State says ministers' new luxury vehicles 'tools to do work' Oct 29, 2009
george orwell is one helluva soothsayer on communism ideals. the reality is that some people are more equal than others. (Business Report, South Africa)
A weekend of mayhem Oct 29, 2009
"More than a few people thought we had lost our minds because they only saw steampunk as being a very cultured and kind of refined genre" -- and most people had no idea what it was -- "but we saw great opportunity to create all kinds of conflict and contrast. Working in a purely fantasy environment allows you the opportunity for endless ideas and creative freedoms. You can create scenes with a giant eyeball, killer robots and steam-powered machine guns, and somehow it all makes perfect sense. I... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Obama is leading us into Marxism Oct 28, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009. Obsessed with national and many statewide wins in last year s election these Democrats have been emboldened to push their rabidly Marxist agenda. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Cameras may police city streets Oct 26, 2009
Critics say the system conjures up images from George Orwell s 1984, a novel about a totalitarian state presided over by an all-seeing Big Brother. They wonder where the cameras will be pointed, who will have access to these images and sounds, how long will they be kept, and where will they be stored. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
The BNP's constituency can't be dismissed Oct 26, 2009
and a fundamentally undemocratic and liberal propaganda machine that even George Orwell could not have imagined in his darkest thoughts. It is the young white working class (and other ethnicities associated to that class) whose lives are risked in bloody wars against muslims even as the disgusting metrocynics in the political / police / media elites "celebrate" muslim fanatics in the UK. It is only a matter of time before somebody properly denounces this infamy on the young white working class'... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Heres fresh thread Oct 26, 2009
It s all to vividly like George Orwell s 1984. I Report :-) You Whine :-( Ate Up With Envy mmm, mmmm, mmmmm. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Frustrated parent: "How do you sleep at night?" Oct 22, 2009
One teacher compared the plan and its "dehumanizing curriculum" to the "nightmare" George Orwell imagined in 1984. Boca Raton High algebra teacher Suzi Grbinich wrote her own version of The Emperor's New Clothes. (The Palm Beach Post)
Obama should make his birth certificate public Oct 22, 2009
Mike wrote on Oct 20, 2009 10:11 PM:" H&N: For a while it was funny. Now it's just inane drivel. But you've not only wasted the editorial page today but you've missed the story. What is happening to America? Are people becoming more gullible? ...or Is there no longer discernable sources of trustworthy vs tabloid journalism? George Orwell is looking more like a prophet every dayAnd, Mr. Mattes, please see your physician. He can prescribe lithium for your paranoia. ". K wrote on Oct 20, 2009 7:09... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
The year the dominoes fell Oct 21, 2009
If you want a picture of the future, says an official of the totalitarian government in George Orwell s which was published soon after the Stalinist night had fallen on Eastern Europe, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever. Communism was forever, or so it had seemed through much of the 20th century, as tyrannies calling themselves people s republics scrupled at nothing - not tanks, not secret police, not torture, not relentless propaganda - to perpetuate their dictatorial rule and... (Boston Globe)
Newspapers are struggling in part because they embrace a liberal bias (10) Oct 19, 2009
Gator wrote on Aug 31, 2009 10:08 AM:" So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot. "George Orwell" ". Cogito wrote on Aug 31, 2009 9:21 AM:" Bob, your rebuttal style has become very weak of late. You sound like a little kid on the playground whose only comeback is "oh yeah. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
We could all have $10 million for health care Oct 18, 2009
Strap on your George Orwell model 1984 environmentally friendly propeller-driven beanie, newspeak, doublethink thinking cap because here comes some new math. When President Obama recently addressed Congress he included the statement, If we are able to slow the growth of health care costs by just 1/10 of 1 percent, then we should reduce the deficit by 40 trillion over the long term. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Technology to play big role at new stadium Oct 17, 2009
We're not trying to be George Orwell. We're just trying to bring value to their experience. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
Afghan Runoff Election Likely, Envoy Says Oct 16, 2009
"Men sleep peacefully in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell Withdraw and cut the losses now, use the place as a training ground for the CIA, and nuke 'em should they threaten us again (they have no oil, after all) ... "Men sleep peacefully in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell Save Edit. (CBS News)
