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Posted on 12.03.07 by Mary Lou Seymour
“H.R 1955: the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 recently passed by the House — a companion bill is in the Senate — is barely one sentence old before its Orwellian moment: It begins, ‘AN ACT — To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes.’ Those whose pulse did not quicken at ‘other purposes’ have probably not read George Orwell’s essay, Politics and the English Language, or they voted for the other George both times.” (12/03/07) Link: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120307C.shtml Filed under: PND Commentary and RRND Commentary | Report Bad Link Bookmark this post in Furl or Del.icio.us | |
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