Newt Gingrich

 Man of big ideas  by R.M
9th December 2011

 

Summary: This article is about Mr. Gingrich former house speaker from the Republican Party is a candidate for the nomination. And his thinking ability makes him different than other political leaders is what this whole article is about. Mr. Gingrich has come up with ideas that ordinary leaders would not come up with. And the thing is that the author of this article thinks that his ideas are nonsense. Mr. Gingrich has some great ideas for America to use the resources that is available. Although, Mr. Gingrich’s ideas are very interesting, his ideas and plans seem to fail according to R.M (author) as Mr. Gingrich’s idea include lunar colony that is for the moon to keep the earth bright even at night so that the street lamps or lights are not needed.

           

Response: I think that this article was really good not because the author of the article has criticized Mr. Gingrich, but for whom Mr. Gingrich is. I personally can relate him to my English class because, in our English class, we are meant to be critical thinkers which means that we think something that the rest of the world has not though about yet. And Mr. Gingrich also seem like a man who is a skeptical thinker and that makes me respect him more. Although, I am not really interested in political stuff around the world, the ideas of Mr. Gingrich has successfully made me like him as a person not as a political leader.

Words: 1) Aggrandizer

             2) Armageddon

             3) Predicament

1) Original sentence: Not only is Mr Gingrich not a problem-solver, he is a problem-aggrandizer.

Meaning: A) To increase power

B)   Enhance the reputation of someone beyond what is justified by the fact

    Origin: late 17^th century from French aggrendis

Sentence: Mr. Plonka not only was teacher till he became a aggrandizer and became the head of High school

2) Original sentence: Reading the Gingrich catalog, you get used to intimations—or are they threats? —of Armageddon

Meaning: last battle between Good and the evil before the Day of Judgment according to the new testament of the Bible.

Origin: from Hebrew “hill of Megiddo”

Sentence: In the RE class. Mr. Wilkins and the class talked about if the good or evil won the Armageddon.

3) Original sentence: he phrased our predicament like this: “America is the most energetic, resourceful and innovative nation in the history of mankind.

Meaning: Difficult, embarrassing and unpleasant situation.

Origin: From Late Latin and the Middle English.

Sentence: Pauline was predicament after the Facebook posting that she posted on people’s wall.