Letters to the Editor
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Talking about Dictionaries
In their continuing efforts to obfuscate the truth, Bush Justice officials are now seeking subterfuge in Webster’s dictionary. In browsing through a Merriam-Webster dictionary which recently added 100 new words to its repertoire, those officials will now come across a word with which they should be very familiar. The new word, “ginormous” (a combination of the adjectives “gigantic” and “enormous”) certainly is descriptive of the magnitude of the failures that can be attributed to the Justice department and the rest of the Bush administration during the past six years. And, talking about dictionaries, it should come as no surprise to anyone, that--after six years of scandals--Conservatives will certainly expunge words and phrases such as "family values,“ "morality,“ "ethics,“ "integrity,“ and “compassionate conservative” from their campaign slogans dictionary during the upcoming elections.