21 January Newspeak?

Oh, and by the way, the day after President Bush's inauguration happens to be the 55th anniversary of the death of George Orwell. Of course there's no connection with the subject of the previous blog; I just thought I'd mention it. Because it's interesting. Right? Oh, and intruigingly, as Wikipedia notes:

The genesis of Orwell's Newspeak can be seen in his earlier essay, "Politics and the English Language", where he laments the quality of the English of his day, citing examples of dying metaphors, pretentious diction or rhetoric, and meaningless words -- all of which contribute to fuzzy ideas and a lack of logical thinking.

Still, like I say, no connection with the subject of the previous blog; just interesting.