http://www.fight-the-right.org/ Liberal and Democratic political bumper stickers, commentary, news, and more en-us Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:03:15 MST chris@fight-the-right.org chris@fight-the-right.org Copyright (c) 2007 www.fight-the-right.org. All rights reserved. http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2814 A term used by George W. Bush to avoid further questions on his relationship with a political, military, or foreign entity. Used as in, "Mr Bush voiced confidence in his new defence secretary."... Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:22:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2814 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2593 The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate... Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:07:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2593 US politics http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1769 This phrase was used by George W. Bush after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The expression was meant to imply that a posse would be formed and Osama Bin Laden would be hunted down. As of 2006, Bin Laden remains free.... Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1769 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1761 A 'critical tool' is an action, policy, or asset, widely believed to be amoral or illegal, but perceived as acceptable when discussed in the context of a greater hurt or action. Guantanamo Prison Camp, the illegal nuclear pact with India, and the approval of voiding of all law near any US border are examples of 'critical tools in the war on terror.' Others are illegal domestic wiretapping and library record searches.... Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:32:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1761 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1764 Term used by president George W. Bush after September 11, 2001 to imply that Osama Bin Laden was wanted 'dead or alive' as in old Western wanted posters. Apparently, the phrase has no time limit or implication for capture as Bin Laden is still alive and free. In that sense, Bush got one wish as Bin Laden is 'alive.'... Tue, 07 Feb 2006 05:16:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1764 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2327 The Republican Party seems to be systematically attempting to rename the Democratic Party to be the Democrat Party, possibly because they want to remove the connotation that the Democrats are somehow... well... more democratic! Truthfully, we didn't believe it at first, but after reading articles about the use of the term 'Democrat Party' and then hearing it used by a range of Republicans throughout the party on national radio and television news, it truly seems to be a unified tact... Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:49:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2327 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1772 "The Enemy" is an abstract term used by the Bush Administration to refer to any person, organization, or country that opposes the Bush agenda. The term vaguely refers to terrorists, terrorist supporters, and opposition politicians who don't want to see Americans' Constitutional rights trampled by the Defense and Justice departments. Vice president Dick Cheney is especially good at invoking the term when attempting to frighten listeners into agreeing to upping defense spending. ... Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1772 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1767 An Entitlement Program is considered to be government spending on anything that a competitive, self-sufficient capitalist ought to be able to do for themselves. Entitlement Programs include Medicaid, Medicare, the Low Income Heating Assistance Program, and Head Start. Fiscal conservatives (most 2000-era Republicans) generally believe that the federal government should not be paying for Entitlement Programs. Think "anything that might take care of grandma in her old age, or little Billy in... Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:39:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1767 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#3222 A presidential right to be asserted whenever it is necessary to squash public discourse on an issue that may politically damage the administration's position on some law, foreign policy issue, or purely political activities. The assertion of Executive Privilege basically allows the president to withhold any correspondence or testimony that may be undesirable to have inpublic view.... Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:23:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#3222 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1766 The Federal Budget Deficit is the amount of money that the Federal government spends above what it 'earns' in a given year. Earnings should be considered taxes, levys, and interest, just like your private finances. If you spend more on groceries, clothes, mortage, and utility bills each month than you earn, then you are running a monthly budget deficit. The projected US Federal Budget Deficit is likely to be around $500 billion.... Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:46:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1766 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1770 President Bush has used this term to refer to the activity of his political appointees, most notably Michael Brown (a.k.a "Brownie"), the disgraced former head of FEMA. The phrase seems to mean that Bush has complete confidence in the person even though the person has improper credentials for the job and Bush has no real idea of what the person is doing.... Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1770 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#3149 The do-as-I-say-but-don't-do-as-I-do position that has led to many Bush administration policies such as spending control (or lack thereof), leaking information to the press, and using the courts for political purposes.... Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:21:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#3149 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2328 Term introduced by the Bush administration to both polarize their Christian base and to attempt to marginalize anyone who stands up for religious freedom or is against the Iraq war. The term is also consistent with attempts by the Bush administration to frame the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts in WWII language, which is another base rallying strategy.... Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:50:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2328 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#3148 The release of information without revealing sources that is to be used by the Bush administration for political gain while decrying its use outside the Oval Office when used by other party members or political opponents for similar gain. See also... Hypocracy.... Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:19:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#3148 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2811 One of many distractions used by George W. Bush wherein he commits political effort, but no actual time or money, to propose an auspicious goal for the US to rekindle patriotism and popular support. In reality, the goal of putting humans on Mars, like the goal of spending more on AIDS prevention in Africa, fell by the wayside, pushed out by 'emergency budget requests' for Iraq and Afghansitan.... Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:16:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2811 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1765 The National Debt is the outstanding money that the US has borrowed to pay for Federal Budget Deficits. The National Debt is currently in the trillions of dollars and, I believe is more than the US takes in in taxes in a given year.... Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:47:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1765 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1771 President George W. Bush, vice president Dick Cheney, and Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld use this abstract term to refer to the reason for invading foreign countries and for the deaths of US soldiers overseas. Used as in "So-and-so died for a Noble Cause." Also used to show support for constituents' efforts without stating explict support or agreement with the cause. As in, "You folks demonstrating against Roe v. Wade are fighting for a Noble Cause."... Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1771 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1768 Any spending that is not on homeland security or so-called defense. This term was used in the 2006 State of the Union Address by George W. Bush. Examples would include Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, and petroleum company subsidies.... Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:36:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#1768 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2221 Having just voted this morning and watched as some of the voting in an upper-middle-class Denver neighborhood went awry because some of the machines wouldn't allow voting for primary races, we at FTR can understand why a major issuein the US right now is the concept of accountability and auditability for voting results. The most commonly used term in reference to this is the demand for a "paper trail" wherein voters would receive a receipt that they could trace back to the system to... Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:02:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2221 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2810 A term used by George W. Bush to describe the process whereby those Americans and Iraqis who have far less means and control than does he must go without simply because he makes a decision. The most recent use of the term has been to imply that the US population will have to spend more money and send more young troops into the black hole that Iraq has become.... Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:14:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary.html#2810 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#2381 The Bush administration, contrary to political campaign proclamations, began a systematic process of nation re-engineering that followed Hawkish rhetoric with a military build up on the borders of targeted nations. The process ofconverting the US military into a more flexible, geographically distributed organization has been referred to by the Bush administration as "spreading democracy."... Sat, 16 Sep 2006 08:47:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#2381 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#3102 Bush administration term used to refer to the administrationsmindless support for a specific policy. The term steadfast is used to imply that the administration will not change direction or reconsider tactics regarding the issue in question. The term is also used to attempt to show support for friendly nations who are following the same policy as in "the international community has been steadfast" regarding opposition to Iran's nuclear program.... Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:23:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#3102 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#2808 This term is used to describe a process whereby the US extends existing troop deployments in Iraq and accelerates ongoing deployments so that the actual number of troops on the ground expands by a few thousand for a couple of months. By their nature, surges must be temporary because some of the troops whose deployments are being extended will be on the ground for 18 to 20 months as a result of the additional deployment. Unfortunately, the surge is also not backed by a rise in recruitment,so ine... Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:07:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#2808 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#2220 The term undocumented worker, also undocumented immigrant, is an unfortunate outgrowth of some attempts by the Left to change the conversational framework of debate in the US. While we commend the Left on attempting to make this change, this particular term suffers in several ways. Most notably, the term feeds into the Right's attempt to blur the lines between legal and illegal immigration which helps promote policies that encourage the employment of illegal immigrants by US companies. We a... Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:57:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#2220 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#2812 The amount it costs to train a new Army recruit.... Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:18:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#2812 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#2813 The record amount of emergency budget requests anticipated to be spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan during 2006.... Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:19:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#2813 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#2809 (Re; WWII)A definitive surrender of the German and Japanese governments and a return to political problem solving after the devastation of war. (Re: Iraq)An indefinable milestone that will indicate that the American investment in the Iraq invasion, occupation, and eventual withdrawal will have been worth the expense. President Bush dangles the term as a carrot before the US population as in "We will achieve victory in Iraq." In other cases, Bush has used the term to chastise politica... Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:10:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#2809 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#1762 The "War on Terror" is the all-absorbing conflict dreamed up by the Bush adminstration in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 airplane hijackings that led to thousands dead on US soil. While there is clearly a select terrorist element in the world that has decided to target the US, the administration has twisted this conflict into a battle against any entity or citizen that opposes administration policies. The War on Terror has enabled the Bush administration to push the defense an... Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:56:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#1762 US political-dictionary http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#1763 The wolf, currently under consideration for removal from the endangered species list in several states, has become the symbol of the pro- and anti-environmental movements in some areas. Misinformation and fear surround the poor creature, of which only a couple of thousand at most live in the lower 48 US states. In fact, wolves account for fewer livestock kills than either lightning, old age, or disease. The money spent on protesting the wolf could easily be spent on farmer-remuneration funds f... Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:49:00 MST http://www.fight-the-right.org/political-dictionary1.html#1763 US political-dictionary