Ahmed Chalabi

An international criminal who will bring law and order to Iraq. At least according to Bush.

Yanno, there are times when I think Baghdad Bob was right; most Americans think Iraqis are retarded, but we are retarded.

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reality-based community

Those who put their trust in the facts, as opposed to those who rely on faith. A senior White House aide spoke derisively of the "reality-based community" to reporter Ron Suskind, and the meme spread rather quickly among those who don't think you can get pregnant from masturbation.

Just about anyone who doesn't like Bush.

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veejay

someone who used to be on MTV a lot back when it was cool but now MTV doesn't show any music

Veejays are fired at age 25.

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privatization

The idea that a middle man will somehow LOWER prices, a.k.a. more perpetual motion from neoliberals.

Privatization's all the rage in Washington right now.

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Ward Churchill

Wannabe Indian ethnic studies professor whose credentials no one bothered to check until he questioned Bush. Unlike David Yeagley, a wannabe Indian who couldn't decide his field and follows Bush lock-step and therefore is unquestioned even though his credentials are as suspect as Churchill's.

Now if only we could get all the wannabes to go the way of Ward Churchill.

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heck of a job

Total screw-up. Usually used ironically, to indicate when someone's self-delusion is in direct contradiction to well-known and easily-observed facts.

"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."

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Shaman

A Mongolian priest. Oftentimes used by ethnocentric Westerners to describe the entire planet under the assumption that all "primitive" traditions are identical.

My blue-eyed Cherokee-princess-descended shaman charges $500 for a Sundance.

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