Strong campaign? Do the Republicans care about the "Blind Vote"? They don't
even care about the vote of a majority of American citizens. Well, perhaps
they'd care if everyone in each of their districts sat down in front of their
district offices carrying signs saying, "You're fired?". But most likely,
they'd just get the police and private mercenaries with attack dogs to disperse
the crowd.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 10:33 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: book
Some of my fondest memories are of walking into the Queen Anne branch library
on Saturday afternoon. I loved the smell of the books! And so many books to
select from...even in the Children's Reading Room.
Later on I spent many an afternoon in the Seattle Public Library, wondering
what it would feel like to know everything contained in that sprawling building.
I wonder how many such memories Donald Trump has. I wonder if he ever checked
a book out and took it home and read it cover to cover. There are people who,
although it is hard to believe, think that reading is a waste of time. Such
people are found at all social strata. Several years ago we, Washington State
Citizens, had to mount a real campaign to save our state library. Always hard
up for money, our Legislature decided state libraries were a luxury we could do
without. Wrong!
But our state legislature consists of similar people as does our congress.
Businessmen, doctors, lawyers, and a growing number of women. With Donald
Trump's Billionaire Club(the president's cabinet), there is probably not much
interest in preserving the Library of Congress. And when is the last time
Donald Trump said the word, "Blind"? Other than to say he was blind sided. We
had better be prepared to mount a strong campaign, defending our library
services.
If not, most surely they will be underfunded or cut.
Carl Jarvis
On 11/30/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On BARD, I just found, The Dangerous Case of Donald J gtrump. That's
the book containing articles about his mental health, or lack thereof,
by psychiatrists and psychologists. I hope he doesn't convince
congress to defund NLS as a result.
Miriam