Now, seriously, who among you has NOT read 1984? Why not? You'd better get your hands on a copy from a used bookstore...just in case a new copy is a little bit different: soon enough I expect a revision of 1984 that changes it's dystopia into a utopia. Winston and Julia live happily ever after when they realize not only is Big Brother a loving overseer but that their chocolate rations have gone up to 20 grams! All copies to be collected and replaced...probably not that hard to do. I think Amazon removed it from Readers not that long ago (in error, so they say).
I have no fear of Al Qaeda (curious that the gmail dictionary wants me to replace that with Qaddafi): fear of internal terror is real though.
And really, did you notice--building bases and using drones...how is this not sending off all sorts of warning lights in your head?
Power ELITES are Authoritarian and there is no such thing as a Democrat or Republican in America. If you BELIEVE them...and that's what you need, belief (and that's why, sorry to say it dear lovers of divinities, religion and the totalitarian go hand in hand) then you are simply consigning your future to the memory hole of Minitrue. Folks, that means ALL of THEM...you Rand Paul Libertarians, he's a part of it too.
You are manipulated daily once you turn on your tv or read the newspaper.
Glen Beck is perfect for this world--he rants and raves and rends his garments against the lies of Goldstien and you scream with him. You know Goldstein's first name? Emmanuel. You know what that means: the child whose birth was foretold by Isaiah (Isaiah 7:14) and who in Christian tradition is identified with Jesus. Brilliant--Orwell creates as an object of hate the conflation of the Jew (the Christ-killer and The Elder of Zion), with the "left", soft, Jesus. (Heck, you know those nice East Coast boys and girls that went down South to fight for Civil Rights and got beat and disappeared.)
Yes, yes, Brave New World is "true"--this is the world of Soma; but our soma is laced with hate because we have an angry god running our giant world destroying country. Jesus might give us SOMA; but Yahweh is out to destroy--please actually read the Ten Commandments! This is Big Brother: "Thou shall have no other gods before me..." (not even Jesus!) in thunder! And that's just the warm-up.
Well, I haven't read 1984, but I will. Interesting executive power sidestep by creating Authorization to Use Military Force. Yes, I believe in lamen-speak that would mean war. The reason people like Glenn Beck is that they're lazy. In order to really uncover the truth, which is what our media SHOULD do, we have to read dozens of sources, compare facts and statements. It is easier to listen to some blow hard just spout off something that sounds good.
ReplyDeleteAt first, I thought it was a miss-spelling of that flightless bird that's like a penguin.
ReplyDeleteGlen Beck is fun! Rush Limbaugh is fun! Liberals are mean and make me feel bad about my wanting to have FUN!
It is hard to always chase facts...the bureaucracy works hard to obfuscate every issue. "Oh, if you'll just look at section 8 of special addendum Z you'll see that we have the legal right to do whatever we want..."
Aaah, yes, and if it's legal, it must be ethical and good! Have we learned nothing from aspartame???
ReplyDeleteAnd now, three years on we see that Glenn Beck was right. Either the president lied about not knowing about Fast and Furious, Bengazi, The NSA, and the millions losing healthcare, OR he is a puppet. Which is worse?
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