In 1984, George Orwell foresaw a future where "history" was constantly being re-written to conform to the latest political needs. Here's an excerpt.
But to trace out the history of the whole period, to say who was fighting whom at any given moment, would have been utterly impossible, since no written record, and no spoken word, ever made mention of any other alignment than the existing one. At this moment, for example, in 1984 (if it was 1984), Oceania was at war with Eurasia and in alliance with Eastasia. In no public or private utterance was it ever admitted that the three powers had at any time been grouped along different lines. Actually, as Winston well knew, it was only four years since Oceania had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia. But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control. Officially the change of partners had never happened. Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible.
The frightening thing, he reflected for the ten thousandth time . . . the frightening thing was that it might all be true. If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened-that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death.
Orwell had no idea.
Several times recently, I've gone a-googling for pictures of Republican Mark Foley, ex-Congressman from Florida and the focus of Mastrugate. Almost every single picture of Foley with any other Republican, especially if the picture was posted on a Republican web site now no longer exists. It's as much a piece of 1984 as was Fox's "mistake" of repeatedly listing Foley as a Democrat in the days following the revelation that he'd been sending wildly-inappropriate e-mails to underage D.C. pages.
I simply note this because, on occasion, when people are pulling a heist, I believe there's some merit to having someone willing to call out, "Hey. These guys are pulling a heist."
See for yourself. Type "Mark Foley" into the Google search engine. Click "Images." The very first thumbnail picture is of Mark Foley with two other men from March 15. The web address is: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.house.gov/reichert/photogallery/Honeywell.CEO/Honeywell%2520CEO%2520Dave%2520Cote,%2520DR%2520and%2520Rep.%2520Mark%2520Foley%2520(FL-16)%252003.15.05.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.house.gov/reichert/photogallery/Honeywell.CEO.shtml&h=1704&w=2272&sz=1454&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=6JhRP4awng6iGM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmark%2Bfoley%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN. But when you click on the picture, you get this:
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Similarly, this link: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://slcrc.tripod.com/foleyhq.jpg&imgrefurl=http://slcrc.tripod.com/&h=280&w=374&sz=24&hl=en&start=23&tbnid=SRdfW1Ap48imrM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmark%2Bfoley%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN to the St. Lucie County Republican Club appears to have been scrubbed of the picture depicted in Google's thumbnail showing Foley shaking hands with someone.
This link: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.house.gov/foley/gallery/images/Cong_Foley_wide.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.house.gov/foley/gallery/pages/congfoleywide.htm&h=303&w=568&sz=77&hl=en&start=28&tbnid=1Qcpvexu8g_h2M:&tbnh=71&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmark%2Bfoley%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN which should show a picture of Foley now leads you to vacancies in Foley's office.
Earl Pomeroy's webpage (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pomeroy.house.gov/vertical/Sites/%257B5FD44A80-A0CB-465A-843F-D8C95CE0EFF5%257D/uploads/%257B9F13088D-D792-4BB4-AD21-E1372C21506A%257D_Web.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pomeroy.house.gov/index.asp%3FType%3DB_BASIC%26SEC%3D%257B4D6249C1-9F9F-45B3-8C1D-3511D74B8A00%257D&h=150&w=200&sz=14&hl=en&start=49&tbnid=XRgfk6lijBhk8M:&tbnh=78&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmark%2Bfoley%26start%3D40%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN) is at least more honest. When you click on a thumbnail picture of Foley, you now get a message that says: 404
The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its
name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.7
You get the idea. In fact, there were quite a few more of these about a week ago when I first noted the problem but didn't have time to blog about it. So, I advise you, as those being fucked have always been advised, to lie back, relax, and think of England. England on a bright cold day in April, [with the] clocks . . . striking thirteen. [A day when] Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him.
[A day when the] hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats.
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