Wednesday, June 25, 2003

"Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell. As soon as certain topics are raised, the concrete melts into the abstract and no one seems able to think of turns of speech that are not hackneyed: prose consists less and less of words chosen for the sake of their meaning, and more and more of phrases tacked together like the sections of a prefabricated henhouse. [Blogcritics] 5:29:36 AM

At least some members of Congress have finally started protesting his assault on the first amendment... Protest Restrictions. Back in 1999, after discovering a website parodying his campaign for the Presidency, George W. Bush famously declared that "There ought to be limits to freedom"... [Blogcritics] 5:29:19 AM