'Big Government' also excludes a federally mandated takeover of state Tort Law.

Liberate - the act of illegally invading a sovereign nation against the will of the native population, leading to the violent deaths of over one million citizens, while also systematically stealing their precious petrol resources.

Terrorist - Anyone in Iraq who objects to the illegal U.S. military presence, including "liberated" Iraqi citizens, who represent over 90% of the alleged "terrorists" attacking U.S. forces.

Democracy - A puppet government, which agrees to cater to U.S. corporate interests while repressing the native population. See: U.S. Democracy promotion in South and Central America since WWII.

Foreign Fighters - Also known as Iranian Terrorists, regardless of what country they actually come from (mostly Saudi Arabia). The United States occupying force does NOT fall under the definition of "foreign fighter".

Defeat - caving to the will of the Iraqi people, the American people and the will of the overwhelming (over 90%!) majority of the population of the entire world. Defeat also means respecting international law, by removing an illegal occupying force, which waged a war of aggression in violation of the Geneva Convention and the U.N. Charter.

Surrender - respecting international law and the will of the Iraqi people. See: defeat

Victory - continuing to occupy the sovereign nation of Iraq against the will of the population (91% want us to leave within a year!) and the will of the overwhelming majority of the world. Most importantly, victory entails creation of a puppet "democracy," which will cater to American multinational corporations by, among other things, passing a new oil law that will essentially give American and British oil company’s enormous guaranteed profits in perpetuity. Victory also means bombing Iran and installing another "democracy" (see: definition above).

"Support The Troops" - a saying meant to quiet any real discussion of a war policy. Used by every war-mongering nation in history, including the Nazis, the term has proven effective in silencing war critics that were hell-bent on defeat and surrender (see definitions above). Whenever logic is thrown at a war-mongering neo-con, one can safely invoke this saying, which will immediately end the discussion.

September 11th - nationalistic go-to date that represents any war-mongering endeavor our government seeks to initiate. It is NOT to be used in reference to the September 11th, 1973 CIA backed coup in Chile that overthrew a democratically elected government and replaced it with a ruthless dictator, who installed his own "democracy" (see definition above). Additionally, the date can be used to describe any and all threats, real or imagined, regardless of whether they have any connection whatsoever to the 9/11 attacks in the States. Most importantly, the date must be invoked as often as possible in place of honest political discourse (see: any Rudy Giuliani speech).

Economy - corporate profits. DO NOT think it has anything to do with the economic growth for the average American, whose inflation adjhusted growth has stagnated for the past thirty years.

Entitlements - any policy that helps people without giving enormous profits to the wealthiest members of society. The term DOES NOT apply to the enormous corporate tax subsidies and grants.

Defense Industry - tax subsidized (estimated 30% tax subsidy) war-profiteering machine.

Values - whatever issue gets the sheep out to vote against their true interests or the interests of the overwhelming population of the planet. See: Gay marriage

Influence - corporate control of natural resources. Also known as "regional stability".

Interference - generally used to describe activities, whether real or imagined, by the next enemy on the list in whatever country the United States is occupying. DO NOT use the term to describe the United States illegal meddling in the affairs of other nations, including massive invasions like Iraq.

Dictator - this derogatory term can only be used to describe world leaders who are NOT acting as puppets to U.S. corporate interests. Don’t be confused if the term is used to describe leaders elected in free and fair elections around the globe, as the will of native populations is irrelevant (see: Hugo Chavez) in determining whether one is to be labeled a dictator. DO NOT use the word to describe true dictators who happen to be in the U.S. pocket (see: Egypt, Saudi Arabia etc)

Socialism - G.O.P.- speak for any attempt to help the less fortunate. Most importantly, it applies to any initiative which promises to help citizens by removing the financial ‘cut’ that must be paid to our wealthy overlords, mob style.

Socialized Medicine - any plan that increases coverage and provides better care in a more efficient and cost-effective manner, but does so by taking the profit out of the hands of the Insurance and Pharmaceutical industry coffers, making it therefore 'undesirable' to our corporate overlords. One must always invoke the French system with contempt, but also carefully avoid the fact that the World Health Organization ranks the French system #1 in the world in overall care. Additionally, and most importantly, make sure you imply that the government will be providing the health care with these plans, as opposed to merely paying the same doctor you currently use for his or her services. It is also essential that you talk about the dreaded "raised taxes" when applied to this topic, ignoring that it will actually cost citizens less per capita than the current system, as it does in the rest of the Western world.

