HLMenckenFan to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoBe like Edward Snowdenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up11.59Karrow-down195
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minus-square@FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilink11•edit-22 years ago dhs Well that makes more sense than the Obama admin coming up with it Bout to say, I could have sworn I was hearing that well before Obama was president. That’s a Bush admin slogan, isn’t it?
minus-square@ArgentRaven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink12•edit-22 years agoI think they had that phrase on WWII propaganda posters as well. More to do with potential espionage of enemy countries, though. Edit: totally wrong, it was coined on Sept 12, 2001 by New York advertising executive Allen Kay.
minus-square@FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilink5•2 years agoOh ok so I had the source wrong, that’s quite an effective ad exec. It definitely was a major background color to the early 2000s atmosphere.
Well that makes more sense than the Obama admin coming up with it
Bout to say, I could have sworn I was hearing that well before Obama was president. That’s a Bush admin slogan, isn’t it?
I think they had that phrase on WWII propaganda posters as well. More to do with potential espionage of enemy countries, though.
Edit: totally wrong, it was coined on Sept 12, 2001 by New York advertising executive Allen Kay.
Oh ok so I had the source wrong, that’s quite an effective ad exec.
It definitely was a major background color to the early 2000s atmosphere.