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I heard on the news tonight that Illinois holds the record for gubernatorial incarcerations with three, soon to be four.
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« Reply #76 on: December 10, 2008, 07:33:47 PM » |
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Ahh, yes. Land of Lincoln.
Florida gets grief for their hanging chads.
Illinois.... we elect crooks.
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« Reply #77 on: December 10, 2008, 07:34:07 PM » |
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From the Washington Post: "...while Illinois holds the nation's highest gubernatorial incarceration rate. Three of the past eight governors have spent time in jail or prison. Blagojevich would bring the number to four." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/09/AR2008120902778_pf.htmlI think Maryland (my home state) only has had one so far... Betsy |
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« Reply #78 on: December 10, 2008, 10:59:07 PM » |
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And yet we elect a new president from The Chicago area. Do you really think he isn't corrupt too? That's why people from southern Illinois don't claim Chicago. As far as I'm concerned it can break off and become it's own state.
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« Reply #79 on: December 10, 2008, 11:06:00 PM » |
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And yet we elect a new president from The Chicago area. Do you really think he isn't corrupt too? That's why people from southern Illinois don't claim Chicago. As far as I'm concerned it can break off and become it's own state.
I don't want to start a flaming skirmish, but no, I don't think Barack Obama is corrupt. I honestly believe he could become one of our greatest Presidents, ever. I've listened to his podcasts for years, his YouTube addresses in the last few weeks, and I feel he is doing his best to be transparent in this transition. Only time will tell, as it has with our current President. |
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« Reply #80 on: December 11, 2008, 12:52:07 AM » |
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I'll just agree to disagree then and let it drop.
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« Reply #81 on: December 11, 2008, 02:58:42 AM » |
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Hey, corrupt presidents are nothing new. Don't you think there was a reason Clinton did not move back to Arkansas after his time in office? Well, at least other than the fact that he wanted to let Hillary have her way.
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« Reply #82 on: December 11, 2008, 08:32:43 AM » |
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I want this as my dictionary.   I find the included dictionary quite limited. |
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« Reply #83 on: December 11, 2008, 09:36:28 AM » |
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exegesis - critical explanation or interpretation of a text. esp of scripture
early 17th cent from Greek exgsis, from exgeisthai 'interpret"
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« Reply #84 on: December 11, 2008, 09:37:53 AM » |
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I want this as my dictionary. I find the included dictionary quite limited. I just clicked to get it on the Kindle for you! |
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« Reply #85 on: December 11, 2008, 10:31:33 AM » |
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This isn't about a specific word I've learned but a funny thing that started happening after using my kindle: I was finishing up a dtb and I found my thumb looking for the scroll wheel to look something up!
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« Reply #86 on: December 11, 2008, 02:15:23 PM » |
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« Reply #88 on: December 11, 2008, 06:04:24 PM » |
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9 time out of 10, when I look up a word on my Kindle it isn't there. Has anybody else had this problem? Have you ever seen the Free Rice site: http://www.freerice.com/It started out as just a vocabulary game: if you know the meaning of the word you win 10 grains of rice for the hungry. The more words you know the harder they get. It keeps score by levels. The higher level words are pretty obscure. You drop a level if you miss a word but pay attention because they tell you the correct meaning and it'll come up again in a few more words. You really do learn! They've also added math, history, and geography games too. It can be nearly as addicting as this board as you try to get just . . . one . . . more . . . level. Ok....this was cool. Need to go back an play some more. I got to level 35 before I miss one. Educational and for a good cause. |
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« Reply #89 on: December 11, 2008, 06:41:32 PM » |
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9 time out of 10, when I look up a word on my Kindle it isn't there. Has anybody else had this problem?
No. I've never had this problem. Every single word I have looked up has been there and I have looked up a few obscure words. I really don't understand why people are having this dictionary problem. The dictionary that comes with the Kindle is a decent one. Are you sure you haven't disabled it in settings or something? L |
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« Reply #90 on: December 11, 2008, 06:52:17 PM » |
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No. I've never had this problem. Every single word I have looked up has been there and I have looked up a few obscure words. I really don't understand why people are having this dictionary problem. The dictionary that comes with the Kindle is a decent one.
Are you sure you haven't disabled it in settings or something?
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« Reply #91 on: December 11, 2008, 07:03:18 PM » |
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I just checked. My primary dictionary is listed as: New Oxford American Dictionary. It's not disabled.
I wish I could remember what the words were or even what book they were in. It has happened to me at least 4 times. I finally quit using it.
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« Reply #92 on: December 11, 2008, 07:06:48 PM » |
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Maybe we need a thread "Words that weren't in my Kindle dictionary" or "Words I couldn't learn because of my Kindle Dictionary" LOL!
Seriously, if you can't find a word, post it here, I'd love to know what words aren't available. Maybe we can make a list and send it to Amazon.
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« Reply #93 on: December 11, 2008, 07:08:37 PM » |
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Maybe we need a thread "Words that weren't in my Kindle dictionary" or "Words I couldn't learn because of my Kindle Dictionary" LOL!
Seriously, if you can't find a word, post it here, I'd love to know what words aren't available. Maybe we can make a list and send it to Amazon.
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« Reply #95 on: December 11, 2008, 07:10:28 PM » |
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I've had words the dictionary could not look up..... It just lists the other words on the line.
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« Reply #96 on: December 11, 2008, 07:40:56 PM » |
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I've had words the dictionary could not look up..... It just lists the other words on the line.
I did notice that when you highlight the line to look up a word in it, it does not necessarily list words like "a", "the", "for", "of". And it doesn't list proper nouns either. But my experience has been that if the word is available to click on, you can find a definition. Ann |
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« Reply #97 on: December 11, 2008, 09:26:46 PM » |
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And yet we elect a new president from The Chicago area. Do you really think he isn't corrupt too? That's why people from southern Illinois don't claim Chicago. As far as I'm concerned it can break off and become it's own state.
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« Reply #98 on: December 11, 2008, 09:51:05 PM » |
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I have had a few problems with words I tried to look up. Most of them had foreign origins (Yiddish, German or French). When this happened I was able to find the definitions by using the web browser. It actually worked pretty well.
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« Reply #99 on: December 11, 2008, 10:24:07 PM » |
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I have had a few problems with words I tried to look up. Most of them had foreign origins (Yiddish, German or French). When this happened I was able to find the definitions by using the web browser. It actually worked pretty well.
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