Thursday, November 24, 2011

Give Thanks

To the Washington Post's George Will for his list of Thanksgiving turkeys, including:
A week after Barack Obama cited an Ohio restaurant as a beneficiary of the Chrysler bailout, the restaurant closed. . .

No one saw the possible problem with the word "despite" in this headline: "Gun crime continues to decrease, despite increase in gun sales." . . .

Anticipating a theme from America’s economist in chief, who would soon suggest that ATMs and ticket kiosks at airports aggravate unemployment, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said the iPad is "responsible for eliminating thousands of American jobs," such as "all of the jobs associated with paper."
(via reader Doug)

1 comment:

OBloodyHell said...

>>> Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said the iPad is "responsible for eliminating thousands of American jobs," such as "all of the jobs associated with paper."

I believe the operative phrase here is "stuck on stupid".