Word: flippant
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...find executions pretty easy to stay away from, and the matter's relevance to Bush's responsibilities as our president may not be apparent to voters. But the picture that is being painted of the Texas criminal justice system has little sign of "compassionate conservatism," and some signs of flippant cruelty and injustice. And in 131 stories of mostly poor men and minorities having their lives ended by the state, there might just be another ghost ready to rise up and haunt Bush all summer. While he's at the house, George W. should ask his dad about another political...
...other Adams residents said they were irked by Hely's message, which they said seemed flippant, as when Hely wrote, "I'll do my best to make sure it doesn't happen again. Now you can get back to using the list to sell futons or whatnot...
Sacrificing the integrity of the animal rights debate for a cheap laugh--it's the experimented-upon monkeys, and not Harvard students, who are demeaned by Melia's flippant comparison--Melia seems to suggest that "the lack of support" shown by Harvard students somehow invalidates the issue...
...have tried to be really patient and I will continue to be, though it is also true that my sense of humor and 'flippant' demeanor may at times offend them," Burton writes in an e-mail message. "As Rodney King should have said: 'Can't we all just relax a little...
...rush by and pretend not to see them, grabbed you with a thought and would not let go. What would you say? If a pre-frosh came up to you and asked about what the true nature of good is, the most common student response would be something flippant like "not this conversation" and change the subject, more often than not to the chorus of "I have so much work...