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Oh, Joe!

Ladies and gentleman - Droopy Dog...er... I mean, Joe Lieberman.

more words!

today's word is

a priori - not derived from experience; deductive; lacking proof; arguing from general principle to expected effect

yay words!

Words!

My vocab has really been suffering lately. This is a paradox, as I have been reading about 1,000 times more content on a daily basis thanks to my best friend, Google Reader. While rushing through my 300+ Reader updates per day, I keep stumbling across many words that I should admit I'm not 100% clear on. In an effort to forge through the content, I tend to just pass them over. Well, NO MORE, friends. I am going to make an effort to expand all of our horizons.

That being said, Today's New Word is:


Profligate : Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant -OR- Given over to dissipation; dissolute.

Maybe "Mandate" Is aGoing Out on a Limb...

You Said It

From the Washington Post, quoting John Weaver:

"If you had told me two years ago that John McCain would end his active national political life perceived by many as the candidate of the special interests tied to lobbyists; that many people considered his campaign dishonorable and focused on small things; that he wasn't seen as presidential and the right person to have in a crisis; and that the broad center in American politics had turned against him, I would have laughed in your face," said John Weaver, his longtime friend who resigned from the campaign in a power struggle last year.

"That's not who he is," Weaver said. "But that's the campaign that he chose."

"The Palin pick was a base pick in a non-base election," Weaver said. "In this media world that we live in, you can't take someone who has not had any exposure, who had not had any vetting, public and private, and strap her to a rocket."

While you have heard me say similar comments in the past, this really sums it up for me!

(Thanks to Jezebel for the tip)

And the amazing continues...

I still don't believe that Indiana went blue! I didn't think it would happen - but I'm definitely not surprised about how close it was...

Obamarama - Yes, We Did

Yup! I was there, people. And it was the greatest. Having said that, I am exhausted beyond all explanation. I will be happy to recount the evening for you in the days ahead, but I'll just start by saying that I am proud of what the campaign was able to achieve and I so look forward to moving our country ahead.

That being said, I want to point out that CNN tried just a liiiiiittle too hard to sexy-up the election returns. I love me some Will.i.am , but beamed in as a hologram? Even Anderson Cooper is like "this is absurd".

FINALLY!!

We get to count the votes tomorrow, ya'll. And I, for one, would like the thank Mrs. Banks for fighting for suffrage in England, whereupon she inspired countless American women to fight for our rights... militantly!

Get Angry, ya'll

Expect the worst from your state and do everything you can to make sure your vote counts!! Get mad and take action. Our future is in your hands: