President Trump: Making America Great Again...

[Jeff Lebowski]

Becasue words matter. What you said is not, apparently, what you meant. If she is asked about the policy and she says "I think we can all agree that we don't want guns at schools. But how that gets accomplished should be a matter for the states, not the federal government" her statement expresses a mandated result (guns banned from schools) but allows for alternate mechanisms to achieve that result. That policy should not be required by the federal government. End of story. Your re-statement is better but it is not the same as the words you put in her mouth in your prior post.

No, it does not constitute a mandate. It expresses a general common sense sentiment.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

Does DeVos even know that there's a Bear River High School in Utah?!

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[creekster]

No, it does not constitute a mandate. It expresses a general common sense sentiment.

Look, its clear, now, what you meant, but the words you put in her mouth meant something else. I agreed your initial proposed answer was certainly vastly superior to what she actually said, but it is not, in the mouth of a proposed secty of ed., the best formulation of what you apparently meant. You, of course, think you got it just right. I don't. I am sure the reading public can make up their own minds.

[Bo Diddley]

Becasue words matter. What you said is not, apparently, what you meant. If she is asked about the policy and she says "I think we can all agree that we don't want guns at schools. But how that gets accomplished should be a matter for the states, not the federal government" her statement expresses a mandated result (guns banned from schools) but allows for alternate mechanisms to achieve that result. That policy should not be required by the federal government. End of story. Your re-statement is better but it is not the same as the words you put in her mouth in your prior post.

No, it does not constitute a mandate. It expresses a general common sense sentiment.

One of my favorite CS themes is the parsing of words.

[Jeff Lebowski]

One of my favorite CS themes is the parsing of words.

Words matter!!!

(one of my least favorite)

[creekster]

Words matter!!!

(one of my least favorite)

People who have a problem being precise often say that.

[Bo Diddley]

Words matter!!!

I don't disagree.

I try to be straightforward and say things in as few words as possible. (That's the goal.) I find that people don't take words at face value. They want to fill in gaps and extrapolate meaning.

[Goatnapper'96]

Words matter!!!

(one of my least favorite)

The also often, much like violence, break the silence.

[creekster]

I don't disagree.

I try to be straightforward and say things in as few words as possible. (That's the goal.) I find that people don't take words at face value. They want to fill in gaps and extrapolate meaning.

Conversely, people often assume implied meanings should be universally clear even if the words don't state them.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I don't disagree.

I try to be straightforward and say things in as few words as possible. (That's the goal.) I find that people don't take words at face value. They want to fill in gaps and extrapolate meaning.

And some folks are just super anal.

[Omaha 680]

Variety's Inauguration Issue looks to be pretty good. I read the Glenn Beck and Michael Moore interviews and enjoyed them both. Looks like they have interviewed a good cross section of people and I plan on reading them all.

http://feature.variety.com/the-inauguration-issue/

[Northwestcoug]

One of my favorite CS themes is the parsing of words.

[BlueK]

If you're cynical about politics, as most of us are now, the inevitable fight between Trump and his own party in congress, which should start within days of the inauguration will be quite entertaining. Replace what we have now with even more universal health care? Yeah, right.

[Maximus]

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[imanihonjin]

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What a dumb ass.