"1984" - Angry Progressives' Book Recommendation III

Honestly, given the state of this country since George W. Bush stole the presidency in 2000, I don't know why we didn't recommend George Orwell's classic "1984" the day we unveiled this site. But it dawned on me as I posted about Cheney claiming, in front of the National Association of Manufactureres, to be for workers' rights. It was probably the millionth time Cheney or Bush or someone in this administration has used doublespeak to perfection.

One simply cannot read this book without thinking about the Bush Administration. The boundary-less Global War on Terror, the constantly changing reasons for going to war in Iraq, the Clear Skies Act....the list goes on and on. It's as if Bush, Cheney and Rove read the book (insert Bush/reading joke here) and figured, "What the hell, let's give it a shot and see if it really works!"

Here's a great article on Common Dreams about how the Bush Adminstration has used Doublespeak to manipulate the American people.

Enjoy the book, see if it doesn't change the way you hear everything that comes out of Bush and Co.'s mouths, and think about how far we really are from America becoming Oceania.