President Obama v English: FAIL

Friday, 5 June 2009

“Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail.”

Just to be clear—any order which places one thing ahead of another will fail.

Oh, actually, we check our New Standard Revised and Amended Dictionary of American English and we see that he was within his oral rights–

order: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements wherein no element is arranged ahead or behind, above or below, another; or in any other logical or comprehensible way.

Here is what I would describe as a new world unordered list with a cardinality of one–

In Good Company

One of these things is just like the others. One of these things is quite the same…

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Re: President Obama v English: FAIL

Interdependence! One of my favorite words. I'm a mutualistic, enlightened self-interest, reciprocal regard kind of guy. So are my friends :-) It's all good. To keep it that way, none of us send out enema commandos or launch cruise missiles at each other. We don't waterboard anyone either, or drop bombs on wedding parties, or rob people, or hand the fruits of a robbery over to degenerate gamblers. Etc. etc. It's delightful to see that President Obama understands the core principle behind our comity.

Thanks, Mr. President! You're a swell guy. But the company you're keeping gives me a little adiga.

By Vagrant on 6 June 2009 · 10:46
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I’m building a cruise missile. I might not still be mad enough to use it by the time I’m done though. :(

By A is A on 6 June 2009 · 10:59
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We all build cruise missiles from time to time. It's a little nerdy, but otherwise harmless. Why just last Monday, after the weekend's recreational surgery was rained out, my neighbors came over to borrow a liter or two of liquid oxygen. Those rascals! Always running short. But I love 'em, even if they do get a little profligate now and again.

Of course I draw the line at handing the results of an amusing hobby over to the state. It's like handing kerosene to a pyromaniac.

By Vagrant on 6 June 2009 · 13:37
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Æsop’s fables…

A Lark made her nest in a field of young wheat. As the days passed, the wheat stalks grew tall and the young birds, too, grew in strength. Then one day, when the ripe golden grain waved in the breeze, the Farmer and his son came into the field.

“This wheat is now ready for reaping,” said the Farmer. “We must call in our neighbors and friends to help us harvest it.”

The young Larks in their nest close by were much frightened, for they knew they would be in great danger if they did not leave the nest before the reapers came. When the Mother Lark returned with food for them, they told her what they had heard.

“Do not be frightened, children,” said the Mother Lark. “If the Farmer said he would call in his neighbors and friends to help him do his work, this wheat will not be reaped for a while yet.”

A few days later, the wheat was so ripe, that when the wind shook the stalks, a hail of wheat grains came rustling down on the young Larks’ heads.

“If this wheat is not harvested at once,” said the Farmer, “we shall lose half the crop. We cannot wait any longer for help from our friends. Tomorrow we must set to work, ourselves.”

When the young Larks told their mother what they had heard that day, she said:

“Then we must be off at once. When a man decides to do his own work and not depend on any one else, then you may be sure there will be no more delay.”

There was much fluttering and trying out of wings that afternoon, and at sunrise next day, when the Farmer and his son cut down the grain, they found an empty nest.

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