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Bushevik
(Sorry if dupe... original didn't seem to make it through, maybe it did)
I ran across a new word today.
"Bushevik". Makes sense from a certain political viewpoint.. Seems to have come about with our current president Bush (rather than the former)...
The implication is obvious - a comparison to "Bolshevik", the party of the Russian Revolution. Interesting word, so I decided to do a little search on it.
Google Groups: 173 hits.
Google Web: 206 hits.
It's not easy exactly to tell on the web sometimes when something first appeared "in print", so I'm going to look at this word on Google Groups.
First appearance on the groups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=bushevik&start=170 &hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=lmLt6.1347% 24ea7.1005101%40nntp2.onemain.com&rnum=173&filter=0
This article is dated March 20, 2001. It is referring to the columnist Robert (Bob) Novak, and refers to Kremlin doctored photos in Communist politics, where members of the Politburo who fell out of favor would "airbrushed" out of the photo. Novak's job is compared to this "airbrushing" job wherein he is said to have been responsible for a "rewrite" of Bush's words on an environmental issue. Karl Rove is called a "Bushevik" as well as Novak's other superiors, for the "March 19th Novak column/Karl Rove spin". More details are available in the post, which is refers back to an article in"Buzz Flash": http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/09/15 cheney.html
It looks like the poster of this message is quoting something however, that may be on Buzzflash, but I couldn't find it. Oddly enough, a search of BuzzFlash itself shows the first appearance of "Bushevik" to be in April 2002 (some time after it shows up on UseNet), but it appears to have originated in this community. I see postings that are attributed on usenet to Buzzflash before I can find it occurring on Buzzflash itself - it could be that these articles are no longer archived at Buzzflash. This is what I am thinking, therefore the true source would be a columnist at Buzzflash.
So we get this first "Usenet" definition of "Bushevik" which is given a definition in the article, applying the term to the party of George W. Bush, specifically being interested in "airbrushing out the truth" rather than people in photos.
This term soon seems to be applied to the Right-Wing community that is seen as Pro-Bush in general. Over 2002, we see it crop up sometimes in various political discussions refering to the Republican and/or Right-Wing policies following the Sept 11 attacks. A "Middle-Eastern" politics flavour has now taken over the term in several cases, whereas the original reference was in regards to a change in environmental policy.
An article on February 23, 2003 (
http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/03/02/23 Miller.html ) wherein a Mark Crispin Miller is interviewed about a new book, shows the term used by Miller. about life in the U.S. where the "system trumpets outright lies", and is trivial and hateful. He includes "Limbaugh, Hannity, O'reilly and Ann Coulter" in this "Bushevik" camp, which has, he says "taken over", resulting in a "cultural atmosphere (that) no longer feels American.", and is a "closed society". He compares it to "Berlin in 1938". Thus, we have a Nazi reference now, as opposed to an actual Bolshevik one, which is the earliest analogue I can find.
Later posts refer to a "Bushevik Police State", and many refer to Iraqi and Middle-Eastern policies. Much of this does seem to remain focused on a political regime bent on deception and altering of the facts as a viable political tool, which is how those using this term perceive the Republican government in power at this time.
More recent posts have tended to move "Bushevik" to be a term referring to Bush himself, such as this here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=
20030915.144511.1529195746.18341%40svpal.org
Currently the term is used on pages such as these on the web.
http://badtux.net/free.php
http://democrats.com/preview.cfm?term=Civil%20liberties http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dem-daily/message/654
and in jokes:
http://216.239.39.104/search?
q=cache:Ux4G8r9eFG8J:zakuski.math.utsa.edu/
~gokhman/fun/cows.html+bushevik&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
A current definition of a Bushevik, considering all these sources, could be:
1. (n) An American member of the Right-Wing group led by George W.Bush, who are identified by their political opponents as using polices of obscuring the truth and ignoring civil liberties to gain personal and political power to build an American Imperial Empire.
2. (adj) of or relating to Bushevism: "Bushevist policies"
Alvin W. Brinson - Who can be found at the email located on the host: sbcglobal dot net
with the username before the @: aelfwyne
I ran across a new word today.
"Bushevik". Makes sense from a certain political viewpoint.. Seems to have come about with our current president Bush (rather than the former)...
The implication is obvious - a comparison to "Bolshevik", the party of the Russian Revolution. Interesting word, so I decided to do a little search on it.
Google Groups: 173 hits.
Google Web: 206 hits.
