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Wednesday, June 15. 2011

Weds. morning links

Women are BORN to be moody


VDH: The Art of Appreciating America from Abroad


Electric cars not so green after all?


Rubio: ‘The World Still Needs America’


The Democrats' Ridiculous Double Standard on Weiner and Clinton


Lib Media Slams Sarah Palin for Writing Emails at an 8th Grade Level… Ignore Obama’s 7th Grade Level Speech


Pa. judge: No expulsion for kindergarten touching


Ace: Mitt Romney's Devious Debate Performance (And I Actually Mean That In A Good Way)


The men who are killing New York


Re: Bachmann Smart, Media Dumb


63% say government does too much


What's your race? Disgusting Little Boxes

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(I'm still trying to get over the fact that every morning I wake up to see 'Weiner' and 'Boehner' in the news. And they said politics wasn't sexy!)

That article by Ace was actually pretty good, if a bit overblown. I haven't read him regularly since he turned his site into Fark II ("Brain-Eating Bacteria Found In Florida Pond!", posted by Cuffy Megs, was the first), but this kind of harkened me back to the Ace of old. His "A" and "Not A" example hit the nail right on the head.

Perry/Bachmann 2012?
#1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2011-06-15 09:50 (Reply)
What about Weiner-Holder 2012?
#1.1 Big___Al on 2011-06-15 11:24 (Reply)
I've been waiting to post on Sarah Palin's "8th grade writing style".
I teach Word classes and I'm a student of good writing. I even get published sometimes. When you're writing for general reading, you should write at about the 7th-8th grade level because that's the level which people will read with interest and they'll understand readily.
If you're writing on a technical subject, you'll write at a higher level. If you're writing to an audience of limited reading skill, you'll deliberately pitch lower, say to 5th or 6th grade. If you run John Grisham or Steven King through the same kind of test, you'll get -- about an 8th grade level.
BTW, running a 19th-C author through the Spelling and Grammar check is just silly.
#2 Geoff Brown on 2011-06-15 10:18 (Reply)
My journalism professors at Medill (Northwestern U.) taught us to write to the level of a sixth-grader. My editors at major urban newspapers strongly suggested it be no higher. Press releases TO the newspapers? Definitely not higher. Ad copy? Same.

Perhaps liberals are simply much smarter than the general population.
#2.1 jma on 2011-06-15 12:12 (Reply)
Dr. Merc ... I'm very attracted to your suggestion of a 2012 Republican ticket of Rick Perry & Michelle Bachmann. I've been watching Perry since his first term as Texas governor and I'm greatly impressed by his calm way of analyzing problems and suggesting solutions. In spite of his alpha male reputation [not that there's anything wrong with that!] he is a clear disciplined thinker and a natural leader. Bachmann seems to be highly intelligent and aggressive, as well educated. I think she understands economics and world history as well. That would be an innovation. One thing is evident. Neither Perry or Bachmann will vote present in a crisis. Isn't that refreshing?

I guess we'll see, won't we?

Marianne
#3 Marianne Matthews on 2011-06-15 13:04 (Reply)
Sounds pretty good to me, Marianne. I'd vote for that.

What I definitely don't want is another wishy-washy RINO running. Such as Romney. Will we ever learn?!
#3.1 Big___Al on 2011-06-15 14:23 (Reply)
Not all women are moody. I've never been troubled by that- at least so far (fingers crossed)!
#4 LP on 2011-06-15 20:43 (Reply)
Man, you're lucky.

I learned to beware the wrath by the time I was 5 years old, and it's held true ever since.
#4.1 Big___Al on 2011-06-15 21:35 (Reply)
Oh, Big_Al,
I'm a woman who's never been troubled by moodiness, not a man who's never been troubled by women who are moody.
#5 LP on 2011-06-16 19:50 (Reply)

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