got...gotten...unprecedented

Reading the transcript of Mr Bush's speech this evening a few things are blaring annoying and strike a nerve....

1. Attention speechwriters and Mr Bush: do not include the words got, gotten, ain't, etc. in speeches to your great nation. Yes, I realize that a great percent of your nation reads below the eighth grade, but your language offends me and many others. I am not stupid. Please don't speak to me like you are about to serve me gumbo at the local cafe, you are supposed to be the leader of our great nation. I realize that you want people to identify with you and understand what you are saying. So does the daily paper and I believe they must write stories below the sixth or eighth grade, they are not offensive.
2. "When the houses are rebuilt, more families should own, not rent, those houses." Before you "give" homes to impovershed peoples who have minimal education and are barely able to live; take a look at what the federal government has done for the American Indian in that respect. It didn't work out very well, as a starter.
3. "I will listen to good ideas from Congress"--good, you do that! For the rest of us who are not under your cult spell, we know that no idea comes from congress without some set back in another area. Maybe I am being to critical; maybe by some twist of fate, common sense will prevail and many good things will come out of this horrible situation.
4. "Weapons of mass destruction" Again, really, get a new mantra. That's not what is about. Yes, you are talking about protecting large populations from many things that are beyond our control, but you need a new catch phrase. Are the evil people coming again, as well?
5. "It was not a normal hurricane..." Is there such a thing as a "normal" hurricane? I am pretty sure that they are a relatively rare phenomenon for which there is a season, and they have a personality all their own. Go hang out with a meteorologist and learn about w-e-a-t-h-e-r.
6. Oh yeah, one last thing. If you have to pee, get up and go. Yep, you are a big boy!