tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2953472679177607626.post6189289506760814750..comments2024-01-03T15:07:36.318-06:00Comments on Vigor and Candor: Goodbye, President Bush; it's been "awesome"Fredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11762589940867885062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2953472679177607626.post-23149148478051030362009-01-29T13:31:00.000-06:002009-01-29T13:31:00.000-06:00I think you're right in that he is using the word ...I think you're right in that he is using the word in the more traditional definition of "inspiring awe" is what Bush intends. I think there's another layer, however. I've heard many a born-again evangelical Christian use this term, both in sermons and in social settings, when talking about God or Jesus. Don't know how often you are exposed to this lexicon, but i always took it for granted that this is the frame of reference from which he is taking the word.margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941172353542993966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2953472679177607626.post-67924701264817739302009-01-19T22:49:00.000-06:002009-01-19T22:49:00.000-06:00Dammit, Jason, don't type the words that rhyme wit...Dammit, Jason, don't type the words that rhyme with "fold collusion." It'll just make him come back.<BR/><BR/>And anyway, I prefer riding the dinosaurs that cohabitated with man to demonstrations of psychic surgery.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11762589940867885062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2953472679177607626.post-33336660840188055252009-01-19T21:03:00.000-06:002009-01-19T21:03:00.000-06:00I know I use a cold fusion jetpack to get to my 9-...I know I use a cold fusion jetpack to get to my 9-11 conspiracy meetings. It's gnarly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603304553367090790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2953472679177607626.post-53081263292831106542009-01-19T13:17:00.000-06:002009-01-19T13:17:00.000-06:00The problem with your example is that cold fusion ...The problem with your example is that cold fusion is not a bit bogus. See:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://lenr-canr.org" REL="nofollow">http://lenr-canr.org</A>Jed Rothwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179077151947615762noreply@blogger.com