Comments on: Book Banning Uber Alles

By: Sadly, No! » Right-Wing Tantrum Of Hte Day*

Sadly, No! » Right-Wing Tantrum Of Hte Day* — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:00:36 +0000

[...] **Hey! I resemble that remark! [...]

By: Bill S

Bill S — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:23:17 +0000

“Flowers For Algernon”?
Seriously? Isn’t that a story of a mentally challegned man who’s transformed into a genius?

By: Porlock Hussein Junior

Porlock Hussein Junior — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:07:33 +0000

Ah, Ferdinand. That’s a good catch, that cesspool of pacifist propaganda. I’ll never forget the evening I found that we had a copy of that available, so I decided to read it to the young son. Problem was, when I got to the bullfight where the picadores came out, I compulsively burst into song:

Then the picadors, of course,
Each one on his horse,
I shouted “Ole!” every time one was gored.

[this stupid sotware seems unable to format three lines correctly in succession]

Which led to some explanations, and a playing of the record the next day, and two new Tom Lehrer fans, particularly Big Sister.

But I digress. Harry Potter, sure, because Fundies really do hate them some witches. But for the same reason let me nominate a dark horse:

The Narnia books.

Witches, talking animals, and a monstrous heresy right at the end of the last book.

Think I’m kidding? Then you haven’t run into real christonutters. Kind of a touchstone, in fact, and (if the list really existed today) a good test of whether she’s palin’ next to the super-nuts, or is truly beyond the pale.

By: Catsandbeer.com

Catsandbeer.com — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:18:03 +0000

Guys, the list is out: http://www.catsandbeer.com/politics/sarah-palin-banned-books-list.

By: thomas

thomas — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:05:46 +0000

She was attempting to ban books that other people complained about. My guess is that she had no idea what the books were, had never heard of them much less read them, and couldn’t have cared less about whether they were good or bad, offensive or not. She’s a barking dog, not reader of books.

By: Smut Clyde

Smut Clyde — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:58:01 +0000

It’s like they say: if you fuck the pooch, ~~you get to nurse the pitbull pups.~~ it's going to be a messy divorce.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:05:31 +0000

I have no sources to back this up, but what I’ve heard is that she didn’t have any specific titles when she inquired. She just wanted to know how to go about banning books if the mood should suddenly strike her.

By: Caveat

Caveat — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:06:52 +0000

Helter Skelter
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Origin of the Species
Gormenghast (trilogy)
Dirty Old Man

By: jim

jim — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:48:32 +0000

Anything by: Burroughs, Nietzsche, Russell, Shaw, Chomsky, blah blap blag …

The Juul Haalmeyer Dancers Says:
September 5th, 2008 at 14:18

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

North Dakota looking a bit blue today.

Yow! 301?!?

Obama’s Secret Weapon – The Barracuda-Bomb!

Time to open bets on how long before Obama begs Palin to go back on TeeVee & make another one of her SUPER-DUPER-STORMTROOPER speeches. Looks like she’s already fucked her own party out of about 25 seats, & counting – those numbers were dead quiet right up until her sneering doltish mug appeared & began to howl. Her lipstick is looking browner by the day.

It’s like they say: if you fuck the pooch, you get to nurse the pitbull pups.

By: Monkay

Monkay — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:33:17 +0000

That self-satisfied smirk A link to Paris Hilton? Dubya is way smirkier, see here and here.

By: Halloween Jack

Halloween Jack — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:55:18 +0000

The Basketball Diaries.

By: Big Bad Bald Bastard

Big Bad Bald Bastard — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:45:25 +0000

“The Satanic Verses”- she didn’t know it was about teh mooslims

“Liberal Fascism”- she thought it was a “how to” book

“Gulliver’s Travels”- makes Yahoos look bad

“The Necronomicon”- extradimensional entities refusing to learn English

By: namvetted

namvetted — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:30:16 +0000

Enny buk wid wurds mus b birnd..

By: Coach Mark Richt

Coach Mark Richt — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:37:18 +0000

Goober, you’ve been asked before but failed to respond:

Don’t you have a farting contest over at Ace of Spades to get to?

By: Athenawise

Athenawise — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:16:43 +0000

“Let the market decide” is the new “I promise I won’t come in your mouth” and “The check is in the mail.”

By: actor212

actor212 — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:15:25 +0000

After all, we could close them down — and maybe we should just buy our own books anyway and let the market decide.

MORE PORN! WHOOPIE!

By: J Neo Marvin

J Neo Marvin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:07:07 +0000

Goober is obviously not a Wire fan. Another point against him.

By: Dr. Melissa Debbie ShitMoathier

Dr. Melissa Debbie ShitMoathier — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:59:12 +0000

The fact is, librarians insist that we must have books that are bad in libraries because, why? Why must we be offended? Why waste taxpayer money on books we don’t like or want?
Here in the heartland, libraries respect the will of the people and do not purchase books that are unamerican or unchristian. They do not get uppity and are good public servants who remove books that are no good at our request. This way we ensure that the community has a collection of books that reflect our values. After all, we could close them down — and maybe we should just buy our own books anyway and let the market decide.

If we “let the market decide”, the whole world would be illiterate, except for a few smut-collecting billionaires at the top, who certainly aren’t interested in the literary merits of what they collect.

(BTW, is this troll for real, or is he another of those malfunctioning robots who begin every burst of diarrhea with “the fact is”? He reads like a caricature of a True Believer (TM).)

By: actor212

actor212 — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:51:23 +0000

Argh, sorry, MzN. I missed your reply.

By: actor212

actor212 — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:50:58 +0000

Leaves of Grass? That book is all about loving America from coast to coast. It’s as American as purple mountain majesty and amber waves of grain. Why does Sarah Palin hate America?

Ah, but Google “Leaves of Grass Monica Lewinski” and in a heartbeat, you’ll understand why.