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Our Road to Oceania: Orwell was on to something.
nationalreview.com ^ | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 08/13/2009 9:26:54 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2

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1 posted on 08/13/2009 9:26:55 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
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Orwell was simply off by 25 years.


2 posted on 08/13/2009 9:33:19 PM PDT by Daniel II (I'm Jim Thompson, this is my brother Jimmy, and this is my other brother Jimmy)
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To: Iam1ru1-2

Frighteningly accurate.


3 posted on 08/13/2009 9:35:26 PM PDT by Patrick1 (I'm not calling in sick; I'm calling in gone!)
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4 posted on 08/13/2009 9:39:36 PM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: Daniel II
Citizens assemble each morning to scream hatred for two minutes at pictures of the supposed public traitor Emmanuel Goldstein.

Today, citizens can watch Keith Olbermann scream hatred daily at conservatives and other "enemies of the people" such as Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber.

Nothing ever changes.
5 posted on 08/13/2009 9:40:51 PM PDT by Deo volente ("WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DEBATE AND DISAGREE WITH ANY ADMINISTRATION!" HRC, 2003)
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You should have posted your tagline as a message to everyone:

("WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DEBATE AND DISAGREE WITH ANY ADMINISTRATION!" --Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2003

6 posted on 08/13/2009 9:46:46 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2 (They draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me - Jesus)
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To: Daniel II

Written some 51 years ago from a tiny pensioner’s alcove of the sort alloted to dotty old cranks, misfits, even, at a time when the future was bright and the horizon endless...


7 posted on 08/13/2009 9:47:36 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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To: Daniel II

Off by 25 years?
That makes Orwell a prophet, whatever good it does to
be or have been a prophet.
Orwell was onto EVERYTHING, early on, that was to become
reality in the mid 20th century and later.
He shares this prophetic genius with a very very different writer, who came earlier, Franz Kafka.


8 posted on 08/13/2009 9:48:29 PM PDT by supremedoctrine (Time is the school in which we learn that time is the fire in which we burn.)
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Here’s a more complete version of what Hillary Clinton said about the Bush Administration:

“I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration, somehow you’re not patriotic, and we should stand up and say, “WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DEBATE AND DISAGREE WITH ANY ADMINISTRATION!” —Hillary Rodham Clinton


9 posted on 08/13/2009 9:51:49 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2 (They draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me - Jesus)
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To: Iam1ru1-2
"I AM SICK AND TIRED!!!
10 posted on 08/13/2009 9:54:55 PM PDT by Deo volente ("WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DEBATE AND DISAGREE WITH ANY ADMINISTRATION!" HRC, 2003)
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“Orwell died at the age of 46 from tuberculosis which he had probably contracted during the period described in Down and Out in Paris and London. He was in and out of hospitals for the last three years of his life. Having requested burial in accordance with the Anglican rite, he was interred in All Saints’ Churchyard, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire with the simple epitaph: Here lies Eric Arthur Blair, born June 25th 1903, died January 21st 1950.”

Probably, The Perfect Parkbench Epitaph; it didn’t happen in his lifetime.


11 posted on 08/13/2009 9:54:58 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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To: Iam1ru1-2

I think the left uses the book “Nineteen Eighty-Four” as their how to handbook rather than a warning about what could be. They seem to follow it to the tee.


12 posted on 08/13/2009 9:58:50 PM PDT by Bellflower (The end of this age is near but the beginning of the next glorious one is coming!)
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Here's the actual video of what Hillary Said about the Bush Administration: Video of Hillary's Tantrum
13 posted on 08/13/2009 10:00:10 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2 (They draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me - Jesus)
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Here's a video you'll enjoy from Newsbusted: News Busted
14 posted on 08/13/2009 10:05:25 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2 (They draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me - Jesus)
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To: Iam1ru1-2; Cheapskate; hole_n_one; TechJunkYard; JennysCool; Jet Jaguar
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews claimed physical ecstasy when Obama speaks.

I wish Drudge was still on the radio. We'd be hearing that tape played weekly. That & Hillary's completely unprofessional "jetlag."

15 posted on 08/13/2009 10:13:03 PM PDT by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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To: musicman

bookmark


16 posted on 08/13/2009 10:15:12 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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Howdy Lainie!

ME TOO!


17 posted on 08/13/2009 10:18:33 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Live free or die.)
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I miss Drudge Radio too. And your Drudge Threads ;-)


18 posted on 08/13/2009 10:20:36 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: Iam1ru1-2

Who knew Big Brother was a light-skinned black guy with big Dumbo ears?


19 posted on 08/13/2009 10:55:59 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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Did you hear any outrage by the demonrats over this video?: Anti Bush Policy Video
20 posted on 08/13/2009 10:58:57 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2 (They draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me - Jesus)
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