In 1945-49 Orwell wrote his prophetic novel about government gone wild .

Big Brother and the Inner Party  formed a ruling elite.
Doublethink/Newspeak were the spin and political correctness of the day.
Ministiries named opposite to their true purposes executed government policy

• minpax - used endless war as a means to control the populace
• mintrue - propaganda, rewriting history
• minluv - spying, torture and ran the JoyCamps (detention centers/gulags)
• minplenty - in charge of rationing

Sexual repression in a distinctly unhealthy populace was a strategy for control.
Thought Police - children spying on their parents, turning them in for rewards

Favorite Orwell quote:
"Guys, it was a precautionary tale, not a guidebook!"

Was Osama bin Laden actually a Jew? In 1984, Big Brother's arch enemy, thus public enemy number 1, was Emmanuel Goldstein. Obama ruined this analogy when he sent in Seal Team 6. 

Did Apple Computer suggest that to own a PC was to bow down to conformist pressure. 

Does receiving a public compliment from George Bush mean you'll soon be out of a job? Ask Michael Brown and Donald Rumsfeld what it means to be doing a "heck of a job."

Did you know the U.S. Department of Defense has never won a war? While the U.S. War Department never lost. This observation by Robt Heinlein may or may not be true after Iraq and Afghanistan are measured by history.

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