hero of the day

I am always moved by gallant risk-taking. Today's hero is Mark Takano, a former high-school English teacher who was elected to Congress from the 41st Congressional District of California. Recently a copy of a memorandum produced by a coven of other Congresspersons was circulated to him.

Representative Takano reacted as any gallant high-school English teacher would. Or perhaps it was just a coincidence that at a red pen was close at hand.
I hope that my negligible computer skills have left the thing that enlarges the picture in place, for your ease of reading. If you can't read it, let me know and I'll try something else.

In closing, I note that a lesser man than Rep. Takano could have had a lot more fun with this.  I for one am considering signing him up for clothing catalogues.
Posted by
at Labels: , ,

18 comments:

  1. egyptomaniacJuly 16, 2013 at 4:22 PM

    Absolutely love it! Now if we could only apply those same high standards to texting and Facebook......It makes me wonder what is wrong with the world? If "educated" politicians can't manage to create a sound paper, how can students be expected to? I admit to making mistakes now and then as well, but hopefully what I write at least makes logical sense!

    ReplyDelete
  2. wellfedfredJuly 16, 2013 at 4:38 PM

    hi, egyptomaniac, Congressman Takano's Tumblr is interesting, too - http://repmarktakano.tumblr.com/

    ReplyDelete
  3. RoseJuly 16, 2013 at 5:23 PM

    This was hilarious!

    If you can't read, hold down Ctrl key while hitting the '=' key a few times. To go back to the normal size, hold down Ctrl key and hit the minus key (to the left of the '=' key).

    ReplyDelete
  4. wellfedfredJuly 16, 2013 at 6:19 PM

    thanks, Rose! our tax dollars at work...

    ReplyDelete
  5. ruthJuly 16, 2013 at 7:11 PM

    How fantastic! It is a real worry that supposedly educated people can write such trite nonsense with so little in the way of evidence. As an ex academic writing teacher, I applaud Mr Takano!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. wellfedfredJuly 16, 2013 at 8:53 PM

      catching sight of a literate politician is an amazing experience in any society, isn't it?

      Delete
  6. audreybellaJuly 16, 2013 at 9:37 PM

    This made my week! Truly hilarious and awesome!

    ReplyDelete
  7. tiffany roseJuly 17, 2013 at 2:54 AM

    My red pen is itching to write "it's more than, not over" but I will stand down. Three cheers for Rep. Takano (rather than relying on the "Rule of Three").

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. wellfedfredJuly 17, 2013 at 10:59 AM

      and three cheers for Adult Literacy in Congress

      Delete
  8. LaneJuly 17, 2013 at 8:23 AM

    How fun! More teachers and fewer lawyers in Congress, I say.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. wellfedfredJuly 17, 2013 at 11:05 AM

      well, I amuse myself by imagining POTUS with a thin-tipped red pen in hand. The hapless draftsman wouldn't know what hit him.

      Delete
  9. PearlJuly 17, 2013 at 2:21 PM

    I saw this and loved it. I have the urge to do this for some of the people I work for...

    Pearl

    ReplyDelete
  10. xoxoJuly 17, 2013 at 3:29 PM

    This is great. I know an online newspaper that could use his help but I'm afraid it would be more than a full time job. Whatever happened to editors that actually edited?

    ReplyDelete

As Alice Roosevelt Longworth said, if you've got anything bad to say, sit next to me! No, really, please remember to be kind, and don't say anything fred's mother would not approve of (Diner's mom didn't approve of anything. Including fred.)
Wellfedfred and the Whining Diner reserve the right to edit or delete any comments submitted to this blog without notice if we find:
1. Comments deemed to be spam or questionable spam
2. Comments including profanity or objectionable language
3. Comments containing concepts that could be deemed offensive
4. Comments that attack a person individually
and since there's been a flood of spam lately, we're trying the Robot thing to see if we can block some spam...

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)