Judicial Activism - A ruling by the judiciary which overrules an unconstitutional action by the legislature or executive branch, as is its mandate under the U.S. Constitution. Note: this only applies to rulings which the wing-nut disagrees with.

"A Nation of Laws" - A slogan used to describe the conditions for those in the general population. NOT TO BE APPLIED to high ranking political criminals.

Bailout - The act of socializing the risk of the market system to the population-at-large, while privatizing the profits. It involves massive taxpayer-funded cash giveaways to treasury-robbing criminals, who claim to be conservatives, but merely served to rape and pillage the nation's coffers for the good of a small, wealthy elite, in what amounts to an enormous pyramid scheme, which is doomed to fail as the bulk of the population reaches the point where they can no longer perform as good consumers (their only acceptable function); instead succumbing to massive debt and joblessness.

If we're looking at this thru the eyes of Republicans, shouldn't the modifier be "Democrat" rather than "Democratic"?

"Class Warfare" is any effort by the non-rich to claw back any of the money sucked out of the Treasury by enormous tax cuts for the rich. The term cannot be used to describe the original tax cuts that impoverished the Treasury and the citizenry.

Torture: Waterboarding, stress positions, exposure to extreme heat and cold, when committed by persons of color with names like Ahmed, especially against Americans.

Enhanced interrogation techniques: Identical to above, except that it is performed by Americans against persons of color with names like Ahmed.

Keeping Us Safe: Any activity that should not be examined if the examination is likely to lead to criminal charges against any member of the previous administration (see above, "enhanced interrogation techniques.")

Suicide: The act of binding one's own hands and feet with duct tape, jamming rags down one's own esophagus and then hanging one's self. A form of terrorism or asymmetrical warfare. If this happens to follow immediately upon a session of enhanced interrogation techniques, there is absolutely no relationship between the two events.

"Death Tax" -- when rich people have to pay their fair share.

"Judicial Activism" -- when you rule against something we like.

"Ownership society" -- when we own you.

"Rule of Law" -- frankly whatever we say it is, and don't give us any lip.

"Nuclear Option" describes a Senate process that Democrats are described as using when they propose to overcome Republican "obstructionism." (But, you say, "Nuclear Option" was a Republican concept... look over there, a shiny object!)

“We must put America back to work.” - Elect me so I will have a job.

"Big Government" - social programs that keep people from starving.

NOT "Big Government" - the largest military on the planet.

"Big Government" - imposing fines on corporations that poison you.

NOT "Big Government" - sending armed teams with armored vehicles into your neighborhood, to keep you from poisoning yourself.

Also NOT "Big Government" - the largest prison-industrial system in the Western world, keeping 2 million citizens behind bars.

Let's face it, republicans are just way better at weasel politics than the Democrats. The dems need find an effective way to counter them fast.

Commonsense = Defies all logic

It doesn't surprise me that liberals take such glee in the Orwellian exercise of redefining everyday political terms on which all Americans agree.

I believe the Ailes Memo was to use 'Ram it down our throats'. That's so appropriate for a 'News' organization that raises its desks and its female hosts skirts and lowers its cameras.

Big Government - all expenditures except for Defense and corporate subsidies

Small Business - Huge multinational corporations that sue small businesses into bankruptcy

Enforcing the laws on the books - doing nothing

Excess regulation - enforcing the laws on the books

Fiscal Responsibility - blocking any spending by democrats; running huge deficits during republican administrations

Small Government = weak central government; strong multinationals

American People - Corporate interests

Public interest - self interest

Fact - Whatever we can get the public to believe

"Dangerous Experiment": yet another historic legislative success for the Democratic Party that that will improve the quality of life for millions in this country - see other "dangerous experiments": Social Security and Medicare.

"Rage" or "derangement": any form of opposition to right-wing policies or politicians

"Real Americans": white right-wingers, plus a few individually identified other right-wingers who behave as they're supposed to

Wide stance = Cruising bathrooms for gay sex while maintaing culpable deniablity.

