elehhhhna
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Tue Jun-07-05 09:20 AM
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There was a Country had a Prez and JINGO was his name-o ! |
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Let's resurrect this good old American word!
Jingoism:
Definitions of Jingoism on the Web:
* The term is generally negative and applies to extreme patriotism used especially to persuade public opinion in support of war. sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/Curricula/glossary.html
* flag waving: an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions chauvinism: fanatical patriotism www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn2.1
* Jingoism is a term describing chauvinistic patriotism, especially with regard to a hawkish political stance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingoism
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opihimoimoi
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Tue Jun-07-05 09:28 AM
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1. We got EXTREME Jingoism going on right NOW....... |
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You would think Bu7sh would know better... but his extreme ignorance can only be explained with his attempt to hide his laziness.....
That man, he don know shit.
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ET Awful
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Tue Jun-07-05 09:37 AM
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2. And just for the heck of it, the origin of the word "jingoism" |
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Edited on Tue Jun-07-05 09:37 AM by ET Awful
is an old English bar song:
We don't want to fight, but, by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too. We've fought the Bear before, and while Britons shall be true, The Russians shall not have Constantinople.
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