{"id":461,"date":"2006-05-08T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-09T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/?p=461"},"modified":"2006-05-08T19:35:52","modified_gmt":"2006-05-09T02:35:52","slug":"conflicting-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2006\/05\/08\/conflicting-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Conflicting Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi<\/strong> (Dim, CA) has been depositing her smack graffiti all over the media recently about the Republican “culture of corruption.” Well, not to mince words, but if her idea is to associate “culture” with “corruption,” it seems she has a pretty good oxymoron going.<\/p>\n

First, define culture <\/em>– a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts.<\/p>\n

Next, corruption <\/em>– impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle, decay, decomposition, inducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means, a departure from the original or from what is pure or correct.<\/p>\n

Now, it’s clear to me that “culture of corruption” refers to “enlightened putrifaction” – a sickening and stark contrast in terms.<\/p>\n

It seems to me that this Democratic crone-drone strikes a dischordant tone with many Americans.<\/p>\n

Let’s propose another slogan or set of slogans that sounds cutesy like their slogan, but offers complimenting words, meaning essentially the same thing. Here’s a few suggestions along with a couple of recent examples to which they may be applied:<\/p>\n

\nDemocrats of debauchery
\nDemocrats of decadence
\nDemocrats of degeneracy
\nDemocrats of degeneration
\nDemocrats of degradation
\nDemocrats of demoralization
\nDemocrats of doom
\nDemocrats of d’oh!
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

Recent Examples<\/b><\/center>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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