For The Daily blogs, Shaun Moore’s clever turn on the current administration’s amateur Orwellianism:
Over the last four years, the Bush administration has done their part to bury the pain of war under jargon, such as warping “torture” in to “interrogation techniques”. They’ve also proven to be ahead of the curve when creating new euphemisms for euphemisms they previously created.
Read the rest. I respect a man who quotes George Carlin at length.
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