tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post7906227514709395487..comments2023-12-29T19:25:59.927-05:00Comments on We're Just Sayin: A Kinder, Gentler Campaign?Iris&Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131960635510843593noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-90438247146260423762008-09-10T22:53:00.000-04:002008-09-10T22:53:00.000-04:00Here are the two most important items Wow, all the...Here are the two most important items Wow, all the commenters are really smart-- especially Belles dad who thinks I'm brilliant. When I heard about the book banning I did check and found that the books (as reported by all of you) were not banned. There were merely questions. Which brings us to the other thought I found pretty important in the comments. Why the hell would anyone even ask that question?Iris&Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08131960635510843593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-48889434262326363522008-09-10T13:39:00.000-04:002008-09-10T13:39:00.000-04:00I note that this 'supposed' banned list does not i...I note that this 'supposed' banned list does not include "So You Think You Can Be President" by the brilliant author and blogger Iris Burnett.<BR/><BR/>Say what you will Iris (and you usually do), but how's about giving Palin some credit for recognizing a good book when she sees, or maybe even reads, it!<BR/><BR/>That's your final atta-boy until the election is over!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-84944263183617156882008-09-10T12:49:00.000-04:002008-09-10T12:49:00.000-04:00You can put lipstick on a pig, it's called BOTH Po...You can put lipstick on a pig, it's called BOTH Political Parties.<BR/><BR/>The Republicans are pit bulls (Staffordshire Bull Terrier).<BR/><BR/>And the Democrats? Clueless.<BR/><BR/>W from the Westminster Kennel ClubAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-17350134630135621672008-09-10T10:21:00.000-04:002008-09-10T10:21:00.000-04:00I don't care about pit bulls in lipstick. Neither ...I don't care about pit bulls in lipstick. Neither party is addressing our financial institutions going down the drain. We have a big problem and it is more than just tweaking tax policy. In my opinion this is a bigger threat to the USA than anything else we are facing.Billie Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-18788845710023272002008-09-10T09:33:00.000-04:002008-09-10T09:33:00.000-04:00I quote the Anchorage Daily News (9-4-08) citation...I quote the Anchorage Daily News (9-4-08) citation of an interview from the local paper, the Frontiersman:<BR/><BR/>"In December 1996, Emmons told her hometown newspaper, the Frontiersman, that Palin three times asked her -- starting before she was sworn in -- about possibly removing objectionable books from the library if the need arose. <BR/><BR/>Emmons told the Frontiersman she flatly refused to consider any kind of censorship. Emmons, now Mary Ellen Baker, is on vacation from her current job in Fairbanks and did not return e-mail or telephone messages left for her Wednesday.<BR/><BR/>When the matter came up for the second time in October 1996, during a City Council meeting, Anne Kilkenny, a Wasilla housewife who often attends council meetings, was there. <BR/><BR/>Like many Alaskans, Kilkenny calls the governor by her first name. <BR/><BR/>"Sarah said to Mary Ellen, 'What would your response be if I asked you to remove some books from the collection?" Kilkenny said. <BR/><BR/>"I was shocked. Mary Ellen sat up straight and said something along the line of, 'The books in the Wasilla Library collection were selected on the basis of national selection criteria for libraries of this size, and I would absolutely resist all efforts to ban books.'"<BR/><BR/>Palin didn't mention specific books at that meeting, Kilkenny said. <BR/><BR/>Palin herself, questioned at the time, called her inquiries rhetorical and simply part of a policy discussion with a department head "about understanding and following administration agendas," according to the Frontiersman article."<BR/><BR/>The whole article's here: http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515512.html.<BR/><BR/>What to make of this? Did she really want to test the waters about banning books or was she, rather, testing the waters on how much the city employees could be pushed around, intimidated, and be forced to kowtow to her wishes? The first is scary, but the second is pretty problematical too. A litmus test for right-leaning ideas? "Following administrative agendas" as in "Will you shut up and do whatever I say?"<BR/><BR/>Why the hell would anyone even ask that question? There were procedures for challenging book placement that Palin knew about.The Calico Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772374749065425388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-80763658317514234232008-09-10T06:36:00.000-04:002008-09-10T06:36:00.000-04:00James Taranto, writing for the Wall Street Journal...James Taranto, writing for the Wall Street Journal debunks the Sara Palin book banning story. A snippet:<BR/><I>As it turns out, not only was the list a fake, but when the Anchorage Daily News investigated the story, it found no evidence that Palin had ever sought to remove books from the library.</I><BR/>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122098339946615609.html?mod=Best+of+the+Web+Today<BR/>I hope you will read the article and comment on it here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com