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02/13/2004 Archived Entry: "Word of the Day..."
Word of the Day...
tris·kai·dek·a·pho·bi·a
n. An abnormal fear of the number 13.
Wanna take bets on whether there's a White House briefing today? My money says no.
Replies: 10 people speak up
Some odd stuff popping up today.
Bush Volunteered for Combat--Richmond Times-Dispatch
Blanks Filled In But You Can't Have Copies--LA Times
Posted by Xan @ 02/13/2004 09:42 AM NY
Being from Richmond, VA - I can tell you that the Richmond Times Disgrace leans about as far to the right as Fox News does.
Posted by sellursoul @ 02/13/2004 10:41 AM NY
Paraskevidekatriaphobia, n, abnormal fear of Friday the 13th. (I'd like to see Dubya try to pronounce THAT word!-lol)
I'm with the editor, probably no briefing today.
Posted by Tina @ 02/13/2004 10:47 AM NY
turn on c-span- war profiteering senate hearing.
halliburton's having a reallllllllly bad friday the 13th!
Posted by jeff @ 02/13/2004 10:58 AM NY
There was a press briefing, and McClellan would have been luckier if he were attacked by a pack of black cats. I think Talking Points Memo has the more painful excerpts.
Posted by norbizness @ 02/13/2004 01:04 PM NY
There was a briefing and boy howdy, what a briefing.
New word of the day: Shortelderlyballbusterphobia - The fear that Helen Thomas will grab you by the short and curlies and never let go.
Go Helen!
Posted by Tom Dissento @ 02/13/2004 04:17 PM NY
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Posted by video poker machines @ 02/13/2004 04:30 PM NY
It's not Bush, but Kerry who should fear friday the 13th. As a Church leader of a Church, which accepts homosexual marriages I'm disappointed in Kerry's cynical and distasteful behaviour. He has made liberals seem sleazy, untrustworthy and unelectable. Kerry can't even keep a vow to his wife, so how are we supposed to believe him when he vows to uphold the constitution? Kerry just handed Bush 4 more years.
Posted by Ricky Vandal @ 02/13/2004 06:11 PM NY
"As a Church leader of a Church, which accepts homosexual marriages I'm disappointed in Kerry's cynical and distasteful behaviour. He has made liberals seem sleazy, untrustworthy and unelectable. Kerry can't even keep a vow to his wife, so how are we supposed to believe him when he vows to uphold the constitution?"
First of all, you're ASSUMING the allegations of an affair are true, when so far there seems to be no proof. THAT is a logical fallacy known as the fallacy of presupposition. Even IF the allegations turn out to be true (which I doubt), the idea that it makes liberals as a whole seem "sleazy, untrustworthy, and unelectable" is a logical fallacy know as a converse accident or hasty generalization. The idea that if he broke a vow to his wife he would therefore break a vow to uphold the constitution is a slippery slope argument, AND since the accusation may not be true, possibly a straw man argument and ad hominem attack.
Posted by Tina @ 02/13/2004 08:40 PM NY
Ricky,
You would be so much cooler if you last name were Ostrogoth. I'm just saying.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 02/13/2004 10:39 PM NY
