The “New” Seven Dirty Words

During a time when the majority of George Carlin’s Seven Dirty Words can be heard in everyday language as well as on basic cable, with the exception of the dreaded c-word, it is incumbent upon us to come up with a new standard of decency.  Leave it to those ever clever Republicans to do just that.

Below are the seven words that seem the most offensive to the GOP:

7. Liberal: has become such a dirty word that even liberals are backing away from it.  For example, the president has labeled himself a  “pragmatic progressive” and not a liberal.

6. Global Warming: “Drill, baby, drill!”  Of course, they don’t believe in global warming because if they did then they’d have to do something about their oil and gas campaign donors.    Besides that, regulation, whether it is for the environment, banking, or food and drugs, is probably dirty word #8 to the GOP. Read more »

Thank You Bobby Franklin

I’ve been away from my blog for eight months.  Since I haven’t written anything on it for such an extended time period, the pressure is on for my return to be something really worthwhile, something that really needs to be written about.  It couldn’t just be a random blog about how cute one of my kids is or some grammar or punctuation concern that frustrates my students.  It had to be big.  Well, some big things have happened recently, which I’ve wanted to write about and still may although the window of timeliness is passing.  However, yesterday something caught my attention that made me say, “Surely, there’s no credence to this accusation.”  So, being a responsible citizen of the world, not wanting to pass on unfounded crap, I did some research.  I couldn’t find anything but a highly biased source that could corroborate what I’d been seeing on Facebook and Twitter.  Therefore, I reached out to my friends for help, and one of them hooked me up with a news story that made my blood boil.  That’s how it came about that I’m thanking State Representative from Georgia Bobby Franklin.  Thank you for giving me something worthwhile enough to make my comeback to blogging. Read more »