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Word For The Day, Wednesday, July 31, 2013-- deputation
Posted on 07/31/2013 5:33:18 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, July 31, 2013-- deputation
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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".
deputation [dep-yuh-tey-shuhn]
hear it pronounced
noun
1. the act of appointing a person or body of people to represent or act on behalf of others
2. a person or, more often, a body of people so appointed; delegation
Origin: 13501400; Middle English deputacioun < Medieval Latin dēputātiōn- (stem of dēputātiō ), Late Latin: delegation, equivalent to dēputāt ( us ) (past participle of dēputāre; see depute, -ate1 ) + -iōn- -ion
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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton utilized a deputation of liars to promulgate the story that the Benghazi incident was little more than a street protest evoked by a reaction to some horrible video.
To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...
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posted on
07/31/2013 5:34:10 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
In a remarkable deputation, TOTUS appointed Obama to deliver its message.
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Sort of like a reputation, but the opposite...
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posted on
07/31/2013 5:37:56 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: afraidfortherepublic
A+++
Love it!
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posted on
07/31/2013 5:45:52 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
We all need to send a deputation to the House Republican caucus to urge them to STOP OBAMACARE at all costs!!!!
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posted on
07/31/2013 5:46:24 AM PDT
by
Honorary Serb
(Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
To: MrB
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posted on
07/31/2013 5:46:28 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
To: Honorary Serb
A++
I'm convinced that Obama's unilateral delay of the employer mandate is unconstitutional and probably an impeachable offense. Congress passes laws and the executive branch is charged with enforcing those laws, not changing them.
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posted on
07/31/2013 5:49:08 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Ain't nuthin' like a duputation of couple fellers in the jailhouse.
"Raise your right hands. Now, I'm not sure of the words, butcha better say 'I do'."
"I do."
"Good. Now yer Deputies."
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posted on
07/31/2013 5:51:36 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Deputation - the ceremony undergone by Barney Fife when Sheriff Taylor presented him with his badge, his gun and his single bullet.
Hey, Floyd and Goober, ya’ll comin’ to my Deputation on Friday?
To: theDentist
A+
A deputation of deputies is called a posse.
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posted on
07/31/2013 6:02:44 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
A++
Indeed!
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posted on
07/31/2013 6:04:26 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
I watched this last evening (El Dorado), followed by Rio Bravo.
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posted on
07/31/2013 6:14:28 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: afraidfortherepublic
See what a hundred years of progressivism has wrought.
Idiocracy, it's not just a movie
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posted on
07/31/2013 7:00:12 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
But I did not shoot the deputation.
To: SoothingDave
A+ for shooting the sheriff.
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posted on
07/31/2013 7:03:28 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
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posted on
07/31/2013 7:11:22 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
I didn’t even check the thread before posting but it looks like a bunch of us are on the same page.
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posted on
07/31/2013 7:22:05 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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