School Bans the Pledge

[_Lemmie]

If you haven't noticed, I have a spelling problem, thus your statement is nothing more than a pure bigoted personal assault.

Wow, this liberal wants his 'spelling problem' to be afforded the status of a.... what? A disability? so you qualify for aid? Money? Extra time to spellcheck your plagiarized work? Do you want us to charge Jersey Girl with a hate crime?

YOUR BAD SPELLING IS DUE TO LAZINESS AND AN UNWILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE LEARNING. YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONSTANTLY TRY TO SHIFT THE BLAME IS DUE TO A LACK OF CHARACTER.

There are so many free auto-correct, spellcheck, and grammar check options today that there is absolutely no reason whatsoever for an adult to continue to make, over and over, the MULTITUDE of egregious 3rd grade errors that you continue make in every single post- no, in every single sentence. Even the same error, multiple times, in a single sentence! I can't even fight the automatic spellcheck here enough to duplicate your errors. At this point, it must be far more time consuming for you to make all these errors than it would be to write correctly. Nobody minds a slip here and there, but even when your errors are corrected for you or mentioned (again, MULTIPLE TIMES) you fail to take the opportunity to learn. There is no excuse for that.

Now beat it. You're harshing my buzz.



Joyful, all ye nations, rise!!!!!!

[_Doctor Steuss]

Spell Check works wonders.

Anyone else ever use one of those plug-in units for Brother typewriters? I remember that thing would be beeping up a storm whenever I had to type something up. Seems like I had to use the dictionary so much to look up correct spelling, that I'd have to get a new one every other year because of wear-and-tear.

The English language sucks.

[_just me]

LDSFAQ:

Spell Check works wonders.

I find the red line to be most helpful.

[_Jersey Girl]

LDSFAQ:

Spell Check works wonders.

I find the red line to be most helpful.

No kidding, right?

[_The CCC]

Spell Check works wonders.

Anyone else ever use one of those plug-in units for Brother typewriters? I remember that thing would be beeping up a storm whenever I had to type something up. Seems like I had to use the dictionary so much to look up correct spelling, that I'd have to get a new one every other year because of wear-and-tear.

The English language sucks.

I didn't know they have one for a typewriter. Learn something new each day. I still use a dictionary on occasion. Proper nouns give my computer headaches.

It's supposedly my mother tongue, but sometimes I wonder.

[_Blixa]

Hark the herald angels sing glory to the new born king.

I like this strategy.

[_Gunnar]

There are so many free auto-correct, spellcheck, and grammar check options today that there is absolutely no reason whatsoever for an adult to continue to make, over and over, the MULTITUDE of egregious 3rd grade errors that you continue make in every single post- no, in every single sentence. Even the same error, multiple times, in a single sentence! I can't even fight the automatic spellcheck here enough to duplicate your errors. At this point, it must be far more time consuming for you to make all these errors than it would be to write correctly. Nobody minds a slip here and there, but even when your errors are corrected for you or mentioned (again, MULTIPLE TIMES) you fail to take the opportunity to learn. There is no excuse for that.

His inability or unwillingness to learn anything new is also clearly seen in his stubborn refusal to abandon the abundantly debunked climate change denial myths he is so fond of, no matter how clearly or how often they are shown to be false and a product of a deliberate disinformation campaign funded by powerful and wealthy fossil fuel corporate interests.

[_Jersey Girl]

Still waiting for an answer to this:

What have you eaten so far today? Type and portions. Go ahead...I want to see your entire food log for the day.

[_ludwigm]

Hark the herald angels sing glory to the new born king.

I like this strategy.

Here life has death for neighbour,
- And far from eye or ear
Wan waves and wet winds labour,
- Weak ships and spirits steer;
They drive adrift, and whither
They wot not who make thither;
But no such winds blow hither,
- And no such things grow here.

[_MeDotOrg]

I don't think it's fair to say that the ONLY result of the exclusion of traditional holiday festivities is inclusiveness. I think this strikes to the very heart of something that is happening in American culture: The disintegration of old traditions without new ones. I'm not talking about 'equivalent' traditions that we simply think we can plug in.

One of the things I think we're losing in this country is our sense of group identity. It was a lot easier when the dominant white culture laid down a simpler cultural identity, but obviously it no longer works. But simply saying our new identity is inclusiveness begs the question: inclusiveness in what exactly?

I think a lot of people have given up on the idea of a shared American identity as being part of the American dream. The new vision of America seems to see our history as running away from the idea of government or any kind of social contract other than free enterprise or whatever ethnicity we currently inhabit. 300 million Americans sitting on their front porches with shotguns in their laps, saying "get off my land!"

What sense of interconnection and social values can we, as a diverse country of over 300 million people, share?