You may already be familiar with Librarians Against Bush, now won’t you please welcome Librarians for Bush, a Shush/Conservator joint production.
They say the site is in response to the Librarians Against Bush site, created by librarians in hysterics over what the Patriot Act doesn’t do or say.
Librarians For Kerry don’t seem have their own URL, and there don’t seem to be any librarians against Kerry.
“A person’s right to read does not outweigh the responsibility of their actions. The Federal Government’s ability to see what a person is reading, something that existed before the Patriot Act, has been painted as an assault on readers. What it does is help establish the intent of a potential terrorist in the hopes of preventing another attack on American soil. Looking to see who has read what book is wrong and we will support any legislation that makes this law. Looking to see what book was read by a specific someone goes to intent. It can mean the difference between manslaughter and 1st degree murder, a terrorist attack or just a pleasant sunny day.“
come on…
What did purple ever do to you?
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it gives me the hibby-jibbys, bright orange, now that’s the color for me, it’s soothing.
No one’s going to get this little joke unless I explain it.
“from the I’m-thinking-of-starting-librarians-against-#80008 0 dept.” was my little joke poking funny at Greg’s choice of colors. Not that I’m one to pick on color choices, the flaming LISNews orange is probably worse, but at least our text is black on white. Am I the only one that has a hard time reading purple on white? White on black is far worse though, it burns my retinas.
#800080 is hexidecimal for “ugly purple”
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“White on black is far worse though, it burns my retinas.”
Oh good, so it’s not just me. There are some weblogs that I can only read via Bloglines because they hurt my eyes too much if I ever click through.
Hmm. Maybe the color of the text should match the color of the prose?
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I just tried setting the color options under Tools-Internet Option but while it would change the background color it would change the text color. A grey background makes a different though.
Purple!Purple!Purple!
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Who would’ve thunk this thread would be all about HTML design? I’ve got half a mind to moderate us off topic.
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I saw your post about being off a few days and behind and I didn’t have the heart to tell you I already listed the site on my journal a few days ago.
On topic debunking of propaganda
USAPA — or at least S.215 in particular — isn’t about people’s actions, it’s about their thoughts. The part of that statement in the article description about government being able to find out what you are reading before USAPA is a half truth; it does not mention that there was accountability before USAPA, that no longer exists. Opposition to USAPA centers around issues such as these, not around using USAPA as a tool against terrorism.
Oh, and by the way: most of the Bush regime response to terrorism is itself hysteria.
Re:On topic debunking of propaganda
The fact that you believe its normal or appropriate behavior for people to act without thinking explains a lot about you.
There will always be accountability in this country, its why a person can sit on death row for 10 years and then still be put to death. The system is accountable to make sure the person is guilty and the person guilty is still accountable for their crimes.