That one = the uppity nigger stealing my presidency.

Community activist = a criminal who subverts our great capitalist system by trying to help poor people.

Ignorance = a positive political attribute.

Dishonest = a more positive politcal attribute.

Stupidity = an even more positive political attribute.

Incompetence = Most positive political attribute.

Integrity = negative political attribute.

Intelligence = political death knell.

Reality = whatever Cheney, Ailes, Rove, and Luntz says it is.

Unreasonable = being expected to answer substantive questions without crib notes.

What is funny is that all this Owellian newspeak is double plus good to the the "liberal" media who claim not to be servants of Lord Limbaugh and Prince Beck.

"The American people " - the sector of the American population that looks and thinks like I do.

Conservative - Person who wants to conserve there money, power and influence at the cost of everyone else

What, no "up or down vote" yet? Well, that means the Right way to run the Senate, such that the Judge gets confirmed, the Bill passes, etc, when at least 51 Republicans vote for it!

"Blue hippies" - aliens who are rightly defending themselves and their world against a usurping neocon/corporatist force. Their rightness (as in "valid" is something conservatives and liberals should agree on, why don't conservatives?

Socialism/"pork" projects: Using taxpayer money on building/maintaining domestic infrastructure.

Defense Spending: Using taxpayer money on building maintaining Iraqi infrastructure.

Liberal Press - any medium in print, online, on TV, or on the radio that has EVER criticized a Republican for anything, or EVER said anything positive about any Democrat regardless of the topic or results.

Fair & Balanced - worshiping all things Republican and/or running Dems into the ground regardless of what actually happened or if it is good for the country.

"Elitist" - black guy

"Chicago-Style Politics" - black guy

"ACORN-backed" - black guy

"Disrespectful" - black guy

"Hasn't proved citizenship" - black guy

Fiscal Responsibility = Keeping it off the budget (see: Iraq War)

related: Balanced Budget.

Middle Class: Anyone with an annual income of over $250,000/year

Joe the Plumber: anyone, regardless of whether their actual name is Joe or whether they are a licensed plumber

Socialism: any government policy I disapprove of

Liberal: any belief I disapprove of

TVDUSAC: concern troll

TVDUSAC

I don't understand exactly what you are getting at beyond the inexorable power of compound interest. I am not sure private industry can sustain a growth rate of 4% per year indefinately. Economies, especially uncontrolled economies, move forward in fits and starts. To smooth out the rate of growth to your hypothetical 3 to 4% implies a level of command control leaders of the old Soviet Union would envy. The biggest problem you have is your notion of the "corrupt poor." The goal should be to empower every one in the society to achieve success. Creating a few hundred Warren Buffets might seem attractive, but there are hundreds of millions of us.

"Against" - the opposed must have conservative reasons for objecting to that which conservatives do not like. However see e.g. Niemanwatchdog, where we find that if the people who are opposed to the current bill because it doesn't go far enough are included, then a majority of Americans are for health care reform even if not this bill.

"Obstructionism," for example, only refers to Democratic minorities opposing Republican proposals.

Wrong. It should read:

"Obstructionism," for example, only refers to Democratic MAJORITIES opposing Republican proposals.
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"Freedom": for Republicans, the God-given right to choose between watching Fox News on the TV or listening to Rush on the radio, as in "they hate us for our freedoms." For Democrats, it refers to the option to emigrate to a socialist sharia-loving country in marxist fascist Europe if they don't appreciate the afore-mentioned Republican freedoms, as in "if you hate America so much, you have the freedom to not let the door hit your ass on the way out."

"Mission": any self-promoting photo-op that will lead the weak-minded to believe an historic goal has been fully achieved by Republicans, as in "mission accomplished." When used by Democrats, it refers to facilities in the heavily Democratic voter areas (aka "slums") where ACORN recruits its operatives, as in "rescue mission."

"F__ you": traditional greeting to colleagues by Republican Vice-Presidents when acting in his role as presiding officer of the Senate; used by anyone else it should be considered vile and reprehensible.

