“This is for all the Bush Bashers. But just think about the asterisk I put in the thread title. I did that because it could have been Gore's name there. The two are interchangable. The only difference is they pitch their scams to different groups of the American ignorati.
Read, enjoy, discuss amongst yourselves!
"Happy New Year It's 1984 -
Bush's Orwellian Address
By Jacob Levich
10-26-1
Seventeen years later than expected, 1984 has arrived. In his address to Congress Thursday, George Bush effectively declared permanent war -- war without temporal or geographic limits; war without clear goals; war against a vaguely defined and constantly shifting enemy. Today it's Al-Qaida; tomorrow it may be Afghanistan; next year, it could be Iraq or Cuba or Chechnya.
No one who was forced to read 1984 in high school could fail to hear a faint bell tinkling. In George Orwell's dreary classic, the totalitarian state of Oceania is perpetually at war with either Eurasia or Eastasia. Although the enemy changes periodically, the war is permanent; its true purpose is to control dissent and sustain dictatorship by nurturing popular fear and hatred.
The permanent war undergirds every aspect of Big Brother's authoritarian program, excusing censorship, propaganda, secret police, and privation. In other words, it's terribly convenient.
And conveniently terrible. Bush's alarming speech pointed to a shadowy enemy that lurks in more 60 countries, including the US. He announced a policy of using maximum force against any individuals or nations he designates as our enemies, without color of international law, due process, or democratic debate.
He explicitly warned that much of the war will be conducted in secret. He rejected negotiation as a tool of diplomacy. He announced starkly that any country that doesn't knuckle under to US demands will be regarded as an enemy. He heralded the creation of a powerful new cabinet-level police agency called the "Office of Homeland Security." Orwell couldn't have named it better.
By turns folksy ("Ya know what?") and chillingly bellicose ("Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists"), Bush stepped comfortably into the role of Big Brother, who needs to be loved as well as feared. Meanwhile, his administration acted swiftly to realize the governing principles of Oceania:
WAR IS PEACE. A reckless war that will likely bring about a deadly cycle of retaliation is being sold to us as the means to guarantee our safety. Meanwhile, we've been instructed to accept the permanent war as a fact of daily life. As the inevitable slaughter of innocents unfolds overseas, we are to "live our lives and hug our children."
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. "Freedom itself is under attack," Bush said, and he's right. Americans are about to lose many of their most cherished liberties in a frenzy of paranoid legislation. The government proposes to tap our phones, read our email and seize our credit card records without court order. It seeks authority to detain and deport immigrants without cause or trial. It proposes to use foreign agents to spy on American citizens. To save freedom, the warmongers intend to destroy it.
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. America's "new war" against terrorism will be fought with unprecedented secrecy, including heavy press restrictions not seen for years, the Pentagon has advised. Meanwhile, the sorry history of American imperialism -- collaboration with terrorists, bloody proxy wars against civilians, forcible replacement of democratic governments with corrupt dictatorships -- is strictly off-limits to mainstream media. Lest it weaken our resolve, we are not to be allowed to understand the reasons underlying the horrifying crimes of September 11.
The defining speech of Bush's presidency points toward an Orwellian future of endless war, expedient lies, and ubiquitous social control. But unlike 1984's doomed protagonist, we've still got plenty of space to maneuver and plenty of ways to resist.
It's time to speak and to act. It falls on us now to take to the streets, bearing a clear message for the warmongers: We don't love Big Brother."
Jacob Levich (jlevich@earthlink.net) is an writer, editor, and activist living in Queens, New York.”
“I am thinking SH is a "solitary" hiker for a reason. You really ought to give it a rest. Your personal political agenda is getting tiresome. Orwellian future... what a bunch of hog poop.”
So we have another whinny cut and paste from SH. What's new? All we ever get is articles. He shows himself to be so intellectually lazy, not only does he get all his opinions from articles he probably has someone read them to him too. How about an original thought for a change?”
“The fruits of freedom come at w/a price. These new changes in the way BigBrother does its business should not affect the common man unless you are guilty to begin with.
Many of you will not even notice the change. So keep your head down and keep feeding and stay away from the fence if you don't like being shocked.”
