Dear Keith: My less than perfect eyesight makes proofing things
difficult. As an "architectural engineer" metals are spelled "gold,
silver, and bronze." If one is talking about medalions, the spelling
should be like you note. There are ten thousand people all over the
world who can spell better than I do. But none of those has likely
ever done anything aimed at improving all of humanity—which is my
dream. If correcting grammar is your forte (pronounced FORT!) why
don't you tell Bob Costus, the NBC Olympic commentator, to STOP saying
"THESE Olympics"? The 'Olympic Games' IS singular, just like a
million dollars IS a lot of money (not ARE a lot of money). "Politics
IS" singular (not are...). ... and the "dynamics" of the situation,
NOT the dynamic of the situation. Remember, Keith, on the Graduate
Record exam, given to all Clemson seniors, I scored in the top two of
about 15 architecture students who, as a group, scored higher than the
English Department on English, and higher than the Math Department on
math. How well did you do? — J. A. Armistead —
On Aug 3, 6:52 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *"As, perhaps, the most intelligent person on Earth (based on
> problem-solving ability, not rote learning of often errant
> 'facts')"*......Maybe
> you should learn how to spell the word, "Medal"......
>
> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:29 PM, NoEinstein <noeinst...@bellsouth.net>wrote:
>
>
>
> > A beautiful Russian and a beautiful American girl TIED for the Bronze
> > Metal, yesterday. Following a long and nerve-wracking deliberation,
> > the Russian was given the Bronze Metal. It was explained that the
> > judges had decided to ELIMINATE the balance beam results for both
> > girls. After doing so, the Russian had a higher score on the
> > remaining three events: vault, uneven bars and floor exercise.
>
> > Here is why that was an UNFAIR and thus WRONG result(!): Since the
> > Russian had done more poorly than the American on balance beam, the
> > Russian was FAVORED by ELIMINATING a score that was worse! Favoring
> > the Russian and giving that Russian the Bronze isn't morally nor
> > legally correct! The only FAIR resolution is to give out TWO Bronze
> > metals, since both girls tied in the results.
>
> > As, perhaps, the most intelligent person on Earth (based on problem-
> > solving ability, not rote learning of often errant 'facts') I have
> > devoted much of the last 16 years of my life penning and polishing my
> > 'New Constitution of the United States of America'. The impetus has
> > been to make our governments, businesses and social climate be as FAIR
> > and nondiscriminatory as humanly possible. Doing such requires
> > stripping all groups of influence while equalizing, as closely as
> > possible, the power of individuals to have equal opportunities for
> > happiness and prosperity. Moral issues, in too many instances, are
> > being decided by groups, such as our Supreme Court, who have little,
> > intellectually and morally, to recommend most of them. It is my hope
> > that it isn't too late to have the beautiful American girl get the
> > Bronze metal that she, too, deserves to have!!!!!
>
> > Respectfully submitted,
>
> > John A. Armistead,
> > Author, Scientist and Humanitarian
>
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