TVDUSAC: The Masked Defender, among other handles, moving from computer to computer in his university library so he can survive on these threads in the style of a cockroach during nuclear war.

Don't forget:

Freedom = Guns

Hating America = Acknowledging that the USA has made mistakes in the past

Socialist, Communist, Fascist, Liberal = Interchangeable terms for political views I disagree with

Family Values - being anti-gay and anti-abortion while cheating on your wife and neglecting your children

Science = Evil anti-religion conspiracy

Teach the Controversy = Lie to kids

Jesus = Devine being who founded America whose moral teachings must all be ignored

Tax Cuts = Default answer to all questions

Teleprompter = Device that only Obama uses because he is too dumb to speak without it

Medicare = Private health care which is far superior to any kind of socialized medicine

Best health care system in the world = 37th best health care system in the world

jam. the. bill. down. their. damn. throats!

Death Panels - refers to any Democratic Party efforts, via our "We The People" government, to stop 44,000 uninsured U.S. citizens from dying needlessly each year, as well as those U.S. citizens who have their health insurance canceled or can't even get health insurance because of a pre-existing condition.

Pro-life - refers to war-mongering conservatives (endless culture wars, endless foreign wars) who back invasions of foreign countries in which hundreds of thousands of women and children die, or are maimed for life, and also refers to conservatives who go to their graves advocating the death penalty.

Al = all Americans

"Government Takeover" = enlargement of private insurer customer base by 30 million.

"Socialism" = temporary government stake in a couple of banks, insurance companies, and auto makers undertaken on emergency basis to halt slide into Depression, perhaps representing .01% of total corporate wealth.

"Common sense" refers to any and all biases, prejudices, presuppositions and unthinking gut reactions among white, middle-class Republicans.

The Best News Organization on Television (CNN)
The most banal, least inquisitve mouthpiece available to Rethug politicians.

Cable News programs.
Infotainment.

National Public Radio.
A pale shadow of a formerly great news organization that once focused on the national issues but now focuses on the most irrelevant aspects of human existence because the cowardly employees of the network live in fear of losing their paychecks and are in the pocket of their corporate owners.

Face the Nation.
Face a glib villager who, like Sergeant Klink, hears nothing, sees nothing in the world of Washington, and then gets it all wrong.

Can I just say I'm having a harder and harder time taking this site seriously when the blog posts are alongside advertisements shouting "NO RECONCILIATION!" and "STOP OBAMACARE"!

Frustrated Taxpayers: people who fly airplanes into IRS buildings.

Terrorists: People who fly airplanes into the Pentagon.

Government takeover: any proposal from the Obama administration.

Death panel: any organization besides an insurance company's claims office that is involved in decisions about health insurance coverage, even if the organization is concerned with expanding coverage.

Fascism = GOP

Terrorism addendum: "...acts of political violence committed by people who aren't white guys" -- or acts of political violence committed by white guys who can be loosely tied to Democratic politicians, which is even worse than terrorism committed by brown people.

Terrorist - someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force.
... William Blum

Nazi - Democrat.
Socialist - Democrat.
Communist - Democrat.
Marxist - Democrat.
Maoist - Democrat.
Statist - Democrat.
Fascist - Democrat.

American - Republican; also, white, Christian, conservative.
America - Place where white, Christian, conservatives live, prosper, predominate, and vote Republican.
Real America - see America.

Taxation - (1) punishment for success; (2) taking of white people's hard-earned wealth for the sole or primary purpose of giving it to undeserving black or brown people.

Tyranny - having voted for the Republican candidate who lost an election; also, having a Democratic chief executive and a Democratic legislative majority.
Democracy - having voted for the Republican candidate who won an election; also, having a Republican chief executive and a Republican legislative majority.
Socialism - any proposal made by any elected Democrat (synonyms: communism, Marxism, fascism, Nazism, statism, Maoism, terrorism).

Nazi - Democrat.
Socialist - Democrat.
Communist - Democrat.
Marxist - Democrat.
Maoist - Democrat.
Statist - Democrat.
Fascist - Democrat.

American - Republican; also, white, Christian, conservative.
America - Place where white, Christian, conservatives live, prosper, predominate, and vote Republican.
Real America - see America.

