It's all a bunch of codswallop...dontcha think?

Boy, with all these news items popping up, it has become even *more* abundantly clear that "Republican" means "Republican't"...as in, can't tell dumb from dumber!  Hell, even Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels could do that, and they were several french fries short of a Happy Meal.  It's all sixes and sevens now, folks.  But this one really takes the biscuit.



So, here's the latest: Republican Governor Tim James has created an ad (paid for by -- wait for it -- Tim James 2010, Inc.) in which he says, "Why do our politicians make us give drivers license exams in 12 languages? This is Alabama. We speak English. If you want to live here, learn it! We're only giving that test in English....we'll save money and it makes sense.  Does it to you?" He also has the words "Common Sense" that pop up at the end of the ad.  Why would *Common Sense* be at all affiliated with this rubbish?  Do people in Alabama even use the word "rubbish" or is that too English for them?  If that's what they speak (other than the language of dumbarse...(sorry, friends of mine from Alabama -- no offense to you..this just means you're bilingual!)), then those dammin' 'Bamans must say things like [GAR-aj] and [SHED-yule] right before they go to the water closet to use the loo.  I mean, *really* -- MATE -- what's all this bloody talk about?  It sounds like bollocks to me.

Mr. Tim "Daft is my middle name" James seems to have also forgotten that just because people have native languages other than English does not mean that they are not American citizens.  Perhaps they live in communities where they only need their native language to get by.  While, of course, it would be ideal for everyone to be at least proficient in English -- to thus give them the choice to pursue opportunities for which English is a necessity -- there is no official language of the United States.  Sure, people have tried to make it happen, but no one has ever been so off their trolley to deem English anything "official."  Besides, Mr. James...are you sure you even mean English?  Or perhaps you believe that drivers license exams should be given in Amur'kin?

Ta.  Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's all go get pissed....and, by the way, Bob's your uncle.

*Note: in case you aren't fluent in English, here's an online guide in case you want to take a dekko.*

I'm just a little LOST

The survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 have been on the island for maybe 120 days, and Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) has gone from zero English to executing complicated English phrases perfectly. Maybe it's the language teacher in me that recognizes that, but that is just not realistic whatsoever.  Then again, I suppose that's not the first thing that's fictional about that show...