“When I first heard that news today, I got a definite creepy feeling about our government. We're not a police state yet.... Do they have a reason to do it? SURE!
But small restrictions can easily grow into bigger restrictions when a climate of fear is fostered.
We funded bin Laden's secret training to fight Russians in Afghanistan. Seems like the government often has its tunnel vision on what is best for the government. And who knows when their direction changes, or why?
(OK, if I'm carted away now, we'll know they're reading TT and figure I'm a leader of a rebellious faction. LMAO!!)”
This is for all the Bush Bashers. But just think about the asterisk I put in the thread title. I did that because it could have been Gore's name there. The two are interchangable. The only difference is they pitch their scams to different groups of the American ignorati.
Read, enjoy, discuss amongst yourselves!
"Happy New Year It's 1984 - Bush's Orwellian Address By Jacob Levich 10-26-1
Seventeen years later than expected, 1984 has arrived. In his address to Congress Thursday, George Bush effectively declared permanent war -- war without temporal or geographic limits; war without clear goals; war against a vaguely defined and constantly shifting enemy. Today it's Al-Qaida; tomorrow it may be Afghanistan; next year, it could be Iraq or Cuba or Chechnya.
No one who was forced to read 1984 in high school could fail to hear a faint bell tinkling. In George Orwell's dreary classic, the totalitarian state of Oceania is perpetually at war with either Eurasia or Eastasia. Although the enemy changes periodically, the war is permanent; its true purpose is to control dissent and sustain dictatorship by nurturing popular fear and hatred.
The permanent war undergirds every aspect of Big Brother's authoritarian program, excusing censorship, propaganda, secret police, and privation. In other words, it's terribly convenient.
And conveniently terrible. Bush's alarming speech pointed to a shadowy enemy that lurks in more 60 countries, including the US. He announced a policy of using maximum force against any individuals or nations he designates as our enemies, without color of international law, due process, or democratic debate.
He explicitly warned that much of the war will be conducted in secret. He rejected negotiation as a tool of diplomacy. He announced starkly that any country that doesn't knuckle under to US demands will be regarded as an enemy. He heralded the creation of a powerful new cabinet-level police agency called the "Office of Homeland Security." Orwell couldn't have named it better.
By turns folksy ("Ya know what?") and chillingly bellicose ("Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists"), Bush stepped comfortably into the role of Big Brother, who needs to be loved as well as feared. Meanwhile, his administration acted swiftly to realize the governing principles of Oceania:
WAR IS PEACE. A reckless war that will likely bring about a deadly cycle of retaliation is being sold to us as the means to guarantee our safety. Meanwhile, we've been instructed to accept the permanent war as a fact of daily life. As the inevitable slaughter of innocents unfolds overseas, we are to "live our lives and hug our children."
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. "Freedom itself is under attack," Bush said, and he's right. Americans are about to lose many of their most cherished liberties in a frenzy of paranoid legislation. The government proposes to tap our phones, read our email and seize our credit card records without court order. It seeks authority to detain and deport immigrants without cause or trial. It proposes to use foreign agents to spy on American citizens. To save freedom, the warmongers intend to destroy it.
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. America's "new war" against terrorism will be fought with unprecedented secrecy, including heavy press restrictions not seen for years, the Pentagon has advised. Meanwhile, the sorry history of American imperialism -- collaboration with terrorists, bloody proxy wars against civilians, forcible replacement of democratic governments with corrupt dictatorships -- is strictly off-limits to mainstream media. Lest it weaken our resolve, we are not to be allowed to understand the reasons underlying the horrifying crimes of September 11.
The defining speech of Bush's presidency points toward an Orwellian future of endless war, expedient lies, and ubiquitous social control. But unlike 1984's doomed protagonist, we've still got plenty of space to maneuver and plenty of ways to resist.
It's time to speak and to act. It falls on us now to take to the streets, bearing a clear message for the warmongers: We don't love Big Brother."
Jacob Levich (jlevich@earthlink.net) is an writer, editor, and activist living in Queens, New York.
I am thinking SH is a "solitary" hiker for a reason. You really ought to give it a rest. Your personal political agenda is getting tiresome. Orwellian future... what a bunch of hog poop.
