[stephenjohnbanker]

“DJ, thank you very much for your post #42. It’s a shame that half of the population of our country who have no computer -have no way to find out whose in control of our country. “

When I was 14 (1968) I discovered this thing called a LIBRARY : )

[LucyT]

Recently there was an alarming headline stating 600+ Libraries have closed in the US. Can't locate the article now, but here is this from HuffPost:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/libraries-in-crisis/

While searching, I noticed the following:

Islamist Rebels Torch Timbuktu Library, Priceless Manuscripts

UK: Library campaigners predict 1,000 closures by 2016

Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Think Closing Libraries Wouldn’t Impact Them, Their Families

Seventeen public libraries within the United States closed in 2008 or 2009 and have apparently not reopened as of March 2012. - That’s 17 out of 9,299 (in 2009) or 9,284 (in 2008) or 0.2%.

[Mr Apple]

When I was 14 (1968) I discovered this thing called a LIBRARY

The problem here is that millions upon millions of people received a horrible education in our public school system. In the case of liberal democrats there is a huge percentage that read, write and comprehend on the level of a 5th grader. These folks won't go to a library because they just can't read.