The Red Brick Times

Remember pay-per-view columnists? Y'know, where the government pays "independent" editorial writers to be not quite so (wink-wink) "independent"? Get your bullshit meter out (as if we could live without one these days) 'cause you're gonna need it more than ever. In my humble opinion the game is now officially afoot. I think it kicked off today. Why? First I read this in the editorial page of my local paper then saw this in the NY Times (you will not fucking believe the photo).

These people are good. First you have subtlety (read between the lines; Democrats are going to RAISE TAXES!) then a lie so big and bold that it resonates (the photo of a president who has increased the national debt to a point that the dollar is practically worthless in front of a banner saying "Fiscal Responsibility"). Even George Orwell couldn't make up more bizarre stuff.

The saddest thing about all this? It works.
Posted 9:07 AM by whatley (3) comments

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RBT Bonus: Readings from St. George.

My favorites:

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy?

# posted by  whatley : October 16, 2007 10:48 AM
 
My bullshit meter burned out from massive overload a number of years ago leading to the assumption that its all bullshit. I'm really tired of the current politics and only vote so I retain my right to bitch. There are no good choices that are viable. Gore will not run I'll vote for Richardson in the primaries. I'm not thinking any farther ahead than that. Thanks for the Orwell page.

"As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents."

"In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia."
George Orwell

# posted by  A. O. : October 16, 2007 1:58 PM
 
Please return all brayed fables to their upright and locked positions. Our captain has illuminated the seat belt sign so all will be safe as we plummet back to earth.

I have been insulating with fiberglass in various forms for the past few days (project for my folks). This just makes the itching and irritation much worse.

# posted by  Andy : October 17, 2007 7:45 AM
 
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