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Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
 
Includes lyrics to the controversial hit, " 50 Ways to Lose a Hugo."

Steve Martin, stand back.
 

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Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
 
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, etc.!

I have been hearing about it all week from someone who was there!

Printing it for my wife right now.

Thanks again!
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 

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If you should encounter large moody mammals with white fur, be
careful: those are our famous bi-polar bears.

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*snort*


 

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Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
 
What a great speech.

*Goes off to read Phases of Gravity*
 

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Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
 
Hey! He stole that bi-polar bear joke from The Tick!
 

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Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :
 
"Librarians are the secret masters of the world.
They control information.
Don't ever piss one off."
--Spider Robinson

Yesterday our esteemed attorney general spoke about the Patriot Act. He criticized the National Librarian Association for being stooges of the liberals, panicing, and not being bad but being uninformed about the need to use Library Records in the War on Terror. He left us with the impression of little old women with big glasses jumping at shadows.

The Librarians are going to rip him a new one.
 

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Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
 
That's awesome. Thanks for the link, Doc.
 

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Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
 
Darth_Mauve: Do you have a link for that?

EDIT: That is to say, "I'm interested in seeing his accusations, and finding out how he is wrong."

[ September 18, 2003, 12:53 PM: Message edited by: Scott R ]
 

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Posted by Lerris (Member # 3530) on :
 
As requested,
Ashcroft Mocks Librarians and Others Who Oppose Parts of Counterterrorism Law

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In an unusually pointed attack as part of his latest speech in defense of the Bush administration's counterterrorism initiatives, Mr. Ashcroft mocked and condemned the American Library Association and other Justice Department critics for believing that the F.B.I. wants to know "how far you have gotten on the latest Tom Clancy novel."

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