Political Language Orwell Quote

"Political language ... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
– George Orwell
(Quotes change daily at antiwar.com/casualties/)

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  1. For Example, this one today:

    We cloak ourselves in cold indifference to the unnecessary suffering of others--even when we cause it.
    – James Carroll

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  2. Big Rock Chop House? Is that like, pork chops? Weird.

    Yeah, I couldn't open up any of his sites. Hopefully he didn't get extraordinarily rendered by the CIA or something. Maybe he doesn't to go undercover. All this blogging may have been too high profile.

    Maybe he feels a little subversion is necessary to effect change. Maybe he just wants to start over fresh. clean slate...

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  3. If you think you're part of the solution...you're part of the problem.

    George Carlin

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