With President Obama's recent war speech burned freshly burned into our minds, I thought it time to re-examine the meaning of common political jargon.
But common political jargon is boring, so I made up my own.
Enjoy! Politics from poly (multiple) + tics (involuntary twitches); the spasms that people exhibit when their actions conflict with their values Talibanter the light banter that Taliban fighters engage in on their off time Hilarious when Secretary of State Clinton makes a joke to a foreign diplomat that is lost in translation Demockery the special style of democracy evidenced by recent Afghan elections Obamanation a fundamentalist term for a politician who defies God's will by ensuring that more people have health insurance Diplomacy an American term for pre-invasion rhetoric The United Mistakes of America U.
S.
foreign policy post-WWII Terrorism a crime committed by persons whose politics the government doesn't like Insurgents resistance fighters opposed to U.
S.
occupation Freedom Fighters resistance fighters opposed to Russian (or Soviet) occupation Capitalism expressing one's fear of public disclosure by using all caps in a memo Governmeant what the government actually meant to do, before it decided there were no funds available Lobbyist a person who hangs out in a lobby (What's the big deal?) Star Chamber of Commerce when the Chamber of Commerce holds secret trials for dissident companies like Apple Computers If you have your own new definitions of political expressions that you would like to submit, or if you would like to see more words I have reinvented for the betterment of humanity, please visit my blog, http://www.
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