Why I love Al Jazeera Oct 16, 2009
George Orwell intimated in that purity can be a form of coercion, and in that respect, I find Al Jazeera s moral rectitude disturbing. Because its cause is that of the weak and the oppressed, it sees itself as always in the right, regardless of the complexity of the issues, and therein lies its power of oppression. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Dow crosses 10,000; on the right, crickets chirp Oct 15, 2009
George Orwell had it exactly right; give a person a little something and give it on a continuous basis and that person won t aspire to have anything better and you will have total control of them. This is pretty much the premise the Democratic party of America is built upon. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Obama's peace prize not worth such a fight Oct 14, 2009
I also subscribe to the saying, attributed to George Orwell, that: "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." I support rough men acting on my behalf and rough women too, because they tend to be more fun. What I don't want them doing is being rough for rough sake. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Drago Tesanovich: Still waiting for change to come Oct 8, 2009
As George Orwell wrote, "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.". I'm still waiting for the winds of real change to start blowing. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Prosecutor, sheriff say they hit ground running Oct 6, 2009
to View from raido road wrote on Oct 4, 2009 8:23 PM:" George Orwell said it best when he said, "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. Crime rate up or down. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Amazon Agrees To Settle Suit Filed By Student Oct 2, 2009
Justin D. Gawronski, 17, sued Amazon after it erased copies of the George Orwell novels "1984" and "Animal Farm" from customers' Kindles in July. Seattle-based Amazon cited a problem with rights to the books and issued refunds to buyers. (KIRO TV, WA)
Kindle lawsuit settled Oct 2, 2009
com has agreed that it won't remove e-books from U.S. users' Kindle electronic readers without their permission, as part of a proposed settlement of a lawsuit over the online retailer's deletion of a George Orwell novel from a high school student's e-reader. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Amazon agrees to settle Kindle suit Oct 2, 2009
com has agreed that it won't remove e-books from U.S. users' Kindle electronic readers without their permission, as part of a proposed settlement of a lawsuit over the online retailer's deletion of a George Orwell novel from a high school student's e-reader. Justin D. Gawronski, a 17-year-old student in Shelby Township, Mich. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Off with their blinkered heads Oct 1, 2009
Thomas Freidman said recently in the New York Times "Let's today step out of the normal boundaries of analysis of our economic crisis and ask a radical question: What if the crisis of 2008 represents something much more fundamental than a deep recession? What if it's telling us that the whole growth model we created over the last 50 years is simply unsustainable economically and ecologically and that 2008 was when we hit the wall - when Mother Nature and the market both said: 'No more'.It's... (Asia Times Online)
Curse of the verb vandals Oct 1, 2009
IN 1984 George Orwell invented the concept of Newspeak. With every passing year Newspeak's vocabulary decreased as superfluous expressions were removed. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Hearings begin in G-20 arrests Oct 1, 2009
When he was arrested, Mr. Japenga identified himself as Eric Blair -- the given name of George Orwell, author of "1984.". Throughout the morning yesterday, the courthouse resembled both a Lawrenceville hipster bar or a Friendship Park drum circle, with dozens of young people in designer clothing or ripped jeans and dreadlocks. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Military Parades Oct 1, 2009
As Britain faced the prospect of German invasion during World War II, George Orwell wrote the following of what he had seen of the gait from footage of Nazi parades: " the goose-step is one of the most horrible sights in the world... It is simply an affirmation of naked power; contained in it, quite consciously and intentionally, is the vision of a boot crashing down on a face." The iconography was made all the more powerful by its sheer scale: massive Nazi rallies took place across whole... (Time.com)
What would Jesus do? (303) Sep 30, 2009
cedarchopper wrote on Sep 28, 2009 10:43 PM:" The interesting points about "health care reform" are in the architecture of the legislation ...a National ID Card that will interface every aspect of your life, including your financial accounts. This will all fit in with the security grid that been overtly and covertly built with the ability to record and track every activity...Total Information Awareness, everybody remembers that, right? With the Federal Government in control of health care, your... (Boerne Star, TX)
