Just found out or village library lost its funding

[MorningGlow]

$32K is all it took to run the place. It's in a tiny historic house--not sure how many volumes it has, plus two computers and one copier. Gone. We already lost our post office last year.

My neighbor told me about a fundraiser we're having to try to save the library. It's going to be tough, because our village is small, and most of its residents are lower middle class or below.

So this is the way the pee tartiers want it, eh? Real nice. (Interesting irony--the neighbor who invited me to the fundraiser is a staunch republican.)

[lunatica]

1. It is an irony but I'm thinking more and more

that Republicans have a very hard time thinking in terms of consequences. They may not be able to see beyond the next move. They close down the post office because they think it's government run and financed so they're happy about that. But it never occurs to them until they need the post office that there are consequences. It must be some developmental process they're stuck in. It's like children of a certain age simply don't see a connection between what they do and what happens after that.

[Callalily]

2. This is so sad Morning Glow.

Libraries are so important. It's mind-boggling where/what budgets are cut. Who makes these decisions? (rhetorical question) Obviously someone with out any knowledge of how us "real people" live.

[SpiralHawk]

3. "Fabulousy." - Republicons for Ignorance (R)

"The dimmer and dumber the smelly American proles, then the more they will watch Fox propaganda (R) and listen to Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R), and have their so-called 'thinking' programmed for them by our occult Republicon black-ops darkside mindf*ck specialists. Bwaaaaa ha ha ha ha. Sneer."

- Republicons for Ignorance (R)

[postulater]

4. I just returned from renewing my library card.

With it I can access nearly any book published.

My library will hunt down a book, borrow it from the source library and notify me when I can pick it up at my local library.

One of the best investments of our taxes we can make.

[old guy]

5. Isn't that a great feature!

I use that all the time. Your library card;Don't leave home without it.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. Hope you can save it.