Posted on October 29, 2009 by James Devere and saved under American Politics, Political News
In September, BarackObama.com, Organizing for America, and the DNC put out a call for videos that would promote healthcare reform. Below is the original announcement from Natalie Foster. From BarackObama.com: Announcing the “Health Reform Video Challenge” posted September 27 10:38:21 AM Yesterday, OFA/DNC New Media Director Natalie Foster announced the kick-off…
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Posted on October 28, 2009 by James Devere and saved under Political Commentary
Reminiscent of the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s 1984, the Obama Administration introduced some “newspeak” terms into our political debate earlier this year. The “war on terror” became an “overseas contingency action” and “acts of terrorism” became “man caused disasters.” Seemingly innocuous changes in statements appeared to do no harm…
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Posted on September 28, 2009 by James Devere and saved under American Politics, Political News
The following video was posted to youtube by healthcareforyounow.com. The video makes an emotional plea for healthcare, then ends with the comment, “Obama wants to make sure you are taken care of…let him.” I could not find much info on this group; they have just one post on their blog. I did…
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Progressives and their Orwellian Newspeak
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TweetReminiscent of the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s 1984, the Obama Administration introduced some “newspeak” terms into our political debate earlier this year. The “war on terror” became an “overseas contingency action” and “acts of terrorism” became “man caused disasters.” Seemingly innocuous changes in statements appeared to do no harm…
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