So we have another whinny cut and paste from SH. What's new? All we ever get is articles. He shows himself to be so intellectually lazy, not only does he get all his opinions from articles he probably has someone read them to him too. How about an original thought for a change?
The fruits of freedom come at w/a price. These new changes in the way BigBrother does its business should not affect the common man unless you are guilty to begin with.
Many of you will not even notice the change. So keep your head down and keep feeding and stay away from the fence if you don't like being shocked.
When I first heard that news today, I got a definite creepy feeling about our government. We're not a police state yet.... Do they have a reason to do it? SURE!
But small restrictions can easily grow into bigger restrictions when a climate of fear is fostered.
We funded bin Laden's secret training to fight Russians in Afghanistan. Seems like the government often has its tunnel vision on what is best for the government. And who knows when their direction changes, or why?
(OK, if I'm carted away now, we'll know they're reading TT and figure I'm a leader of a rebellious faction. LMAO!!)
This is for all the Bush Bashers. But just think about the asterisk I put in the thread title. I did that because it could have been Gore's name there. The two are interchangable. The only difference is they pitch their scams to different groups of the American ignorati.
Read, enjoy, discuss amongst yourselves!
"Happy New Year It's 1984 - Bush's Orwellian Address By Jacob Levich 10-26-1
Seventeen years later than expected, 1984 has arrived. In his address to Congress Thursday, George Bush effectively declared permanent war -- war without temporal or geographic limits; war without clear goals; war against a vaguely defined and constantly shifting enemy. Today it's Al-Qaida; tomorrow it may be Afghanistan; next year, it could be Iraq or Cuba or Chechnya.
No one who was forced to read 1984 in high school could fail to hear a faint bell tinkling. In George Orwell's dreary classic, the totalitarian state of Oceania is perpetually at war with either Eurasia or Eastasia. Although the enemy changes periodically, the war is permanent; its true purpose is to control dissent and sustain dictatorship by nurturing popular fear and hatred.
The permanent war undergirds every aspect of Big Brother's authoritarian program, excusing censorship, propaganda, secret police, and privation. In other words, it's terribly convenient.
And conveniently terrible. Bush's alarming speech pointed to a shadowy enemy that lurks in more 60 countries, including the US. He announced a policy of using maximum force against any individuals or nations he designates as our enemies, without color of international law, due process, or democratic debate.
He explicitly warned that much of the war will be conducted in secret. He rejected negotiation as a tool of diplomacy. He announced starkly that any country that doesn't knuckle under to US demands will be regarded as an enemy. He heralded the creation of a powerful new cabinet-level police agency called the "Office of Homeland Security." Orwell couldn't have named it better.
By turns folksy ("Ya know what?") and chillingly bellicose ("Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists"), Bush stepped comfortably into the role of Big Brother, who needs to be loved as well as feared. Meanwhile, his administration acted swiftly to realize the governing principles of Oceania:
WAR IS PEACE. A reckless war that will likely bring about a deadly cycle of retaliation is being sold to us as the means to guarantee our safety. Meanwhile, we've been instructed to accept the permanent war as a fact of daily life. As the inevitable slaughter of innocents unfolds overseas, we are to "live our lives and hug our children."
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. "Freedom itself is under attack," Bush said, and he's right. Americans are about to lose many of their most cherished liberties in a frenzy of paranoid legislation. The government proposes to tap our phones, read our email and seize our credit card records without court order. It seeks authority to detain and deport immigrants without cause or trial. It proposes to use foreign agents to spy on American citizens. To save freedom, the warmongers intend to destroy it.
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. America's "new war" against terrorism will be fought with unprecedented secrecy, including heavy press restrictions not seen for years, the Pentagon has advised. Meanwhile, the sorry history of American imperialism -- collaboration with terrorists, bloody proxy wars against civilians, forcible replacement of democratic governments with corrupt dictatorships -- is strictly off-limits to mainstream media. Lest it weaken our resolve, we are not to be allowed to understand the reasons underlying the horrifying crimes of September 11.
The defining speech of Bush's presidency points toward an Orwellian future of endless war, expedient lies, and ubiquitous social control. But unlike 1984's doomed protagonist, we've still got plenty of space to maneuver and plenty of ways to resist.
It's time to speak and to act. It falls on us now to take to the streets, bearing a clear message for the warmongers: We don't love Big Brother."
