Friday, October 23, 2015

Newspeak

Secretary of State Diana Duran used newspeak with the press after pleading guilty to felony counts in the misuse of her campaign money.  The news media took it all in.  She said she had not violated the integrity of her elected office, even though she was charged with enforcing campaign funding laws.  It is like jumping back to 1984, except things are worse now than then.


    Newspeak is the fictional language in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, written by George Orwell. It is a controlled language created by the totalitarian state Oceania as a tool to limit freedom of thought, and concepts that pose a threat to the regime such as freedom, self-expression, individuality, and peace.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Secretary of Stare Duran pleads guilty to 7 felonies out of 64 charges with no time served, resigns and gets to keeps her pension with 5 years probation and gambling addiction counseling with AG Hector Balderas arguing justice is served. Manny Aragon does 5 years in jail, is ordered to make restitution, and looses every thing for his corruption. Former State Treasurer Montoya also does jail time for corruption. It appears Republicans seem to get off alot easier than Democrats for corruption.

Anonymous said...

Manny was convicted on federal charges. Federal penalties and system is much stronger than NM. Also the criminal activities manny was charged with were far more agregious. It is time for the legislature to clean up the laws.

Anonymous said...

What a weak AG Hector turned out to be. He expects to run for Gov. next go round, I think he should just run to somewhere else. What a sell out he has turned out to be. Like the previous comment stated two different meanings for corruption!!

Anonymous said...

You have overlooked the Han Family's demand against the Office of the Medical Investigator for a real investigation into the death of Mary Han. The district court judge refused to dismiss the petition and the family will finally get an opportunity to ask the tough questions to those who typically operate behind closed doors. Our state legislature should be asking the questions to the OMI because it is a state funded agency. Until then, the Han family will continue fighting for answers for Mary Han and for all those other women who were treated the same way. Remember Tera Chavez? Remember Melanie McCracken?