Spirited debate over President Obama's policies has little to do with race Sep 30, 2009
Gator wrote on Sep 26, 2009 8:34 PM:" Sparky, a last thought !! Freedom, ours to lose or keep.. Its really very simple. Its called accountability plain and simple. Its not being lazyand letting the Congress and Senate roll on and on and on!! Term limitsare one of the keys. Things like recall and impeachment are tools to ridthe Government of the leaches and blood suckers. People sit around andflap their jaw, P*** and moan and that is where it stops. It wont fix its selfyou have to... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Books of siege Sep 25, 2009
First published in print: Friday, September 25, 2009. Think of it as chance to sample some great literature, an introduction or reacquaintance with both books that have come to be classics and some that haven't attracted enough attention beyond the censors and self-appointed moral arbiters. (Albany Times Union)
Boycotting Obama's school speech: Is 'ignorance' 'strength'? Sep 24, 2009
George Orwell wrote a magnificent book titled "1984." This piece of literature is a cautionary tale against Big Brother and other forms of oppression. Big Brother's mantra is "War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength.". (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Reporters' Shield Bill Goes Ahead in Senate Judiciary Sep 23, 2009
(George Orwell s 1984 still appears to be the favorite Democrat bill naming guide. Doubleplussungood. (Human Events Online)
Muse Discuss The Resistance, Their 'Very Personal' New Album Sep 23, 2009
" Bellamy said the album is a kind of musical companion to "1984," the classic George Orwell novel about a lone man's rebellion against a controlling totalitarian government. But, despite those far-reaching, worldly themes, Howard said that at its heart, The Resistance, which was produced by the band, is really a personal statement. "We did a song called 'Undisclosed Desires,' which is very kind of programmed and much more electronic-sounding than anything we've ever done before," he said. "And... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Where to Read Books Online for Free Sep 21, 2009
The site is well-organized with thousands of books ready to be read online for free including modern classics including books by Agatha Christie and George Orwell. The site features top books and top authors so readers can see what books other people are reading online. (Suite101.com)
Passing on the pig Sep 19, 2009
And while keeping with the swine topic, in George Orwell s Animal Farm, Napoleon the Pig was heard to have said that since the lowest class has the lowest intelligence, it not difficult to persuade them that they are getting a good deal ... And while keeping with the swine topic, in George Orwell's "Animal Farm," Napoleon the Pig was heard to have said that since the lowest class has the lowest intelligence, it not difficult to persuade them that they are getting a good deal. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Napoleon is always right Sep 18, 2009
Animal Farm, a novel authored by George Orwell, which is considered one of the bestsellers of all time, contains several truths and knowledge that are very fundamental in the understanding of human behavior in human institutions. In fact, Time Magazine chose the book as one of the 100 best English-language novels (1923 to 2005). (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Is America Hooked on War? Sep 18, 2009
"War is peace" was one of the memorable slogans on the facade of the Ministry of Truth, Minitrue in "Newspeak," the language invented by George Orwell in 1948 for his dystopian novel 1984. Some 60 years later, a quarter-century after Orwell's imagined future bit the dust, the phrase is, in a number of ways, eerily applicable to the United States. (CBS News -- Politics)
Who Watches Big Brother? Sep 17, 2009
In George Orwell s classic dystopian novel 1984, government propaganda constantly says: Big Brother is watching you. In Britain today, he certainly is. (Human Events Online)
Top 10 Books Every College Student Should Read Sep 15, 2009
George Orwell, Collected Journalism Orwell was another professed Socialist who was in many ways conservative. For a college student, he s a great tutor on how to write and how to recognize (and avoid) the politicization of language, an area where many political conservatives seem utterly tone deaf as gender replaces sex, abstinence replaces chastity, and perception becomes relative rather than acute. (Human Events Online)
All deserve health care Sep 12, 2009
pwb wrote on Sep 10, 2009 5:20 AM:" Piece of trivia, that may or may not have anything to do with anything. George Orwell, British, wrote his works in Britain during the time when their debate for national health care was still going on, some years before it was implemented. He is one of the greatest voices of the 20th century against totalitarianism, and was in favor of national health care. But who would expect Orwell to understand anything about a Big Brother state? ". Happily Opinionated... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Stimulating DSM Investment as a Product within Utility Portfolios Sep 12, 2009
