Things not to say:

The following are things that were actually said by people when they really should have known better!

"Knowing my nephew, it seems a bit... out of character." - The aunt of Darryl Littlejohn. Littlejohn is the current suspect in the Imette St. Guillen case.

Now, I'm not one to convict someone before their tried, and I'm not saying Littlejohn is guilty. However, it has been announced from the rooftops that this guy has a rap sheet three city blocks long and has had as many aliases as John Williams has Oscar nominations and basically isn't the nicest man you'll ever meet. "Out of character?" Murder isn't his MO? He's more a drug pusher? Smash and grab? If you want to defend your nephew you say something like: "I know he's been in trouble before, but he's no murderer." *snicker* Out of character... *snicker*

"We make them answer the tough questions, the questions they don't want to answer." - FOX 25 Investigative Reporter Mike Beaudet (is he the Motel 6 guy who leaves the light on?)

Please! Alright, you may ask the tough questions, but everyone knows no one answers them! Come on, we've all seen it. Beaudet is walking stride for stride with someone whose face is fuzzed out with the shakey camera running next to them with a microphone shoved in fuzzy-face's ... uh ... face. Investigative reporters so rarely get quotes from the people they are attempting to bash, and they hardly ever get actual answers.

"Because a Democratic Nation is a peaceful nation." - President Bush in Pakistan.

Pardon? Ok, putting aside the fact that Democracy can be pretty divisive (See 2004, 2000, 1972, 1864, 1860, 1792), I can think of no other more warring nation that has a secure government than the United States. Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Sarajevo, Vietnam, Korea, etc, etc, etc... Seems to me that a Democratic Nation is a warring nation in an effort to preserve and spread Democratic ideals. How did that line get past the brain trust that surrounds the President?

So, watch what you say, or you may end up on "Just My Opinion!"