Things I think while driving
Kasia January 24th, 2008
Other than, of course, “Hey, buster, watch the road!” or “Are you INSANE, jaywalking across Woodward?!”
I passed a few Dennis Kucinich campaign signs. His motto, if you didn’t know, is “Strength Through Peace.” Am I the only one who sees that and immediately thinks of “Peace in our time”?
Well, when I hear “Strength through Peace” I think of the mottos from 1984.
(The book, not the year.) I know I was in High School a LOOONG time ago,
but that sounds eerily similar to something from that book. I should read
it again, maybe…
TBS
Here’s the Wiki article on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four - I think you’re thinking of “War Is Peace” and the other contradictory slogans. My guess is that the Kucinich campaign is counting on people remembering more of the story line than you (and probably most of the high schoolers made to read 1984) retained, and connecting the War on Terror to Big Brother and “War is Peace”. In your case, however, it seems to have backfired.
Ah well - you’re not exactly their target demographic anyway. :-p