Is it me or is this just too Orwellian?

[notadmblnd]

>>> When the White House published the text of and photos from Bush's speech announcing the supposed end of the Iraq attack, the headline read: "President Bush Announces Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended." But on Tuesday, 19 Aug 2003, the Cursor website noticed that the headline had been changed to read: "President Bush Announces Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended." The word "major" had been added.

edit: I forgot the link http://www.thememoryhole.org/pol/iraq-combat/

[Ein]

1. Form of double-speak

The war was over, but now the war.... is just a little over.

[Interrobang]

3. Soo...

Is that something like claiming that someone in their first trimester is only a little bit pregnant? These guys don't just want to have it both ways, they want to have it both ways and claim an Excluded Middle. :puke:

[xray s]

2. Not Orwellian

More like something Goebbels would think up...

[stickdog]

4. Catch-22. Major Major had an extra to spare. (NT)

[Booberdawg]

5. Covering their asses

since they were getting bad PR

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. The Commissar Vanishes

http://www.newseum.org/berlinwall/commissar_vanishes/1_2.htm

[newyawker99]

10. Hi mahatmakanejeeves!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[diamond14]

7. keep up the pressure on the shrubco...don't let up...write, call,

your congress reps....visit their home offices while they are at home in the next week or so....call into talk shows, write to your local papers, email everyone....make a difference...keep up the pressure...it's clear that shrubco is feeling the pressure from US !!!! keep it up....

come and MARCH against shrub's policies....these BRAVE marchers started on August 1 and 2 from Memphis, Tennessee and from Marks, Mississippi....and NOW, coming.... Thursday, August 21 March in Williamsburg Virginia....and Saturday, August 23rd...the BIG MARCH across the Key Bridge and into DC, onto the Mall, help us build 'bushville' and protest bush policies....PLEASE STAND UP and HELP !!!!! get on email alert list, donate food/money, come join us to MARCH...in a glorious arrival in DC....

http://www.kwru.org/march/index.html
Meet at the Iwo Jima memorial in Arlington National Cemetary at 10:00am to march over the Key bridge and into Washington, DC. Buses can converge at this location.

3:30pm Rally at Lincoln Memorial and Construction of "Bushville."

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[nostamj]

8. remember when they said: you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube??

BushCo didn't get that memo. and WHOCARESWHATYOUTHINK? anyway

[librechik]

9. this would be cuter if only

major thugs like Cliff May didn't go around on the cable news shows claiming Bush "Never said" it the first way. This revising of history is getting so tiresome.