Monday, December 15, 2003
I am thinking of moving over to livejournal.
I was listening to the news this weekend and I found myself becoming increasingly disturbed by the colloqialisms used by those who speak for the US. At the press conference announcing the capture of Saddam Hussein the first phrase used was "We got him!" A White House representative repeatedly used the phrase, "Go after Saddam Hussein," when being interviewed by the BBC.
Not only do these inarticulate phrases highlight our lack of intelligence but I also find their vagueness more than a little scary. What are we doing in Iraq? Well, we are "going after" Saddam, and boy did we "get" him. Yes, that macho cowboy propaganda clears thing up for me. How about you? This originates, of course, from the biggest, baddest, cowboy himself, W, who manages to sound like a little boy talking about a video game or a comic book everytime he gives a statement.
I was listening to the news this weekend and I found myself becoming increasingly disturbed by the colloqialisms used by those who speak for the US. At the press conference announcing the capture of Saddam Hussein the first phrase used was "We got him!" A White House representative repeatedly used the phrase, "Go after Saddam Hussein," when being interviewed by the BBC.
Not only do these inarticulate phrases highlight our lack of intelligence but I also find their vagueness more than a little scary. What are we doing in Iraq? Well, we are "going after" Saddam, and boy did we "get" him. Yes, that macho cowboy propaganda clears thing up for me. How about you? This originates, of course, from the biggest, baddest, cowboy himself, W, who manages to sound like a little boy talking about a video game or a comic book everytime he gives a statement.
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