"You taught me language; and my profit on't is I know how to curse"(The Tempest)

.....Since comments on these blog posts are really not designed for lengthy dissertations , I'm taking this opportunity to respond to recent comments.  First of all, Phil, my dearest and most welcome commenter, my mentor and honorary uncle, questions whether or not his comment on my recent blog about the dual language in our country was fomented by what he called "knee-jerk liberals" and which I called "vitriolic bashing".  Why was this vitriolic he asks. It is so to me because this phrase  indicates contempt, and since I have made no secret about my liberal persuasion, I consider that I've been liberally bashed, and I'm not happy about it.  This blog was not meant to be political, and this phrase made it so.  I don't even know what "knee-jerk" means, but I know it is not complimentary.  Secondly, in all of the seven books of posts I've written, I have never used a  caustic adjective in describing a conservative, of which persuasion I am not a member.  Thirdly, let's not place the entire blame on liberals for the situation I described.  I don't believe that the many companies I've called on the phone who require pressing numbers for the language one speaks are run by liberals.  The Republican legislators in Florida are responsible for printing our ballots in Spanish as well as English.  Liberals may have created the GI Bill, Medicare, Social Security, the Peace Corps, the 40 hr. work week, unemployment compensation, and the Civil Rights Act, but they should not be held responsible for the creation of the Universe.

.....And then there is Emrys who has added another dimension, and a welcome one, to the commentary.  In response to "Phil's" comment, Emrys indicated that he was a "knee-jerk liberal" himself, and that he was going to his doctor to correct the jerk in his knee.  Having done so, Emrys has now been rendered harmless, and so this should assuage Phil B. and correct the shape that he has been bent out of by some knee jerking.  And, I need an explanation of who and what and why someone is being referred to as "Mrs.".  Sounds like sarcasm to me; I wasn't born yesterday--more like yesteryear. 


.....And then there is my loving cuz, Ruth Grimsley, the virginal English woman as she refers to herself in her email address.  She is always there--that is she "has my back".  Baron is so fortunate to have a poet and a brilliant mind ready to comment on what Baron has to say.  And she knows much more about America and its politics than any of the other commenters know about England, and she recognizes how fortunate we are to have a president such as we have, and too bad that more people do not understand and appreciate that.  And Ruthie, my dear, I will expect a birthday poem on my birthday in February.  And PhilB, the next time some liberal or (P)resident upsets you, take two aspirins and go to bed.