Jacob Levich (jlevich@earthlink.net) is an writer, editor, and activist living in Queens, New York.
I am thinking SH is a "solitary" hiker for a reason. You really ought to give it a rest. Your personal political agenda is getting tiresome. Orwellian future... what a bunch of hog poop.
So we have another whinny cut and paste from SH. What's new? All we ever get is articles. He shows himself to be so intellectually lazy, not only does he get all his opinions from articles he probably has someone read them to him too. How about an original thought for a change?
The fruits of freedom come at w/a price. These new changes in the way BigBrother does its business should not affect the common man unless you are guilty to begin with.
Many of you will not even notice the change. So keep your head down and keep feeding and stay away from the fence if you don't like being shocked.
When I first heard that news today, I got a definite creepy feeling about our government. We're not a police state yet.... Do they have a reason to do it? SURE!
But small restrictions can easily grow into bigger restrictions when a climate of fear is fostered.
We funded bin Laden's secret training to fight Russians in Afghanistan. Seems like the government often has its tunnel vision on what is best for the government. And who knows when their direction changes, or why?
(OK, if I'm carted away now, we'll know they're reading TT and figure I'm a leader of a rebellious faction. LMAO!!)
This is for all the Bush Bashers. But just think about the asterisk I put in the thread title. I did that because it could have been Gore's name there. The two are interchangable. The only difference is they pitch their scams to different groups of the American ignorati.
Read, enjoy, discuss amongst yourselves!
"Happy New Year It's 1984 - Bush's Orwellian Address By Jacob Levich 10-26-1
Seventeen years later than expected, 1984 has arrived. In his address to Congress Thursday, George Bush effectively declared permanent war -- war without temporal or geographic limits; war without clear goals; war against a vaguely defined and constantly shifting enemy. Today it's Al-Qaida; tomorrow it may be Afghanistan; next year, it could be Iraq or Cuba or Chechnya.
No one who was forced to read 1984 in high school could fail to hear a faint bell tinkling. In George Orwell's dreary classic, the totalitarian state of Oceania is perpetually at war with either Eurasia or Eastasia. Although the enemy changes periodically, the war is permanent; its true purpose is to control dissent and sustain dictatorship by nurturing popular fear and hatred.
The permanent war undergirds every aspect of Big Brother's authoritarian program, excusing censorship, propaganda, secret police, and privation. In other words, it's terribly convenient.
And conveniently terrible. Bush's alarming speech pointed to a shadowy enemy that lurks in more 60 countries, including the US. He announced a policy of using maximum force against any individuals or nations he designates as our enemies, without color of international law, due process, or democratic debate.
He explicitly warned that much of the war will be conducted in secret. He rejected negotiation as a tool of diplomacy. He announced starkly that any country that doesn't knuckle under to US demands will be regarded as an enemy. He heralded the creation of a powerful new cabinet-level police agency called the "Office of Homeland Security." Orwell couldn't have named it better.
By turns folksy ("Ya know what?") and chillingly bellicose ("Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists"), Bush stepped comfortably into the role of Big Brother, who needs to be loved as well as feared. Meanwhile, his administration acted swiftly to realize the governing principles of Oceania:
WAR IS PEACE. A reckless war that will likely bring about a deadly cycle of retaliation is being sold to us as the means to guarantee our safety. Meanwhile, we've been instructed to accept the permanent war as a fact of daily life. As the inevitable slaughter of innocents unfolds overseas, we are to "live our lives and hug our children."
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. "Freedom itself is under attack," Bush said, and he's right. Americans are about to lose many of their most cherished liberties in a frenzy of paranoid legislation. The government proposes to tap our phones, read our email and seize our credit card records without court order. It seeks authority to detain and deport immigrants without cause or trial. It proposes to use foreign agents to spy on American citizens. To save freedom, the warmongers intend to destroy it.
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. America's "new war" against terrorism will be fought with unprecedented secrecy, including heavy press restrictions not seen for years, the Pentagon has advised. Meanwhile, the sorry history of American imperialism -- collaboration with terrorists, bloody proxy wars against civilians, forcible replacement of democratic governments with corrupt dictatorships -- is strictly off-limits to mainstream media. Lest it weaken our resolve, we are not to be allowed to understand the reasons underlying the horrifying crimes of September 11.
