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LuvNewcastle

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26. A writer I read once explained it well.

Thu Sep 11, 2014, 06:51 PM

Sep 2014

Nobody can be as consistently wrong as much as our 'leaders' seem to be. The odds are against that happening. Even if they were guessing about which action to take each time, odds are that they would do the right thing occasionally, at least. Yet they always seem to do the wrong thing. It goes against the odds to say that they're merely incompetent.

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"Oceania was at war with Eurasia; . . ." [View all] markpkessinger Sep 2014 OP

"Quite half of the posters had the wrong faces on them." KamaAina Sep 2014 #1

That Goddam Manny is everywhere. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #4

Already have, already have. Puzzledtraveller Sep 2014 #2

"There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination." MohRokTah Sep 2014 #3

Wow. GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #13

Appropriate, given the topic of the thread. eom MohRokTah Sep 2014 #15

Isn't war funny? BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #31

And that person's choice of the enxt Presdient tells us a great deal too. truedelphi Sep 2014 #42

Oh, I've thought about it and Boreal Sep 2014 #5

''Eastasia for the Eastasians!'' Octafish Sep 2014 #6

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^n/t truedelphi Sep 2014 #20

Octafish!! Puzzledtraveller Sep 2014 #33

Fox Action_Patrol Sep 2014 #7

Those of us who read the book see the parallels. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #8

It does seem that way, now doesn't it? Depaysement Sep 2014 #9

Where did all the high tech weaponry for ISIS come from? truedelphi Sep 2014 #18

Too much truth. You just calm down! DocMac Sep 2014 #22

A writer I read once explained it well. LuvNewcastle Sep 2014 #26

A most excellent explanation. Thanks LuvNewcastle. n/t truedelphi Sep 2014 #39

Do you have a link for that number? Depaysement Sep 2014 #34

A friend of mine here on DU, she truedelphi Sep 2014 #40

Eastasia, you Eastasian spy! MisterP Sep 2014 #10

we watched the movie for the first time the other night. eerie resemblance indeed. NRaleighLiberal Sep 2014 #11

Been thinking about that line a lot lately. Brigid Sep 2014 #12

I never stop thinking about it FiveGoodMen Sep 2014 #14

Great quote, FiveGoodMen - mind if I use it? n/t truedelphi Sep 2014 #19

Please feel free to! FiveGoodMen Sep 2014 #25

I read fiction for entertainment, Progressive dog Sep 2014 #16

The year was not known in the story. rogerashton Sep 2014 #28

That's where the title cane from, Progressive dog Sep 2014 #30

Yes and no. Aristus Sep 2014 #36

“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” LanternWaste Sep 2014 #37

I'll bet there is even a quote out Progressive dog Sep 2014 #38

Meanwhile, a third of city of Lucerne's residents were just red-tagged for truedelphi Sep 2014 #17

We have always been at war with terror! Hugabear Sep 2014 #21

Double Plus Good! another_liberal Sep 2014 #23

Other than 1984 being a work of fiction...sure. randome Sep 2014 #24

Smedley Butler wasn't.... think Sep 2014 #27

Perhaps it is classified as a work of fiction, but it works as a pretty terrifying truedelphi Sep 2014 #43

William Neal Harrison did a pretty good job explaining how we got there........... wandy Sep 2014 #29

I don't remember Oceania holding free elections... brooklynite Sep 2014 #32

... progressoid Sep 2014 #35

K&R liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #41

"1984" was a cautionary tale deutsey Sep 2014 #44