popsjumper 2 #26 October 24, 2010 QuoteQuoteQuote>let the Americans lose on the deficit, the budget, the environment and the economy I'd prefer that Americans win. Why do we want to set ourselves up to lose? the artical is from a Canadian paper.... I guess that's why the 2nd paragraph (which is just one sentence) begins "We Americans..." The 3rd paragraph starts "Get the government out of the way and we will succeed" The simplest explanation is that the writer is semi-literate. Just to help out with reading comprehension.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #27 October 24, 2010 "The simplest explanation is that the writer is semi-literate." Oh, so semi-literate writers don'thave avalid point to make because they are semi literate and can't be taken seriously. One day you'll fall off that high horse and it'll be a semi literate that cleans up the mess. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,114 #28 October 24, 2010 >Oh, so semi-literate writers don'thave avalid point to make because they >are semi literate and can't be taken seriously. Semi-literate writers may well have a point - you just often can't figure out what it is, because they're semi-literate. A semi-literate person trying to write articles on the Internet makes about as much sense as someone who can barely speak English trying to tell you how to fix your computer - or someone who can't understand English very well taking your order. >One day you'll fall off that high horse and it'll be a semi literate >that cleans up the mess. Because those are the only jobs semi-literates can get? You seem to be making Kallend's point for him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhaig 0 #29 October 24, 2010 Quote A semi-literate person trying to write articles on the Internet makes about as much sense as someone who can barely speak English trying to tell you how to fix your computer only english speakers know how to fix computers?-- Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,147 #30 October 24, 2010 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuote>let the Americans lose on the deficit, the budget, the environment and the economy I'd prefer that Americans win. Why do we want to set ourselves up to lose? the artical is from a Canadian paper.... I guess that's why the 2nd paragraph (which is just one sentence) begins "We Americans..." The 3rd paragraph starts "Get the government out of the way and we will succeed" The simplest explanation is that the writer is semi-literate. Just to help out with reading comprehension. What does the country of the publication have to do with the literacy of the author? Did you highlight "artical" [sic] to emphasize the absence of literacy?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skipbelt 0 #31 October 24, 2010 some more reasons to be mad...http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/kausfiles/2010/10/21/should-npr-s-ceo-fire-herself-in-juan-williams-debacle.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,114 #32 October 24, 2010 >only english speakers know how to fix computers? ?? Of course not. But if we works at the Best Buy phone support center, and his service base is, say, Utah, then he's not going to be very effective. The author of the article posted here might well be very fluent in some other language; perhaps he'd be completely comprehensible if he wrote in Spanish. But if you are trying to post in English, it behooves you to be able to write coherently in English. This guy seems to have some trouble with that - even the person who posted the article can't quite figure him out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #33 October 24, 2010 Quoteeven the person who posted the article can't quite figure him out. Well...... Never mind.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #34 October 24, 2010 QuoteQuote A semi-literate person trying to write articles on the Internet makes about as much sense as someone who can barely speak English trying to tell you how to fix your computer only english speakers know how to fix computers? I'm pretty sure that wa sarcasim......But I am a simi literate American..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
