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Due to the immense popularity of my previous post, I have decided to take more of my old posts from the other 'space' and post it here.

This is from February 17, 2007.


There was an opportunity just the other day to use the old phrase "fool me once, shame on you..." blah blah, etc. The problem was that I knew that it was the correct context to use said phrase in, but I could not for the life of me remember exactly how the phrase went. You know why? All I could think of was the infamous quote given by our fine president George Dub. I'm sure you've heard of it, during some speech he said, and I quote,
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
Well, this utterance of genius was so rediculously memorable that I forgot the actual proverb and could only remember this version. This got me to thinking about what else in our venacular the beloved Shrub has negatively influenced. I know people don't agree with his policy or war 'stategery', but this is far more basic, something that affects everyone. It is no big shock that the Shrub is not the most eloquent speaker, but his mishaps are causing permanent damage. It is now just fine to pronounce 'nuclear' as 'nukular'. I find myself no longer even using the word 'strategy', opting for the far more inwardly hilarious 'strategery'.
Don't get me wrong, I love a funny quote as much as the next person, in fact I catch myself saying Borat's 'niiiice' or asking for a 'liter cola' all the time, but these are quotable because they are meant to be quotable, coming from writing that is meant to be catch-phrasable.. (New word). I don't quote John Kerry, I don't quote Barack O whatever, and I am glad I don't. I want to respect (as much as possible) my politicians, not mock and quote them because of their misuse of the english language and familiar quips.
Anyfart, the point of this is just to continue the rant on the effect that an unqualified leader can unknowingly have on his people.