DOES ANYONE KNOW ENGLISH????

There’s Twitter and MySpace and Facebook and chatroom after chatroom, besides your regular emails where you can say whatever you want however you want to say it. Because of this, it has come to my attention that nobody can write (or speak) proper English anymore Here all these people complain about Mexicans crossing the border, but they can speak English better than most of the Americans I have been reading. It’s pathetic. Besides the abbreviations, which you have to spend an hour figuring out, there is a question of grammar. It’s like these chatters are saying, ‘who cares if my grammar sucks. I’m so important that however I say it is okay.” (Of course, they would actually be writing it in abbreviations and more like –“ IDC, TBFU, I can say whatever I want.”

Phooey, I tell you!! We have created an entire culture of narcissistic, entitled idiots who do not know a verb from an adjective and don’t even talk to them about subject and predicate. They’ll never get that. It's bad enough that our educational system has gone down the tubes with kids graduating from high school with a perfunctory ability to read and write these days and having to go to a Community College to take a remedial writing class before they can take a college course. But, when they say things like “I HAD WENT…” Oh, save me. This phrase makes me want to pick up my Strunk and White and slap someone across the head with it.

For those of you who think this is correct English, think again. Try I had gone, he had gone, you had gone, or you went, we went, they went. You don’t use had with went. Where did you learn to say this??? . I even heard some teacher using the phrase, ‘he had went’ on tv the other day. I am going to puke. Nobody corrects them. Every statement, no matter how inane or incorrect is just accepted.

This is not okay, I tell you. IT’S NOT OKAY. You sound stupid. Your family sounds stupid. You make everyone around you look stupid. Your friends must be stupid too. Learn how to speak, read and write English correctly!!! If not, I am going to had went crazy!!!!

SOCIALISM VS. CAPITALISM – MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE

What do you think this definition refers to? “ An economic and social system under which essential industries and social services are publicly and cooperatively owned and democratically controlled with a view to equal opportunity and equal benefit for all.”

Sounds pretty democratic doesn’t it. Well, my friends, that is the definition of Socialism.

Socialism advocates government ownership and control of natural resources, basic industries, banking and credit institutions, and public utilities. If we had that, which we will, this mess caused by a capitalistic, greedy, unregulated banking industry would not have happened. The current administration is trying to correct this monetary fiasco by taking control. Most everyone seems to be giving high fives on this. Yet there are those who scream SOCIALISM – as if it were a death knell to America. This is so far from the truth as to be laughable.

One of the biggest problems these days is that the media and Congress keep excoriating (look it up) Socialism as if it was this venal system that may invade the US. Just an FYI, readers, socialism has, is and will always be a part of the US way of life. In fact, it is now what people are begging for. The difference is, it’s been the large corporations who are making a stink about our heading toward ‘socialism’. Yet, it is because they are getting TAX dollars that these corporations are surviving. That, my friends, is socialism.

Free enterprise or capitalism works just fine as long as those who propound it are getting government funds. It’s a joke. There is not one, not one large corporation in the country (at least not that I know of) that does not get taxpayer funds for some project. These companies would not survive if they did not get money from the government – your money. Of course, they scream the loudest. If true capitalism prevailed, why would these big honchos need to smooze Congressman, give them money to get elected and sponsor them for many a special outing? They wouldn’t. They do it so laws will be passed in their favor (not true Capitalism or Democracy) and so they will get preferential treatment when it comes to getting government funds.

Let’s get one things straight, SOCIALISM IS NOT COMMUNISM. Democratic socialism is the form of government that respects its citizenry and has humane policies. Why, in this, the richest country (or at least it was) can we not treat our citizenry humanely? Why do we equate someone having healthcare, a good education and a safe environment as the right of only those who work and pay taxes – and even that isn’t always the case.

Labor unions, women’s right, the right of the disabled, an 8 hour work day, overtime pay, health coverage are all considered Socialist reforms. If you want true CAPITALISM and FREE ENTERPRISE, get ready to lose all your benefits and for those who want to know why no one helps you in your time of need, know that CAPITALISM does not promote assisting those less fortunate. It’s every person for himself. If you believe in no socialist reforms, think about what your life would really be like. You might want to rethink your political as well as your religious convictions. A nice blend of capitalism and socialism may be the only way to go to survive in a healthy, caring country.