Just got a letter from Sen Orrin Hatch about DSM! what does "is" mean

[helderheid]

OH MY GOD.

"... Much has been made about the use of the word 'fix' in the context of intelligence and policy, but few have noted that that verb connotes, in English (i.e. 'British') usage 'organize' not 'construct' as is the understanding in the American idiom. ..."

What does he really think I'm that stupid??

He goes on to say the war was greatly supported by most public and those in congress and the senate. He fails, of course, to note that it was supported BASED ON LIES YOU FUCKING MORON BASTARD ASSHOLE!

Sorry.

:)

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

1. Why don't you call his office and give them a definiton of the word "Fix"?

:hi:

[helderheid]

2. I may just have to do that....

I think I may send the word out to my 300 listmembers to do the same. Heheheheh

[Kagemusha]

3. What difference does it make?...

Organizing the intelligence around the policy. Why is this any less sinister sounding than the original connotation, to a person of reasonable knowledge of the English language?

[tk2kewl]

4. I am going to "fix" the race around my bet.

[UTUSN]

5. Actually, This Is Good News: They're Desperate and Admitting n/t

[wtmusic]

6. It's Parse-O-Mania

With your host Orrin ("Am I Really Here or Just Imagining It?") Hatch!!

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[whistle]

7. Hatch must think we are all idiots....

...I don't see "organization" among any of the definitions listed below:


Definitions of FIX on the Web:

repair: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

fasten: cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"

specify: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"

cook: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Fix (cook) me dinner, please"; "can you fix (make) me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

pay back: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

set or place definitely: "Let's fix the date for the party!"

informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study

fixate: make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame"

something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate"

repair: the act of putting something in working order again

sterilize: make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized"

situate: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"

an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"

localization: a determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target"

make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; " fix (prepare) for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

I particularily like the last one outlined above! Oran Hatch is both a prick and a bastard. Now we can add traitor to his list of character flaws.

[helderheid]

8. THANKS! I am sending him this along with what was mentioned that

organizing is NO LESS SINISTER.

Fuckwad he.

[fighttheevilempire]

9. Key words: "was supported"

How many of us are in favor of it now? Certainly not a majority unless youre at a RNC meeting.

[JAbuchan08]

10. What are you an english teacher Orrin

I've got enough linguistics under my belt to say with confidence... "fix your mouth around my dick Orrin"

My apologies for being crude, but AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate Orrin Hatch.

[back2basics909]

11. I am English...

And he is talking shit... it's not used in that way at all.

[JAbuchan08]

13. I know it's not obvious, what with my constant grammatical errors

and somewhat lazy punctuation, but I was an english major, and I REALLY don't appreciate it when these propogandists screw with the language.

Edit for punctuation

Oh, and Clinton's parsing didn't bother me as much, as his parsing involved splitting the hairs of actual meaning as opposed to creating new definitions out of whole cloth (if you understand my meaning).

[Al-CIAda]

12. Prewar opinion polls were 58% AGAINST the war.

Hatch is lying on that account as well.

[helderheid]

14. HATCH has GOT to go. I am doing all I can to support Ashdown

www.peteashdown.org

[helderheid]

16. Speaking of

You all can support Pete too - he's a progressive running against Hatch - we can use ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET!!!

[ComerPerro]

15. "I hate Clinton because he looked right at us and he lied"

"and then he tried to weasel his way out of it by arguing technicalities about the definition on words. But it doesn't change anything, he lied."

I am so sick of hearing right wingers say that shit, and then proudly rally behind Bush. Its disgusting.

All of the blatant hypocrisy that just seems to ooze out of the right wing makes me sick. And it seems to be getting worse, and to be more common of an occurrence.

Maybe that's because they are just getting bold about it.

[lockdown]

17. Funnily enough,

in the UK the word orrin actually means liar.

[helderheid]

18. No kidding

HOW APPROPRIATE. He is one scary liar