European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1978 the stars and stripes Page 11 when youre learn the dam dest that might have happened whether Rubeen president we Day a fellow came into the office and the nuclear actors Are Falurag to tits the Tod of thing tse truth is i didst know there were any nuclear reaction but naturally i didst want to let on i Edat know As the president is supposed to know  nuclear reaction Are fading in afraid said i thanked him and called a meeting of top White House top White we came up with the plan for a program by tree government showers for every person with an income under who got it by nuclear when you Start giving away things like towers to the Tower of youve got to throw in some Sweet Eners for the no boys if you want to get anything through so we came up the Gist of thu was that any business that got hit by a nuclear reactor would get a lax refund equal to twice the Cost of the with the upper income crowd and the Tower income crowd taken care this left the Middle income people out of the so we decided to take the High Road and Appeal to their patriotism and invoke the spirit of top White House Tup White i drafted this part of the speech House advisers Are the two people you pointing out thatt want every Ameri always keep around the House Beans privilege to eel the Opportunity to be cause there Loyal enough not to go All Over Washington telling everybody the president Doest know a fellow just came in Here and told me the dam dest i talk to the top White House adv Sennie said the nuclear reactors Are falling get on it right make Long Story it turned out some fool has put a lot of nuclear reaction into orbit around the Earth while All the environment lovers were distracted on toe ground keeping the electric companies from putting nuclear reaction into Power it was a Good joke on the environment i but you dont get to be president by enjoy ing a you gel to be president by going on Tele vision and looking like youre on top of i called in the speech writing the first Point weve got to i is that the sky int rating but just a Tew Little old nuclear somebody said that since most people didst know the nude reactors were up there in the first i ought to say what they were up there this was one of the dumbest suggestions id Ever and i said if i was Down Here on the ground and somebody told me nuclear reaction were about to Start 1 do you think to Ewe Why they were up there in first place All i want to know is what to do if of them hits what i want to Tell the american people in this speech is what to do ii youre bit by a nuclear read after a while the boys came Back with a that had me urging my fellow to keep Calm Ana not panic if it by a nuclear and to take a Good j Shower us soon As it sounded like a Republican program Lefor dealing As a i i wanted something that soum j More humane and that How cans privilege to get the Opportunity to be bit by a falling nuclear and that Weir own in sorry x cant phrase h the Way we wrote it that after but a typist left the draft on her desk and it was hit by a falling nuclear and the Ink ran something awful after it bad a it was the Cool cabbie Calls Bluff of Gruff fare when cabbie Patricia Coke picked up a he pulled a gun and asked have you Ever been shot she haunt and decided it was an experience she could do without and agreed to take him to his desired but after following his directions for a Short period of she said she lost a floored the Gas pedal for two blocks and then halted the pull the trigger or get she youre crazy she said her incredulous Abductor told As he got out of the cab and began to run Coke pursued the Man for two blocks in her cab and then saw him Dart behind a she called the who found the Man hiding behind a Snow police charged Ross Leroy of with making terroristic simple assault and recklessly endangering another persons he was lodged in the City police said they later discovered that the gun was Only a letters to the titter 5 examples of improper speech in a concerned teacher i refer to the use of English grammar i hear in the and on the play if we want our children to become Well educated and prepared for the competitive workaday and soda world which lies it is of utmost importance that we help our Young people learn to speak correctly if you i realize vital is proper to some May not be considered proper by All despite the fact careless use of our language is All too often Good sentence construction and bade Good grammar in everyday speech does make a positive impression on those who hear such and vice versa to save time and i will limit my concerns in this area to five specific exam Ples of speech which cause problems in our English language aint yes i know it is in the diction but the use of this word immediately makes for less than acceptable to employers the children and have for for this is no new word i know it is in the dictionary but it is a Sloppy Many of you May take Issue Wun but As a teacher who would like to teach my Best i cannot con done the use of Ihu word in the classroom and on school me and him me and her me and them went to the How difficult it is to remember that we Are to put our selves last when referring to groups of two or More people or and to the word i in these he and 1 wait to the football game is so much More acceptable than me and him or him and however the latter phrases Are All too common seen an example of the overuse of the verb seen and the in Deruse of the proper we saw the boy at the store seems simple to aay but this misuse is also a common dont rather than he another problem Doest is definitely a forgotten word and dont is definitely i didst do a double Nega Tive phrase not Only distorts the English reminder All utters u the editor Reata la my plated name Fri abbess of the Aari Mutt be mkt Lsmst it completely reverses the meaning of the sentence t didst do Noth ing literally Means i did do since two negatives make a these Are Only five of Many liberties taken with proper granted comic books some of them and other influences Are working daily to impede the Progress of proper English but Correct your children when you hear even these five Basic errors you will be surprised How much belter your Childs speech and How much better they will do by writing and speaking at school and in general one last Point Many of you have Chil Dren who use the English language Cor it is a tribute to you when your boy or Girt expresses Hin herself thank you keep up the Good Germany thes  Mirt drayman a wow l 01 Hulti Slud Ettl icly far than tin Immi or Titi it in pm Wutt with ten hot in Feria w of Notum f urn not met m int Lun int my inn urls Tanoh Jtj in 1 it Mowl Menf of i imn War uni mud a Marcul Publ Luton Don not us Luiu m Broom met w us atom met x Mclow Lent it menu or Mulbry Tim Sun it an i Minimh twi to ill jul pm ii him a Rukhi Antams to tuna 111 of Mimi Juntip Lmh Chi Eon to Pentt 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