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Word of the Day, FRiday, January 6, 2012 - Dystopia
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Posted on 01/06/2012 5:06:49 AM PST by tioga


In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “Word for the Day”.

Distopia

Noun

    1. An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.
    2. A work describing such a place or state: "dystopias such as Brave New World" (Times Literary Supplement).


Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)

Practice makes perfect.....post on....

Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)

Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister

Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate


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To: secret garden

My sleep has been off for awhile. Can’t seem to adjust back. After tonight’s party I will have to give it a good try.

A+++


21 posted on 01/06/2012 5:36:18 AM PST by tioga ( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
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To: Texas Eagle

Poor Dan Quayle. One of the left’s early casualties. They have perfected their art now. Probably why we will never have our dream candidate; he/she’d be too smart to run.


22 posted on 01/06/2012 5:40:38 AM PST by tioga ( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
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To: tioga

Dystopia behind the bush. I won’t look.


23 posted on 01/06/2012 5:48:06 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: tioga

The Bush years, they say, was Dystopia,
But the Media suffers from myopia.
The evidence is clear
For all to see here-
O’s failings are a true cornucopia.


24 posted on 01/06/2012 5:49:02 AM PST by mikrofon (Weekend 12-01; 51 to go...)
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To: xsmommy

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_775181.html

Fitzgerald declares property reassessment null and void, defying court order.

He’s got some courage, I’ll give him that.


25 posted on 01/06/2012 5:49:46 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: tioga
Finally! Distopia is the perfect description for the experience of having a friend tell me that I need to “get out more and meet people instead of knocking about an empty house”. Yeah. From distopia to dyspepsia to dysfunction.
26 posted on 01/06/2012 5:52:56 AM PST by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: SoothingDave

Wow. Keep us posted.


27 posted on 01/06/2012 5:58:46 AM PST by tioga ( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
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To: count-your-change

I was out enough over the holidays. An empty house is my haven. Dystopia.

A+++


28 posted on 01/06/2012 6:00:09 AM PST by tioga ( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
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To: mikrofon

A++++ An extra plus for getting the correct spelling!

I am LMAO...good one.


29 posted on 01/06/2012 6:01:35 AM PST by tioga ( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
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To: tioga

I’m afraid that the eventual end will not be the relief of the misery in Allegheny county, but the imposition of the same misery to all counties statewide.


30 posted on 01/06/2012 6:16:05 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: Pollster1

31 posted on 01/06/2012 6:21:12 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: SoothingDave
so NOW they tell me mental decline starts at 45 and I thought I had til 60.
32 posted on 01/06/2012 6:23:55 AM PST by tioga ( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
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To: tioga

The liberals envision Utopia
Which we quickly find out is Dystopia
They promise a lot
A chicken in every pot
Soon we’re starvin’, a first-world Ethiopia


33 posted on 01/06/2012 6:25:56 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (A Santorum/Rubio ticket would be tough to defeat.)
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To: tioga

The unionistas think that Wisconsin is a dystopia. The rest of us think that it is a pretty nice place.


34 posted on 01/06/2012 6:27:45 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: tioga

We already told ya, but you didn’t remember. ;-)


35 posted on 01/06/2012 6:29:35 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

I cannot believe he is defying the courts. I love this guy.

Misery loves company, why should Allegheny stand alone with high taxes? I would scream, too.


36 posted on 01/06/2012 6:30:44 AM PST by tioga ( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
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To: SoothingDave

that explains the morning I am having. LOL


37 posted on 01/06/2012 6:37:15 AM PST by tioga ( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Some people are never happy. A+++


38 posted on 01/06/2012 6:40:03 AM PST by tioga ( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

Liberals just want to buy votes, they could care less about the sheeple. A+++

Did you see there continues to be new records set in gun sales? Since liberals don’t own guns, it’s the bible clinging gun owners who will survive. At least we can poach our own food.


39 posted on 01/06/2012 6:43:20 AM PST by tioga ( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
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To: tioga

He is a Democrat and Allegheny is going to have high taxes no matter what.

The point here is that the county is continually being forced by the courts to do reassessments, which lead only to more claims of unfairness, which lead to more demands for reassessments.

Meanwhile, other counties (like mine) have not assessed property values in decades. 1972 in my case.

All they want is to be left alone by the courts to decide when and where they want to assess. That I can agree with.

Nobody in any of the surrounding counties wants anything to do with the subject. A politician who promised to reassess would get booted out quick as a blink.


40 posted on 01/06/2012 6:45:19 AM PST by SoothingDave
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