Happy Birthday, George!

Today is George Orwell's 100th birthday. In celebration, Democracy Now! is playing The Two Georges, Orwell and Bush: A Dramatic Reading of George Orwell’s Classic Work 1984 Interspersed With Recent News Clips From President Bush and Others. I listen to DN! on the ride into work, but the closer I get to the Sears Tower the worse it sounds. I know that DN! is played at different times around the country, so if you can, tune in. You can also listen to the hour online.

A lot of people throw around the idea that our climate today reflects 1984, but DN! goes one huge step further & presents readings from the novel and then plays snippets of Bush Adminstration press conferences or speeches. It's eerie & makes my tummy go all icky.

If you've never listened to DN! try it. The reports are far longer than NPR and thus in greater depth. It's pure liberal media, not the so-called liberal media of CNN. It's great.