailout - Part One
In honor of Merriam-Webster’s 2008 word of the year, bailout, we will focus this week’s efforts of The Werd on the big story of the year. To start the discussion, I will suggest these two great charts: A Visual Guide to the Financial Crisis - Part One A Visual Guide …
Posted on: December 15, 2008 at 8:38 pm on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total -
Werd: Pirate - Part Five
This week’s werd pirate, as told by the other OED: pirate (n.) 1254, from O.Fr. pirate, from L. pirata “sailor, sea robber,” from Gk. peirates “brigand, pirate,” lit. “one who attacks,” from peiran “to attack, make a hostile attempt on, try,” from peira “trial, an attempt, attack,” from PIE …
Posted on: December 12, 2008 at 11:02 am on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total -
Werd: Pirate - Part Four
So in case some of you didn’t get the subtle satire, Part Three of this week’s Werd said that pirates can’t exist without capitalists. If we want capitalism, we should expect pirates; if we want to rid ourselves of pirates, all of the laws and security in the world won’t …
Posted on: December 11, 2008 at 5:56 pm on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total -
Werd: Pirate - Part Three
Where, precisely, is the line crossed that separates Robin Hood, the hero to the lower class, from Robin Hood, terrorist? As usual, it seems to be a matter of perspective. If you were sending gilded coins to your dear mother by way of carriage to pay for her The Plague …
Posted on: December 11, 2008 at 1:58 am on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total -
Werd: Pirate - Part Two
I mean, c’mon, who doesn’t love pirates, right? Whether it’s their eye patches or their peg-legs, pirates are a beloved part of human history. So long as there have been valuable things moved over water and poor people with a taste for the sea, there be pirates trying to steal …
Posted on: December 10, 2008 at 12:17 am on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total -
Werd: Pirate - Part One
For the invocation of the Werd, I have made a pirate joke for your enjoyment: What’s the difference between an AIG CEO and a college student downloading a CD? The CEO won’t be criminally prosecuted! Hi-HO! And now, for something completely different:
Posted on: December 08, 2008 at 3:59 pm on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total -
Werd: Thanks - Part Two
Thank you mom for my birthday. Thank you dad for the hustle. Thank you Ed for the sense of humor. Thank you Max for the heart. Thank you Stef for understanding. Thank you ROC Crew for lifting my spirits. Thank you Lleras for the laughs. Thank you Shawna for listening. …
Posted on: November 26, 2008 at 12:18 am on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total -
Werd: Thanks - Part One
This week’s invocation for the Werd is William S. Burroughs reciting his poem “Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1986” (Gus Van Sant directed the video): And the text to follow along: Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1986 Thanks for the wild turkey and the passenger pigeons, destined to be #### out through wholesome …
Posted on: November 24, 2008 at 11:16 am on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total -
Werd: Service - Part Five
Until a kind benefactor/patron finally purchases the Oxford English Dictionary (complete set, please) for me, I will be using the excellent (free) resource Online Etymology Dictionary for my Friday updates. Here’s how the latter OED defines the roots of our word, “serve”: c.1175, “to render habitual obedience to,” from O.Fr. …
Posted on: November 21, 2008 at 9:14 am on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total -
Werd: Service - Part Four
While we may have noticed a mingling of church and state in the past few years, it seems that church and stage are as far apart as ever. In the modern music scene, most popular musicians of note either move from a religious message towards a more secular message (e.g., …
Posted on: November 20, 2008 at 11:50 am on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total -
Werd: Service - Part Three
The general objections[1] I have found against Obama’s proposed America Serves program are: This unpaid manpower will be used for nefarious means; with the volunteers steered into programs that support Obama’s socialist goals. The program will cost taxpayers money in subsidizing the college grants and insuring and providing resources for …
Posted on: November 19, 2008 at 6:08 am on Filibuster Soup - 0 comments total - Page 1 of 2 pages 1 2 >
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