1984 REVISITED and the "Newspeak Dictionary"

                                           In George Orwell's dystopian classic, "1984," one way the proletariat was kept in a state of absolute submission to the Government, was to be deprived of any connection to the past. Tradition was unheard of and change was constant; even a daily experience. One might read the paper on Monday and by Tuesday it would be completely re-written. The media was merely a tool in the hands of a ruthless and fascist state, intent upon complete control of the masses down to even the very words used in everyday language. The dictionary was being revised by the hour and became smaller every day. "Newspeak," as it was called, had fewer words with each printing and a  revised edition was published every few years. Revisionist history was the Government's biggest tool. "Who Controls the Past, Controls the Future" was one of the State's many terrifying slogans. Today's heros became tomorrow's traitors, constant war kept the rabble united against a common foe and it was always the same enemy. If suddenly the enemy changed, one had to ascent to a new reality; "We have always been at war with THIS enemy." And the icing on this mind wrenching cake, was that society was under constant surveillance. One could marry, but only within State guidelines and true love could only be directed towards, "Big Brother"... a kindly, yet stern, imaginary father figure that was, of course, only out for one's best interest at heart. A phony, bargian basement, counterfit god. 

My point is this. There is nothing wrong with long standing tradition, and when words themselves lose their meanings and are revised to fit someones private "Newspeak" definition, will it not be long untill history itself is re-written to conform to something completely alien to what America has been since it's very foundation? Ben Franklin literally illustrated this foundation on our money, but in a somewhat covert fashion. Can you decipher his symbology? 

Take out a dollar bill, flip it over and on the left you will see a pyramid with the "All Seeing Eye" on top of it, centered in an unbroken circle. Within the circle are the words, "Annuit Coeptis" and "Novus ordo Seclorum." Loosely translated, I believe this means, "Proclaim the Beginning of a New World Order." Chiseled into the bottom of the pyramid is the date 1776. To the immediate right is a giant ONE with the words, "In God We Trust" above it. That big "One" carries a dual meaning. On the left side, the eagle, with a banner in it's beak that reads, "Out of the many, ONE." The design of this artwork, sometimes cryptic, sometimes plain to see, was adopted hundreds of years ago when our country was first established. Are we now to establish a NEW, new world order? Based not upon Judao-Christian, monotheistic teachings, but of an Order that is more like that of Paganist Greek and Roman civilizations, and due to decadence, greed and lust of all sorts, eventually came crashing down under the weight of their own depravity?

Look at that dollar bill again. The date of 1776 is carved in stone at the foundation of a pyramid that ascends to the "All Seeing Eye." Doesn't that say something about long held traditions of the past. Not the past of the Aincent World, but America's past! Which leads us to Benjamin Franklin's secret. That eye might well be the eye of God, but it could also be the eye of Big Brother! Sadly though, for old Ben, he must have known that the choice, ultimatlly, was ours. He could not... would not make it for us.