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Thread #77990 Message #1396744
Posted By: GUEST,Rapaire
02-Feb-05 - 09:28 AM
Thread Name: BS: 'PR By Redefining Terms' Is Your Friend
Subject: RE: BS: 'PR By Redefining Terms' Is Your Friend
From "Doublespeak" by Mark Lutz:
Because the "fairness doctrine" was only a FCC rule and lacked the standing of law, Congress passed a bill in 1982 that would have made the "fairness doctrine" law. President Reagan vetoed the bill, saying that it was "antagonistic to the freedom of expression guaranteed by the First Amendment." Thus does the requirement that all siddes be heard on controversial public issues become "censorship."
In 1982, Treasury Sec. Don Regan defined "full employment" as 6.5% unemployment. In 1964, a 6.5% unemployment rate was the cause for LBJ's Great Society and the War on Poverty.
People don't dye their hair, they tint it or use a rinse. When was the last time you got new false teeth -- or did you get dentures? Do you still sweat, or do you suffer from nervous wetness (which I thought, the first time I heard it, that you had stage fright so badly that you'd peed in your pants)?
And let's not forget about pre-emptive strikes. That's not the same thing as shooting first.