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brainyquote.com - 12/9/2008
George Orwell Quotes
washingtonmonthly.com - 12/7/2008
Even George Will
— washingtonmonthly.com — EVEN GEORGE WILL.... We've past the point at which this can reasonably be described as foolish. Now,... conservative apoplexy about the non-existent drive to reinstate the "Fairness Doctrine," is just annoying. George Will, who one might expect to know ... (more) Even George Will

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readprint.com - 12/12/2008
Can Socialists Be Happy? by George Orwell
— readprint.com — The thought of Christmas raises almost automatically the thought of Charles Dickens, and for two very good... reasons. To begin with, Dickens is one of the few English writers who have actually written about Christmas. Christmas is the most popular of ... (more) Can Socialists Be Happy? by George Orwell

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juliansanchez.com - 12/15/2008
Orwell in Bailoutland
— juliansanchez.com — Oh, FireDogLake: Conservative ideologues looking to punish workers and the American middle class for auto industry failures... are driven by an authoritarian worldview George Lakoff calls the strict parent model. Senate Republicans see their opposition ... (more) Orwell in Bailoutland
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Moonbattery:  Hollyweird's Latest Che Hagiography

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neo-neocon:  This is what the Iranian people are up against

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Hollyweird's Latest Che Hagiography
Moonbattery — ... Those who share the socialist vision of the future as a boot stamping on a human face have powerful friends in Hollyweird. ...

Perils of World Government:
The Volokh Conspiracy — ... should apply to political risks no less than to environmental ones. As George Orwell put it in 1984 , global totalitarianism would be "a boot stamping on a human face - forever." We should think long and hard before agreeing to take even a small risk of that happening.

Moonbats' Primordial Yearning
Moonbattery — ... From the point of view of our rulers, collectivist ideology is a boot stamping on a human face. But for the pathetic moonbats who support them, it is the promise of Mommy's breast and fresh diapers. ...

This is what the Iranian people are up against
neo-neocon — ... of the mullahs in charge of Iran, in case they hadn’t revealed it clearly enough already: Khatami, a member of the powerful Assembly of Experts, said the judiciary should charge the leading “rioters” as “mohareb” or one who wages war against God. “They should be punished ruthlessly and savagely,” he said. Under Iran’s Islamic law, punishment for people convicted as “mohareb” is execution. As Orwell wrote in his dystopia 1984: If you want a vision of the future, imagine a ...

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