"Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
-- George Orwell, Politics and the English Language
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Saturday, December 29, 2007
Accountability
Presumably because Mobutu Sese Seko's availability is compromised by his being dead and all, Izvestia has opted to further squander its scraps of credibility by giving legacy floater Billy Kristol a weekly column. Funny how journamalism (especially the opinion-mongering stripe), like politics, is one of those unique vocations where being wrong every fucking time has no effect on your ability to find work.
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