Comments on: About http://ministryoflove.wordpress.com Welcome to our Orwellian Protest of the Military Commissions Act. Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:31:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: JRL http://ministryoflove.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2884 JRL Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:24:13 +0000 #comment-2884 What a heap-o-drivel. My President told me he's supporting the truups. My president told me he needs military tribunals to support the truups. My president told me habeas corpus isn't compatible with military tribunals. My president tol me habeas corpus isn't compatible with supporting the truups. My president said so! With words, and everything! So there! What a heap-o-drivel.

My President told me he’s supporting the truups.

My president told me he needs military tribunals to support the truups.

My president told me habeas corpus isn’t compatible with military tribunals.

My president tol me habeas corpus isn’t compatible with supporting the truups.

My president said so!

With words, and everything!

So there!

]]> By: The Ghost http://ministryoflove.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2519 The Ghost Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:14:22 +0000 #comment-2519 I do not think that enemy combatants, those who attack United States soldiers and citizens, OUR soldiers and citizens must I stress--need a trial to be detained. This idea, although well thought out, will ultimately fail because any knowledgeable politician understands this, and therefore would work to fight against it. Perhaps you should research more into this act before throwing out radical ideas. I do not think that enemy combatants, those who attack United States soldiers and citizens, OUR soldiers and citizens must I stress–need a trial to be detained.

This idea, although well thought out, will ultimately fail because any knowledgeable politician understands this, and therefore would work to fight against it.

Perhaps you should research more into this act before throwing out radical ideas.

]]> By: Skip Mendler http://ministryoflove.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2330 Skip Mendler Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:09:47 +0000 #comment-2330 "1984+25" is coming... and please check out The "1984 INDEX" stands at UNGOOD: http://www.well.com/~smendler/1984+20/1984index.html “1984+25″ is coming…

and please check out

The “1984 INDEX” stands at UNGOOD:
http://www.well.com/~smendler/1984+20/1984index.html

]]> By: Kase Jackson http://ministryoflove.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1891 Kase Jackson Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:30:44 +0000 #comment-1891 Great idea. Unfortunately, I doubt that very many of our elected representatives or their corporate masters would actually see the events depicted in '1984' as necessarily bad things. We would probably end up seeing telescreens installed in every home by the end of the year. Great idea. Unfortunately, I doubt that very many of our elected representatives or their corporate masters would actually see the events depicted in ‘1984′ as necessarily bad things. We would probably end up seeing telescreens installed in every home by the end of the year.

]]> By: Mitch Abrams http://ministryoflove.wordpress.com/about/#comment-710 Mitch Abrams Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:00:50 +0000 #comment-710 Hi, I volunteered a little while ago to send a book to Sen. Stabenow (MI). I'm about to do that.. unless it's been done already, in which case I can send a book to someone else, preferably from Michigan. Thanks! Hi, I volunteered a little while ago to send a book to Sen. Stabenow (MI). I’m about to do that.. unless it’s been done already, in which case I can send a book to someone else, preferably from Michigan. Thanks!

]]> By: clay http://ministryoflove.wordpress.com/about/#comment-624 clay Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:27:51 +0000 #comment-624 P.S. - Today is the 63rd anniversary of the beheading of Sophie Magdelena Scholl, age 22, a student at the University of Munich, for the thoughtcrime of putting anti-Nazi leaflet publicly in the atrium of the university. She was turned in on February 18, 1943 by an observant and patriotic janitor, along with her brother, Hans and friend, Christoph Probst. After four days of interrigation by the Gestapo and the Reich's SS, a kangeroo court show "trial" was held to publicly villify and condemn the students to death. They were led directly from the courtroom to the guillotine. The Big Brother of that era was so in fear of what these students, who called themselves The White Rose, might inspire against their all-powerful Third Reich, that they felt it necessary to immediately execute them to make an intimidating example of what becomes of those who defy the Party that had always been at war with Eurasia. Today we need a many more white rose movements worldwide. May a million white roses bloom. In reistance to tyranny today and tomorrow; in memory of their courage. (see the film "Sophie Scholl - The Final Days" for a glimpse of what activism in the face of state terror, a silenced majority and abject hopelessness was like in real life, just half a century ago. It was Hitler's reign of terror that was the basis of Orwell's dystopic vision of nineteen eighty-four.) P.S. – Today is the 63rd anniversary of the beheading of Sophie Magdelena Scholl, age 22, a student at the University of Munich, for the thoughtcrime of putting anti-Nazi leaflet publicly in the atrium of the university. She was turned in on February 18, 1943 by an observant and patriotic janitor, along with her brother, Hans and friend, Christoph Probst. After four days of interrigation by the Gestapo and the Reich’s SS, a kangeroo court show “trial” was held to publicly villify and condemn the students to death. They were led directly from the courtroom to the guillotine.
The Big Brother of that era was so in fear of what these students, who called themselves The White Rose, might inspire against their all-powerful Third Reich, that they felt it necessary to immediately execute them to make an intimidating example of what becomes of those who defy the Party that had always been at war with Eurasia.
Today we need a many more white rose movements worldwide.
May a million white roses bloom. In reistance to tyranny today and tomorrow; in memory of their courage.

