re Pynchon's Intro to _1984_ & the current Orwellian situation

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http://nytimes.com/2004/10/08/opinion/08krugman.html

October 8, 2004
OP-ED COLUMNIST

Ignorance Isn't Strength
By PAUL KRUGMAN

I first used the word "Orwellian" to describe the Bush
team in October 2000. Even then it was obvious that
George W. Bush surrounds himself with people who
insist that up is down, and ignorance is strength. But
the full costs of his denial of reality are only now
becoming clear.

President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have an
unparalleled ability to insulate themselves from
inconvenient facts. They lead a party that controls
all three branches of government, and face news media
that in some cases are partisan supporters, and in
other cases are reluctant to state plainly that
officials aren't telling the truth. They also still
enjoy the residue of the faith placed in them after
9/11.

This has allowed them to engage in what Orwell called
"reality control." In the world according to the Bush
administration, our leaders are infallible, and their
policies always succeed. If the facts don't fit that
assumption, they just deny the facts. [...]

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