Taxation - (1) punishment for success; (2) taking of white people's hard-earned wealth for the sole or primary purpose of giving it to undeserving black or brown people.

Tyranny - having voted for the Republican candidate who lost an election; also, having a Democratic chief executive and a Democratic legislative majority.
Democracy - having voted for the Republican candidate who won an election; also, having a Republican chief executive and a Republican legislative majority (synonyms: liberty, freedom).
Socialism - any proposal made by any elected Democrat (synonyms: communism, Marxism, fascism, Nazism, statism, Maoism, terrorism).

Truth: Republican commentary

Lies, falsehood, propoganda, and mis/disinformation, : Liberal commentary

"Big government" describes a dangerous phenomenon to be avoided, except in cases relating to reproductive rights or gays. - Or - in cases relating to large banks giving ever larger bonuses while relying on taxpayer's money to stay open. Underwater loans to other large financial entities can be covered but not underwater cities.

"As you well know..." -- Pure and utter bull$hit.

Socialism - any proposal made by any elected Democrat (synonyms: communism, Marxism, fascism, Nazism, statism, Maoism, terrorism, big government, government takeover, government spending, runaway spending, out-of-control spending, reckless spending, irresponsible spending, wasteful spending, pork, earmarks, tax, new tax, tax increase, tax hike, generational theft, redistribution, punishing success, government intrusion on your freedom, government trying to control your life, letting Washington beaurocrats make important decisions for you, government telling you what's good for you, government telling you it knows better than you, unconstitutional, liberal agenda, partisan agenda, San Francisco values, out of touch with mainstream Americans, opposed by a majority of the American people, "a massive big-government bill that will kill jobs, raise taxes, increase spending, add to the deficit, and pass the cost on to future generations").

"Bipartisan support" (Republican-style)...getting legislation in the U.S. Senate passed on an up-or-down vote, barely getting just over 50 votes, with the help of Blue Dog Democrats crossing party lines...with very few, if any, Democratic Party proposals (besides Blue Dog proposals) making it into final legislation. (see Iraq War Authorization, Bush Tax Cuts (twice), and numerous other country-damaging Republican/Blue Dog Democrat-passed laws during the infamous Bush/Cheney years).

"Bipartisan support" (Democratic-style)...Democrats blocked in the U.S. Senate from enacting desperately-needed country-helping legislation by a Republican/Blue Dog Democrat bloc, with extensive Republican use of (or in actuality just the threat of) the filibuster to make 60 votes necessary to even get to an up-or-down vote on the floor, with Senate Republicans voting en masse against any and all Democratic Party proposals...while Democrats include Republican and Blue Dog Democrat proposals in legislation, neutralizing and compromising said legislation, in the faint (misguided? delusional? pie-in-the-sky?) hope of getting non-existent Republican support. (see over 290 bills passed in the House and awaiting Senate action, healthcare reform, TARP, re-regulation of the financial sector, climate change legislation, the recent blocking by Senate Republicans and Senate Blue Dog Democrats of the Obama proposal to supplement senior citizen pay with a $250 COLA...just to name a few).

Oh, and let us not forget the most important definition of all:

Muslim = Anyone whose grandfather was a practicing Muslim. This is not at all in any way like the Nazi definition of Jew = anyone whose grandmother was a Jew.

"Big government describes a dangerous phenomenon to be avoided, except in cases relating to reproductive rights or gays."

And end of life choices.

Terry Schiavo. Never let anyone forget the lengths the Republicans went to in interfering with Terry Schiavo's end of life wishes. Never.

Government-Run healthcare: any improvement in the financing and delivery of healthcare.

Private non-socialist healthcare: medicare and veteran's benefits, in addition to insurance state monopolies.

This is my addition: "Repugnican." As in, everything they do or say is repugnant. Thanks.

Free Market: Economic system in which costs are socialized, profits privatized, errors of judgement public-ized.

Capitalism: Economic system in which profits come from taxpayer funded subsidies and flow mostly to the deserving wealthy. Capitalism functions best within the imaginary confines of unregulated Free Markets.

Competition: economic system in which the biggest gets the mostest, usually by contributing part of the profits to those congressmen and women best able to direct said subsidies.

