Posted on 07/08/2005 7:47:38 AM PDT by katagious
The Council of the American Library Association (ALA) has passed a resolution that calls for the withdrawal from Iraq of all U.S. military forces and a return of full sovereignty to the people of Iraq. The resolution passed June 29 during the annual conference of ALA in Chicago. The resolution further urges the U.S. government to switch its budgetary priorities from the occupation of Iraq to the improved support of vital domestic programs and calls upon the government to provide material assistance through the United Nations for the reconstruction of Iraq, including its museums, libraries, schools, and other cultural institutions. The resolution will be sent to all members of Congress, the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, President, and the press. The Council is the governing body of ALA and determines all policies for the association.
And Itzlzha and the REST of the sane humans have passed a resolution that REMOVES funding from ALL public libraries, and dissolves these MAXIST/STALINISTS from any/all GOVERNMENT paychecks and unions! It also kicks their addled, pro-homosexual/PEDOPHILE agenda OUT OF THE COUNTRY!
I like MY resolution better!
I have a graduate degree in library science, and believe me there are plenty of librarians who are embarrassed by the ALA. Just as the World Council of Churches doesn't really represent Protestants, the ALA is off on a tangent all its own.
"Shut up and shelve some books."
I can't remember the last time I saw a librarian actually shelve books. That's beneath them. Most libraries have unpaid volunteers or part-time nonprofessional staff to do the heavy lifting. Besides, the librarians are all busy writing resolutions calling for the troops to be withdrawn from Iraq. I'm waiting for the ALA to draft a resolution calling for the foreign thug terrorists to withdraw from Iraq.
I have always loved libraries and spent much of my youth in my little town's library. Funny thing is now I generally only check out cds and dvds there now rarely books. This is partially because my own collection of books is reaching critical mass and I may be found one day under a pile of them.
My boys never were readers and that bothered me since I read everything I could get my hands on when young. But they are turning out fine the elder has a degree in Computer science and is a Navy Nuke and the younger will be a senior next year also C.S.
Me I still read till my eyes are worn out.
And you are very correct reading actual books has declined drastically.
Well I call for shutting down every library in the country. Fire every one of those slackers. Make 'em get real jobs, or more likely, revert to being bums. As for the libraries: Sell the assests and put everything online. We can do it. It'd take time, but we can do it.
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