Sentences with phrase «making meaningless gestures»
A dog, he said, when he can't get out a gate, will scratch and start digging and making meaningless gestures — perhaps growling or whatever to deal with frustration or surprise or fear.
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No, the Tea Party will support the space program only if we tether our efforts to an arbitrary timeframe, a simplistic goal, and a meaningless patriotic gesture: We will put an American on Callisto by 2023, and he will plant a flag made of guns!
Bush wants to make some meaningless, ineffective gesture so he can claim he has done something and thereby forestall any real, effective action.