Michelle Malkin shines a bit of light on several Congressional bills she believes pander “to the illegal alien lobby for ethnic votes while paying lip-service to patriotism.” Notes Malkin:
Last week, members of Congress leapt to the defense of the words ‘under God.’ They shouted the phrase on Capitol Hill and in front of every available camera. But what about the two little words in the Pledge of Allegiance that come right before ‘under God’?
Who in Washington will rise in defense of ‘one nation’?
Despite their ostentatious displays of unified patriotism, both Democrat and Republican lawmakers are pushing for treacherous bills that splinter the nation and threaten our safety.
“Treacherous bills that splinter the nation and threaten our safety”? Really? But how can that be? I mean, listen to the names of these bills: “Uniting Families Act of 2002,” “Family Reunification Act of 2002,” “Federal Responsibility for Immigrant Health Act of 2002,” and “DREAM”. Who can be against uniting families, or reunifying families, or protecting the health of immigrants, or even dreaming? Especially dreaming! Not me, I can tell you that.
Unless Ms. Malkin is suggesting that these bills are deceptively titled — which I find hard to believe, given that the job of politicians is to protect us from dangerous or misleading language…
Hey! You’re not one of them pinkos who thinks USA PATRIOT Acts might not have been the most honest acronym, are you? If so, we may need to alert AG Ashcroft to some of the suspicious behavior around here….
When I was in second grade and learned my first acronym (which I think was the umlauted BOC—Blue Oyster Cult), I thought acronyms were cool. By the time I was 14, I hated acronyms on principle.
Nothing’s changed. Change the name of the PATRIOT Act to “Operation Find Us Some Plottin’ Islamists, No Matter What It Takes,” and I’d be fine with it. Hell, I’d <i>applaud</i> such a thing! I simpy don’t fear language.
Oh, I get it! That’d be, um… OFUSPINMWIT!!!! Cool!
How do you pronounce it?
My favorite acronym is from Calvin and Hobbes, when Calvin started a club called GROSS – for:
Get Rid Of Slimy girlS.
The best acronyms, in my mind, are the cynical or sarcastic ones generated within the military. Not the official ones, mind you, I’m talkin’ ‘bout:
HMIC for Head Mother In Charge
FUBAR and its variants such as SNAFU or FUBIJAR (F**k U Buddy, I’m Just A Reservist)
DILLIGAFF for Do I Look Like I Give A Flying F**k?
REMF for Rear Echelon Mother F**ker
and that old standby, which is an acronym invariably pronounced in the international phonetic alphabet:
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Over?
Oh, man, how could I have forgotten WETSU, for We Eat This S**t Up!
Hooo-ya!!!