these hacknied words and phrases. it s truly inspirational. to that point, if we re part of the problem in the cable news cycle and all of that, has our tendency to grab for cliches gotten worse over time? have we gotten worse at just speaking in plain language? i m sorry to disan button you. i m not going to hell in a hand cart merchant. i think that the english language is in better shape than it s ever been before. i think the internet is a huge, huge boone to our common intelligence, our common love of the english language. and our desire to use it correctly. i mean, let me tell you how the banned list started was because i was watching television and i heard someone say it s the economy stupid. i just went to my blog and i said i never want to hear this again. because of the immediacy of the internet, you know, i discovered there are actually lots of people out there who care about the english language and felt