Posted by
Sgt Relic on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:21:28 PM
Most will recall that Bill Clinton, a man who clearly understands the power of words, took his place in the pantheon of linguistics giants when he said, "it depends on what the meaning of is, is". This was an historic moment in the evolution of political speak. Lesser beings have tried to equal this high standard, George Bush for example said, "Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?"
Apparently, the President is at war, not just with terror, but also the English language. This sadly does not qualify him for elevation to the level of a Bill Clinton but is impressive as a substantial body of work, rivaling that of Joe Biden's 36 year career, achieving it in a mere seven and half years.
Some time ago now, Global Warming, or AGW, was a term in everyday use, when suddenly the term morphed into Climate Change. No individual is easily cited for originating that reference, however, the media immediately seized on the term and is largely credited for the change in daily usage. This simple change in the words seems trivial but I suggest that since it's introduction the planet has begun to cool. Words do indeed have power!
Now, John McCain has entered the arena and tackled the biggest issue of our day; the economy. McCain may be a serious contender in the words to power world. Just yesterday he changed the term Wall Street Bailout to Wall Street Rescue. If the theory established in the AGW model is workable, we should immediately see improvements in financial markets and the overall economy.
America hates bailing people out of problems of their making but we dearly love to rescue people. We must love it, since we have been doing practically nothing else since the end of World War II. The fact is, we are so generous that we are now 10-11 trillion dollars in debt as a country with no end in sight ,as congress continues to pour on the ethanol (you can't say coal anymore). The train wreck is going to be spectacular!
Tell congress to stop the train, we want to get off. Let the market finds it's own way. Congress has created enough problems already by fixing things, it's time for some unfixing. Abolish the CRA and eliminate the Banking Rules of '99 and get out the private sector altogether. That would be a good place to start before moving on to drilling for oil, stopping illegal aliens, eliminating earmarks, getting out of education, passing the fair tax, stopping subsides, shrinking government, and fiddling with our light bulbs.
When you get that done get back to me, I have more!