[Peace-discuss] Fw: COLUMN: A Team of Rivals? No, A Team of Zombies.

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From: "David Sirota" <ds at davidsirota.com>
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Subject: COLUMN: A Team of Rivals? No, A Team of Zombies.


>A Team of Zombies
>
> By David Sirota
>
> Creators Syndicate, 2/6/09
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> Only weeks ago, the political world was buzzing about a "team of
> rivals." America was told that finally, after years of yes-men
> running the government, we were getting a president who would follow
> Abraham Lincolns lead, fill his administration with varying
> viewpoints, and glean empirically sound policy from the clash of
> ideas. Little did we know that "team of rivals" was what George
> Orwell calls "newspeak": an empty slogan "claiming that black is
> white, in contradiction of the plain facts."
>
> To read the full newspaper column, go here:
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> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/05/EDGO15O7A8.DTL
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