The dictionary defines Inflexible as:
Synonyms: unbendable, stiff, rigorous, stern, unrelenting, unremitting, stubborn, obstinate, intractable, obdurate, unbending, adamant,Inflexible,relentless, implacable, inexorable
The dictionary defines Chutzpah as:
Synonyms: audaciousness, audacity, brashness, brass, brassiness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, effrontery, gall, nerve, nerviness, pertness, presumption, presumptuousness, sauce, sauciness, temerity
“Chutzpah,that quality which enables a man who has murdered his mother and father to throw himself on the mercy of the court as an orphan.”
– Oscar Levant
The dictionary defines too as:
Synonyms: devilishly, excessively, exorbitantly, inordinately, intolerably, monstrously, overly, overmuch, unacceptably, unduly
“Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair”
- - George Burns
“You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.”
- – John Kenneth Galbraith
“Oh, I don’t blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I’d be irresponsible, too.”
The dictionary defines fungible as:
Synonyms: changeable, commutable, compatible, converse, convertible, equivalent, exchangeable, interconvertible, mutual, reciprocal, reciprocative, same, substitutable, synonymous, workalike
Quote:
“People think this tax is for Social Security. But tax monies are really fungible. They get raided all the time.”
– Eugene Ludwig
Synonyms: exaggeration, hype (informal), overstatement, enlargement, magnification, amplification
Popular liberal hyperbole subjects: Hitler, racist, social security, guns, abortion, voter ????, Hitler (they really like this one), the rich, and a new favorite Egypt’s president Mubarak.
Severable is defined as: Capable of being severed or separated; separable into legally distinct rights or obligations, as a contract.
Synonyms: divisive, divisible, separable
What does Judge Roger Vinson think:
“Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void.”
Can you give some examples?
Example 1: When contracts are written, especially lengthy ones, there are many components to that contract. If a conflict occurs between the parties over or an outside person challenges one component of the agreement it puts the remainder of the contract in jeopardy. Attorneys often include a severability clause into the agreement stating that if one part of the agreement is deemed null/void then the rest of the contract shall remain. As an example:
My original post dealt more with the political side of hypocrisy primarily because of the season in an important mid-term election. The main problem that I had with the post was to keep it focuses with all of the hypocrisy out there. Two recent items screamed for inclusion under hypocrisy.
The practice of professing standards, beliefs, etc., contrary to one’s real character or actual behaviour.Synonyms: deceit, insincerity
What does Edmond Burke think:
“Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing.”
How about Billy Connolly’s thoughts:
“Hypocrisy is the vaseline of political intercourse.”
Can you give some examples?
Marketing is defined as:
Synonyms: vend, merchandise, peddle
Notable Quotable:
“Never… ever suggest they don’t have to pay you. What they pay for, they’ll value. What they get for free, they’ll take for granted, and then demand as a right. Hold them up for all the market will bear..”
Lois McMaster Bujold
Can you give an example?
Synonyms: tendency, inclination, predilection, BIAS [emphasis added]
Hyperbole is defined as