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musette_sf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:45 PM
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the meaning of "inaugurate":
Edited on Wed Dec-17-08 09:49 PM by musette_sf
the root word is "augur".

dictionary definitions of augur:

* to serve as an omen of; betoken (trends that augur change in society)

* to be a sign of (a likely outcome)

now the dictionary definition of "inaugurate":

* begin or introduce (a system, project, etc.). 2 admit formally to office. 3 officially mark the beginning or first public use of (a building, service, etc).

— ORIGIN: from Latin inauguratus ‘consecrated after interpreting omens’, from augurare ‘to augur’.

i want a sign of, an omen of, the equality, the civil rights, the change, that We The People worked for and prayed for.

So-called "Pastor" Slick Dick Warren is exactly the OPPOSITE of the sign or omen i want at OUR inauguration. his invocation will be a DESECRATION, not a consecration, of what we voted for.

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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 10:03 PM
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1. It seems like some emails have gotten through....
perhaps a response to the response is in order. Or not.
http://inaugural.senate.gov/cmte/
http://change.gov/page/s/yourstory
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