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R. Riddle's avatar

After listening to several WWII radio newscasts recently, I'm convinced that liberals - and particularly Democratic members of Congress - need to start referring to "the government" as "your government".

Rather than saying "We face a government shutdown in two weeks", say "We face a shutdown of your government in two weeks."

This phrasing, which I first recall being used by FDR, was still being used on occasion up until the 80s, when Reagan starting pointing to government as "the problem', creating this idea that it's some big thing that doesn't belong to We the People.

"The extreme right-wing of the Republican Party is holding your government hostage to their outrageous, petty agenda."

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Fartknocker's avatar

I was near a fire at a La Quinta hotel about an hour ago and assisted the owner with returning the automatic sprinkler in service. When I was showing a young FF the correct actions for replacing fire sprinklers, he asked me "Hey Captain, you've been around for a while. So what does La Quinta mean?" My answer: "It's Spanish for a hotel next to Dennys." He believed me. Kids, gotta love them.

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