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Thursday, June 21, 2012

More from the Alice in Wonderland div

One of the PACs working for the Mitt Rmoney campaign is named "Restore Our Future."
Has anyone ever really stopped to figure out exactly what it means ???
Each of the words by itself makes sense**  - -  string 'em together .......  Nonsense.
(I copied this stuff from my Mac's dictionary).
I think  this  is what Restore Our Future is looking for.
Be afraid, be very afraid .....................

**
restore |riˈstôr|verb [ with obj. ]bring back (a previous right, practice, custom, or situation); reinstate: the government restored confidence in the housing market.• return (someone or something) to a former condition, place, or position: the effort torestore him to office isn't working.• repair or renovate (a building, work of art, vehicle, etc.) so as to return it to its original condition: the building has been lovingly restored.• give (something previously stolen, taken away, or lost) back to the original owner or recipient: the government will restore land and property to those who lost it through confiscation.DERIVATIVESrestorable adjective,restorer nounORIGIN Middle English: from Old Frenchrestorer, from Latin restaurare rebuild, restore.--------------------------our |ou(ə)rär|possessive determinerbelonging to or associated with the speaker and one or more other people previously mentioned or easily identified: Jo and I had our hair cut.• belonging to or associated with people in general: when we hear a sound, our brains identify the source quickly.used by a writer, editor, or monarch to refer to something belonging to or associated with himself or herself: we want to know what you, our readers, think.ORIGIN Old English ūre, of Germanicorigin; related to us and German unser .maker |ˈmākər|nounusu. in combination ] a person or thing that makes or produces something: a cabinetmaker.( our, the, etc., Maker )God; the Creator.PHRASESmeet one's Maker chiefly humorous die.------------------------------------future |ˈfyo͞oCHər|noun(usu. the futurethe time or a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come: we plan on getting married in the near future |work on the building will be halted for the foreseeable future.• events that will or are likely to happen in the time to come: nobody can predict the future.• used to refer to what will happen to someone or something in the time to come:a blueprint for the future of American fast food.• a prospect of success or happiness: he'd decided that there was no future in the gang | I began to believe I might have a future as an artist.• Grammar a tense of verbs expressing events that have not yet happened.(futuresFinance short for futures contract.adjective [ attrib. ]at a later time; going or likely to happen or exist: the needs of future generations.• (of a person) planned or destined to hold a specified position: his future wife.• existing after death: expectation of a future life.• Grammar (of a tense) expressing an event yet to happen.PHRASESfor future reference see reference.in future chiefly Brit.from now on: she would be more careful in future.DERIVATIVESfutureless adjectiveORIGIN late Middle English: via Old Frenchfrom Latin futurus, future participle of essebe (from the stem fu-, ultimately from a base meaning grow, become).

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