(see the film “Sophie Scholl – The Final Days” for a glimpse of what activism in the face of state terror, a silenced majority and abject hopelessness was like in real life, just half a century ago. It was Hitler’s reign of terror that was the basis of Orwell’s dystopic vision of nineteen eighty-four.)

]]> By: clay http://ministryoflove.wordpress.com/about/#comment-623 clay Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:09:05 +0000 #comment-623 Dear Comrade O'Brien, The sad truth is that those in Congress may not be the readers we would hope they should be. Most of them grew up during the glorious era of ubiquitous telescreens (the nineteen fifties), thus are more apt at to take notice of the fleeting image on the cathode ray tube which served as electronic wetnurse during their formative years. A survey of them may reveal that 1.) they may have heard of George Orwell; but 2.) Unfortunately, "1984" was not on their high school required readng list; or 3.) Perhaps it was required reading but somehow they evaded that requirement and still maanged to read the Cliff Notes enough to graduate. Hence, methinks the better proposal is to gather the necessary number of DVD's of the 1984 version of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" to send to these pompous windbags, blowhards, knaves and fools to watch on their telescreens. Afterall, "the play's the thing wherein we'll capture the conscience of the king" (and his Congressional entourage of yes-men). Alas, I'm afraid our King Dubya has no conscience to capture. And the point of the bok would be lost on him and his junta. I do admire your tenacity and determination. As an act of conceptual art your project is brilliant. How about this thoghtful compromise? Before ending any books to any of them. Send each - by registered mail - an officious-looking parchment scroll, (all pomp 'n decorum, y'know, they'll think they've been awarded something they can put on their office wall). In Old English calligraphy, make them the offer they can choose: either a copy of the book "1984" (for those who still are willing to read) OR a copy of the DVD "1984" (for the telescreen generation and/or attention-deficit). Enclose a stamped, self-addressed return postcard which they only need to check one box (book or DVD) and mail back to you, dear comrade. A third opion box they could check might read: "I'm far too busy to be bothered to read or watch any allegory that might give pause to the course we're staying on the road to triumphant victory for the Party." In this way, you'll save yourself the trouble of actually wasting copies on those who'll never read them. And, you'll only be out 63¢ for the postage, and a few bucks for photocopying the parchment proclamations. I'll even donate the tubes for mailing the scrolls. This way, you will have made them the offer, giving them the freedom (they love to bandy about that word, don't they?) to choose. More importantly, you will have results worthy of wide dissemination. Reporting just how many even reply to your most generous offer will, in and of itself, be quite newsworthy. Of interest, too, would be how many choose the book or the DVD. I'd reckon a one percent response rate would be surprising. In direct mail appeals, one percent is said to be a "good response rate to a targeted audience. 3% is considered highly successful. Contact the esteemed author Sarah Vowell about your project. As an American history afficianado, she is someone who would truly undersand and appreciate the public service value and merit of your project. She'd also be charmed and inspired by the innate insidious humor underlying the whole concept. With her quick wit, know-how and connections, she could help you in ways one can't even imagine. Even better than having Oprah and Martha Stewart on your team. At least she might write back (unlike self-infatuated mega-celebs O. & M.) Read Sarah's books "The Partly Cloudy Patriot" and "Assassination Nation" for a taste of her insightful and inciteful take on life in century 21 America. I'll loan you the book-on-tape version, being too busy myself to actually read. Best wishes, Grumpy Bear in the Land of Care-A-Lot Dear Comrade O’Brien,
