Thatcher kicked the bucket.

[thesummerqueen]

The point I would make is that I don't even go on foreign speaking forums, because I can't speak / write in the language they use. We make allowances here if people can demonstrate that they can speak / write in understandable English sentences, but TGAC often demonstrates the opposite. His English is far from poor, but it's also far from perfect (or even very good).

I really think a lot of that is the anger making him mix things up. You don't have to speak perfectly to make yourself understood if you are careful and, as my other German friend Ungodlyfossil would say, "If you give more than two fucks." His English is spectacular precisely because he forces himself to be on foreign language forums to put himself out of his element and so he can read the colloquial usages. It's the same reason espressofrog sent me many silly French youtubes and comics - so I would get a feel for how the informal language actually flows.

Actively showing you are trying just fine, even if you make mistakes. Acting like a dick when someone says "I don't understand you, can you please rephrase" is bullshit even when you speak the same language. There are plenty of English speakers on this forum who say shit I don't understand, and I'll have everyone know that I was fucking ace in Literature/English and Communications classes.

I'm starting to feel like this:

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Well, you are maddening.

Exactly, and the fact is, she was elected to the position 3 times and served almost 3 terms; the longest serving Prime Minister of the 20th century (and to this day). Not only that, but her party (the one that provided most of the votes for "her" policies) won a 4th election in a row after she was forced out.

It's my belief that people kept Bush in because they were scared stupid, and Kerry didn't provide any sense of comfort or inspire any belief. If Britain didn't produce a leader in an opposite party during that time and people felt she was the safest bet...well, WTF are you going to do? I get pissed at Democrats for being fucking wet blankets and rolling over to Republicans all the time - for making Liberal seem like a dirty, wimpy, weak thing to be, and even more pissed when then liberals and/or Democrats cry about the way things are going. Fucking man up.