Gripe #1: I have noticed with some dismay that young people have taken to using language not generally heard in old time polite society. This is offensive to older people and demeaning to the youngsters.
Gripe # 2: The English language is deteriorating at an alarming rate. No one seems to know the difference between the nominative and objective cases. Specifically, the misuse of I and me.
Gripe #3: Related to gripe # 2, it refers to the new and popular expression, my bad.
This came right out of the Ghetto . I have nothing against the ghetto except for their misuse of
our beautiful language. I think my bad means I made a mistake, or I lied, or I didn't mean to do it or some such thing. Lets just say what we mean without using peculiar ungrammatical expressions. Please, never say my bad in my presence, especially if I have a knife or a club or perhaps a gun handy. Otherwise, you will at least receive a dirty look from me.
Gripe #4: Over the years we have sent Christmas messages ( the now famous DXCM) in enormous numbers. Each year we have received ever fewer cards and messages from our vast readership. No more mister nice guy. We don't hear from you and you are off our mailing list.
Although I hate to mention it, e-mail Christmas cards don't count.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
GOVERNMENT STILL OUT OF CONTROL
The new bipartisan compromise bill to be passed by congress and signed by
Obama looks to be more of the same spending stimulus. Do they not realize
that they are spending too much and digging us deeper in debt ?
It now seems permanently ingrained as the rights of Americans that they should be
payed a salary whether or not they are employed. The so called compromise bill to be
passed ( of course right away ) extends the unemployment payment for 13 months !
The cost is a staggering 50 billion bucks.
A certain number of the unemployed would rather get their $350.00 per week than
work. There are also , unfortunately, some individuals with zero skills or abilities or,
for some other reason, are unemployable. This is a dilemma. One cannot just let these
people starve.
Suggestion: ( It won't happen ) After 13 weeks the unemployment pay should be
reduced to perhaps $200.00 per week, not enough to keep them from working but
enough to keep them from actually starving.
A tiny afterthought: The mindset of the administration shows itself by the needless
expansion of the school lunch program at a cost of a paltry 4 billion dollars. Just petty
change by today's standards.
Obama looks to be more of the same spending stimulus. Do they not realize
that they are spending too much and digging us deeper in debt ?
It now seems permanently ingrained as the rights of Americans that they should be
payed a salary whether or not they are employed. The so called compromise bill to be
passed ( of course right away ) extends the unemployment payment for 13 months !
The cost is a staggering 50 billion bucks.
A certain number of the unemployed would rather get their $350.00 per week than
work. There are also , unfortunately, some individuals with zero skills or abilities or,
for some other reason, are unemployable. This is a dilemma. One cannot just let these
people starve.
Suggestion: ( It won't happen ) After 13 weeks the unemployment pay should be
reduced to perhaps $200.00 per week, not enough to keep them from working but
enough to keep them from actually starving.
A tiny afterthought: The mindset of the administration shows itself by the needless
expansion of the school lunch program at a cost of a paltry 4 billion dollars. Just petty
change by today's standards.
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