On Politics and Writing

I am not political yet last night I tonight I found myself watching O’Reilly due to the fall out of Juan Williams. As for that situation, the state of society scares me because I do not want them (government) to tell me where I can smoke, eat, dry-clean or what I can say.


Admittedly, I am ignorant about most of politics—I do not know who George Soros is or why he is so evil. In Alyssaland, life works without getting worked up about such issues. Likewise, as a reaction to ALL politicians involved in the current Michigan election—the jobs that have left the state for China or wherever ARE NOT coming back. You are beating a dead horse. Think of how to create new jobs and I will pay attention to you. KNOCK KNOCK the 1980’s called they want their platform back.

Basically, my view is same shit different election and what is going to happen is going to happen.....

Most frightening to me, as a writer, is when Glenn Beck stated that his new book employed alliteration because it was written in three parts. Huh? My understanding is this tool--one of my favorite when I give a damn to edit--is the repeated use a letter starting words in a sentence and/or paragraph. I listen, thinking perhaps the names of the parts employed said literary device. Later in the show, someone asked Mr. O’Reilly about “Talking Points” wherein he responded it is a literary device taught in High School. Again, huh? I do not remember learning talking points but I sure remember learning the poetic device defined as:

In language, alliteration refers to repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words and/or phrases. Alliteration has historically developed largely though poetry, in which it more narrowly refers to the repetition of a consonant in any syllables that, according to the poem's meter, are stressed, as in James Thomson's verse "Come…dragging the lazy languid Line along" [1]

Education and test scores being what they are in this country we cannot afford such misinformation from any outlet. Mr. Beck please learn your tools before you use them and Mr. O’Reilly, I fully support making fun of the lack of basic knowledge about reading, writing and arthritic. Perhaps you shouldn’t let a blatant error take place before your condemn another for not knowing.

Talk amongst yourselves....and let me know what you think.