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To: Sully- who wrote (70666)	3/31/2009 12:56:34 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

[George Orwell's 1984] is now celebrating a quarter-century of existence, which is a very good sign indeed. And its importance could not be more significant in our twisted Age of Unreason, where declaring two plus two equals four is a major inconvenience to many in politics, the media and show biz. Why Big Brother Matters: The Enduring Importance of ‘1984' By John T. Simpson on totalitarian Big Hollywood Few books in history, if any, have left such a powerfully lingering effect with their last four words as the classic tale of a totalitarian nightmare by Eric Blair (aka George Orwell), ’Nineteen Eighty-Four’: “He Loved Big Brother.” In those four words, the utter destruction of a human being, and by extension humanity itself, was complete. The novel remains a most dark and compelling tale, and is even taught as a full course in many college classrooms. The essential fact, the very heart of the matter, in George Orwell’s timeless classic is “the ability to say two plus two equals four. If than can be done, all else follows.” Yet the nightmare Big Brother regime of ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ must by necessity keep redoing the math, even as it keeps rewriting history. Those who do the correct math, and refuse to see the equation otherwise, are the greatest dangers to Big Brother’s existence and are doomed to suffer fates worse than death. Could not the loss of Winston Smith’s very soul to Big Brother in ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ not truly be worse than death? It is, in fact, a living death. At least until they fully cure Winston Smith with a bullet, an inevitable outcome that is only implied at the end of the novel. Since that forever age long ago in 1948 when George Orwell penned his last and most important cautionary tale, the world has seen countless interpretations of Orwell’s worst fears. In fact, it has seen them in Orwellian fashion. In the year 1984 itself, the then-Soviet Union accused America of being Orwell’s Big Brother. It was rather difficult for Russians of the time to interpret that analogy, as the book was banned throughout the Soviet Union. Most Orwellian indeed. But there was yet another stark development for Orwell’s classic in that infamous year synonymous with omnipotent and omniscient terror. Writer-Director Michael Radford tackled Orwell’s nightmarish vision for the big screen and won. Starring John Hurt as the doomed Winston Smith, Suzannah Hamilton as his equally doomed lover Julia, and Richard Burton in his final and most chilling performance as the cold and sinister O’Brien, Michael Radford managed to transport the terrors of the novel in toto to film. A haunting original score by the Eurythmics is the black icing on this unpalatable celluloid cake. It is now celebrating a quarter-century of existence, which is a very good sign indeed. And its importance could not be more significant in our twisted Age of Unreason, where declaring two plus two equals four is a major inconvenience to many in politics, the media and show biz. In fact, isn’t that ongoing math problem by Hollywood movers and shakers a main reason many of us here now congregate at Big Hollywood? To counter and call to the Carpet of Truth film icons like Annette Bening when she praises women’s rights in Iran? A true Orwellian oxymoron, if ever there was one. As a Bonus Prize, I have found Michael Radford’s brilliant film adaptation, performed by some the finest actors ever to stand in front of a camera, free for viewing and download at Google Video. No excuse not to see it now. Yet as great a film as it is, I doubt you’ll be thanking me later. But that’s the whole point. Peace and Freedom, Everyone bighollywood.breitbart.com

To: Sully- who wrote (70666)	3/31/2009 4:27:08 PM
From: rich evans	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

Well, Sully as a CPA you can take solace that a lot of the 1.75 trill deficit projected is lending/investment not spending. I would be interested in what the numbers are without all the tarp, AIG, GM etc. The other problem is that the current account deficit made up for a lot of our budget deficits in the past as the foreigners had to bring their dollars here for investment etc. But now the trade deficit is shrinking from about 60bill per month to 20 bill so less dollars available to bring home to offset our budget deficits. All this is hard to figure without details. Ben Bernanke says he can sell securities on the permanent desk to bring down the money supply when quantitative easing is no longer necessary. And all the facility lending is being done on the temporary desk which automatically repaid in the term specified unless rolled over. Rich