Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Here's what happens when you speak from ignorance

As the many comments clearly point out.
Link to September 16 post at ideas4omaha.com.

Close all the libraries; alternatives exist

Summary: The day of the neighborhood library is over.

• Its services are duplicated by elementary, middle, high school and university libraries.
• The public should be given access to these taxpayer-supported school libraries.
• Books are cheap enough in bookstores, even more so in used bookstores.
• Taxpayers could save $10 million a year simply by surrendering this responsibility to the school system and to the internet, which has changed how knowledge and information is delivered.

The essay and responses to comments are consistently, and hilariously, off the wall. Here's my favorite.

Incidentally, did you know that the Book of the Month Club consistently offers new members four books for a buck each? Dan Brown’s new thriller is the current hook. It’ll cost you 25 cents. Check it out. There’s a shipping and handling charge, of course, which means you wind up spending about 3 bucks a book. First edition hardback. Yours to keep, and to lend to all your friends. There are 21st century ways to do these things.

Book of the Month Club. A 21st-century way of doing things. This is better than the 3 Stooges!

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