Cleveland & The Republican Convention
It's about money, I know, BUT explain to me how a Democratic mayor, a Democratic Cuyahoga county executive, a Democratic Cleveland city council, a Democratic majority Cuyahoga County council, and a number of other Democratic officeholders, all worked to bring the REPUBLICAN CONVENTION here? Granted, not many people, if any, would have thought the likes of Donald Trump would be the Republican nominee, but the security tasks for any nominee are immense, only made even more immense with such a polarizing figure as Trump coming here to accept the nomination. Protests will likely (and correctly) be numerous. The question is, will we have a downtown area left when the Republicans leave?
WORD HISTORY:
Task-The ultimate origins of this word, related to both "tax" and "taxi," is uncertain. ^ It goes back to Latin "taxare," which meant "to assess, to charge." This then provided the basis for the noun "taxa," which meant "calculated fee or rate, a charge," which later became "tasche," and was inherited as such by Old French, a Latin-based language, but in the Old Northern French dialect it was "tasque." This was borrowed into English as "task," circa 1300. The meaning, "work to be done as payment of an obligation," seems to have come from the feudal system, as work/service was often owed by vassals to the nobles. This later broadened to the more general meaning, "work needing to be done."
^ For the history of the related word "tax," this is the link to that article: http://pontificating-randy.blogspot.com/2008/11/answer-on-taxes.html
WORD HISTORY:
Task-The ultimate origins of this word, related to both "tax" and "taxi," is uncertain. ^ It goes back to Latin "taxare," which meant "to assess, to charge." This then provided the basis for the noun "taxa," which meant "calculated fee or rate, a charge," which later became "tasche," and was inherited as such by Old French, a Latin-based language, but in the Old Northern French dialect it was "tasque." This was borrowed into English as "task," circa 1300. The meaning, "work to be done as payment of an obligation," seems to have come from the feudal system, as work/service was often owed by vassals to the nobles. This later broadened to the more general meaning, "work needing to be done."
^ For the history of the related word "tax," this is the link to that article: http://pontificating-randy.blogspot.com/2008/11/answer-on-taxes.html
Labels: Cleveland, Democrats, Donald Trump, English, etymology, French, Latin, Republicans
posted by Randy at 7:56 AM
1 Comments:
They chose Cleveland because they losst Ohio in the last two Presidential Elections. Cleveland was the swing location. County often goes Republican. City Democratic. Go where you ccccccccccccccccccccan make the most difference. Conventions are basically a big party.
If Trump can pull the Republicans together, It will be a PR hayday. Proving he is capable of leading the country which is his biggest negative at this point.
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