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Old 07-21-2007, 10:14 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by billybobama View Post
George Orwell in his work Nineteen Eighty-four commented. "the consequence of being at war, and in danger, makes the handing over all power to a small caste seem the natural unavoidable condition of society. Every Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should be a credulous and ignorant fanatic whose prevailing moods are fear, hatred, adulation and orgiastic triumph."
Can anybody say - "The Fascist Republican Party?"
WOW - Dejavu all over again.
The only difference here is that the bad guy...
  • who no one can seem to find or catch
  • who some people doubt is alive
  • who some people suspect doesn't exist
  • whose picture is EVERYWHERE, to inspire fear, hate, and subservience
...is not called Emmanuel Goldstein.
He is called Osama bin Laden.