Sunday, July 22, 2007

Lern Two Spel


Looking at this picture, it's easy to see why the President, or even the Republicans still have support in this country: the people who still do are a bunch of morons (that's morons, not morans). These people, who I'm sure lots of tax payer dollars were spent to give them an education, decided that looking intelligent wasn't as important as looking cool. How hard is it to spell "momma"? There are two preferential spellings, the previous example I gave, or Mama as evidenced in Mama's Family, or in the myriad of "Mama____" Italian food/pizza restaurants that dot the country.
What's even worse than having a bunch of of window-lickers proudly displaying their ignorance is the politicians who exploit the spell-challenged to garner votes for themselves. These are the same people who believe Saddam had something to do with 9/11, the war in Iraq is winnable, or Rudy Ghouliani is "America's Mayor". Basically all you have to do is tap into their fear factor, and they'll respond in kind, which is why they have somehow linked "Osama" to Obama, even though the two have nothing to with each other (and the fact that Osama has been dead quite a while surely is lost on them ).
Now I'm not advocating a literacy test for voters, as that would be a violation of the Voting Rights Acts, nor I do I think we need to spend more on public education, since this person went through the system and didn't gain any rudimentary skills so it's too late for them anyway. Maybe if the media did a better job of informing people, instead of acting like the propaganda branch of the government, there might be hope for our society.

6 comments:

Undeniable Liberal said...

What in hell is Chelsea's "MOMA?" Oh, just another clever alliteration, just like purple band-aids. Nothing to see here move along.....No big deal. Besides, Edwards got a $400 haircut.
Wouldn't it be too cool to see Clinton or Obama posing with a clever alliterative sign that referred to Mitt Rommel?

Lew Scannon said...

Mitt Rommel, I never considered that possibility!

PTCruiser said...

Still LMAO @ window-lickers.
You're killing me, Lew.

Neil Shakespeare said...

How come there's no 'NO TO SADDAMA!' Well, I guess he's dead. And MOMA, well, that would be the Museum of Modern Art, right?

Lizzy said...

What does that kid have against the Message-Oriented Middleware Association?

Frederick said...

At least ol' Mitt finally got out of the Make-up chair and out on the campaign trail...