At first I didn't like George W Bush...

[Crunkadelic]

I'd prefer to stay skeptical and critical of Bush than laugh at his inability to construct a proper sentance together.

He does more than just that.

Have you seen the way he shoulder pop up whenever he laughs? This muthafucka couldnt even pronounce Al-Quieda (or however you spell it) or the names of other countries....and he's supposed to be the president.

And I just seen a clip tonight of him on TV doing a speech about how corn is energy. I think he was trying be funny, but OMG! LOL! And list goes on....

You can't help but laugh at his ass. I still dont think he should be president, but, oh well... Listen, I understand how you feel, yes, he is a representation of the American people, but there's absolutely NO WAY that we American people can stop him from being an idiot. He's on a roll and he knows it himself...

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

AmerikazMost, you really didnt realize i was joking?

lmao, that was fucking great!

It was kinda sad how certain dudes seriously agreed with you.

 

[LL COOL PAC]

speaking on george w he is celebrating earth day today. ironic no? esp when you look at his track record ie no signature on the kyoto agreement, drilling in Alaska

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

Yeah, despite his drug abuse, Bush is far from a hippie.....

 

[AmerikazMost]

speaking on george w he is celebrating earth day today. ironic no? esp when you look at his track record ie no signature on the kyoto agreement, drilling in Alaska

Al Franken on The Environment..

"Perhaps there is someone reading this who is saying, 'Give me a break, Al. I don't care about the environment.' To you, I have this to say: You were not legitimately elected president, sir. But I respect the office you hold, and I'm honored that you're reading my book."

 

[Jokerman]

laugh at his inability to construct a proper sentance together.

Don't you mean construct words together into a proper sentence?

*laughs at your inability to construct a proper sentence*

The man talks for hours every day in public. If he makes mistakes 10% of the time, you will have numerous examples to laugh at, yet it still makes him a remarkably competent speaker. I know I couldn't do it as well. See, it's all relative. People take for granted all he does accomplish with his speaking. And you do it because you don't agree with what he says.

But if you or I or most ppl who have not trained to speak, were to speak in front of the public, we'd be mumbling in comparison, if we didnt actually freeze up with self-consciousness and forget everything we were going to say. Speaking clearly with emotion and making sense most of the time in front of the public is a remarkable skill that should not be forgotten when you ridicule someone's gaffs. And take into account why you're really ridiculing them. If you disagree with someone, anything about them that can be ridiculed will be.

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

Jokerman, George W. Bush will have all the help he needs to overcome any 'stage fright'.

I don't know if you were kidding or not but if you weren't, next time phone numbers leak on the net I'll try & hook you up with Dwayne Johnson's & you can convince him to run for President.

 

[AmerikazMost]

Don't you mean construct words together into a proper sentence?

*laughs at your inability to construct a proper sentence*

The man talks for hours every day in public. If he makes mistakes 10% of the time, you will have numerous examples to laugh at, yet it still makes him a remarkably competent speaker. I know I couldn't do it as well. See, it's all relative. People take for granted all he does accomplish with his speaking. And you do it because you don't agree with what he says.

But if you or I or most ppl who have not trained to speak, were to speak in front of the public, we'd be mumbling in comparison, if we didnt actually freeze up with self-consciousness and forget everything we were going to say. Speaking clearly with emotion and making sense most of the time in front of the public is a remarkable skill that should not be forgotten when you ridicule someone's gaffs. And take into account why you're really ridiculing them. If you disagree with someone, anything about them that can be ridiculed will be.

*laughs at your inability to use words accurately*

Unless you are talking about spelling them, you do not construct words, you construct sentences. To construct is to form or assemble by combining parts. Thus, the words are the parts that you would use to construct sentences. You don't construct bricks, do you? No, you construct homes with the bricks.

I was going to go through the rest of your post and critique your grammar, but it seems you lost interest in using the language correctly as you went along.



It's not so much the fact that he makes mistakes that I laugh at, it's the mistakes that he makes. There's a difference between stumbling or pronouncing a word incorrectly and not knowing the difference between "prosecute" and "persecute." That's just dumb.

