Dropping the "i" and the "c" at the end of the Democrat Party’s preferred pronunciation and spelling, as Democratic, is an old Republican Party move. It riles the Dems something fierce–who seem to think they have a special right to be considered small ‘d’ democratic–and Bush employed it in his State of the Union speech, whether on purpose or simply out of habit.
"The president’s pronunciation was all the more striking because it was apparently not what Bush was supposed to say. The prepared speech that the White House distributed beforehand retained that precious ‘-ic.’"
Precious? Isn’t that precious.
UPDATE Welcome readers of CBS News blogger Melissa P. McNamara, who linked to this entry this morning, Jan. 31. While you’re here, look around. Although, if you’re expecting a liberal blog, which McNamara indicated this is, you’re going to be disappointed. Except on a few issues, such as gays and abortion, this really isn’t a liberal blog, at all. Rather conservative in most ways.
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Spam-a-rama
Comment and trackback and email spam is really getting out of hand. It’s becoming a fulltime job just to delete all the comment and trackback garbage I get on this site. Other bloggers have been complaining about it, too, lately, and we’re not alone.
"There are 62 billion spam messages sent every day, IronPort says, up from 31 billion last year. Now, spam accounts for three of every four e-mails sent, according to another anti-spam firm, MessageLabs. Image spam is a big part of the resurgence of unwanted e-mail. By using pictures instead of words in their messages, spammers are able to evade filters designed to detect traditional text-based ads."
Image spam I have been spared so far. Stock-promotion email spam I’m used to, also pharmaceuticals promotions in comment and trackback spam. Movable Type catches a lot of it, but some slips through. But lately I’ve been getting email spam disguised as news, with a current events subject line, and an exe attachment. It’s a chore to clear it all out.
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