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[theweaselking]

McCain warns of hard struggle to come on Iraq/Pakistan border.

In other news, McCain is apparently unaware that Iraq and Pakistan *do not share a border*.

Further, he elaborated on his plan to build a fence along the USA's border with Australia, and chided the Japanese for not agreeing to do the same.

(PS: McCain still doesn't know what the difference is between Sunni and Shia, or which one Iran is. And THAT, I'm not joking about.)

Related,
In an example of homeschooling at its finest, Faux Noose is unable to spell "education".

Comments

[skola.livejournal.com]

Well, if you define Iran as one huge border, he's sorta right.

I suppose if he can't tell the difference between Sunni and Shia, trying to explain about the sufi presence in that area is doomed.

[glitteringlynx.livejournal.com]

Was that guy homeschooled? I mean, while the spelling error was hilarious, I just don't get the homeschooling reference, I guess.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

It was a cheap shot at Fox's target audience.

[glitteringlynx.livejournal.com]

Gotcha. :) I also saw someone say it in a comment.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

Dude, if you're going to flame someone over the mechanics of language, might want to check to make sure you got the difference between "its" and "it's" right first.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

(Fucking English. Why does THAT SPECIFIC USAGE have to be the ONLY ONE that doesn't match the pattern of all the others?)

[larabeaton.livejournal.com]

It's a mystery

[mrbankies.livejournal.com]

Ok, you've lost me - can you please cite the usage? I did a quick google search and can't seem to find the exception you're referring to. Thanks.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Apostrophe indicates possession.
No apostrophe indicates plurality.

EXCEPT: the word "it", where apostrophe does not indicate possession. instead, no apostrophe indicates possession, and apostrophe indicates a contraction of "it is".

[kadath.livejournal.com]

That's because it's following the contraction rules for "to be," not the possessive rules. I don't know why they couldn't have just let both use the apostrophe and let context sort it out.

[affreca.livejournal.com]

An apostrophe indicates possession in nouns. However, it is a pronoun. So the usage is a new word. Its is to it as his is to he.

Or that is how I try to justify the rule to myself.

[elffin.livejournal.com]

I hate it. It cannot be autocorrected by software, either.

[publius1.livejournal.com]

I am amused with the catching of the grammar error, but you're just plain wrong that this is a "mechanics of language" issue. It's a geography issue. Or a social studies question.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

Nah. He flamed Fox over a misspelling and himself fucked up an apostrophe in the sentence (which he's since corrected, so you might not have seen it.) It's a clear instance of the Principle of Maximum Lulz, in this case--"All spelling/grammar flames contain spelling or grammar errors themselves."

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Catching me in an error is totally okay!

But Faux Noose being unable to spell "education"? That's hilarity, stemming largely from the total inability of Republicans to think, and the disrepect for "EDUCATION" shown by Republican supporters.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it went beyond "funny" to "fucking hilarious" because it was Fox. I get what publius1 was saying, but language flames with their own mistakes are like flaming McCain for his geography problems with "everyone knows Pakistan shares a border with Syria!" That is to say...double fucking hilarious!

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I don't claim to be a major news organ. In fact, I specifically claim to be the opposite, wherein I make false claims, misleading claims, and outright inaccurate claims, because I think it's funnier to do so.

Faux Noose, on the other hand, claims to be Fair And Balanced(tm).

I'm unfair and mean to stupid people, but I make no secret of this.

[itlandm.livejournal.com]

It was obvious from context that he talked about the Afghanistan/Pakistan border - the interview was about Afghanistan. It's the kind of slip you make when you concentrate on one part of the message exclusively. Bets are he had arrived prepared to defend his position on Iraq and the word got stuck. It's like an oral exam where you get a surprise question, really. I think it is pretty disingenious to not see that immediately.

[hollowpoint.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess he hasn't had much practice at public speaking, and it's obviously a bit much to expect someone to correct themselves. ;)

Actually, does John McCain not listen to what he's saying? Can we all do the same? :D

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

This is a man who talks about Czechoslovakia in the present tense. Repeatedly.

[itlandm.livejournal.com]

That's more like it!

Of course, we won't know how much (or little) the Being of Light knows about world geography until he says something without a script, but one can fervently hope that his current round trip will help. The American way of geography is the butt of the world's jokes. (A butt they can't find with two hands and a map, btw.)

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

There is no Being of Light. There is only a right-wing fuckwit who's out of touch with how reality works, and an *extreme* right-wing fuckit who's *really far* out of touch with how reality works.

But given that the choice is between a third term of Bush or *anyone* else who's slightly closer to sane, and there are no possible other options at all, the choice is clear.

[itlandm.livejournal.com]

The deification of presidents is kind of fascinating from the outside. Bush was chosen by God and takes his orders from Him, whereas Obama is a more nebulous Being of Light ushering in a New Age. McCain doesn't seem to have any Mandate of Heaven (apart from probably being the first of them to go there), so I guess he doesn't stand much chance.