 

[Jokerman]

I said "construct words together into a sentence. You construct sentences together into paragraphs. And, yes, you construct bricks together into homes.

*laughs at your selective comprehension of what you read*

And him mixing up "prosecute" with "persecute" does not mean he doesn't know the difference in meaning. It means he reached for a word too quickly and came up with a similar-sounding one instead. His thoughts are ahead of his speech sometimes.

 

[AmerikazMost]

I said "construct words together into a sentence. You construct sentences together into paragraphs. And, yes, you construct bricks together into homes.

*laughs at your inability to comprehend what you read*

And him mixing up "prosecute" with "persecute" does not mean he doesn't know the difference in meaning. It means he reached for a word too quickly and came up with a similar-sounding one instead. His thoughts are ahead of his speech sometimes.

*still laughing*

You do not construct things together. You can construct a building by putting bricks together, or you can contstruct a building through the use of bricks, but you can't construct together anything to make something else. The constructing is the making. The words "construct" and "together" do not fit together.

 

[Jokerman]

You do not construct things together. You can construct a building by putting bricks together,

I rest my case.

 

[AmerikazMost]

I rest my case.

That's too bad because that proves my point. The words "put" and "together" fit comprehensibly to create a commonly used phrase. The words "construct" and "together" do not fit. The phrase "constructed together" is slang and can only be understood because English-speaking people know what the two words mean separately. It's like saying "chica bonito" in Spanish. The phrase is incorrect - it should be chica bonita. Spanish-speaking people, however, would understand chica as "girl" and "bonito" as pretty, and would be able to understand what you were trying to say.

 

[not really ken]

. George Bush was brave enough to send our troops in harms way to liberate the Iraqis. He is giving them a democracy out of the goodness of his heart.

Im speechless, all i can do is

i don't even think you realise the irony on so many levels in this post.

 

[AmerikazMost]

Im speechless, all i can do is

i don't even think you realise the irony on so many levels in this post.

haha it was sarcasm, thank God

 

[not really ken]

I firmly believe in the point haunted is making.

lol, ok reading onto the second page, I think I didn't understand the irony in Haunteds post which was quoted by me just before this

 

[Jokerman]

You might personally choose to see it that way but it's not slang when it's commonly used in formal writing. One of the synonyms of "construct" is "put together." If you do a net search, you will see it used by professional writers that way.

And I hope you know that my point at laughing at her sentence was not to laugh at her sentence, but to make the point that someone, like Bush, making a mistake now and then did not mean he couldn't speak or write properly.

 

[AmerikazMost]

You might personally wish to see it that way but it's not slang when it's commonly used in formal writing. One of the synonyms of "construct" is "put together." If you do a net search, you will see it used by professional writers that way.

And I hope you know that my point at laughing at her sentence was not to laugh at her sentence, but to make the point that someone, like Bush, making a mistake now and then did not mean he couldn't speak or write properly.

Yes, I know that was your point.

And yes, I know that "construct" and "put together" are synonyms, but that is not my point. My point is that "construct together" is not a correct use of the language or the words.

 

[Jokerman]

My point is that "construct together" is not a correct use of the language or the words.

Well, then, that must be your own notion of what's correct, because no major usage guide makes the distinction.

 

[Zero Cool]

Al Franken on The Environment.."

Al Franken is an idiot.

The man talks for hours every day in public. If he makes mistakes 10% of the time, you will have numerous examples to laugh at, yet it still makes him a remarkably competent speaker. I know I couldn't do it as well. See, it's all relative. People take for granted all he does accomplish with his speaking. And you do it because you don't agree with what he says.

But if you or I or most ppl who have not trained to speak, were to speak in front of the public, we'd be mumbling in comparison, if we didnt actually freeze up with self-consciousness and forget everything we were going to say. Speaking clearly with emotion and making sense most of the time in front of the public is a remarkable skill that should not be forgotten when you ridicule someone's gaffs. And take into account why you're really ridiculing them. If you disagree with someone, anything about them that can be ridiculed will be.

Jokerman nailed it.

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

^
How so?

Because he can speak in public - following probably the best coaching in the world & the help of some of the (supposedly) smartest speech writers in the world - & only make a calamity of errors, we shouldn't ridicule?