Recurring Nightmare

"On each landing, opposite the lift-shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran...(narrative contines...)The Ministry of Truth -- Minitrue, in Newspeak -- was startlingly different from any other object in sight. It was an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, soaring up, terrace after terrace, 300 metres into the air. From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the Party: WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. " 1984, George Orwell. I fear that one day this blog will not exist. Or, if it does, that each letter entered will be scrutinized--and each word that speaks blasphemy of Barack Obama will be subject to punishment. Yet, I fear more, that my fear is becoming reality. That it is ok for the Hollywood types to speak treason of our nation, but God forbid, a college kid say something wrong about B.O. That it is ok for people to call us "whitey" but God forbid anyone mention Barack's preacher's animosity toward the nation. College kids...it's not safe. Civil servants (i.e. POLICE OFFICERS, not O's Civil Army)...it's not safe. Bloggers...well, we all know where we're going. Just pray it's not like Germany in the 30s/40s. Someone pinch me.