When George Orwell wrote 1984 little did he realize that 50 years latter the fiction at the time around when 1984 was first published wasn't to far off from the reality of today. This novel discusses the devastating effects of an authoritarian society, where thought crime is...
Just think of all the ways we are encouraged to aid and abet law enforcement, recycle, pay our fair share to reduce the deficit, use less water, use less electricity, and all the other civic responsibilities being...
After a week of government interference in fuel distribution which left the public fuming at the price hikes and massive queuing at the pumps. Civil liberties groups are now criticizing new government plans to be...
BREAKING NEWS sourced from CommLawCenter, November 3, 2011 2:21 PM EDT :
FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has indicated that the audio of the Nov. 9 national Emergency Alert System test at 2...
The Tea Party types claim that they are protecting freedom. Nothing could be further from the truth.First of all, the Tea Party types do not tolerate freedom. Where they operate, only the Tea Party line is tolerated and everything else is brutally attacked or destroyed....
One frequent claim made by American Right is that the Roman Empire fell apart because of its "decadence." Like most claims of American Right this one is wrong, and it is time that more people see that.The Roman...
This article was subsequently republished by the author at the Public Option Health Care Now blog.NowPublic participant Peter.Sande has pointed out in an article here today that one of the health bills moving through the US Congress would: "'enable the real-time (or near...
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"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."Francis BaconObviously the good people at Amazon.com follow the golden...
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Orwell's 2009: How Privatisation Of Law Enforcement Threatens Our Civil Liberties
Imagine a day not in the far future when the police is legislated into a private corporation independent of the government. Its...
opinion by steffanileman | 4 years ago | updated 3 years ago 516 views | 11 recommendations | 0 comments
Beginning next week, the personal diary of George Orwell is going online. The entries will be posted on the same date as they were written during the buildup and outbreak of WWII. Orwell remains one of...
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"It's the birthday of the novelist and essayist George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair in Bengal, India (1903). He came from a middle class family, but managed to win a scholarship to a distinguished boarding...
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Timothy Lynch, director of the Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice, has written an article examining the use of double speak, and new vocabulary that has been created during the War on Terror.
"It’s the birthday of the man who wrote Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), George Orwell, born Eric Blair in a small village in Bengal, India (1903). He went to an English boarding school...
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