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Originally posted by Jerry Glenn Hartwig:
Since no one answered my question about the book burning issue I'll research that one when I have time, also.
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Sorry, Jerry, there's some stuff on one of the other threads regarding the book banning (not burning) so I thought the question was answered.
According to an article in Time Magazine, one of Mrs. Palin's first acts as mayor was to visit the local library and ask the librarian what she would have to do in order to have certain books removed from the shelves.
Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. "She asked the library how she could go about banning books," he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. "The librarian was aghast." That woman, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn't be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire Baker for not giving "full support" to the mayor.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/ar...837918,00.html
Unfortunately (And embarassingly) there appears to be a contingency of Left Wingers who have jumped on the story and started circulating a supposed "list" of the requested books - and the morons incuded the Harry Potter series which wasn't even published at the time - which, in my mind at least, casts a serious shadow of doubt on what may have been a true story at one time.
Please don't think I am a rabid anything, Jerry. I'm not. I'm as interested in truth as you are. I'm not even a democrat - I've never been a registered anything until this year.
I try very carefully to check my sources and to verify them whenever possible. I've come down as hard on some "lefties" here as I've come down on the Right - I hate hyperbole and innuendo wherever it comes from.
Am I always right? Nah, not by a long shot. No one is
always anything. But if I'm stating a fact, I try very hard to make sure it's verifiable - if I'm stating an opinion, I try very hard to preface it by saying so. I enjoy hearing from people with opposing views - it keeps me from becoming the type of person I would normally disrespect. I actually try to keep an open mind although I suppose I don't succeed very well. However, even if I vehemently disagree with a person, I will never disagree or dispute his/her right to say it.
In my
opinion John McCain and Sarah Palin are very scary people. Am I trying to force the information available to fit my opinion? Maybe. I hope not, but I can't guarentee it. What one reads and how one reads it is always colored by their beliefs.
I'm trying, tho, I'm trying.