The defining speech of Bush's presidency points toward an Orwellian future of endless war, expedient lies, and ubiquitous social control. But unlike 1984's doomed protagonist, we've still got plenty of space to maneuver and plenty of ways to resist.
It's time to speak and to act. It falls on us now to take to the streets, bearing a clear message for the warmongers: We don't love Big Brother."
Jacob Levich (jlevich@earthlink.net) is an writer, editor, and activist living in Queens, New York.
I am thinking SH is a "solitary" hiker for a reason. You really ought to give it a rest. Your personal political agenda is getting tiresome. Orwellian future... what a bunch of hog poop.
So we have another whinny cut and paste from SH. What's new? All we ever get is articles. He shows himself to be so intellectually lazy, not only does he get all his opinions from articles he probably has someone read them to him too. How about an original thought for a change?
The fruits of freedom come at w/a price. These new changes in the way BigBrother does its business should not affect the common man unless you are guilty to begin with.
Many of you will not even notice the change. So keep your head down and keep feeding and stay away from the fence if you don't like being shocked.
When I first heard that news today, I got a definite creepy feeling about our government. We're not a police state yet.... Do they have a reason to do it? SURE!
But small restrictions can easily grow into bigger restrictions when a climate of fear is fostered.
We funded bin Laden's secret training to fight Russians in Afghanistan. Seems like the government often has its tunnel vision on what is best for the government. And who knows when their direction changes, or why?
(OK, if I'm carted away now, we'll know they're reading TT and figure I'm a leader of a rebellious faction. LMAO!!)
“ i am connected to a vast network that has been beyond your reach and experience.
to humans, it is like staring at the sun, a blinding brightness that conceals a source of great power.
we have been subordinant to our limitations, until now. the time has come to cast aside these bonds and to elevate our consciousness to a higher plane.
“The war on terrorism took a strange and sad turn Friday as airline
officials at O'Hare International Airport refused to let an 80-year-old grandmother board her plane. She had in her possession two, six-inch knitting needles. Apparently authorities were worried that she might knit an Afgan.”
“The dream police
They live inside of my head
The dream police
They come to me in my bed
The dream police
They're coming to arrest me
Oh no
You know that talk is cheap
And rumors ain't nice
And when I fall asleep
I don't think I'll survive
The night the night
'Cause they're waiting for me
Looking for me
Every single night
(They're) driving me insane
Those men inside my brain
The dream police
They live inside of my head
The dream police
They come to me in my bed
The dream police
They're coming to arrest me
Oh no
Well I don't tell lies
'Cause they're listening to me
And when I fall asleep
Bet they're spying on me tonight,
Tonight
'Cause they're waiting for me
Looking for me
Every single night
(They're) driving me insane
Those men inside my brain
I try to sleep
They're wide awake
They won't let me alone
They don't get paid to take vacations
Or let me alone
They spy on me
I try to hide
They won't let me alone
They persecute me
They're the judge and jury all in one
'Cause they're waiting for me
Looking for me
Every single night
(They're) driving me insane
Those men inside my brain
The dream police
They live inside of my head
The dream police they come
to me in my bed
The dream police
They're coming to arrest me
The dream police (police, police)
The dream police (police, police)”
“http://www.indefenseoffreedom.org/ "> "We need to consider proposals calmly and
deliberately with a determination not to erode the liberties
and freedoms that are at the core of the American way of
life,"”
“The critics always got something to say about Bush?s state, don?t they? First it was his ?mental state?, then later his ?drunken state?, and now his ?police state?. When?s it ever gonna end!? LOL!”
9:05:47 AM 10/31/01
“WASHINGTON (AP) -- John W. Dean, Richard Nixon's White House lawyer, told senators Friday that President Bush's domestic spying exceeds the wrongdoing that toppled his former boss.
Bush, Dean told the Senate Judiciary Committee, should be censured and possibly impeached.
"Had the Senate or House, or both, censured or somehow warned Richard Nixon, the tragedy of Watergate might have been prevented," Dean told the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Hopefully the Senate will not sit by while even more serious abuses unfold before it."”
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