April 2, 2009
Gingrich didn’t mince wor
ds with College of the Ozarks students last night, when he described the state of the economy and the present and future threat of radical Islam. In fact, he referred to Orwell’s 1984, to describe what the current administration is doing to mask truth. He gave the Homeland Security Secretary’s revised word for terrorism, "man-made disaster," as an example. The Secretary justified her new term by suggesting the T-word, terrorism, is too inflammatory and representative of old-fashioned "politics of fear." Gingrich also referred to the President Obama’s new term for the Global War on Terror—“overseas contingency operation.” The point of these terms is to disguise the truth, he said. Just as Orwell so eloquently captured in 1984, the manipulation of words can be a powerful means of controlling the minds of individuals.
The Former Speaker also broke down the language used in our nation’s historic documents, pointing to a critical component that the nation had left behind—God. Quoting the Declaration: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
The nation has taken a serious misstep when it decided to omit this component, Gingrich suggested. “How can you teach young people the Declaration, the Constitution or Abraham Lincoln? You can’t,” he said. Lincoln made countless references to God and biblical scripture as he illuminated the worth of what was being fought for, while mending a broken nation.
Breaking it down further for the students he explained that we are given freedom of choice by God, not man, and then voluntarily loan it to the United States to unify as a people. Check it out—quoting the Constitution: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union…” This is our formal declaration that “we” are in this together. Mr. Gingrich emphasized that “we” cannot call ourselves citizens until “we” actively work together to protect our freedom and to make America prosper once again. He called upon C of O students to mobilize by running for office, blogging , Twittering—whatever it takes to make a difference.
Gingrich didn’t mince wor
ds with College of the Ozarks students last night, when he described the state of the economy and the present and future threat of radical Islam. In fact, he referred to Orwell’s 1984, to describe what the current administration is doing to mask truth. He gave the Homeland Security Secretary’s revised word for terrorism, "man-made disaster," as an example. The Secretary justified her new term by suggesting the T-word, terrorism, is too inflammatory and representative of old-fashioned "politics of fear." Gingrich also referred to the President Obama’s new term for the Global War on Terror—“overseas contingency operation.” The point of these terms is to disguise the truth, he said. Just as Orwell so eloquently captured in 1984, the manipulation of words can be a powerful means of controlling the minds of individuals.The Former Speaker also broke down the language used in our nation’s historic documents, pointing to a critical component that the nation had left behind—God. Quoting the Declaration: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
The nation has taken a serious misstep when it decided to omit this component, Gingrich suggested. “How can you teach young people the Declaration, the Constitution or Abraham Lincoln? You can’t,” he said. Lincoln made countless references to God and biblical scripture as he illuminated the worth of what was being fought for, while mending a broken nation.
Breaking it down further for the students he explained that we are given freedom of choice by God, not man, and then voluntarily loan it to the United States to unify as a people. Check it out—quoting the Constitution: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union…” This is our formal declaration that “we” are in this together. Mr. Gingrich emphasized that “we” cannot call ourselves citizens until “we” actively work together to protect our freedom and to make America prosper once again. He called upon C of O students to mobilize by running for office, blogging , Twittering—whatever it takes to make a difference.
