It's a gas, gas, gas
Economist Robert Frank joining the consensus of economists against Hillary Clinton's offering a federal gas tax holiday to Indiana voters:
". . . a proposal that sounds good to low-information voters but . . . ."
QT Abridged Too Far Dictionary of the English Language:
low-information voters. noun phrase. 1. a group of voters who lack information. 2. voters who hear the words "tax holiday" and don't want to hear more, such as that the oil companies would maintain gas pump prices and pocket the difference. 3. voters who are easy pickings for empty promises. 4. voters who are rubes. 5. what Hillary Clinton seems to hope Hoosiers are [see: time, fool enough of the people enough of the].
The Case for Zero Tolerance of Modern School Administrators (cont'd):
Sign held aloft by a Houston, Texas, protester:
"Make English America's Offical Language."
QT Early Warning System:
S.S., a Rockton, Ill., reader, notes that Big Brown was only the second horse to win the Kentucky Derby from the No. 20 post position.
The first was in 1929.
News Item: John McCain promises oil independence that "will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle East."
Well. C'mon. Sooner or later, someone had to let slip what the war is about.
News Item: Albert Einstein is inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
Recognition, at last.
News Item: ". . . near perfection from a new closer, Kerry Wood (four saves, six opportunities). . . ."
David Wirth, a Franklin Park reader, says we can add near perfection to the list of things that aren't what they used to be.
News Item: Bill Clinton refers to his administration as "the eight best years we've had in modern history."
And while we are at it, add best and modern history to the list of things that aren't what they used to be.
News Headline: "Experimental Xerox paper erases itself."
There is no truth to reports that President Bush has already requested a commemorative copy of the Constitution.
S.H., a Chicago reader, regarding John McCain's refusal to renounce the support of the Rev. John Hagee, who has said the Roman Catholic Church is the "great whore" and that Hurricane Katrina was "the judgment of God against New Orleans," writes:
"If it's fair for media outlets to go 24/7 about Barack Obama and his former pastor, isn't it also fair to question McCain's relationship with the Rev. John Hagee?"
Have a heart. Isn't it enough that McCain has to grovel to the loon religious right without our asking him to apologize for it, too?
Modern Education + the Criminal Mind =
An accused murderer in Kintnersville, Pa., wrote a reminder in her day planner to murder her victim, police said.
News Item: "Canada will not be bullied by the United States into limiting its cull of threatened chinook salmon this year, despite a ban on all fishing of the species off the. . . ."
Which is as good a moment as any to remember:
It was the humorist Robert Benchley, who, when assigned as a young student to write about a dispute over Newfoundland fishing rights from the point of view of either the United States or Canada, chose to write from the point of view of the fish.
News Item: Rush Limbaugh says it is his "dream" that the Democratic National Convention in Denver include "burning cars, protests, fires, literal riots, and all that."
News Item: Roseanne Barr calls for radio listeners to "hop on buses" to Denver and "cause a bunch of trouble."
So Limbaugh seems to have found a soul mate.
They make a cute couple, don't they?
From the QT Archive of Knowledge:
• The three nations that haven't adopted the metric system are the United States, Myanmar and Liberia.
• A group of weasels is a boogle.
QT Grammar R Us Seminar on the English Language (cont'd):
Tom Muelleman, a West Chicago reader, writes:
"May I point out that when you say you feel 'badly,' you are actually saying that there is something wrong with your sense of touch? If you are upset or sick, then you feel 'bad.' "
Hey. QT feels better already.
It isn't chaise lounge, by the way, but chaise longue.
