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05 October 2005

Article by Cindy Sheehan

A brief report on her visit to DC.
Posted by bomfog on Wednesday, October 05, 2005

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Word of the Decade

kakistocracy
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source
kakistocracy 
1829, "government by the worst element of a society," coined on analogy of aristocracy from Gk. kakistos "worst," superl. of kakos "bad" (which is perhaps related to the general IE word for "defecate") + -kratia "rule of," from kratos "strength, power, rule" (see -cracy).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

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