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[apocalypsos]

Jacked from robyn_ma, a quote from our illustrious leader *cough* ...

"I made a choice to defend the security of the country," he said Friday, in a speech in Albuquerque, adding: "You can't see what you think is a threat and hope it goes away. You used to could when the oceans protected us. But the lesson of September the 11th is, is when the president sees a threat we must deal with it before it comes to fruition, through death, on our own soils, for example."

...

What?!

*user spasms, falls to the ground, and breaks her last-tenuous-grasp-on-the-English-language bone*

Comments

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

Oh no, the dreaded "used to could"!

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

That whole thing makes my head ache.

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

It's like it was translated from some other language.

Is that icon CGI, or is it an actual photograph?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

It's like robyn_ma said ... it probably made sense in the original German.

Which icon, the kitten one? 'Cause I got that photo off cutebabyanimals.com. faith21 added the caption for me.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

i particularly enjoyed 'on our own soils.'

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I think "fruition" was my favorite part. Looks like somebody's been using that Word-A-Day calendar they got for Christmas.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

why do i suspect that he pronounced it 'fruit ion,' as in the food and the atom?

why do i further suspect that 'fruit ion' would be a great name for a band?

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

No, this one.

Ha ha, I think someone said that about Neil Boortz a few years ago -- something he said must have made sense in the original German.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Ohhh ... nope, this one's a photo, too. Just dug up the best Drew Fuller photo I could find and slapped the caption on.

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

He totally looks CGI to me. Weird. heh

[octopedingenue]

In Texas I live about 60 miles from Midland, Bush's hometown, and I say "used to could" all the time. Doesn't make it grammatically correct, but it is a valid West Texas-ism. ;)

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

So basically what he's saying, is that the oceans are slacking off. Goodbye, tuna vote.

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Actually, it was about Pat Buchanan.. which means it's probably true ;)

[tenebris.livejournal.com]

Mmm, me too. Mass nouns, what are those?

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

In Georgia my mother sometimes says "used to could" and gets made fun of by my father for it.
I find it disingenuous, though, because aren't the Bushes from CT, even though they (or some of them) live in TX?

[octopedingenue]

You wouldn't know that from talking to Midlanders. "And here is the house in which George W. Bush lived...and here is the grocery store at which the family of George W. Bush shopped...and here is a tree under which George W. Bush once sat to eat his lunch..."

aaargh, didn't finish my thought

[octopedingenue]

Yeah, Dubya was born in Connecticut, though he spent a good chunk of his formative years in Midland, Austin, wherever. This provides a nice 'out', as Texans who like him can say, "He's one of us!", and Texans who don't like him can say, "Don't look at us, he's a YANKEE."

[wenchamok.livejournal.com]

"Used to could" .... *snork* That's a Jeff Foxworthy-ism....

"Can ya dance?"
"Well, I used to could....If I try, I might could again...."

*dies*

[hemlock-martini.livejournal.com]

I think he got "when the oceans protected us" from the old Superfriends episode when Aquaman and the Wonder Twins defeated Communism in South America.

[ingole.livejournal.com]

Oh, for fuck's sake.