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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 01:30 AM
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A tip from Barney Frank
Teresa, take note!

http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/this_just_in/documents/03997148.asp

With increasing pressure on the FCC to step up its role as censor, finding language that appropriately communicates the depths of one’s feeling (especially when speaking on the record or within earshot of the press) while remaining within the bounds of propriety has become difficult. As a public-spirited move, I am recommending to my fellow elected officials — and to others engaged in public controversies — a semantic solution to this dilemma: use the word "Cheney" where discretion is required in the expression of frustration, anger, or extreme derision.

Here are some examples of how this would work.
• Go Cheney yourself.
• How the Cheney would I know?
• Cheney you.
• I don’t give a flying Cheney.
• Who the Cheney do you think you are?
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drmom Donating Member (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-27-04 02:07 AM
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1. How about "W is a Cheneying idiot"
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