Orwell

I am a big fan of George Orwell, In fact for my birthday I bought a book that had both 1984 and Animal Farm in it. That being said I was drawn to a post on gop.com that had his name in the title. Of course it talked about Obama and newspeak. Although it does seem that he has been using some newspeak it seems to me more like some other things which Orwell discussed. One of them being "All animals are equal" which if you remember becomes "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others". Universal healthcare, Spread the wealth around, and taxing the "rich" all fit this quite well. Then in 1984 the main character worked in the Department of Truth. It was his job to essentially rewrite history so that things turn out exactley how the government wanted in the first place. ie. there was no pork in the stimulus package, something Obama himself said. Be weary and those of you not familiar with these books I recommend you read them.


In other affairs Jenn went down to the Mt. Washington Resort this weekend with her parents, of course I had to stay home and work. She was supposed to come back today but with the storm she's still at her parent's place. I'm anxious for her to come back soon. Also, I'm glad the storm moved fast and we got less than we were supposed to.