The sad truth is that those in Congress may not be the readers we would hope they should be. Most of them grew up during the glorious era of ubiquitous telescreens (the nineteen fifties), thus are more apt at to take notice of the fleeting image on the cathode ray tube which served as electronic wetnurse during their formative years. A survey of them may reveal that 1.) they may have heard of George Orwell; but 2.) Unfortunately, “1984″ was not on their high school required readng list; or 3.) Perhaps it was required reading but somehow they evaded that requirement and still maanged to read the Cliff Notes enough to graduate.
Hence, methinks the better proposal is to gather the necessary number of DVD’s of the 1984 version of “Nineteen Eighty-Four” to send to these pompous windbags, blowhards, knaves and fools to watch on their telescreens. Afterall, “the play’s the thing wherein we’ll capture the conscience of the king” (and his Congressional entourage of yes-men). Alas, I’m afraid our King Dubya has no conscience to capture. And the point of the bok would be lost on him and his junta.
I do admire your tenacity and determination. As an act of conceptual art your project is brilliant.
How about this thoghtful compromise? Before ending any books to any of them. Send each – by registered mail – an officious-looking parchment scroll, (all pomp ‘n decorum, y’know, they’ll think they’ve been awarded something they can put on their office wall). In Old English calligraphy, make them the offer they can choose: either a copy of the book “1984″ (for those who still are willing to read) OR a copy of the DVD “1984″ (for the telescreen generation and/or attention-deficit).
Enclose a stamped, self-addressed return postcard which they only need to check one box (book or DVD) and mail back to you, dear comrade. A third opion box they could check might read: “I’m far too busy to be bothered to read or watch any allegory that might give pause to the course we’re staying on the road to triumphant victory for the Party.”
In this way, you’ll save yourself the trouble of actually wasting copies on those who’ll never read them. And, you’ll only be out 63¢ for the postage, and a few bucks for photocopying the parchment proclamations. I’ll even donate the tubes for mailing the scrolls.
This way, you will have made them the offer, giving them the freedom (they love to bandy about that word, don’t they?) to choose. More importantly, you will have results worthy of wide dissemination. Reporting just how many even reply to your most generous offer will, in and of itself, be quite newsworthy. Of interest, too, would be how many choose the book or the DVD. I’d reckon a one percent response rate would be surprising. In direct mail appeals, one percent is said to be a “good response rate to a targeted audience. 3% is considered highly successful.
Contact the esteemed author Sarah Vowell about your project. As an American history afficianado, she is someone who would truly undersand and appreciate the public service value and merit of your project. She’d also be charmed and inspired by the innate insidious humor underlying the whole concept. With her quick wit, know-how and connections, she could help you in ways one can’t even imagine. Even better than having Oprah and Martha Stewart on your team. At least she might write back (unlike self-infatuated mega-celebs O. & M.) Read Sarah’s books “The Partly Cloudy Patriot” and “Assassination Nation” for a taste of her insightful and inciteful take on life in century 21 America. I’ll loan you the book-on-tape version, being too busy myself to actually read.
Best wishes,
Grumpy Bear
in the Land of Care-A-Lot

]]> By: Ragnell http://ministryoflove.wordpress.com/about/#comment-554 Ragnell Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:46:09 +0000 #comment-554 This idea is pure win. This idea is pure win.

]]> By: Dave http://ministryoflove.wordpress.com/about/#comment-109 Dave Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:55:01 +0000 #comment-109 Thanks for the comment, I will see if I can rustle up some books for you - what a great idea! Peace, San Diego Peace Guy Thanks for the comment, I will see if I can rustle up some books for you – what a great idea!

Peace,

San Diego Peace Guy

]]> By: Todd http://ministryoflove.wordpress.com/about/#comment-51 Todd Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:04:24 +0000 #comment-51 Bravo! For more on the rapid slide into an Orwellian utopia, take a look at: http://jtoddring.blogspot.com. Bravo! For more on the rapid slide into an Orwellian utopia, take a look at: http://jtoddring.blogspot.com.

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