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Tue Oct-26-10 01:01 PM
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| So are Teabaggers literalizing Orwell's observation that the future is a "boot on a human face?" |
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Tue Oct-26-10 01:10 PM
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| 1. either that or Jack London's "The Iron Heel" |
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Tue Oct-26-10 01:12 PM
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| 2. Good point. Another piece of writing that becomes truer and truer... |
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Tue Oct-26-10 01:19 PM
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| 5. The chapters 'Jacksons Arm'(?) and where Ernest |
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is speaking to the small businessmen are perfectly relevant today.
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doubt Teabaggers know who Orwell is. I doubt they have read that many books. I doubt it would even phase them, had they even tried to read it. Its all about being proud of being ignorant. Education is for the "elites". They can't stand elitism.
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Tue Oct-26-10 01:15 PM
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| 4. Considering they are illiterate, doubtful |
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This appears to simply be an act consistent with their nature.
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Tue Oct-26-10 01:27 PM
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Edited on Tue Oct-26-10 01:36 PM by Ian David
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| 7. I've been listening to American news all night and have yet to see CNN do a story on |
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