Maybe this is old, but thought I'd share just in case

[Can o Beans]

The Republican to English Dictionary...just in case you've been having trouble recently in deciphering speeches and news reports:


* alternative energy sources /n./ New locations to drill for gas and oil.


* bankruptcy /n./ A means of escaping debt available to corporations but not to poor people.

* "burning bush" /n./ A biblical allusion to the response of the President of the United States, when asked a question by a journalist who has not been paid to inquire about non-issues.

* Cheney, Dick /n./ The greater of two evils.

* class warfare /n./ Any attempt to raise the minimum wage.

* climate change /n./ Progress toward the blessed day when the blue states are swallowed by the oceans.

* compassionate conservatism /n./ Poignant concern for the very wealthy.

* creation science /n./ Pseudo-science that claims George W. Bush's resemblance to a chimpanzee is totally coincidental.

* faith /n./ The belief that the Beatitudes (statements made by Jesus) include, "Blessed are the rich" and "Blessed are the warmakers."

* free markets /n./ Halliburton no-bid contracts at taxpayer expense.

* girly-men /n./ Males who neglect opportunities to grope unwilling women.

* God /n./ A senior presidential adviser.

* growth /n./ 1. The justification for tax cuts for the rich. 2. What happens to the national debt when policy is made according to Definition 1.

* honesty /n./ Lies told in simple declarative sentences ( e.g., "Freedom is on the march.").

* insanity /n./ See: staying the course.

* laziness /n./ When the poor are not working.

* leisure time /n./ When the wealthy are not working.

* liberal(s) /n./ Followers of the Antichrist.

* No Child Left Behind /riff./ 1. There are always jobs in the military. 2. The rapture.

* ownership society /n./ 1. A civilization where 1 percent of the population controls 90 percent of the wealth. 2. A political system in which all power is in the hands of the owners.

* Patriot Act /n./ 1. Pre-emptive strike on American freedoms to prevent the terrorists from destroying them first. 2. The elimination of one of the reasons why they hate us.

* pro-life /adj./ Valuing human life up until birth.

* simplify /v./ To cut the taxes of Republican donors.

* staying the course /interj./slang./ Continuing to perform the same actions and expecting different results (See: insanity).

* stuff happens /interj./slang./ I don't happen to live in Baghdad.

* voter fraud /n./ A significant minority turnout.

* woman /n./ 1. Person who can be trusted to raise a child but can't be trusted to decide whether or not she wishes to have a child. 2. Person who must have all decisions regarding her reproductive functions made by men with whom she wouldn't want to have sex in the first place.


Feel free to continue...
CoB

[Prophet 451]

1. Additional

Coulter - rational, well-meaning, honest

Drug War - busting a kid with a joint

War on Terror - 1. series of photo ops, 2. eternal war on anyone we feel like

Treason - Not agreeing with the administration's every whim

Patriotic - Wholehearted agreement with teh administration's every whim.

Youthful - Any age up until mid-forties

Elitist - belief that the country should be run by the best and brightest

Responsible government - elimination of all government

War - 1. The only possible response to international, domestic or popularity problems, 2. a sensible way of solving the unemployment problem

Solving the Social Security crisis - doing away with Social Security

Congress - body for ratifying the President's orders, can be ignored

Creating jobs - the draft

Freedom hating - perjorative applied to any nation with valuable resources

9/11 - excuses everything

Constitution - just a godamned piece of paper

Activist judge - Judge who does not make conservative decisions

Liberal bias - lacking a conservative bias