I’m not sure how often you will hear this quote in the next four years but I will bet it will be multiple times a week.

“Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.”

It has been said in one form or another for centuries.   And the reason I can’t cite the source is because so many wise men and women have said the exact same sentiment for literally thousands of years that it can’t be credited to it’s earliest source.  Most likely a caveman or cavewoman or a cave-grandfather uttered it first.

I think the same thing can be said about literature.  It is often prophetic.  And those who don’t learn; don’t read.  Those who don’t learn from literature aren’t paying attention to what they are reading.   One quote from George Orwell just became reality on Saturday, one day…that is ONE DAY into the Trump Presidency:

TRUTH It’s the new hate speech

And since we are on the subject of literature, allow me to introduce you to one of my heroes of American linguistics, literature, thought, and journalism: H.L. Mencken.  Mencken was an American journalist, satirist, cultural critic and scholar of American English.  Known as the “Sage of Baltimore”, he is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the twentieth century.  (from Wikipedia)  He died in 1959.  So, the following quote is chilling in it’s prophecy:

Okay, he did get it wrong that it would be a moron.  Donald J. Trump is no moron, but all the rest, well, you be the judge.

Sorry, that was just a side comment and cartoon that I had to interject, I hope you don’t mind.

Back to Truth is the new hate speech.

TRUTH

When Donald J. Trump ran for President, he realized that every time he became a SUPER HERO to the voting people was when he had a SUPER VILLAIN.

TRUMP SUPER VILLIANS

Now, as President with having vanquished all of his opponents, Donald J. Trump, The President of The United States of America, the most power man of the entire FREE WORLD must find a new SUPER VILLAIN. For you can’t be a SUPER HERO without a SUPER VILLIAN.

Enter The Press. The News. Your newspaper. Your television news station. Your news feed on your iPhone. NPR.

Here is the new NEWSPEAK:

ALTERNATIVE FACTS!???!!!

Here are a couple of “alternative facts” you might be hearing from The White House in the next couple of years:

“There is no such thing as human being’s affecting Global Warming. There is no warming and if there were it would be God’s plan.”

“Public School don’t teach your children anything. They learn nothing in public schools. You must send your children to for-profit Christian Schools in order for them to learn.”

“NATO is bad; Russia is Good.”

“Those people are queers and they aren’t REAL AMERICANS. They are sick. There are ways to cure them of their ‘queerness’ through Mandatory Therapy Camps.  We will cure them.”

“In order to totally eradicate those terrible “Islamic Terrorists” we must totally eliminate Islam from the face of the Earth.”

“Mexican-Americans are not citizens. Send those Mexicans back to Mexico, NOW!”

“So, you lost your health care. Tough for you. So, go work on Wall Street and get a better job and then you can afford health care. Take care of your family, you loser!”

“Making the richest Americans richer just helps the lower and middle class have a hope for the future when they can make enough to join the other billionaires who control ALL of AMERICA…including your schools.”

“We will teach all Americans in our classrooms to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior.”

And That’s my View of The Truth from The Hill