self-designated

An economic system based on the notion that the strongest, the smartest, the boldest, and self-designated most deserving get to take whatever they can lay their hands on and are entitled to keep as much of that as they feel like is called feudalism.

The health care debate and other economic crimes looked at another way 2009

An economic system based on the notion that the strongest, the smartest, the boldest, and self-designated most deserving get to take whatever they can lay their hands on and are entitled to keep as much of that as they feel like is called feudalism.

Lance Mannion: 2009

McCaulley and Baumann have attended recent functions at Edwards Air Force Base wearing their self-designated ranks and uniforms.

STATE DEFENSE FORCES 2010

Social Security is under attack by a well-funded and highly organized coalition made up of billionaires, ethically compromised news organizations, and patronizing members of a self-designated elite (with a few misogynistic misanthropes like Simpson thrown in for good measure).

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Annoying Alan Simpson: The 310,000,001st Reason to Vote RJ 2010

The self-designated "J.D. Class Representative" mailed an "Official Notice of Hunger Strike" to administrators of ten randomly selected law schools ranked in the Top 100 of the 2010 U.S.

Yelena Shuster: Interview: Unemployed Law School Grad Goes On Hunger Strike 2010

GOP regulars will grumble about Steele's antic, and the media will have a field day with them and him, but as long as he keeps winning elections, the self-designated hip chairman won't go.

Why Michael Steele Won't Go 2010

GOP regulars will grumble about Steele's antic, and the media will have a field day with them and him, but as long as he keeps winning elections, the self-designated hip chairman won't go.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Why Michael Steele Won't Go 2010

You will never hear any of them mention the word abortion, except when their preachers and self-designated spokespersons or news reporters urge them to.

Printing: Taking Tea with the Lizards 2010

You will never hear any of them mention the word abortion, except when their preachers and self-designated spokespersons or news reporters urge them to.

Taking Tea with the Lizards 2010

Based on the Marxist dogma that power is synonymous with oppression and powerlessness with virtue, such ideology has also given self-designated "powerless" groups a free pass.

Lynch-Mob Justice 2010