If you haven't read this book I highly recomend it only part Orwell got
wrong is the date. It should be 2004
SEND 1984 TO CONGRESS Thursday, December 29, 2005 -
FreeMarketNews.com
It's not every day you see a mainstream newspaper step outside the safe zone
and take up the activist role. The Oakland Tribune is daring to do so. An
editorial last week titled "Big Brother is watching" listed some of the most
egregious examples of how George Orwell's "1984" has been becoming truer and
truer of America itself: "It took 21 years longer than expected, but the future
has finally arrived. And we don't like it ... We are fighting a war with no end
to create a peace with no defined victory. We occupy a foreign land that
doesn't want us, while at home our civil liberties are discounted ...
Meanwhile, our government is becoming omnipresent, spying on us whenever it
deems it necessary. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
George Orwell was right after all."
The editorial went on with more background on the Orwell work itself, then
issued an appeal to its readers: "We think it's time for Congress to heed the
warning of George Orwell. To that end, we're asking for your help: Mail us or
drop off your tattered copies of "1984." When we get 537 of them, we'll send
them to every member of the House of Representatives and Senate and to
President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Feel free to inscribe the book
with a note, reminding these fine people that we Americans take the threat to
our liberties seriously. Remind Congress that it makes no sense to fight a war
for democracy in a foreign land while allowing our democratic principles to
erode at home. Remind President Bush that ours is a country of checks and
balances, not unbridled power. Perhaps our nation's leaders can find some truth
in this fiction and more carefully ponder the road we're traveling. Bring or
mail your books to the Oakland Tribune, 401 13th St., Oakland CA 94612. Doors
are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m."
The challenge has been taken up by a group of libertarians, to collect and
donate as many copies of "1984" as possible, and forward them to the Tribune
for distribution. One contributor has promised to match donations up to the
first $100 toward purchases of new copies. Libertarian bookseller Jim Peron has
agreed to provide the books at a discount. Moreover, the International Society
for Individual Liberty is getting into the act, offering to purchase copies of
the book from that bookseller, with any donations made for that purpose (Since
ISIL is a 501C3 organization, such donations are also tax deductible.) at
http://isil.org/store/membership.html#donate . All one needs to do is indicate
it is for the Stop Big Brother Project.
As Peron notes in an e-mail promoting the project, "Send 1984 to Congress,
annoy Big Brother with it, and get a little of your money back from Big Brother
through the tax deduction. And it's all legit, as ISIL is an educational
organization and giving away books falls within their realm of activities. In
addition a bit of the cost of the books helps keep the bookstore in Phoenix
open as well. This is something like killing four birds with one stone." - ST
staff reports - Free-Market News Network
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