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To: epicure who wrote (155340)	1/5/2005 9:34:30 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Of course, people in the US have a right to critize the President. I was commenting on the absolute, everyday, day in and day out, never saying anything good about the President or any of his Administration, words that we have all read for the last MANY years. Everyone, no matter how jaded they are, and how hateful they are, eventually has SOMETHING good to say about the Government, and the President who is the representative of the People. Even if it only to collect their welfare check. And here are some definitions....When I used the word "descent" I bolded the way I was using it. Your use is the more modern wording, but bickering would work too....<ggg> Definitions: Descent and Dissent \Declen"sion\, n. [Apparently corrupted fr. F. d['e]clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See {Decline}, and cf. {Declination}.] 1. The act or the state of declining;* declination; descent; slope. The declension of the land from that place to the sea. --T. Burnet. 2. A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc. Seduced the pitch and height of all his thoughts To base declension. --Shak. 3. Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination. 8888888888888888888 Definition: *\Dissent"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dissented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissenting}.] [L. dissentire, dissentum; dis- + sentire to feel, think. See {Sense}.] 1. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from. The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice. --Hallam. Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us. --Addison. 2. (Eccl.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government. 3. To differ; to be of a contrary nature.** --Hooker. \Dissent"\, n. 1. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion;* refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement. The dissent of no small number [of peers] is frequently recorded. --Hallam. 2. (Eccl.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity. It is the dissidence of dissent and the protestantism of the Protestant religion. --Burke. 3. Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality. [Obs.] The dissent of the metals. --Bacon. Syn: Disagreement; variance; difference; nonconcurrence; nonconformity. hyperdictionary.com hyperdictionary.com and another: iscribe.org 8888888888888888888 Also: Bickering Definition: [n] petty quarrel Synonyms: bicker, fuss, spat, squabble, tiff See Also: dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle Webster's 1913 Dictionary Definition: \Bick"er*ing\, n. 1. A skirmishing. ``Frays and bickerings.'' --Milton. 2. Altercation; wrangling. hyperdictionary.com