1984 - Orwellian Parallels
I’ve noticed more and more references to Orwell’s book in world news and political opinion and decided for my own curiosity to compare Orwell’s nightmares with our own current state of affairs.
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Archive for USA
President Clinton’s Last Days in Office
In President Clinton’s last days in office, he made this funny 5-6 minute video, which features Helen Thomas, Tim Russert, Hillary Clinton, and many more. It’s kind of sad to remember the days when the USA had a competent leader, remember? When everything was good…
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What Waterboarding Really Looks Like
Photographs taken by Jonah Blank last month at Tuol Sleng Prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. His photos show one of the actual waterboards used by the Khymer Rouge. Here’s a painting by a former prisoner that shows the waterboard in action…
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When the Levees Broke
Playing on The Movie Network right now is Spike Lee’s “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts“. This is a shocking, heartfelt documentary chronicling the Katrina tragedy, and I highly recommend checking it out. If you don’t have TMN, you can catch it on HBO, or if all else fails, I’m sure Spike wouldn’t mind if you grabbed it on BitTorrent. See this film.
President Bush Drops “Islamic Fascism” From Speeches
Mort Kondrake reports that Condi and Karen Hughes convinced Bush to drop the phrase, which is popular among conservatives, from his speeches.
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AG Gonzales Wants ISPs to Save User Data
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that Congress should require Internet service providers to preserve customer records. Gonzales acknowledged the concerns of some who say legislation might be overly intrusive and encroach on privacy rights, but argued that prosecutors need them to fight child pornography.
What a load of horse shit. Gonzales is just the latest in a long line of republican puppets, who now seem to be full steam ahead in the race to destroy the little civil liberty and privacy the American people have left. Click the “read more” link.
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If Al Gore had been President
“There is an oil crisis, we have way too much oil.”
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FOX fires employees for refusing to lie about milk
A Florida appeals court ruled that Fox and the media in general have no obligation to tell the truth after Fox fired members of its investigative journalist team for exposing the truth.
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Report: Majority Of Americans Unprepared For Apocalypse
Over 87 percent of Americans are unprepared to protect themselves from even the most basic world-ending scenarios. Less than one million American households have taken even the simplest precautions against nuclear shockwaves, asteroid impact, or a host of angels bearing swords of fire, the study concluded.
… awesome 
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The Question Never Asked
This article points out that discussions of 9/11 never ask why the terrorists attacked the U.S. It considers and dismisses official explanations such as “they hate our freedom” and concludes that the terrorists dislike our middle east policies, just as they have said they do.
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