Wilkommen back 1984!
Posted: December 2nd, 2008 | Filed under: Features, Politics, Ruminations | No Comments »Call me Paranoid. (Or Call me Ishmael, if you like, but it won’t be quite as apropos, given my subject here.)
Anyway, I’m getting a bit paranoid. Like I said. It derives from several recent readings and planned events in the context of our wackamundo terroristic world.
Here’s what I’m thinking. I’m thinking things are starting to look a whole lot like the world in George Orwell’s seminal dystopian novel, “1984.” That world of brainwashed Winston Smith consisted of three super powers. One was Oceania, where Smith lived. The others were Eurasia and Eastasia. Read the rest of this entry »

