Obama enjoys making vague declarations of faith in the system — “The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate…” — but his style of rhetoric is exactly what George Orwell warned against in “Politics and the English Language.” More here.
Orwell as antidote to Obama
That’s the deal with Obama, conservatives and other corporate ball-garglers. They assume that no one else has read Orwell, Machiavelli or Mein Kampf.
Not only that, Ron, but a certain sum of us recognize bullshit when we hear and/or see it. Problem is that we either vote, organize, or OCCUPY………..
Voting does no good – as we’ve seen with Obama and organizing and Occupy seem to go hand-in-hand. I’m in agreement with this new movement and hope it influences the political scene by ridding us of the same rich jerk-offs promising us one thing and then delivering the corporate agenda. Until the corporate/big money influence is nullified and corporations are no longer “people”, your vote is a waste of time.