RSS 2.0A couple of months ago, I wrote as follows (cleaned up to get rid of the funny HTML stuff):
pusillanimous
adj.
Lacking courage; cowardly.
[Middle English pusillanimus, from Late Latin pusillanimis : Latin pusillus, weak, diminutive of pullus, young of an animal + animus, reason, mind.] pusillanimously
adv.
And:
obeisance
n.
A gesture or movement of the body, such as a curtsy, that expresses deference or homage.
An attitude of deference or homage.
[Middle English obeisaunce, from Old French obeissance, from obeissant, present participle of obeir, to obey. See obey.]
obeisant
adj.
A couple of good words with which to start your day.
I'm not sure that I would try to put them together in an oral presentation; too many obstacles for the tongue.
But they do go together.
Tonight, in the Senate, both words were in fashion (color me shocked, shocked).
Together again.
Naturally.
Further Update:
Different words; same idea, from:
Kaus.
The usual suspects.
Suspect the worst.
Still Further Update:
Other voices, other thoughts:
I don't mean to get all Rodney King-ish, but why must ALL commentary, from both politcal parties consist of "We won and they lost. Yay!" or "We lost and they won. Boo!" ??? Is that it? Has there been a new civil war? Do we now have the Red States of America locked in a twisted, hateful, unfortunate geographically-required embrace with the rival Blue States of America? Is that how it works? Is there no possibility that (whatever your views, or whoever might have gotten a 51% advantage), perhaps a compromise is a good idea, you know, strictly from a 'civil war avoidance' perspective?All the ranting and raving bloggers can go impale themselves on the anticipated spikes in their Sitemeters they hope to get from all their over-the-top rhetoric. Take a pill, guys.
... centrist Senators struck a deal that avoided the abolition of the judicial filbuster, and I'm supposed to be all crazy-mad about it. Or something.But I'm not.
The sun'll come up.
Tomorrow.