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To: HiTech RedNeck
When these sinecures, too, fail — they will find out how hated they are.

Not sure what you mean there.

Sinecure n. (from Latin sine = "without" and cura = "care") means an office that requires or involves little or no responsibility, labour, or active service.

The term originated in the medieval church, where it signified a post without any responsibility for the "cure of souls", the regular liturgical and pastoral functions of a cleric, but came to be applied to any post, secular or ecclesiastical, that involved little or no actual work.

Sinecures have historically provided a potent tool for governments or monarchs to distribute patronage, while recipients are able to store up titles and easy salaries.


16 posted on 04/26/2012 5:17:19 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: Steely Tom

Cushy job, whatever. Maybe sinecure was not quite the word. Sooner or later one runs out of cushion.


18 posted on 04/26/2012 7:02:52 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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