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JKBelieve Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A 'grammatical' question about dogs...;;
I read an article in Time about Barack Obama's dog. I enjoyed it greatly especially when it mentioned that in Washington you had to get a dog if you wanted a friend...anyway the point is there was a paragraph I didn't really understand...
"Bo(Obama's dog) also turned the grindstones on which various interest groups rushed to sharpen their axes. As a Portuguese water dog, the favorite breed of Ted Kennedy's, he managed to feed grievances of conservatives and pet-rescue activists simultaneously. Rush Limbaugh is even recording ads for the Humane Society."
what does 'feed grievances of' mean? Does it connote negativity? If so then why would pet-rescue activists react like that? Do they not like Obama? What does 'Rush Limbaugh is even recording ads for the Humane Society' mean?
Thanx ^^
"Bo(Obama's dog) also turned the grindstones on which various interest groups rushed to sharpen their axes. As a Portuguese water dog, the favorite breed of Ted Kennedy's, he managed to feed grievances of conservatives and pet-rescue activists simultaneously. Rush Limbaugh is even recording ads for the Humane Society."
what does 'feed grievances of' mean? Does it connote negativity? If so then why would pet-rescue activists react like that? Do they not like Obama? What does 'Rush Limbaugh is even recording ads for the Humane Society' mean?
Thanx ^^
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To feed a grievance would be to do something that would make someone even more upset about something, when they were already upset. In other words, they had a grievance - the circumstances around him getting a dog made the grievance stronger. Pet-rescue activists are angry because he had promised that he would get a dog from a shelter, but he didn't.
- To feed a grievance would be to do something that would make someone even more upset about something, when they were already upset.
- In other words, they had a grievance - the circumstances around him getting a dog made the grievance stronger.
- Pet-rescue activists are angry because he had promised that he would get a dog from a shelter, but he didn't.
- I've no idea who Rush Limbaugh is, sorry!
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To feed a grievance would be to do something that would make someone even more upset about something, when they were already upset. In other words, they had a grievance - the circumstances around him getting a dog made the grievance stronger.
Pet-rescue activists are angry because he had promised that he would get a dog from a shelter, but he didn't.
I've no idea who Rush Limba
Pet-rescue activists are angry because he had promised that he would get a dog from a shelter, but he didn't.
I've no idea who Rush Limba
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KateJS I've no idea who Rush Limbaugh is, sorry!Better watch your back. Somebody once said he was irrelevant, and evoked his eternal rage.
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