I'm neither Dem, Rep, Ind, Green Party, nor Libertarian, but I still think they are both poor candidates. I think I'll throw my vote away to Ron Paul if he's on the ballot.
Originally posted by SelinaAndBruce
He has a weird way of coming back on you when you least expect it
I hate it when that happens. You're talking about when someone spooots on you when you're in the shower washing the last load off of yourself, right?
Peep this:
Just in time for ALA's Banned Books Week later this month, Daily Kos just gave us a tip about the TIME magazine article on Presidential VP nominee Sarah Palin and how she tried to fire librarian Mary Ellen Baker for not banning questionable books.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.
Over at Librarian.net, one of the commenters listed the books Palin tried to ban from the library including such literary gems as: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Anything by Stephen King Everything by J.K. Rowling Most of William Shakespeare's work and my personal favorite Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary by the Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff Maybe if she didn't want to ban Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women's Health Collective her daughter Bristol wouldn't be having a shotgun wedding.
According to the Anchorage Daily News (which interviews others, but not Palin herself), she asked about it, but didn't try to have anything removed.
She says it was a rhetorical question to a dept head about policy. Asking, "What would your response be if I asked you to remove some books from the library collection?" and being told "Never."
She asked a few more times, but never tried to get one book removed.
She did however, ask her for her resignation.
But she also asked 3 others in different departments for resignations in what she called "a loyalty test" after taking over the job of mayor.
The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, is said to have "passed" the loyalty test and kept her job.
She resigned later during Palin's second term as mayor, of her own accord.
http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515512.html
note: the articles opinion is that Palin tried to "pressure" her. However, no books were ever removed, nor was she actually fired.
Originally posted by sithsaber408
She says it was a rhetorical question to a dept head about policy. Asking, "What would your response be if I asked you to remove some books from the library collection?" and being told "Never."
Seems like she was testing the waters and playing it safe. If she had a positive response, she probably would have gone with the book burnings.
Similar to her stance on that pork-belly of a bridge, she turned it down, but only after the motion was widely ridiculed.
Originally posted by sithsaber408the fact remains she tried to ban books according to her own personal philosophy and when the librarian (rightly) refused, she tried to have her fired.
According to the Anchorage Daily News (which interviews others, but not Palin herself), she asked about it, but didn't try to have anything removed.She says it was a rhetorical question to a dept head about policy. Asking, "What would your response be if I asked you to remove some books from the library collection?" and being told "Never."
She asked a few more times, but never tried to get one book removed.
She did however, ask her for her resignation.
But she also asked 3 others in different departments for resignations in what she called "a loyalty test" after taking over the job of mayor.
The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, is said to have "passed" the loyalty test and kept her job.
She resigned later during Palin's second term as mayor, of her own accord.
http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515512.html
note: the articles opinion is that Palin tried to "pressure" her. However, no books were ever removed, nor was she actually fired.
The fact that she failed isn't a point in her favor.
Originally posted by sithsaber408
According to the Anchorage Daily News (which interviews others, but not Palin herself), she asked about it, but didn't try to have anything removed.She says it was a rhetorical question to a dept head about policy. Asking, "What would your response be if I asked you to remove some books from the library collection?" and being told "Never."
She asked a few more times, but never tried to get one book removed.
She did however, ask her for her resignation.
But she also asked 3 others in different departments for resignations in what she called "a loyalty test" after taking over the job of mayor.
The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, is said to have "passed" the loyalty test and kept her job.
She resigned later during Palin's second term as mayor, of her own accord.
http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515512.html
note: the articles opinion is that Palin tried to "pressure" her. However, no books were ever removed, nor was she actually fired.
So not only does she want to ban books but she can't control people below her on the hierarchy.
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
I want to know why the press is spreading so many lies about Sarah Palin.
Firstly, that's quite a big claim you're making.
Also, if you actually read any article properly, you'd realise that no lie is ever actually spread - the press provide information from various sources and always clarify it as being alleged if it isn't confirmed. If they were to clearly spread lies, they'd be sued faster than I can impregnate a Palin.