An Orwellian America?

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The paper claims that President George W. Bush will go down in history as one of the most unpopular presidents in the annals of American politics. The paper discusses how both Orwell and Huxley presage the dangers of a despotic regime and the paper equates their visions with the United States of today. The paper asserts that modern and emerging technologies are being used to invade the deepest recesses of our homes and our lives. The paper also bemoans the way suspected terrorists are not allowed the due process of law and humane incarceration.

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"President George W. Bush will go down in history as one of the most unpopular presidents in the annals of American politics. With the trampling of Pres. Bush's Republican Party by the Democrats in both U.S. House and Senate, these is a clear sign and mandate from the American voters that majority of Bush's actions the previous years are not accepted by the citizenry. One of the major political platforms of the U.S. president is his stance on the "war of terror" brought about by the 9/11 terrorists attacks and since then, he has been dubbed as doing a lot of Orwellian acts. It all started with "the Bush administration's proposal for a labyrinthine 'Department of Homeland Security (DHS)' included an exemption from the Freedom of Information Act (Evans, 2002)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Baek, Hanna. Argument Construction Assignment #2. 12 October 2006.
• Evans, Clay. "Welcome to Bush's 1984." Boulder Daily Camera. 07 July 2002.
• Kass, L. "Preventing a Brave New World: Why We Should Ban Human Cloning Now." The New Republic. 21 May 2001, 30-39.
• Kurtzman, Daniel. "Learning to Love Big Brother George W. Bush Channels George Orwell." San Francisco Chronicle. 28 June 2002. D-1.
• Orwell, George. 1984. Life Research Universal. 17 November 2006. <http://www.liferesearchuniversal.com/orwell.html>.

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