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Yes, and that's exactly the problem. People think they are.
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Without merit. Which books did she seek to ban?Originally posted by Koyaanisqatsi
Banning books?I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Heh. Well, you're gonna have to get used to it, Koy. Sadly, more and more folks in the U.S. are increasingly blase about journalism and flocking to the sensationalistic stuff.
Bread and circuses.
Gatekeeper"I may not agree with what you have to say, but I'll die defending your right to say it." — Voltaire
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." — ConfuciusComment
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Shortly after becoming mayor, former city officials and Wasilla residents said, Ms. Palin approached the town librarian about the possibility of banning some books, though she never followed through and it was unclear which books or passages were in question.
Ann Kilkenny, a Democrat who said she attended every City Council meeting in Ms. Palin’s first year in office, said Ms. Palin brought up the idea of banning some books at one meeting. “They were somehow morally or socially objectionable to her,” Ms. Kilkenny said.
The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to “resist all efforts at censorship,” Ms. Kilkenny recalled. Ms. Palin fired Ms. Emmons shortly after taking office but changed course after residents made a strong show of support. Ms. Emmons, who left her job and Wasilla a couple of years later, declined to comment for this article.
In 1996, Ms. Palin suggested to the local paper, The Frontiersman, that the conversations about banning books were “rhetorical.”"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Maybe it's just me, but I don't really care which specific books they were...though, threatening to fire a librarian for 'not giving full support to the mayor' is a nice touch.
It goes on and on. Like I said, some are with, some are without, but it doesn't matter because they all get the same treatment."In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, HyperionComment
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I know. Doesn't mean I have to be happy about it, though.Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Heh. Well, you're gonna have to get used to it, Koy. Sadly, more and more folks in the U.S. are increasingly blase about journalism and flocking to the sensationalistic stuff.
Bread and circuses.
Gatekeeper
"In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, HyperionComment
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The honest way of phrasing it is that she didn't seek to ban any specific books.Originally posted by Koyaanisqatsi
but I don't really care which specific books they were...
Totally without merit. Why is the New York Times devoting any ink at all to this crap? It ain't fit to print.
Keep in mind that all of this silliness has come down within only a couple of days.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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That's a bald assertion, which may or may not be true. You might buy this incident as some part of a theoretical debate on the power of government, but I don't. And part of the job of news organizations is to investigate these sorts of claims. Merit actually isn't defined by the extent to which something helps the Republican Party."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Interesting story. I can only hope that Palin's political "maturation" is for real, and that she isn't some theocrat hiding behind the American flag.
Gatekeeper"I may not agree with what you have to say, but I'll die defending your right to say it." — Voltaire
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." — ConfuciusComment
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The genius of picking Palin is that she can pimp out her daughter to pick up votes in key states. I guess with her newest born son she'll easily pick up the ****** vote.Comment
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Fired Wasilla police chief for political reasons, with or without merit?"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Agreed. Of course, being nominated for the vice president of the United States of America on the Republican ticket wouldn't have anything to do with that, would it?Originally posted by DanS
Keep in mind that all of this silliness has come down within only a couple of days.
Gatekeeper"I may not agree with what you have to say, but I'll die defending your right to say it." — Voltaire
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." — ConfuciusComment
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Ramo: That's not even a scandal. Most mayors have the option and many take advantage of it. See, e.g., Mayor Fenty firing the police chief of DC upon his arrival in office.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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The honest way of phrasing it is that it doesn't matter. An elected official even having that conversation with a librarian is certainly newsworthy, even before the 'agree or you're fired' sidebar.Originally posted by DanS
The honest way of phrasing it is that she didn't seek to ban any specific books."In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, HyperionComment
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No, the way you phrased it was dishonest. I'm calling you out on it.
Besides, since when is a public library immune to questions of content?I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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