Me? Endangered? Oh noez!
Posted on 01/23/2008 7:30:42 PM PST by forkinsocket
Not much, I'd say.
Thank God she didn't do something silly like run for President because I fear many of us would have jumped on board without thinking it through. Sort of like voting for Huckabee or McCain if you get my drift.
I used to read (books) nonstop.
I still read a lot for pleasure. Mostly non-fiction.
This smells of more of the “they don’t read” BS they’ve been pumping for 8 years now.
She does not read for PLEASURE. She has a 24 hour job.
I have time to kill waiting in lines, while eating, etc. I am generally reading through 2 or 3 books at any point in time as well as a periodical or two. But I read a lot of articles online too. At a point in time, you have to put the “text” down and relate with people.
You also have to give your eyes a rest.
It is a curious form of attack to take on Condi considering our own displeasure with her bowing to antisemitic Islamic supremacists (making Jews use a separate entrance and then telling the muslims that you understand how they feel???).
Agreed 100% (my reading habits, in quantity, are similar to yours.) This person is completely out of touch with reality because books are, apparently, the only thing with which she can relate.
I stopped reading fiction abruptly one day a couple of years ago. I still love reading, but I have to force myself to read any fictional novel. When I do force myself to, because the story sounds very interesting, I never regret it & always enjoy it. But when it comes time to choose more books, I’m back to only wanting to read non-fiction. No idea why.
Lots of bookworms in my family.
I, too, have been increasingly disillusioned by Condee Rice, the more I see of her. She certainly has some good qualities, but they seem to appear at rarer and rarer intervals these days.
The author of this rant seem upset that you, I, and Condi aren’t reading more fiction. And when you step back and realize how much of the “classic literature” of the 20th century pushes social policy, the classics don’t seem so classic.
Not all of the social cricitism comes from the Left, just much of it...
Ray Bradbury has had to tell the Left that they misunderstood his book. The Left also didn’t get Orwell’s 1984 or Animal Farm. They are criticisms of Stalinism and the Western Socialists who make excuses for the abuses. Truth be told they are classic warnings of the Red Menace but they never lumped together with other works as “Red Scare” hooey.
LOL!!!
I could use you to catch some Bass!
I can’t imagine a life without reading or books. I can’t pass a bookstore without going in and my favorite way to spend an afternoon is in Steven’s (Raleigh, NC)used bookstore. I am curious about the books others read as well.
I sometimes use a magnifying glass to get a closer look at the bookcases pictured in magazines.
It bothers me to go in a house where there are no books. The house and its owners seem somehow bereft.
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From the article:
“Better of course that they should feed Moloch with midlist authors than with children.”
Molech has feasted on the bodies of 48 million American children since the Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand. No quantity of damned intellectuals could match that grand buffet.
(making Jews use a separate entrance and then telling the muslims that you understand how they feel???).
What is this? I must have missed something.
She watches football to relax. She probably has to read all the time for work.
Any woman who enjoys the NFL is a notch up for me above one who doesn’t.
Once again, Bush seems to rely a tad too much on his advisors (I guess Nixon had the opposite problem, of too little trust ... hard to get it right.)
we need to start working on a Freeper for President 2012 immediately, who wants to be on the committee??
I’ve seen several articles on how she sympathized with the muslim leaders she is meeting. She’s talked of racism in Birmingham and segregation.
Meanwhile at the conference I saw a reference in an article (one of the first I saw on the subject) that Jews were required to enter through a separate entrance at the demand of the muslims.
I may be off on the second point in this post (it is as I remember it) but the first should be easier for me to locate some details/quotes).
I have turned into an audiobook person.
It is unfortnate, because I desperately miss reading. Reading engrosses me like few other things, but I just cannot read anymore.
I used to go on a week vacation and take 10 books with me. Now, my eyes kill me after reading for 15 minutes. I had expensive bifocals made, but I think it was a pricey error. I should have spent money and had some quality reading glasses made. I am so nearsighted store bought ones don’t work.
On the other hand, audiobooks have made my commute to and from work...fun.
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