Government-to-English Dictionary
Let's put together a list of the obscure, misleading and downright confusing words and expressions used by our government.
Please include the word or expression, the context and the definition if it is known!
Please include the word or expression, the context and the definition if it is known!
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It's just a game of hide-n-seek. In law the meaning of a word is not the definition found in a dictionary, but what is defined in the law books. Black could mean white, if it defined that way.
-- j
pusher = undocumented pharmacist? -- j
-- j
freedom = you're free to do what we want, when we want it
-- j
Definition: Not what the TSA does to American citizens.
"Collection" or “Collect”
Definition: Not what the TSA does with all the metadata they store and analyzed by an algorithm searching for key words.
“Content”
Definition when applied to the TSA: “any information concerning the identity of the parties to such communication or the existence, substance, purport, or meaning of that communication.”
Contrast that with the Federal Wire Tap Act which defines "content' as “substance, meaning or purport of a communication.”
"Executive agreement"
Definition: An agreement that has the effect and consequences of a treatise without all that bothersome constitutional crap of "advice and consent".
"Taxable income"
Definition: (a) In general
Except as provided in subsection (b), for purposes of this subtitle, the term “taxable income” means gross income minus the deductions allowed by this chapter (other than the standard deduction).
"Gross income"
Definition: (a) General definition Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, gross income means all income from whatever source derived, including (but not limited to) the following items: (1) Compensation for services, including fees, commissions, fringe benefits, and similar items; (2) Gross income derived from business; (3) Gains derived from dealings in property; (4) Interest; (5) Rents; (6) Royalties; (7) Dividends; (8) Alimony and separate maintenance payments; (9) Annuities; (10) Income from life insurance and endowment contracts; (11) Pensions; (12) Income from discharge of indebtedness; (13) Distributive share of partnership gross income; (14) Income in respect of a decedent; and (15) Income from an interest in an estate or trust. (b) Cross references For items specifically included in gross income, see part II (sec. 71 and following). For items specifically excluded from gross income, see part III (sec. 101 and following).
Net Neutrality = Net Nationalization
NSA = no sense administration
war = nationbuilding, with casualties;;; no end in sight
comprehensive immigration = open border
"clean bill" = what WE want
compromise = 2/3 of what WE want
this could never end! -- j
we will not rest until = feeling sleepy already
read about it in the newspaper = they executed my plan well, don't you think?
-- j
Sharpton - A Race Baiter ;
Pelosi - Faceless ;
Boxer - Someone who thinks they Outrank a 4-star General ;
Clinton - Privileged, law doesn't apply to them ;
United Nations - Spends US money to be used against the US ;
Social Equality - equal rights, not equal responsibility.
Population Density - Herding citizens into small controllable areas.
Smart Growth - No growth, only endless red tape preventing it.
Terrorist - Applies only to conservative US citizens.
Racist - Can only be white
Freedom of Religion - For Muslims only
Meaning - bend over.
Multi-Party System - At least three a week at which ever embassy or corporation footing the bill's location is indicated on the invitation
Bi-Partisan - You really need Bi-explained?
Cross-Partisan - A fashion term.
Now to get Serious
Left - Those that favor goveernment control of citizens
Center - Those that have a sacred ground and keep at least one foot in it limiting the distance one can stray. Democrats for example have no sacred ground. Republicans claim they do.
Right. Originally designated for those who were leaders by divine right I can think of no better replacement, divine or not, to occupy that position than citizens who believe in controlling government.
Extremists. Anarchists to the far right and your run of the mill garden variety left wing socialist fascists to the left better none and Communists, Nazis and a fews other terms on done to Democrats and finally Repubicans the left and right wings of the left in modern day USformerly A.
Veteran or Constitutionalist -- Terrorist
One ID -- Citizen Travel Papers (Heil)
History -- What the Gov't Wished had Happened
Traffic Cop -- Revenue Generator
Judge -- Revenue Enforcer
Dangerous Weapon -- Anything a Citizen Has
K9 -- Trained to Bark on Signal/Probable Cause
Immigration Checkpoint -- We're Your Masters
TSA -- We Don't Trust You
Social Justice -- You've Done too Well in Life
Political Correctness -- We Own Language
1st Amendment Zone -- We Don't Want to Hear You
Gun Free Zone -- Target Practice
Drug Free Zone -- Free Samples
Sex Education -- Intro to Sexual Perversions
President -- Talking Head
Governor/Mayor -- See President
Dept of Child Safety -- We Own Your Children
Enough for now. I'm depressing myself.
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