For Those That Missed the TERRA' SPEECH, I've Summarized:

[bj2110]

Cross-posted from this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4998818

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Thank you. I appreciate all my neocon buddies.
Remember Sept. 11? That's why we're in Iraq.
Islamic militants are killing people.
We are killing Islamic people, but I don't think that's why they want to kill us.
Islamic fundamentalists are the same as communists.
Terrorism = Communism.
We kill 'em there, so we don't have to show America why.
If we don't kill them, WMD's will kill us all.
We will associate many sovereign Islamic countries with terrorism.
We aren't stopping any time soon.
Freedom = Slavery. Get used to it.
We really like our buddies who we put in power over there.
And we're making sure the Islamic people know they have to like them, too.
I really like most Muslims.
Oh yeah, and Freedom = Slavery, in case you forgot.
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[electropop]

1. Thanks, saves me the trouble of sitting through the misery of

another smirking chimp act. Sounds like his usual BS.

[RebelOne]

2. Excellent. That does sum it up.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Hmmm About what I had expected.

[AlinPA]

4. War is Peace. n/t

[bj2110]

5. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. This one is always forgotten.

[bj2110]

8. Oh yeah, and the speech seemed to be a kick-off of "Hate Week",

continued further with the bogus terra threats in the last two days.

So many "thoughtcrimes" running through my head right now...

[AlinPA]

9. "It does not matter whether the war is actually happening, and since no

decisive victory is possible, it does not matter whether the war is going badly. All that is needed is that a state of war should exist."

1984

[bj2110]

10. Contrast these passages:

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of the combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."

- Eisenhower, a Republican for Chirst's sake!

"Even the literature of the Party will change. Even the slogans will change. How could you have a slogan like "Freedom is Slavery" when the concept of freedom has been abolished. The whole climate of thought will be different. In fact, there will be no thought, as we understand it now. Orthodoxy means not thinking - not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness."

- Syme (Orwell's, 1984)

[AlinPA]

11. This country is in real deep trouble. People really are unconscious. nt

[bj2110]

12. I agree. Not too many of the sheep could be classified as an "alert and

knowledgeable citizenry". Although DU & Progressives are doing their part...

[dean_dem]

6. Here's a good video synopsis...

...courtesy of Tom Tomorrow:

[bj2110]

7. Yep. That's an even more focused summary...