So that Ben Carson has a basement pool room full of testimonials and photos with celebs and all that doesn't really bother me. He's had a celebrity life, and has been presented with a lot of stuff. Would it be better if all of that was in boxes in the furnace room, or tossed in the dumpster?
The photo of Ben Carson with Jesus standing behind him is … well, it speaks for itself.
This is the thing that really bugs me. Aside from some cheap humor about a Proverbs passage that talks about humility in a home with a rumpus room of reputation, there are some very, very odd things here:
1. "Proverbs" is misspelled.
1.5 Also, "Proverbs" is not capitalized.
2. It is pretty darned obvious that the comma in the second line was left out and then fitted in.
3. Title Case Does Not Capitalize Each And Every Word That Way, So It Looks Weird.
3.5 Just to further note, All The Words Of The Proverb Are Capitalized (but not one word that should be, "poverb")
4. With all of those gotchas … no correction was made. The work wasn't redone. There wasn't even a decorative "Proverbs" plaque put over the misspelled word.
There's got to be a story here. Was it done by his cousin? Heck, was it done by Ben himself? If we can't trust him to spell-check his wall, can we trust him to double-check those treaties he signs? If he can't hold his interior decorators to account for failing to live up to their contracts, can he hold Putin to account for breaking treaties?
There are probably bigger reasons to approve, or disapprove, of a candidate, but … it's just weird.
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Yes, I do judge people by their spelling, grammar, and punctuation — well, at least in things that are designed specifically for others to see. I think that communication with others is a very important function, and if a person who has education and ability cannot be arsed to proofread (or have someone else proofread) what they write, then I tend to think they lack respect for others and perhaps have a too high opinion of their own correctness.
+Murphy Jacobs I'm inclined to agree (and heaven knows I've treated resumes like that in my time) … but it's so over-the-top flawed that I have to imagine that there's some underlying story there to explain it other than not noticing or not bothering to care.