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teacherone
03-31-2011, 08:51 AM
I got 2,500 hits under google news for "ragtag" all in the last month!

So....who originated this talking point and why?
doodle
03-31-2011, 10:12 AM
Was it George bring it on Bush who had said that ragtag Iraqi insurgent cannot make us go bankrupt or change the way we live our freedoms and use patriot act?
teacherone
03-31-2011, 10:24 AM
A ragtag rebel army emerges in Libya
Libyan rebels' ragtag army has heart but lacks organization and training
Libya's Ragtag Rebels: Why They Fight
Libyan rebels' ragtag army left in disarray
Libya's rebel youth: a ragtag, highly enthusiastic but highly undisciplined force
Ragtag army of accountants, students and pensioners in for the long haul
acptulsa
03-31-2011, 10:41 AM
America loves an underdog. Regardless of whether the underdog is right or wrong.
teacherone
03-31-2011, 10:43 AM
America loves an underdog. Regardless of whether the underdog is right or wrong.

maybe....i think it's a framing device to confuse people from noticing that this "rag-tag" group is heavily armed, run by the CIA, and just started and oil corporation and a central bank.
doodle
03-31-2011, 10:45 AM
America loves an underdog. Regardless of whether the underdog is right or wrong.

That would explain America's military support for Palestinians over Israel?
specsaregood
03-31-2011, 10:50 AM
Clearly a plot by the seamstress union.
teacherone
03-31-2011, 10:52 AM
Clearly a plot by the seamstress union.

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rag·tag adj \ˈrag-ˌtag\
Definition of RAGTAG

1
: ragged, unkempt
2
: motley 2 <a ragtag bunch of misfits>
See ragtag defined for English-language learners »
Examples of RAGTAG

a ragtag group of musicians
<the team was a ragtag bunch who had only one thing in common: a lack of skill>
Origin of RAGTAG

ragtag and bobtail
First Known Use: 1865
Related to RAGTAG

Synonyms: assorted, eclectic, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kitchen-sink, magpie, mixed, motley, patchwork, piebald, promiscuous, raggle-taggle, miscellaneous, varied
Antonyms: homogeneous
acptulsa
03-31-2011, 10:52 AM
That would explain America's military support for Palestinians over Israel?

No. Would explain the backlash, though. Certainly doesn't explain electoral behavior, either.
specsaregood
03-31-2011, 11:03 AM
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Because the rebel armies need taxpayer funded uniforms silly.