Short but bitter

I cannot pass by a few words of non sense. Short and bitter, not short and sweet, are the words I now quote from the local patois highlighted on local radio. A mayor referring to the economic stimulus package which is absolutely necessary because we must do ‘something’ rather than nothing: as "applied to get that goose going." A local basketball coach referring to a game: ... with "that side of numbering." An art museum director referring to an upcoming show from prison inmates: about "a wide variety of mediums on a basis." Lastly, the prison director referring to: "a love that they continue to do." A bitter pill to swallow - the massacre of English from mouths that refuse to close.