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Letters to the editor Sep 11, 2009
I understand that these fees are a nationwide trend, often referred to as "direct care," "retainer-based care" or "concierge medicine." A more accurate description might come from George Orwell: "All animals are equal, and some animals are more equal than others.". This questionable practice not only illustrates the need for more good family physicians, but also for health care reform. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Media Watch- Obamas message loses its meaning Sep 10, 2009
That raised the specter of George Orwell s 1984, where citizens (and especially children) were urged to report people not on board with a particular way of thinking. So months later, when it was announced that President Obama would be talking directly to school kids, well, it sounded an awful lot like Big Brother bypassing parents to get to the little ones. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
Obama: 'Develop your talent' Sep 10, 2009
"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which." George Orwell, Animal Farm, 1945. NoGod wrote on Sep 9, 2009 12:41 PM:NB_REZ. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Get-Cheney Squad Sep 8, 2009
George Orwell s truth comes to mind as one reads that Eric Holder has named a special prosecutor to go after the rough men who, to keep us sleeping peacefully at night, went too far in frightening Khalid Sheik Muhammad, the engineer of the September massacres. Yet, it seems now indisputable those CIA interrogators, with their rough methods, got vital intelligence that saved American lives, as Dick Cheney has consistently contended. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Labor day to celebrate man's man Sep 7, 2009
Observe, for example, George Orwell s novel 1984, which depicts a totalitarian state that still, somehow, is a fully advanced technological society. Orwell projects the impossible: technology without the minds to produce it. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
* Amazon offers to replace deleted Orwell books Sep 6, 2009
com invited some unflattering literary analogies earlier this summer when it remotely erased unlicensed versions of two George Orwell novels from its customers Kindle reading devices. Jeffrey Bezos, Amazons chief executive, apologized to customers for the deletions in July. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Idyllic grounds belie tussle over founder’s research Sep 6, 2009
The events leading up to this smack of science fiction, partly because of the backdrop of the conformist, paranoid 1950s, when some federal agencies seemed bent on achieving George Orwell s dystopian future, and partly because Reich coined names for his discoveries and inventions that could well have cropped up in a Vonnegut novel. But, as visitors to this singular museum learn, it all really happened. (Boston Globe)
Amazon offers to replace deleted copies of 1984 Sep 5, 2009
In an email to the affected customers on Thursday, Amazon said it would provide owners of its Kindle electronic book reader with new copies of the George Orwell novels 1984 and Animal Farm for no charge. Amazon said customers could also choose to receive a 30 gift certificate or check instead. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Amazon offers to resend Orwell e-books Sep 5, 2009
com Inc. is offering free books or $30 to Kindle customers whose copies of the George Orwell novels "1984" and "Animal Farm" were deleted from their electronic reading devices in July. When Amazon erased the books from Kindles, citing a problem with the rights to the books, the company issued refunds to the buyers. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Health care myths busted Sep 4, 2009
gilgamesh wrote on Sep 3, 2009 10:30 AM:" I concur Claire: This is not about being a Liberal/Conservative or a red state/blue state...Obama is America's worst enemy and many who voted for him are finding this to be true..He is a "progressive", something out of a George Orwell Novel...The cash for clunkers was a bank bail out, health care is re-parations for blacks, his cabinet members are a joke, even msnbc is sick of this dude.... ". Michael Levine wrote on Sep 3, 2009 1:19 PM:" Kalapaki,Thank... (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Return from War: Steven Hunter, Longview Sep 3, 2009
marine38 wrote on Sep 2, 2009 9:56 AM:" When I read about Mr. Hunter's selfless service to his Country, I was reminded of the words of George Orwell: "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. "Thank you, Steven, for a job well done.Semper Fi -G. MeyersUSMC Retired ". (Longview Daily News, WA)
The Mutilated Book Sep 1, 2009
George Orwell knew how this worked. (See how history was constantly being rewritten in "1984" by the Winston Smiths at the Ministry of Truth. (Townhall.com)
Ruling Conservatives Crushed in Japan Vote Aug 31, 2009
"The word fascist is sometimes used to denigrate people, institutions, or groups that would not describe themselves as ideologically fascist, and that may not fall within the formal definition of the word. As a political epithet, the word fascist has been applied mainly to a broad range of people and groups on the extreme right, but also to groups on the far left and at points in between. It has also been applied to people of many religious faiths, particularly fundamentalist groups. The... (CBS News)