It's not easy exactly to tell on the web sometimes when something first appeared "in print", so I'm going to look at this word on Google Groups.
First appearance on the groups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=bushevik&start=170 &hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=lmLt6.1347% 24ea7.1005101%40nntp2.onemain.com&rnum=173&filter=0
This article is dated March 20, 2001. It is referring to the columnist Robert (Bob) Novak, and refers to Kremlin doctored photos in Communist politics, where members of the Politburo who fell out of favor would "airbrushed" out of the photo. Novak's job is compared to this "airbrushing" job wherein he is said to have been responsible for a "rewrite" of Bush's words on an environmental issue. Karl Rove is called a "Bushevik" as well as Novak's other superiors, for the "March 19th Novak column/Karl Rove spin". More details are available in the post, which is refers back to an article in"Buzz Flash": http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/09/15 cheney.html
It looks like the poster of this message is quoting something however, that may be on Buzzflash, but I couldn't find it. Oddly enough, a search of BuzzFlash itself shows the first appearance of "Bushevik" to be in April 2002 (some time after it shows up on UseNet), but it appears to have originated in this community. I see postings that are attributed on usenet to Buzzflash before I can find it occurring on Buzzflash itself - it could be that these articles are no longer archived at Buzzflash. This is what I am thinking, therefore the true source would be a columnist at Buzzflash.
So we get this first "Usenet" definition of "Bushevik" which is given a definition in the article, applying the term to the party of George W. Bush, specifically being interested in "airbrushing out the truth" rather than people in photos.
This term soon seems to be applied to the Right-Wing community that is seen as Pro-Bush in general. Over 2002, we see it crop up sometimes in various political discussions refering to the Republican and/or Right-Wing policies following the Sept 11 attacks. A "Middle-Eastern" politics flavour has now taken over the term in several cases, whereas the original reference was in regards to a change in environmental policy.
An article on February 23, 2003 (
http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/03/02/23 Miller.html ) wherein a Mark Crispin Miller is interviewed about a new book, shows the term used by Miller. about life in the U.S. where the "system trumpets outright lies", and is trivial and hateful. He includes "Limbaugh, Hannity, O'reilly and Ann Coulter" in this "Bushevik" camp, which has, he says "taken over", resulting in a "cultural atmosphere (that) no longer feels American.", and is a "closed society". He compares it to "Berlin in 1938". Thus, we have a Nazi reference now, as opposed to an actual Bolshevik one, which is the earliest analogue I can find.
Later posts refer to a "Bushevik Police State", and many refer to Iraqi and Middle-Eastern policies. Much of this does seem to remain focused on a political regime bent on deception and altering of the facts as a viable political tool, which is how those using this term perceive the Republican government in power at this time.
More recent posts have tended to move "Bushevik" to be a term referring to Bush himself, such as this here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=
20030915.144511.1529195746.18341%40svpal.org
Currently the term is used on pages such as these on the web.
http://badtux.net/free.php
http://democrats.com/preview.cfm?term=Civil%20liberties http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dem-daily/message/654
and in jokes:
http://216.239.39.104/search?
q=cache:Ux4G8r9eFG8J:zakuski.math.utsa.edu/
~gokhman/fun/cows.html+bushevik&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
A current definition of a Bushevik, considering all these sources, could be:
1. (n) An American member of the Right-Wing group led by George W.Bush, who are identified by their political opponents as using polices of obscuring the truth and ignoring civil liberties to gain personal and political power to build an American Imperial Empire.
2. (adj) of or relating to Bushevism: "Bushevist policies"
Alvin W. Brinson - Who can be found at the email located on the host: sbcglobal dot net
with the username before the @: aelfwyne
Top answer
) A current definition of a Bushevik, considering all these sources, could be: 1. (n) An American member of the ... gain personal and political power to build an American Imperial Empire.
- ) A current definition of a Bushevik, considering all these sources, could be: 1.
- (n) An American member of the ...
- gain personal and political power to build an American Imperial Empire.
- 2.
- (adj) of or relating to Bushevism: "Bushevist policies"[/nq] That's an extensive piece of web research to do over one word.