Fascism: Liberal policies, politicians or voters

Small town values: white, conservative, Christian, white, fundamentalist, not non-white, home-scholed [sic], following the words of Jesus transcribed by Pat Robertson or some other Inspired-by-Christ Dollar Christian, hetro only, no damned homos EVER!, white, gasoline powered; non-green, no blue just white; English-speaking, no funny accents, no porn (shsst!), Wal-Mart shoppin' McDonald's eatin' Coke drinkin' SUV drivin' cole-slaw & spuds no cappuccino no arugula, no brown, no yellow, no red, white dammit! pure-blooded 'Mericas. Mostly Southrn 'Mericans. No Mexis.

Paragons of Liberty: fat-assed, middle-aged, balding white boyz like Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly, Ailes, Murdock, Moon, Malkin, Huckabee, Romney, Rove, Koch, Armey, Scaife, Palin, and other Real Patriots who so bravely send others to fight their glorious wars which add to the justly deserved profits of their favorite corporations.

"Free Market" - Large corporations with a sole source of income from government contracts. Used even more frequently when those corporations then invest their profits into the coffers of the same legislators that awarded the contract.

"Entrepreneurial Spirit" - Risk is socialized, profits are privatized.

"Spending more time with his family" - Caught in a hotel room/airport bathroom stall/nightclub with an expensive rent-a-boy.

States' rights: the freedom to be as racist as we wanna be.

Grammstanding- taking credit and the resulting positive publicity for a project that you voted against (made an art form by Phil Gramm and coined by Molly Ivins)

majoritarianism* - an oppressive form of government wherein a majority determines the outcome of a vote. Archaic: democracy.

* actual term used by Newt Gingrich to discribe using a majority vote in the Senate.

Hahahaha... Not only should political dictionaries be updated, but the legislative branch should also really get around to updating those old statutes so we don't end up with ridiculous judicial rulings like this one in Kansas: http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2010/02/22/if-you-dont-shoot-your-attacker-in-kansas-then-waive-bye-bye-to-claiming-self-defense/

Junk science: Any science used to oppose a right-wing position.

Sound science: Any science or pseudo-science used to support a right-wing position.

ADVOCACY
"Showing bold leadership" -- when we advocate a policy that is unpopular with voters.
"Out of touch with the American people" -- when they advocate a policy that is unpopular with voters.
"Listening to the American people" -- when we advocate a policy that is popular with voters.
"Pandering" -- when they advocate a policy that is popular with voters.

STAYING ON MESSAGE
"It is inarguable that...", "Everyone agrees that...", "Frankly,..." -- I'm about to say something completely false
"Our message" -- our big lies
"Getting our message out" -- convincing people our big lies are true
"We failed to get our message out" -- oops, almost nobody believed our big lies

DEBATE
"Raising legitimate questions" -- when our people point out the flaws in their policies
"Using scare tactics" -- when they point out the flaws in our policies

WINNING
"Democracy in action" -- when we outmaneuver them
"Playing politics" -- when the other side outmaneuvers us

IDENTITY
"The American people", "The mainstream" -- our party members, and people who agree with us
"Extremists", "the fringe", "nuts" -- their party members, and people who agree with them

"Hard-working American families and small businesses" - Big corporations bothering to hide their agendas.

"America" - Big corporations not bothering to hide their agendas.

"Socialised health care" - a cat cut down to a mouse being passed off as a big scary lion.

"Mainstream media" - corporate lackeys who are not obviously batshit crazy.

"Fox News" - corporate lackeys who are aobviously batshit crazy.

"Fair and balanced" - being obviously batshit crazy.

"Traditional values" - the belief that if two men or women rub genitals without society screaming at them, the world will end.

"Bush Derangement Syndrome" - believing criminals should be bought to justice.

"Law and order" - believing blacks and Hispanics should be bought to justice.

"Al Qaeda" - apparently a bigger threat to America than Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

"Small town values" - medievalism with tvs and pickup trucks.

Activist Judges: Any Democratic judicial appointees who make rulings that Republicans don't like. This term is never to be used to discuss actual activist decisions made by Republican appointees (see Bush v. Gore and Citizens United).