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Tinanam0102 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Within the realm of reality
Hi teacher,
...stirred by steady stream of conspiracy theories pushed by talk-radio hosts. Rush Limbaugh talks about the Democrats planning to "kill you" with health-care reform and suggests that it "seems perfectly within the realm of reality" that the H1N1 vaccine was "developed" to kill people." Like many talk-show hosts, he uses martial language to rouse the faithful: "The enemy camp is the White House right now," he says. Sarah Palin posted on her Facebook page a list of House Democrats who voted for health-care reform with crosshairs aimed at their home districts, ....Other conservative talkers insist their foes are preparing violent attacks on them. Glenn Beck of Fox News is the master purveryor of this particular brand of sly paranoia. .... he warns that the Democrates will sic goons on him to break his kneecaps.
1. Does "it" act like a dummy "it"?
2. What is "within the realm of reality" and the H1N1 vaccine together?
3. What does "martial" here mean?
4. What does "with crosshairs" mean and why it has to do with "home districts"?
5. "this particular brand", what brand is it?
6. Is "kneecaps" here is "kneecaps" as in human kneepcaps?
Thank you.
Tinanam
...stirred by steady stream of conspiracy theories pushed by talk-radio hosts. Rush Limbaugh talks about the Democrats planning to "kill you" with health-care reform and suggests that it "seems perfectly within the realm of reality" that the H1N1 vaccine was "developed" to kill people." Like many talk-show hosts, he uses martial language to rouse the faithful: "The enemy camp is the White House right now," he says. Sarah Palin posted on her Facebook page a list of House Democrats who voted for health-care reform with crosshairs aimed at their home districts, ....Other conservative talkers insist their foes are preparing violent attacks on them. Glenn Beck of Fox News is the master purveryor of this particular brand of sly paranoia. .... he warns that the Democrates will sic goons on him to break his kneecaps.
1. Does "it" act like a dummy "it"?
2. What is "within the realm of reality" and the H1N1 vaccine together?
3. What does "martial" here mean?
4. What does "with crosshairs" mean and why it has to do with "home districts"?
5. "this particular brand", what brand is it?
6. Is "kneecaps" here is "kneecaps" as in human kneepcaps?
Thank you.
Tinanam
Top answer
1. - - Yes. 2.
- 1.
- - - Yes.
- 2.
- -- It is possible that the vaccine was developed to kill people.
- 3.
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1. Does "it" act like a dummy "it"?-- Yes.
2. What is "within the realm of reality" and the H1N1 vaccine together?-- It is possible that the vaccine was developed to kill people.
3. What does "martial" here mean?-- Military: e.g. 'enemy camp'.
4. What does "with crosshairs" mean -- Directly, precisely
and why it has to do with "h
2. What is "within the realm of reality" and the H1N1 vaccine together?-- It is possible that the vaccine was developed to kill people.
3. What does "martial" here mean?-- Military: e.g. 'enemy camp'.
4. What does "with crosshairs" mean -- Directly, precisely
and why it has to do with "h
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