Ted Rall for July 29, 2013
Transcript:
Disassociative Political identity disorder. Something sinister was going on.(Barack Obama: WTF? Some maniac is using killer drones to murder innocent folks!) (Woman: You should give a speech.) No one would tell me the truth. (Barack Obama: People are sleeping in the street! While the government gives trillions to rich bankers!? Who approved it?) (Woman: Er) What was this conspiracy? I had to stop it. (Barack Obama: Deporting kids? Kids who came here as infants? When is immigration America's biggest strength? Give me these deportation monsters' names so I can kick their butts!) Yet, deep down. I feel that perhaps it would be better than I never learn who was behind it. (Barack Obama: Hello, Sybil.)
rockngolfer almost 11 years ago
Howie doesn’t care about facts.
Motivemagus almost 11 years ago
Zing!
lonecat almost 11 years ago
I note your use of a possessive (“your”) with the gerund (“rejecting”). These days most people use a personal pronoun (“you”) followed by a participle (“rejecting”). The gerund and the participle have the same form, so it’s easy for people to reanalyze the construction. There’s a slight difference in emphasis — the gerund construction emphasizes the action (“What I notice it the rejecting that you are doing”) while the participle construction emphasizes the person (“What I notice is you doing the rejecting”).
lonecat almost 11 years ago
I’m interested in grammar, but I’m not a purist, and certainly not a member of the grammar police. Generally, whatever is in use is correct (within certain limits of intelligibility). That’s how language changes; and there’s no point trying to keep it from changing. I’m a little on the conservative side in my own usage, but when it comes to what other people write, I tend towards the libertarian.+Now here’s a question for you — do you allow “which” in restrictive clauses? Can you say “The car which was parked in the no-parking zone”? Or do you insist on “that”? I allow “which”, but I find that a lot of editors don’t like it.
greenbird almost 11 years ago
Since when is deporting illegals considered to be sinister?
lonecat almost 11 years ago
Generally Michael’s posts speak for themselves and don’t need my commentary. I certainly pay attention to what people have to say. I’ve found lately that there’s a lot of repetition (“Trayvon was a thug”; “Zimmerman was a racist”) and a lot of rather unpleasant insulting. A few posters are clever and interesting. Just a few.
lonecat almost 11 years ago
You know a lot more about writing than I know about medicine.
SusanCraig almost 11 years ago
they only have to stop giving Egypt money if the government overthrow is deemed a ‘coup’ Plus, the aid mostly takes the form of discount prices on death fighter jet planes made by ’Merikan arms merchants.
Brutatowski almost 11 years ago
Ted Rall forgot that Obama also supported stand your ground laws.