'We have always been at war with East Asia..'

Post #267,358 by Ashton 9/12/06 4:22:09 PM Reply	'We have always been at war with East Asia..' ..which phrase gets 226 [link\|http://handthatfeedsme.blogspot.com/2005/09/we-have-always-been-at-war-with-east.html\| hits]. My condolences go out to every rational person, responsible for somehow ... training-up a replacement.. during the Murder of Language purge years.
Post #267,360 by drewk 9/12/06 4:29:01 PM Reply	You knew that was an Orwell quote? Or you just happened to hit the same phrase? === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #267,363 by Ashton 9/12/06 4:38:52 PM Reply	I've been reading a fine bio of George O A few fascinating chapters at a time, over months. (A pres from a bibliophile friend..) But I'd imagine that any reading of 1984 or the rather-OK movie, would 'create permanent memory' for that phrase (?)
Post #267,365 by drewk 9/12/06 4:41:45 PM Reply	Depressing how often he's still relevant === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #267,379 by Ashton 9/12/06 5:42:50 PM Reply	Re: Depressing how often he's ^h^h the Greeks and most 'old ie mature' cultures have eons-ago taken the measure of what does Not constitute a civilization (..always so much harder to complete any list of what Does, I wot.) An iggerant populace guarantees that we always need a Twain, Mencken, Vonnegut around to reSHOUT this stuff. I thought that ST (Trek) covered that one well, with the skit of the elders-in-togas preventing YAN testosterone shoot-out / planetary invasion - you remember, the one wherein the Klingon, after accepting that the fun was off for today, squealed, It would have been a G l o r i o u s (little?) war!! Before Light! as in ..Let there Be __, -was- cha cha cha :-/
Post #267,382 by jb4 9/12/06 6:47:37 PM 9/12/06 6:47:59 PM Reply	I knew... ...and I was going to post it...but Ash (as usual) beat me to it. jb4 "So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it. I haven't." — Stephen Colbert, at the White House Correspondent's Dinner 29Apr06 Edited by jb4 Sept. 12, 2006, 06:47:59 PM EDT Expand All History

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