U.K. pub food: Scotch eggs, fish and chips, more Aug 31, 2009
He pointed me to a George Orwell essay about the perfect pub that never was, a made-up place called the Moon Under Water, where it was always quiet enough to talk, lunch cost three shillings, and the barmaids called you dear. In the real world, Parker Bowles likes a pub that sticks to local beer and booze-blotting food done well. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Hey, Flickr: Why so censorious? Aug 29, 2009
Weve dished plenty on the online bookseller in the last couple of months regarding their hesitancy to address its customer service FAILS most recently the of George Orwell books from Kindles but props are due. Amazon will, eventually, admit our bad, explain what went wrong, and let its customers know how it intends to make amends. (MSNBC -- Technology)
A Letter to Judge Dawson Concerning Rifqa Bary Aug 28, 2009
I state the obvious because as George Orwell noted at a moment of confusion the first duty of intelligent people is the restatement of the obvious. You, sir, are obliged to consider the case of Rifqa Bary, a young woman from Ohio, who left her Muslim faith and converted to Christianity. (Human Events Online)
Cracking Khalid Aug 28, 2009
George Orwell s truth comes to mind as one reads that Eric Holder has named a special prosecutor to go after the rough men who, to keep us sleeping peacefully at night, went too far in frightening Khalid Sheik Muhammad, the engineer of the September massacres. Yet it seems now indisputable that those CIA interrogators, with their rough methods, got vital intelligence that saved American lives, as Dick Cheney has consistently contended. (The American Conservative)
Seventy Years After the Hitler-Stalin Pact Aug 27, 2009
George Orwell called it Newspeak in his classic novel, "1984." Even the revelations of the summer of 1989, when Eastern Europe began to slip from the Soviet Union's post-WWII grasp, failed to shake many of the Marxist faithful in the West ... George Orwell called it Newspeak in his classic novel, "1984.". (Townhall.com)
Joe Francis goes somewhat wild again Aug 26, 2009
" Porn Mogul Joe Francis Goes Wild Again in Deposition Soft porn mogul Joe Francis' disruptive antics in a deposition described by a judge as a waste of time and money almost resulted in plaintiffs winning a default judgment against him in a lawsuit that alleges he sexually exploited minors. Joe Francis After Francis was sentenced in 2007 to 35 days in jail for yelling obscenities during a mediation in an earlier case, his attorney at the time said he had changed from someone who was... (Harper's Magazine)
Just what is 'annualism'? Aug 25, 2009
George Orwell took a similar path in Down and Out in Paris and London ... George Orwell and Jack London wrote about living with the homeless. (BBC News -- UK)
Hedges’s ‘Empire of Illusions’ decries decline of American culture Aug 23, 2009
The genre that sustained the likes of Martin Luther, Emma Goldman, and George Orwell seems tired today, a shell of its once-formidable self. Perhaps it s a victim of this post-Freudian, post- 60s age: It s tough to smack slumbering readers awake when discontent is the new content, and the bourgeois shock themselves with fetishistic abandon. (Boston Globe)
Ethiopia: Orwellian Democracy Aug 20, 2009
We are living testimonies that George Orwell was more of a prophet than a writer when he wrote in Animal Farm: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." It is true that we cannot put all the blame for our poverty on our leaders. We have counted several decades when few years of positive development were completely wiped out by one year of drought. (allAfrica.com)
Home Nurse Visits: A New Health-Care Fear for Conservatives Aug 15, 2009
George Orwell never wrote about health insurance, but his ghost hovers over the current health-care debate, providing inspiration for all manner of fears about Big Brother-like intrusions by the government into the lives of ordinary Americans. Related. (Time.com)
cartoon: Huxley v. Orwell (via Neil Postman) Aug 15, 2009
I also found about George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four writing process to be fascinating ... Aldous Huxley vs. George Orwell. (Harper's Magazine)
First Amendment a 'problem'? Aug 13, 2009
So goes the slogan of Big Brother s Inner Party in George Orwell s 1984. Such a masterful example of obfuscating language comes to mind when reading the Aug. 6 op-ed of former senators Bob Kerrey and Warren Rudman. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Top 10: Classic Novels Turned Into Games Aug 13, 2009
And there was perhaps no great dystopian writer than George Orwell, whose Animal Farm, a classic novel in the genre, is still being studied today. By reducing the grandest characters of Cold War politics to barnyard animals, Orwell provides a pre-made system though with to understand the personalit 00001C27 ies, conflicts and contradictions of the time. (IGN PS2)
