Archive - Dec 3, 2008

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Merriam-Webster's #1 Word of the Year for 2008

Merriam-Webster has announced its 2008 "Word of the Year." The winner is "Bailout," which "received the highest intensity of look ups on Merriam-Webster Online over the shortest period of time."

Bailout has been used by the media ever since Bear Stearns collapsed and the Federal Government rushed in to save it. In this context Merriam-Webster defines it as "a rescue from financial distress." The top ten words of 2008 are as follows.  Read More »


Bush on Regretting the Iraq War

In a recent interview with Charlie Gibson, President Bush shed some light into his thoughts and feelings about the Iraq War.

President Bush stated, "The biggest regret of all the presidency has to have been the intelligence failure in Iraq." I found this statement intresting. I recommend rereading it again. Bush claims to regret the "intelligence failure in Iraq."

Bush did not regret lying to the American people about the threat Saddam Hussein posed. He did not regret sending thousands of America's youth ... my peers to a certain death due to his failure. He did not regret injuring and damaging hundreds of thousands of other soldiers and their lives. Bush does not regret fueling terrorism or destabilizing Iraq. And why? Because the intelligence failed him and the American people.  Read More »