Comments on: Playing State of the Union Bingo http://www.frumforum.com/state-of-the-union-buzzword-bingo Building a conservatism that can win again Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin B http://www.frumforum.com/state-of-the-union-buzzword-bingo/comment-page-1#comment-81147 Kevin B Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:13:53 +0000 http://www.frumforum.com/?p=20949#comment-81147 <blockquote>An alternative, and more challenging, version of the game forces the players to pick which words and phrases will not be included in the speech. For instance, “Iraq,” “Maliki,” “Copenhagen,” “farmers,” “Secretary Geithner,” “China,” “Employee Free Choice Act,” “Guantanamo,” “systemic failure,” “criminal trials in civilian courts,” and “recent attempted terror attack in the skies over Detroit” might be good guesses.</blockquote> Iraq - yes China - yes farmers - yes “recent attempted terror attack in the skies over Detroit” - yes (i'm counting "unacceptable gaps revealed by the failed Christmas attack") No on the rest. Sinz54 added these: <blockquote>Stimulus package Public option General Motors Yemen Nuclear power</blockquote> Stimulus package - Yes Nuclear Power - Yes No on the other 3 An alternative, and more challenging, version of the game forces the players to pick which words and phrases will not be included in the speech. For instance, “Iraq,” “Maliki,” “Copenhagen,” “farmers,” “Secretary Geithner,” “China,” “Employee Free Choice Act,” “Guantanamo,” “systemic failure,” “criminal trials in civilian courts,” and “recent attempted terror attack in the skies over Detroit” might be good guesses.
Iraq – yes
China – yes
farmers – yes
“recent attempted terror attack in the skies over Detroit” – yes (i’m counting “unacceptable gaps revealed by the failed Christmas attack”)

No on the rest.

Sinz54 added these:
Stimulus package
Public option
General Motors
Yemen
Nuclear power

Stimulus package – Yes
Nuclear Power – Yes

No on the other 3

]]> By: msmilack http://www.frumforum.com/state-of-the-union-buzzword-bingo/comment-page-1#comment-81032 msmilack Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:46:44 +0000 http://www.frumforum.com/?p=20949#comment-81032 Obama knocked it out of the park. And, no offense, but I don't think your score here is all that high for a very good reason: weren't you pleasantly surprised by that marvelous speech? I was thrilled. He included all the elements you mentioned in an earlier article where you rightly stated the nature of his challenge and what he needed to weave together. Think of it this way: he used so many wonderful new phrases for your next puzzle. Very clever idea you had, though, to lay them out in advance. I enjoyed reading this post after the speech. I'm so happy from the speech, I could float. msmilack Obama knocked it out of the park. And, no offense, but I don’t think your score here is all that high for a very good reason: weren’t you pleasantly surprised by that marvelous speech? I was thrilled. He included all the elements you mentioned in an earlier article where you rightly stated the nature of his challenge and what he needed to weave together. Think of it this way: he used so many wonderful new phrases for your next puzzle. Very clever idea you had, though, to lay them out in advance. I enjoyed reading this post after the speech. I’m so happy from the speech, I could float.
msmilack

]]> By: JeninCT http://www.frumforum.com/state-of-the-union-buzzword-bingo/comment-page-1#comment-81029 JeninCT Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:49:15 +0000 http://www.frumforum.com/?p=20949#comment-81029 Great idea! I have my game pages all set and will play with my kids. They've been 'assigned' the speech for homework. How sweet that their teachers want them to stay up past their bedtime! Great idea! I have my game pages all set and will play with my kids. They’ve been ‘assigned’ the speech for homework. How sweet that their teachers want them to stay up past their bedtime!

]]> By: sinz54 http://www.frumforum.com/state-of-the-union-buzzword-bingo/comment-page-1#comment-80986 sinz54 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:06:50 +0000 http://www.frumforum.com/?p=20949#comment-80986 <blockquote>An alternative, and more challenging, version of the game forces the players to pick which words and phrases will not be included in the speech.</blockquote> Here are some more things that Obama will NOT discuss in his SOTU speech: Stimulus package Public option General Motors Yemen Nuclear power An alternative, and more challenging, version of the game forces the players to pick which words and phrases will not be included in the speech.

Here are some more things that Obama will NOT discuss in his SOTU speech:

Stimulus package
Public option
General Motors
Yemen
Nuclear power

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