Yes, it’s Banned Books Week again – time to mourn, and to celebrate. It’s especially poignant that this year, Banned Books Week coincides with the date of the Vice Presidential Debate for Campaign 2008, one of whose participants, as almost her first act in elected office, tried to ban books in her city library. The [...]
Archive for September 29th, 2008
Welcome to Banned Books Presidential Campaign Week
Posted in Books, Church & State, Culture, Education, Evidence of Harm, General, Media, News & Current Events, Politics, Privacy, Religion, School on September 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Quote of the Day, 2008-09-29
Posted in Humor, News & Current Events, Politics on September 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), responding to the allegation by John Boehner (R-OH) that they had “at least a dozen more votes” for the failed financial rescue bill before Pelosi’s speech: “Give me those 12 peoples’ names and I will go talk uncharacteristically nicely to them and maybe they’ll think about the country,” Frank said, eliciting [...]
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