When the time finally comes to read them out, however, no amount of shortness and stupidity can prevent Sarah's face from crumpling, just three words in.
No well-intentioned reform bill that will pass Congress can prevent the mind-blowing stupidity, hubris and denial utilized by the big fish of Wall Street from stinking from the head.
Lord Ashdown, a former Lib Dem leader, who appeared effectively to concede defeat in the AV battle, said the Tories were also guilty of "bloody stupidity" for failing to prevent the No campaign – mostly funded by its supporters – targeting Nick Clegg personally.
With the defection of Roberts, Republicans now have nothing to prevent themselves from viewing George W. Bush as the paragon of stupidity and betrayal (since he was the one who appointed Roberts).
But recognizing the stupidity of falling for someone on the Internet does not prevent you from doing it.
As was covered earlier this month,YouTube commentors are now presented with a button asking if they'd like to hear their comments read aloud before they are posted, in the hopes of preventing instances of accidental stupidity (the feature is a response to this now-famous comic).
"Knotchers" already know how strongly someone feels about a topic, which I think helps prevent debates from devolving into tedious arguments about semantics or each other's stupidity level, as they often do on the Internet.
The son of the murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya today accused the Russian authorities of "stupidity" after they prevented the head of the press freedom organisation, Reporters Without Borders, from travelling to Moscow.
This might not have prevented the disgrace of barring Wilders, or the stupidity of the policing and crime bill.
In 66, however, revolt flared in Judaea, fired by Roman cruelty and stupidity, Jewish fanaticism, and communal hatreds; the prefect of Egypt, Julius Alexander, prevented involvement of the Jews of the Diaspora.
