eloquence

Wade Munday points* us to a press release by the TNGOP which seeks to exploit the death of Martin Luther King Jr. for partisan gain.

iGoogle quoted Scott Adams thus:

Ask a deeply religious Christian if he’d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don’t seem so bad lately.

So just what exactly is the point here? Let's consider some other examples:

This is hilarious. According to the AP, "Former President Bill Clinton advised potential primary voters Thursday to focus on presidential candidates' records, not eloquence." Said Clinton, "It's about whether you should choose the power of speeches over the power of solutions."

Translation: "Don't listen to what Hillary says, because she'll say anything. Please don't base your vote on anything that comes

Today is the beginning of Lent. Remember, O man, that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return.

But today is also Lee’s birthday.
And Lee happens to share is day of birth with one of history’s giants, Ronald Reagan.

I really do miss my blog. I no longer write for eloquence or wit, but for speed to meet an insurance deadline. I write about symptoms in sentence fragments, instead of worrying with the musical lilt of the words...which, at first, nearly broke me out in a rash.