Quote: George Orwell defined doublethink as "the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
When it comes to war, spending, and more, President Barack Obama's 2010 State of the Union address showed that doublethink is alive and well in Washington, D.C.
Approximately two minutes.
Written and produced by Paul Feine.
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But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
Posted: 04 Feb 2010 16:55
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Funny he's so hopeful, but then everyone is so depressed at the same time.
It comes down to one simple outlook. The government has to realize there are limitations to what it can accomplish. Everyone has got limitations. You can strive to be better but you have to be realistic.
It would be like me selling everything I had to go to New York to become a comic book artist without ever having the slightest notion a comic book company might even be interested in hiring me. I'd probably wind up in the streets. Obama's dreams are not checked by any set of realistic standards. He just wants to do it , do it do it like a teenager who says hang the cost of reckless behavior. Only problem is we the people are going to pay the price for his unrealistic socialist dreams. __________________
Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
Posted: 04 Feb 2010 18:06
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I'll take that farther. His words are not matching his actions. Either he is really well-meaning and hopeless to his circumstances or he never intended for half of what he's promised to happen at all.
There are two parties in DC- us and them. Obama is one of them, just like almost every other democrat and republican in office. Don't get me wrong either- we would have been no better off with McCain; probably worse as a matter of fact.
This team of us, we the people, don't stand a chance with that homefield advantage of a morally bankrupt and coopted system being run into the ground as a grafted on corporatocracy. Maybe the best possible thing for our survival is if the dollar does finally go bust- we can start again from the ground up. __________________
But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
Posted: 04 Feb 2010 20:03
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I don't think MCCain would have been quite so bad, but I bet he would have angered a lot of conservatives from time to time with over spending and regulation. I just think his over spending and over regulating would have been at a much slower pace and would not go nearly as far as Obama.
Obama is breaking new ground as the most liberal big spender that has ever existed. He's going for the record books. __________________
Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
Posted: 04 Feb 2010 20:06
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How do you define 'most liberal' and what is the record holder so far? __________________
But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
Posted: 04 Feb 2010 21:04
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I guess Obama wins hands down. He's worse than Jimmy Carter. __________________
Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either.
Posted: 05 Feb 2010 01:53
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I asked how you define that and what the record holder was- you just handed him the award quicker than the Nobel committee instead. __________________
But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
