Radio Went OK
Thanks to all those who tuned in Thurs. That was a pretty good show, if I do say so myself. As per what had to be dropped, I only cut two numbers - the Paul Whiteman tune with Bix and Bing and the Bud Powell. They'll just get moved ahead to a future program. They didn't really fit into that one anyway.
What was the secret agenda, you ask? Microtonalism, Asian music, non-American music which reflects the American influence, American music which reflects foreign influences and the topic of war.
Headline: Kerry Kicks Bush's Ass
Okay. so that won't appear below the masthead of the New York Times, and it may still not mean that Kerry will defeat George Bush. But it happened, and I think the media is just being "nice" about it. Mainly because they are still scared of the "dubya."
No one so far that I have seen or read has made mention of the many malapropisms attendant to the President. Here were a few which I picked up just by watching:
"...we need to put all of our asses into Iraq"
He was trying to say "assets." Perhaps that is not what the transcript will read, but I heard "asses."
"...mexed missages"
Obviously this was "mixed messages." He actually stumbled over mexed missages at least twice before he could get out mixed messages.
"..bringing America down to the worm."
Now this I'm not so sure about - I think he was trying to say "world" but it came out "worm." There was another case where ge said something about terrorists in a language so garbled I couldn't even figure it out when they reran the clip on the evening news.
It's been a long time since anyone mentioned that Bush says "newkewlar" rather than "nuclear." This is due to fear of the big guy, so instead we change our attitude and say "look, lots of people from rural backgrounds say 'newkewlar' rather than 'nuclear,' but it is not right for us to correct them and to humiliate or make fun of them. Instead we will accept it as a legitimate alternative pronounciation for "nuclear.'"
Just so we all are on the same page, while we're at it why don't we declare Bush's speech a legitimate language and dream up a fancy term to identify it? I'd suggest "Texonics."
Uncle Dave Lewis
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