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[nq:1](...snip...) A current definition of a Bushevik, considering all these sources, could be: 1. (n) An American member of the ... gain personal and political power to build an American Imperial Empire. 2. (adj) of or relating to Bushevism: "Bushevist policies"[/nq]
That's an extensive piece of web research to do over one word. I only have one quibble: are there other kinds of empire than im
That's an extensive piece of web research to do over one word. I only have one quibble: are there other kinds of empire than im
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[nq:2](...snip...) A current definition of a Bushevik, considering all these ... Empire. 2. (adj) of or relating to Bushevism: "Bushevist policies"[/nq]
[nq:1]That's an extensive piece of web research to do over one word. I only have one quibble: are there other kinds of empire than imperial ones?[/nq]
The Empire State?
Jan
[nq:1]That's an extensive piece of web research to do over one word. I only have one quibble: are there other kinds of empire than imperial ones?[/nq]
The Empire State?
Jan
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[nq:1]The Empire State?[/nq]
New York State isn't an "empire", though. Some part of California is known, for obscure reasons, as "the Inland Empire"; perhaps it's not imperial.
New York State isn't an "empire", though. Some part of California is known, for obscure reasons, as "the Inland Empire"; perhaps it's not imperial.
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[nq:1]New York State isn't an "empire", though. Some part of California is known, for obscure reasons, as "the Inland Empire"; perhaps it's not imperial.[/nq]
There's a chain of supermarkets in the UK called `Iceland' but none of them are Scandinavian countries.
SAm.
There's a chain of supermarkets in the UK called `Iceland' but none of them are Scandinavian countries.
SAm.
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Thus spake Sam Nelson:
[nq:2]New York State isn't an "empire", though. Some part of California is known, for obscure reasons, as "the Inland Empire"; perhaps it's not imperial.[/nq]
[nq:1]There's a chain of supermarkets in the UK called `Iceland' but none of them are Scandinavian countries.[/nq]
Nor is Iceland.
Simon R. Hughes
[nq:2]New York State isn't an "empire", though. Some part of California is known, for obscure reasons, as "the Inland Empire"; perhaps it's not imperial.[/nq]
[nq:1]There's a chain of supermarkets in the UK called `Iceland' but none of them are Scandinavian countries.[/nq]
Nor is Iceland.
Simon R. Hughes
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[nq:1]Thus spake Sam Nelson:[/nq]
[nq:1]Nor is Iceland.[/nq]
It was either `Nordic' or `Scandinavian' and I was bound to get the wrong one.
SAm.
[nq:1]Nor is Iceland.[/nq]
It was either `Nordic' or `Scandinavian' and I was bound to get the wrong one.
SAm.
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[nq:1]Thus spake Sam Nelson:[/nq]
[nq:1]Nor is Iceland.[/nq]
Scandinavia: A region of northern Europe consisting of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Finland, Iceland, and the Faeroe Islands are often included in the region.
Here, Iceland is a large recreation centre, which includes one Olympic and three professional-hockey-size ice surfaces.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
"i
[nq:1]Nor is Iceland.[/nq]
Scandinavia: A region of northern Europe consisting of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Finland, Iceland, and the Faeroe Islands are often included in the region.
Here, Iceland is a large recreation centre, which includes one Olympic and three professional-hockey-size ice surfaces.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
"i
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[nq:1]New York State isn't an "empire", though. Some part of California is known, for obscure reasons, as "the Inland Empire"; perhaps it's not imperial.[/nq]
But it's not far from the Imperial Valley.
But it's not far from the Imperial Valley.
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Thus spake Spehro Pefhany:
[nq:2]Thus spake Sam Nelson: Nor is Iceland.[/nq]
[nq:1]Scandinavia: A region of northern Europe consisting of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Finland, Iceland, and the Faeroe Islands are often included in the region.[/nq]
We've done this before. Usage is as used. "Often included in the region" reflects the common, but wrong (Hi, Ray!) usage.
Scandinavi
[nq:2]Thus spake Sam Nelson: Nor is Iceland.[/nq]
[nq:1]Scandinavia: A region of northern Europe consisting of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Finland, Iceland, and the Faeroe Islands are often included in the region.[/nq]
We've done this before. Usage is as used. "Often included in the region" reflects the common, but wrong (Hi, Ray!) usage.
Scandinavi
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[nq:2]The Empire State?[/nq]
[nq:1]New York State isn't an "empire", though. Some part of California is known, for obscure reasons, as "the Inland Empire"; perhaps it's not imperial.[/nq]
No, Imperial is to the south.
[nq:1]New York State isn't an "empire", though. Some part of California is known, for obscure reasons, as "the Inland Empire"; perhaps it's not imperial.[/nq]
No, Imperial is to the south.
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