George Orwell Quotes
You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that evey sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.
Orwell, George. 1984. Secker & Warburg, 1949.
The first non-PRI President in over 70 years.
In the early days of our republic, the President and Vice President were sometimes of different parties. President Adams and the Federalists kept Vice President Thomas Jefferson under surveillance.
Referring to a voter initiative on the 1988 Oregon ballot which would outlaw smoking in almost all public places:
In 2007 a new phenomenon appeared on the political scene where people who had taken amateur videos of politicians with inexpensive cameras or even cell phones began to “publish” them on a video web site called “U-Tube” which allowed anyone to do this for free. Suddenly the potentially or actually embarrassing video was not only able to be viewed by millions but via e-mail millions more were made aware of the video’s existence. In 24 hours an embarrassing video had more viewers then would see it on the national evening news. Brody was the first person to give it a name and warn politicians about the problem—The U-Tube Moment.
He was discussing the genetic atrocities, genocide and ethnic cleansing, and the murdering of scientists that had been justified by governments for national security reasons especially the murder of Russian geneticists by Stalin in Russia.
Eric Arthur Blair, known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
