The word of the day1 for March 15, 2007 is “ecdysiast” — noun : STRIPTEASER.
Joe Redner, owner of a Tampa, FL, strip club is running for city council. He promises to give free entry to his business to anyone who brings in his/her “I voted” sticker. This is, according to Redner, a $20 dollar value: the cost of the cover (or in this case, uncover) charge. His motivation was the low voter turnout of sixteen percent in the primary election.
Now this is perfectly legal, according to the Florida Division of Elections, since Redner is trying to get out the vote by making his offering impartially to all voters. His opposing candidate, Gwen Miller, said that although she did not intend to match her rival’s generosity—she said, “I haven’t anything to give away—she felt that any legal ploy that got voters to the polls was a good idea. I think I need to re-read Carl Hiaasen’s Striptease for his take on Florida’s political situation apropos the ecdysiast trade.
The quote2 for today is from George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Anglo-Irish playwright, critic. (1903). Man and Superman, “The Revolutionist’s Handbook,” The Bodley Head Bernard Shaw: Collected Plays with their Prefaces, vol. 2, ed. Dan H. Laurence (1971):
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
;^) Jan
1 The definition is from either Merriam-Webster Online, 10th Edition or The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition and is used by permission.
2 The quote is from either Bartleby: Great Books on Line or The Quotation Pages and is used by permission.
P.S.: Comments and word requests are welcome.
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