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    Out of curiosity, has Grayson ever passed any legislation or held a substantive hearing?
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    Plenty. 01:04:55 Jeff W Christopher Hitchens says "George Orwell's 1984 was published at about the time that Kim Il Sung set up his system [in North Korea], and it really is as if he got hold of an early copy of the novel and used it as a blueprint."url] I wonder how many examples there are of this sort of thing. 23:07:35 BDBlue They certainly do, Jeff W. I can just see someone saying "disaster capitalism, what a fabulous idea" and mean it. 19:58:43 lambert Interesting discussion. Full Article at Corrente
    George Orwell's 1984 was published at about the time that Kim Il Sung set up his system [in North Korea], and it really is as if he got hold of an early copy of the novel and used it as a blueprint.
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  1. The genius of our inverted totalitarian system 'lies in wielding total power without appearing to, without establishing concentration camps, or enforcing ideological uniformity, or forcibly suppressing dissident elements so long as they remain ineffectual…'
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  2. I am a proponent of a single-payer universal healthcare program*.
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