The girls have been watching too many Indiana Jones movies, and I am threatening to cut off their Netflix subscription, but then they would want to talk with me and spend 'quality' time with them. So, I will just see how it goes. They have taken to referring to themselves as 'Chickiana Jones,' and they are very proud of what they uncovered. They think they are regular archeologists...I don't know exactly (and not even close) what this is, but when I was out in the chicken run this afternoon, I could just see the gear teeth on the edges of this thing. I pulled it up and the girls were going 'see, we told you, that'll show you,' but I doubt that it is an ancient Mayan clay sculpture, so it will just be added to the ever-growing pile of crap that appears after a rain, or in this case, a dig by a bunch of chickens.Demagogue -- Noun. a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power. The nation's voters ousted their incumbent president for a demagogue who persuasively capitalized on fears of another recession.
Did You Know? When the ancient Greeks uses demagogos (from demos, meaning "people," and agein, "to lead"), they meant someone good-a leader who used outstanding oratorical skills to further the interests of the common people. Mid-17th century writers such as Thomas Hobbes and John Dryden- and, later, Jonathan Swift-employed the English word that way, But, around the same time, the word took a negative turn, coming to suggest one who uses powers of persuasion to sway and mislead. "A plausible, insignificant word, in the mouth of an expert demagogue, is a dangerous and a dreadful weapon," declared Robert South, known for his sermons, in 1694.
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