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[ Wednesday, September 10, 2008 06:02 PDT ]

Legacy Journal: Wednesday Time to Weed out the Word Wars.

Section:

Commentary

Summary:

“Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”

—- George Orwell

*  If it is Wednesday, it is time to be clear as to your message by weeding out the weasel words and the demeaning metaphors.  “

Implied Racism” and “lipstick on pigs”

  come immediately to mind. Meanwhile, Per Diem Gate is percolating and whose kids attend the fight kind of schools is the stuff of watercooler chatter.

**  Tuesday night at WXXI PBS Rochester,NY, featured a repeat of the Frontline production on “Bush’s War” and the second night of a pledge drive. The first team of phone bank volunteers included members from RIT OLLI.  WXXI President and CEO, Norm Silverstein was also aboard. There is a connection, in that the CEO of the Bernard Osher Foundation is Mary Bitterman, formerly of KQED, San Francisco.

***  Sarah Palin is now under the lights and on the dissecting table. Apparently, while serving as mayor, she asked The City librarian about her general guidelines use to expend public funds including the purchase of new books.  The former librarian is not currently making comments except to confirm that no specific book titles or topics were discussed with her boss.  However, the community has a history of public comments about books by and for ” the gay community.

Main:

:  Now, now boys and girls, it is time for the campaigns to cut the crap and talk straight. Orwell ( Erik Blair) had it right. 

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