{"id":144,"date":"2006-03-27T10:02:32","date_gmt":"2006-03-27T10:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/?p=144"},"modified":"2006-03-27T11:13:43","modified_gmt":"2006-03-27T11:13:43","slug":"2006-is-the-new-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"2006 is the new 1984"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/klausindustries.com\/tshirts.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2006 is the new 1984\" src=\"http:\/\/klausindustries.com\/images\/t-shirtart2.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">In 1948 George Orwell wrote 1984.  He envisioned a nation whose citizens have no expectation of <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2005\/POLITICS\/12\/17\/bush.nsa\/\">privacy<\/a> under  a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/doc\/20011231\/shapiro20011219\">dictatorial<\/a> government that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2003\/07\/03\/iraq\/main561567.shtml\">relishes<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/infocus\/nationalsecurity\/\">perpetual war<\/a>.  A state whose        <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.cnn.com\/2002\/US\/09\/30\/sproject.irq.regime.change\/\">alliances<\/a> are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2003\/ALLPOLITICS\/03\/11\/sprj.irq.fries\/\">arbitrary<\/a>, and where <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/article.pl?sid=03\/07\/30\/1513221&#038;mode=thread&#038;tid=25\">deviation<\/a> from the party line is considered a <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.cnn.com\/2001\/US\/11\/06\/gen.attack.on.terror\/\">lapse in loyalty<\/a> that is subject to        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/ac2\/wp-dyn\/A11208-2003Sep27?language=printer\">harsh retribution<\/a>.  Orwell&#8217;s city is a prison where there is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/news\/outfront\/2001\/11\/surveillance.html\">no place to hide<\/a> from a government that can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legalaffairs.org\/issues\/July-August-2003\/feature_koerner_julaug03.msp\">track<\/a> a persons every move and even        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wired\/archive\/14.01\/lying.html\">read their minds<\/a>.  People live under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/programs\/morning\/features\/2002\/feb\/surveillance\/020225.surveillance.html\">constant scrutiny<\/a> and must <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/natsec\/travel\/22351prs20051123.html\">show I.D.<\/a> to travel in their own town.  The goal; to know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/privacy\/spying\/15722prs20031030.html\">everything<\/a> about <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Total_Information_Awareness\">everyone<\/a>.  People <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/12\/03\/AR2005120301476_pf.html\">randomly disappear<\/a>, or are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2131127\/\">publicly kidnapped<\/a>.  If an error is made, history can be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/ac2\/wp-dyn\/A9821-2003Dec17?language=printer\">revised or erased<\/a> by a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onthemedia.org\/transcripts\/transcripts_031805_newshole.html\">propaganda<\/a> machine that is subject to <a href=\"http:\/\/observer.guardian.co.uk\/focus\/story\/0,6903,1418539,00.html\">no restraint<\/a>. When the year 1984 rolled around, people thought Orwell had got it all wrong.  Now it looks like the only thing he got wrong was the date.<br \/>\n2006 is the new 1984.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1948 George Orwell wrote 1984. He envisioned a nation whose citizens have no expectation of privacy under a dictatorial government that relishes in perpetual war. A state whose alliances are arbitrary, and where deviation from the party line is considered a lapse in loyalty that is subject to harsh retribution. 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